The drawn me
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The Drawn I is the pseudonym of a German singer , composer and multi-instrumentalist from Berlin who used to perform as Henry Funke .
Origin of the pseudonym
“The Drawn I” comes from the poem Just Two Things by the poet Gottfried Benn . His last words are:
"... there are only two things: the void and the drawn self."
Musical development
After his time as the front singer of the band Funke , he appeared solo in 2009 as Das Geanned Ich in the opening act for the German shows of the Pet Shop Boys . In 2010 he accompanied Ich + Ich on their tour, and the musician also appeared in the opening act on the farewell tour of a-ha .
The song Hallelujah was voted song of the month on May 14, 2010 by iTunes and VZ networks for the following four weeks. On June 25, 2010, the album Das Geanned Ich was released. With the title You, it and I , he represented the federal state of Brandenburg at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2010 on October 1st and took 5th place.
The titles of the first album were produced together with the music producers Alex Silva and Neco Tiglioglu . The photographic work as part of the publications was carried out by Andreas Mühe and was exhibited in the Camera Work gallery in Berlin.
In 2012, Das Geanned Ich recorded the children's song Grün, Grün, Grün for the Giraffe project , in which artists such as Roger Cicero , Ulla Meinecke and Lena contributed to the children's and youth organization Die Arche . The CD sampler with a total of 17 children's songs was released in November 2012.
On February 14, 2014, the new album Hinter allen Dingen was released . In the video for the song Because you are there , Veronika Ferres plays a role as a contract killer clad in tight leather .
The Drawn Me took part in the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest on March 13, 2014 , but retired in the first round with his song Weil Du Da bist .
Discography
Albums
- 2010: The Drawn Me
- 2014: Behind all things
Sampler
- 2012: giraffe monkeys (= song 5: green, green, green )
Singles
- 2010: Alleluia
- 2010: you, it and me
- 2011: high
swell
- ↑ Chart tracking Germany
- ↑ the first Mannheim Benefizfestival (Organizer: ASB , September 16, 2007) he called "the Berlin singer-songwriter Henry Funke aka I subscribed" announced
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.de/magazin/features/article63303/Das-Gezie-Ich-Ausgeglichene-Chemie.html
- ↑ The MusicChannel conversation with the Berlin band "Funke" ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Band homepage ( Memento from October 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Music review: The Drawn I ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Computer Bild online, accessed June 29, 2010
- ↑ EMI: album now on sale ( memento of the original from October 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Robert Tiesler: Stefan Raab typed correctly Musik Brandenburger Success at the song contest / Das Geogene Ich landed in fifth place ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Märkische Allgemeine from October 4, 2010
- ↑ mix1.de: New CDs> The Drawn Me
- ^ ITunes Germany
- ↑ Veronica Ferres as a leather vamp
- ↑ Preliminary decision for the ESC 2014
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SURNAME | The drawn me |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |