Georgie Weeratunga
Georgie Weeratunga (civil Georg Weeratunga ; born October 7, 1973 in Göttingen ) is a German music producer , graphic, video and sound designer and front man of the band nude, which he also produces. He is the great-nephew of the singer and music producer Ramesh Weeratunga . Musically he was influenced by The Prodigy .
Life
Weeratunga was born in Göttingen in 1973 . His father is of Sri Lankan descent and his mother is British. At the age of one, his family moved to Exeter , UK. At the age of seven, he and his family finally returned to Germany. Weeratunga got enthusiastic about music and sound from an early age.
From 1991 he worked with Torsten Stenzel . Together with him he made his first steps as a producer, rapper and beatboxer under the alias Lyrical Terrorist , under which he also contributed a single to the albums Technolyt Trax Volume One and Volume Two , which were released in 1991 and 1992 under ZYX Music . The two recordings each comprised further tracks by Weeratunga, which he published under the synonym The Outlaw Posse .
He spent a lot of time in the Frankfurt hip-hop scene in the vicinity of Iz and Tone (Konkret Finn) and refined his beatboxing there , which significantly influenced his style. That same year, he appeared on a track on the album Lava of Rapmusikers Volkan T. with. While producing this track, he also contacted Boulevard Bou and Torch .
In 2004 he contributed the song Mother Earth album of his great-uncle Ramesh Weeratunga called Re-Visited in that on Jubilee Records appeared. From 2005 to 2010 he had musical collaborations with German artists such as 2Raumwohnung and Herbert Grönemeyer , as well as the British Mattafix and the American Xzibit , from which some remixes were created.
In 2006 he was finally included in the existing band nude . A particularly fruitful collaboration with Marc.W and Isabelle.G resulted in the album Fake Credibility in 2006 , Black Box in 2008 and finally in 2010 the main musical work of the band, Basic Guerilla Moves .
In 2013 the track You Had it Coming was selected for the soundtrack of the film Not For Cowards . Also in 2013 he produced a score track for the crowdfunding film The Cosmonaut .
From 2014 to 2015 he worked with the band Transmitter_ . This collaboration resulted in a remix of the song Panic Attack by nude and a ghost track on the new Transmitter album. In 2015 he finally released the single Just ME , on which the tracks Lights Are Out and Too Much can be heard.
Discography
Albums
- 2003: Various - The Afro Pharma Experience, Track 9: Afrofarmer
- 2006: Fake Credibility with nude
- 2008: Black Box with nude
- 2010: Basic guerrilla moves with nude
- 2016: Database Instrumentals (Ultra DEF.)
EPs
- 2009: Shame with nude
- 2009: Time with nude
- 2009: Panic Attack with nude
- 2010: Ruff, Rugged + Raw with nude
- 2011: Let Me Go with nude
- 2012: Being Boiled
- 2015: Just ME
Singles
- 1991: Lyrical Terrorist as Lyrical Terrorist
- 1998: Six Foot Six as a Lyrical Terrorist
- 2004: Mother Earth (Georgie Weeratunga Remix) with Ramesh
- 2007: Club Box One
- 2007: Black Box with nude
- 2008: People Theater vs nude with nude
- 2008: Instead of Me / Itsatoon (Kubatko Remix) with Kubatko, Lex da Hexa & Twintone
- 2009: Unchained with nude
- 2009: Inside with nude
- 2010: The Beast Inside with nude
- 2010: Nude (5) / Sabotage * - souvenir
- 2011: Let me go with nude
- 2012: Something Good with nude
Filmography
- 2013: Life Is Not For Cowards (Soundtrack)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Torsten Stenzel # Singles (selection)
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Technolyt-Trax-Volume-One/release/92662
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Technolyt-Volume-2-Giant-EP/release/163353
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Volkan-T-Lava/release/1249268
- ↑ http://www.feiglinge-derfilm.de/
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2014 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.
- ↑ https://soundcloud.com/nuderiot/something-good-transmitter
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weeratunga, Georgie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lyrical terrorist; SubZero |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th October 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |