Felix Sorrow

Felix Kummer at the Kosmonaut Festival (2014)

Felix Kummer (born June 30, 1989 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, today: Chemnitz ) is a German singer and rapper from Chemnitz. Kummer is known as the singer of the rock band Kraftklub , for which he uses the pseudonym Felix Brummer . He is active as a rapper under his surname Kummer and the stage name Carsten Chemnitz .

Life

Kummer was born in 1989 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) as the son of the musician Ina Kummer and the musician Jan Kummer ( AG. Geige ).

Career

In June 2007 he released his first album Feierabend as part of the rap project Bernd Bass & Linus der Profi . In 2008 the follow-up album with towel and hood, produced in the Noxwell Studios, followed . He continued his musical career as rapper Bernd Bass with the school rock band Neonblocks (since 2006). They met in the fitness center ("Kraftclub"). In 2009 it became the band Kraftklub with Felix Brummer as front man and singer and Karl Schumann, Steffen Israel and Max Marschk. His younger brother Till plays bass. Felix Brummer wrote the lyrics of the debut album with K . Between 2016 and 2019, Kummer worked as a feature rapper in songs by Trettmann and Kitschkrieg as well as Zugezogen Masculin and Felly. In June 2019, Kummer continued his solo career as a rapper under the name Kummer with the release of his solo single 9010 . The second single Not the Music followed on August 23, 2019 with a music video. To promote his solo album Kiox , Kummer opened a record store under the same name between Zentrum and Brühl in Chemnitz. The album immediately reached number one in the German album charts.

Social commitment

The music festival Kosmonaut Festival initiated by Kraftklub has existed near Chemnitz since 2013 . Felix Kummer intended to revitalize the Chemnitz district of Brühl with the help of friends. So far, this has failed due to resistance from individual residents. In July 2017, he was reported by right-wing populists for a remark made during a concert .

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Kiox (as grief)   DE 1 October 18, 2019 (9 weeks)   AT 19th 10/25/2019 (2 weeks)   CH 36 October 20, 2019 (1 week)

Singles

With you (as sorrow)   DE 61 09/27/2019 (8 weeks) How much is your outfit worth (as grief)   DE 93 October 18, 2019 (1 week)

With a power club

→ Main article : Kraftklub / discography

As Bernd Bass

• 2007: Bernd Bass & Linus the professional - after work (album)
• 2008: Bernd Bass & Linus the Professional - With Towel and Hood (Album)

As a bass boy

• 2010: Bass Boy - White Chucks (feat. Neon Blocks) (album track)
• 2010: Tefla & Jaleel - Listen to Your Voice (feat.Bass Boy) (album track)

As Felix Brummer

• 2013: MC Fitti - It Boys (feat. Felix Brummer) (album track)
• 2013: Ronny Trettmann - Die Flut (feat. Felix Brummer) (album track)
• 2015: Fettes Brot - My Voice (feat.Fatoni, Felix Brummer, Kryptik Joe) (single)
• 2018: Alligatoah - Breaking Legs (feat. Felix Brummer) (album track)
• 2019: Kettcar - Scheine in den Graben (feat. Schorsch Kamerun, Jen Bender, Bela B, Jörkk Mechenbier, Sookee, Felix Brummer, Marie Curry, Gisbert zu Knyphausen, Safi & David Fjørt) (single)

As Carsten Chemnitz

• 2016: Trettmann - Wie du (feat.Carsten Chemnitz) (Single)
• 2019: Moved in masculine - 36 degrees (feat.Carsten Chemnitz, Nura ) (single)
• 2019: Felly - You don't like you (feat.Carsten Chemnitz) (single)

As grief

Studio albums

• 2019: Kiox

Singles

• 2019: 9010
• 2019: Not the music
• 2019: With you
• 2019: How much is your outfit worth
• 2019: the rest of my life

Web links

Commons : Felix Kummer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official website
• Kraftblok ( tour blog )
• Felix Kummer at laut.de
• Felix Kummer at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ laut.de biography. In: laut.de. 2014, accessed June 12, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Martin Machowecz: Interview: "The calm escalates". In: time online. November 7, 2011, accessed June 12, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Kraftklub: We-are-completely-normal-freaks. In: West German newspaper. November 7, 2011, accessed June 12, 2017 . 
4. ^ Olaf Neumann: Felix Brummer from the band "Kraftklub" on the connection between rock music and rebellion. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse. November 4, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung (March 3, 2019): Volume of the week: Felly .
6. ↑ Spiegel Online (June 28, 2019): Interview with Felix Kummer .
7. ↑ Süddeutsche.de (23 August 2019): Parody of rap masculinity: Video "Not the music" by Kummer
8. ↑ Stern.de (July 23, 2019): Felix Kummer opens his own record store in Chemnitz .
9. ↑ Kiox sound carrier: website .
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland
11. ↑ Martin Machowecz: Interview: "The calm escalates". In: time online. November 7, 2011, accessed June 12, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Marc Röhlig: Kraftklub singer Felix was reported by right-wing populists - because he called them idiots. In: bento. July 18, 2017, accessed April 21, 2018 .