Dirk von Lowtzow
Dirk von Lowtzow [ ˈloːtsoː ] (born March 21, 1971 in Offenburg ) is a singer and guitarist for the German rock band Tocotronic , composer and author. Since 2001 he has also published music under the name Phantom / Ghost together with Thies Mynther ( Stella , Superpunk , ...) . He also lent his voice to pieces by Sharon Stoned , Justus Köhncke , Tilman Rossmy and DJ Koze .
Career
In 2003 Dirk von Lowtzow published the audio book HP Lovecraft : Pickman's Model for Deutsche Grammophon ; Music by Erich Zann .
For the SWR2 feature The Secret of Borrowed Money - Investigations into German National Debt by Jens Jarisch , he took on the role of speaker. The broadcast on March 13, 2007 also contains music by Tocotronic. In 2007 his book Dekade was published by the Buchholz Gallery . It contains a selection of Tocotronic texts, photos of the band and pictures of artist friends. The edition was 800 copies. Dirk von Lowtzow is a member of the advisory board of the magazine Texte zur Kunst , for which he also works as an author. He also supports the Amadeu Antonio Foundation's “Action Weeks Against Anti-Semitism” . In 2015 he wrote and arranged the music for René Pollesch's “Von ein Who moved out because he could no longer afford the rent” at the Volksbühne Berlin .
In 2016 he covered the Stereolab song “French Disko” together with the band Beatsteaks , the cover functions as the title song for the book adaptation of Tschick .
In 2019, Dirk von Lowtzow published his first book Aus dem Dachsbau in Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch , which contains autobiographical texts about his childhood and adolescence in alphabetical order of keywords.
Guest appearances
- 1994: Sing Sing from Blumfeld
- 1996: Never Dare To Ask with Sharon Stoned
- 1997: That good wild life with Tilman Rossmy
- 1997: Can't get enough of your love, babe with electric sushi
- 1999: Continue with Egoexpress
- 2001: All people san ma zwider with DJ DSL
- 2002: Because you understand me with Justus Köhncke
- 2006: International with wrong colors
- 2010: paperwork from Dendemann
- 2010: Let's All Be Jews by Oliver Polak with Carsten Erobique Meyer
- 2011: Michaela Meise's Death Overcomer Award
- 2011: Crying in the rain with finn.
- 2012: I want to be part of a youth movement with Oliver Polak
- 2013: The word with DJ Koze
- 2015: What remains of the Frittenbude in the end
- 2016: French disco from the Beatsteaks
- 2017: child of Dillon
- 2019: Everything goes by by Fatoni
- 2019: Dark Chapter by Max Herre , Fatoni, Sugar MMFK feat. Megaloh
Books
- From the badger den . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-462-05079-0 .
Audio books
- 2003: HP Lovecraft - Pickman's Model / The Music of Erich Zann (CD)
- 2007: September sermones ad mortus (12 ″ vinyl)
- 2011: Christian Kracht - Triptych (section: Fiberland) (CD, limited)
- 2019: From the badger's den (CD, download) ISBN 978-3-8398-1690-5
Radio plays
- Last easing - The practical hand breviary of Walter Serner . Realization: Zeitblom . Production: BR radio play and media art 2012. First broadcast: November 2, 2012. As a podcast / download in the BR radio play pool.
Filmography
- 2015: Anhedonia - narcissism as anesthesia , director: Patrick Siegfried Zimmer
- 2018: Styx (2018) , director: Wolfgang Fischer
Web links
- Dirk von Lowtzow in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Dirk von Lowtzow at Discogs (English)
- Galerie Buchholz - Publications
- Tocotronic singer Dirk von Lowtzow: "As children we drew comics" Dirk von Lowtzow in an interview with Andreas Fanizadeh, In: www.taz.de, February 16, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirk von Lowtzow (Tocotronic): Action against anti-Semitism is the “personal duty of every decent person” Interview with netz-gegen-nazis from November 10, 2009
- ↑ Dirk von Lowtzow becomes the Beatsteaks singer for the "Tschick" soundtrack . In: Musikexpress . August 3, 2016 ( musikexpress.de [accessed March 25, 2017]).
- ↑ From the badger den - Dirk von Lowtzow - Kiepenheuer & Witsch. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
- ↑ mdr.de: "Aus dem Dachsbau": Is the literary debut of Tocotronic singer Dirk von Lowtzow worth it? | MDR.DE. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Julia Friese, Jochen Overbeck: Tocotronic singer Dirk von Lowtzow: "I often see the uncanny in everyday life" . In: Spiegel Online . February 17, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed February 20, 2019]).
- ↑ Beatsteaks let Dirk von Lowtzow sing. (No longer available online.) In: www.rbb-online.de. Archived from the original on September 17, 2016 ; accessed on September 9, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Max Herre, Fatoni, Sugar MMFK - Dark Chapter ft. MEGALOH, Dirk von Lowtzow. Accessed February 9, 2020 (German).
- ^ BR radio play Pool - Serner, last loosening
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lowtzow, Dirk von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician, singer and guitarist of the rock band Tocotronic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenburg |