Friedemann Witecka

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Friedemann Witecka , as a musician for short Friedemann (born August 31, 1951 in Freiburg im Breisgau ), is a German guitarist , multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and music producer .

Live and act

Friedemann moved to London between 1967 and 1970 after first appearances in his hometown, at what was then Südwestfunk and in the young talent show Talentschuppen , where he lived until 1980 and participated in folk albums . In 1979 he presented his first album The Beginning of Hope , on which musicians such as Wolfgang Dauner , Lenny MacDowell or Thomas Heidepriem and the singer Anne Haigis participated.

His albums Indian Summer (1987) and Aquamarine (1990) reached six-figure sales and were also successful in the USA. With around 550,000 records sold, he claims to be one of the most successful musicians in his genre.

The acoustic quality of his records (CDs and SACD) is often used to test system technology. The readers of Audio magazine voted the CD Aquamarin 1997 the “best audiophile CD of all time”. For more than 10,000 copies of the albums Legends Of Light , Passion And Pride and The Concert sold , he received a German Jazz Award in gold in 1996, 1999 and 2012 .

In his Vollton Musikverlag and on his record label Biber Records he publishes his own works and music by colleagues such as Bonnie Dobson , Grant Geissman , Ralf Illenberger , Rüdiger Oppermann , Thomas Rabenschlag , Büdi Siebert , Christoph Stiefel or Klaus Weiland . He mainly produces instrumental and "hand-made music" in the New Age and Fusion styles .

Discography

  • The Beginning of Hope (LP) - 1979 (Two Thousand One)
  • Le béton pour la chair (Goun - Patrick Largounez & Friedemann) (LP) - 1981 (Flame)
  • Voyager (LP) - 1983 (two thousand and one)
  • Les oiseaux de nuit (Goun & Friedemann) (LP) - 1985 (Biber)
  • Voyager in Expanse (CD) - 1986 (inak) 
  • Indian Summer - 1987 (Biber Records)
  • Flight of the Stork (Serah & Friedemann) - 1988 (Biber Records)
  • New Moon (EP / Mini-CD) - 1988 (Biber Records)
  • Les plaisirs de la vie (with Patrick Largounez) - 1990 (Biber Records)
  • Aquamarine - 1990 (Biber Records)
  • Friedemanns Aquamarin Orchester in Concert - 1992 (Biber Records)
  • Legends of Light - 1995 (Biber Records)
  • On a Personal Note (1967–1997 An Anniversary Collection of Songs and Music from 30 Years) - 1997 (Biber Records)
  • Passion and Pride - 1999 (Biber Records)
  • Short Stories - 2003 (Biber Records)
  • The Concert (CD, SACD, DVD) - 2005 (Biber Records)
  • Saitensprung - 2007 (Biber Records)
  • Memory Lane (Compilation Studio and Live) - 2008 (Biber Records)
  • Echoes of a Shattered Sky (CD, HQCD, Blu-Ray) - 2012 (Biber Records)
  • The Master Tracks (CD, Hi-Res Download) - 2015 (Biber Records)

literature

  • Steven Freeman, Alan Freeman: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg. Encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische Musik & Other Progressive, Experimental & Electronic Musics from Germany. Leicester: Audion, 1996 ISBN 0-9529506-0-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedemann Witecka in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  2. ↑ Friedemann Witecka - An Extraordinary Musician ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 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. on musikverlag365.de.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musikverlag365.de
  3. ↑ Musikwoche / Mediabiz , August 21, 2012
  4. ↑ Steven Freeman, Alan Freeman: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg. Leicester 1996; P. 87.
personal data
SURNAME Witecka, Friedemann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau