Endo Anaconda
Endo Anaconda (actually Andreas Flückiger; born September 6, 1955 in Burgdorf ; † February 1, 2022 ) was a Swiss singer-songwriter and writer . He chose the fantasy name Endo because Ändu , a Bernese German short form for Andreas, was not understood outside the language area. He was primarily known as the singer of the Bernese dialect band Stiller Has .
Life
Endo Anaconda was born to an Austrian mother from Carinthia and a Swiss father. He initially spent his childhood in Biel . At the age of five he lost his father, a police officer, when he died in a car accident. At the age of twelve he was sent to a boarding school in Klagenfurt ; later his family moved there. In Vienna he completed an apprenticeship as a screen printer .
In the early 1980s, Endo Anaconda returned to Switzerland and played in various Bernese music groups, including Caduta Massi and the Alpinists . In 1989 he founded the band Stiller Has with Balts Nill and together they released their first MC entitled Stiller Has . From 2002 the band performed as a trio with guitarist René "Schifer" Schafer , who had previously been a guest musician . From 2005 the composition of the band changed several times. In total, Stiller Has has released eleven studio albums and three live albums.
Endo Anaconda was a regular columnist in the Berner Zeitung under the pseudonym Bärbeisser and for the Coopzeitung . In 2005, a selection of his Bärbeisser columns were published by Ammann Verlag under the name Sofareisen ; it was number 1 on the Swiss book bestseller list for almost half a year. As of 2007, he also wrote for Faces magazine . Anaconda had three children from three women, had been a weekly resident in Erlinsbach (AG) since 2018 and otherwise lived in the Emmental municipality of Trub .
Endo Anaconda's first stage play «Unpacking» premiered on March 6, 2010 at the Lucerne Theater .
He died of complications from lung cancer in early February 2022 at the age of 66 .
Political attitude and political engagement
Endo Anaconda was also politically active. Every creative phase requires a phase of leisure or laziness beforehand, while waiting for a good idea, even when writing a song. In addition, money should remain in the economic cycle and not be gambled away for any speculation. If everyone received a few thousand francs unconditionally every month, that could be a step towards a society that doesn't need the money. "Basic income makes money a little less important and people freer." Anaconda was therefore involved in the basic income initiative and also for the preservation of the Romanian water valley railway .
Books
- bunny lyrics. With photos by Francesca Pfeffer and liner notes by Urban Gwerder . Limmat, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-85791-332-0
- sofa travel. Selected and Annotated Columns 2001–2005. Ammann, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-250-60082-2
- Walter driving. Columns 2007–2010. Secession, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-905951-11-0
web links
- Endo Anaconda on Stiller Has's website
- Publications by and about Endo Anaconda in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Endo Anaconda in the German National Library catalogue
- Endo Anaconda, singer: «I cling to life». In conversation with Dominic Dillier in the program Focus on Radio SRF 3 on February 24, 2020, 59 min.
- Stars extra: Endo Anaconda in conversation with Sandra Studer , broadcast by Swiss television on January 31, 2010
- Swiss bestseller. Portrait on Deutschlandfunk on March 8, 2006
itemizations
- ↑ Endo Anaconda from September 6, 1955 to February 1, 2022 at Stiller Has's website, accessed February 2, 2022.
- ↑ FACES: Endo Anaconda new columnist on persoenlich.com on March 9, 2007, accessed May 31, 2014.
- ↑ Endo Anaconda: "Basically I'm very shy". Interview by Hans Graber. In: St. Galler Tagblatt October 21, 2018, retrieved on June 16, 2021.
- ↑ World premiere of the rein play «Unpacking» ( Memento from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at the Lucerne Theater
- ↑ The Stiller Has singer died at the age of 66. In: Tages-Anzeiger , February 2, 2022.
- ↑ Anti AKW Mühleberg Stiller Has.WMV on Youtube, retrieved on February 27, 2020
- ↑ Endo Anaconda on Basic Income , on grundincome.tv, accessed February 27, 2020
- ↑ Endo Anaconda at the popular initiative for an unconditional basic income in Switzerland , retrieved on August 3, 2013.
- ↑ Endo Anaconda on the unconditional basic income, leisure and waiting for the good idea . Video on vimeo, accessed August 3, 2013.
- ↑ Endo Anaconda – Sofareisen , published by Ammann Verlag, retrieved on December 24, 2015
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SURNAME | Anaconda, Endo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flückiger, Andreas (real name); Bärbeisser (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss singer, songwriter and writer |
BIRTH DATE | September 6, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | castle village |
DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 2022 |