Frank U. Augustin

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Frank U. Augustin (born January 16, 1954 in Heilbronn ) is a German musician , composer and singer .

Life

Frank U. Augustin grew up in Celle and Flensburg . He received his basic musical training on the piano from church music director Fritz Popp from the Nikolaikirche Flensburg . He then founded the band THE CLUMP with Ulf Meyer. Own songs and covers followed, including a. with Gustl Lütjens. From 1973 he played in the BERLIN GROUP with Bernd Gruber, Susanne Stühr and Rainer Berg. In 1978 Augustin founded the rock band “Pille Palle und die Ötterpötter” together with Michael Stein , Jochen Staadt , Rainer Glienke, Dieter Westmeier and Gerd Udo Heinemann. The group made a brief appearance in the feature film The Heartbreakers in 1982 and was closely associated with the self-administered project center Mehringhof .

In 1984 Frank U. Augustin went on a music tour with Manfred Maurenbrecher . From 1990 to 1996 he worked as a musician, actor and composer in productions with the theater group Vanilla Gorgon. With the Berlin satirical artist Sarah Schmidt , the musical event series “Salon Pröppke” (1994) and “NeeNeeNee” (1999–2000) as well as songs to texts by Friedhelm Kändler for the program “LebenLeben-Ebeneben” (1997–1998) with Markus Kiefer were created. In 2000 Augustin founded his band die passanten .

Frank U. Augustin lives as a freelance musician in Berlin . Together with the Berlin chansonnière Maila Barthel , he has been giving cabaret concerts with songs by Hildegard Knef ("Am I knef?"), Chansons and ballads by Jacques Brel and François Villon ("La Brel") as well as poems, songs and moritats by since 2012 Bertolt Brecht (“And the Sea So Blue”). The latest musical program of the duo "Die Barthel & Der Augustin" pays homage to Udo Jürgens : "O you Udo - and the sun rises again and again".

music

The songs of Frank U. Augustin can be described as strange songs, which show the friendly as well as the amazing and the odd in life with wit and deeper insight. With catchy language and melody. The best overview is the album ZEIT from 2008, recorded with Steff Jungs (drums & percussion) and Hans Hartmann (double bass).

Works (selection)

  • 1981: CrashPunkSkaBeatMauerPowerPopPogo-anyway, rock band "Pille Palle und die Ötterpötter", Frank Augustin (key, voc)
  • 1982: Es ist alles Egal, rock band "Pille Palle und die Ötterpötter", Frank Augustin (key, voc)
  • 1984: Hopefully ... nothing goes wrong, rock band "Pille Palle und die Ötterpötter", Frank Augustin (key, voc)
  • 2008: Release of the CD "Zeit", band <die passanten <
  • Releases of mp3 single “Brazil” / “maurenbrecher für alle” / “b.traven - homage to ..”, band <die passanten <

Music programs

  • since 2012/13: "In this city" A Hildegard Knef program, with Maila Barthel
  • since 2013/14: “Am I knef?” - homage to the Berlin diva Hildegard Knef, with Maila Barthel
  • since 2014: “La Brel” - chansons and ballads by Jacques Brel & Francois Villon, with Maila Barthel
  • since 2015: "FernerSchimmerHeimat: Heimat once different" - reflections and thoughts in prose, songs and poems, with Maila Barthel
  • since 2016: “RotScheinBar” - A musical-literary ride through the color RED, with Maila Barthel
  • since 2016: “And the sea so blue / Brecht not with Brecht” - songs, poems, ballads by Bertolt Brecht, with Maila Barthel
  • since 2017: "O YOU UDO - and the sun rises again and again" - homage to Udo Jürgens, with Maila Barthel

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustl Lütjens - Rockinberlin
  2. ↑ Albums & demos of "Pille Palle and Die Ötterpötter"
  3. ^ Ralf Liptau: artist duo deals with Hildegard Knef . In: berliner-woche.de. Berlin week . August 12, 2013 (for the premiere 2013 in the producer's gallery "Crelle 29")
  4. ↑ Martin Breuninger: A journey to Brel and Villon. Maila Barthel and Frank Augustin are guests at the cultural finca Son Bauló . In: mallorcamagazin.com. Mallorca Magazine , September 19, 2014
  5. ↑ "O you UDO" - concert . In: altebrueckerpost.org
  6. ↑ “The sun rises again and again” ( memento of the original from February 23, 2018 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: schlossbritz.de. Kulturstiftung Schloss Britz , January 6, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schlossbritz.de
  7. ↑ “Die Passanten - Zeit” (CD) , In: discogs.com. Discogs , February 15, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Augustin, Frank U.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, composer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn