Gereon Klug

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Gereon Klug , pseudonym Hans E. Platte (* 1969 in Siegen ) is a German author , copywriter , DJ , journalist and tour manager.

Life

After graduating from high school, Gereon Klug completed journalistic internships at Am Löhrtor grammar school in Siegen, among others at Siegener Zeitung and Radio Siegen . He studied politics, journalism and German in Göttingen . He took over the record store dis records there and organized numerous events in the Göttingen area. He also worked as an editor for several city magazines. After eight years he sold the record store and moved to Hamburg .

In Hamburg founded Klug in Karoviertel one specializing in Hamburg artist record store that Hanseplatte where concerts were held. Since 2008, the new publications have been advertised in a literary and ironic way in a newsletter . In 2014 a collection of these texts appeared under the pseudonym Hans E. Platte under the Tilel Low Fidelity. Hans E. Platte's letters against the mainstream . In the same year, a corresponding sampler was released on the Staatsakt label , with songs by bands such as Die Sterne , Deichkind and Tocotronic . In 2012 he handed over the management of the Hanseplatte and continues to write the newsletter to this day.

Klug worked for a Hamburg advertising agency for two years. He also founded the Nobistor label , which no longer exists in Hamburg , through which singles and albums by Studio Braun , Heinz Strunk , Jacques Palminger , Helge Schneider , Felix Kubin , Carsten Meyer and Mutter have been released. He works as a tour manager for Rocko Schamoni , Studio Braun and Fraktus and is also involved in other projects for Studio Braun members. He stepped z. B. in the TV adaptation of Strunk's novel of the same name Jürgen - Today is lived as a ticket inspector. In 2016, Klug was the publisher of Drei Farben Braun . The book is a retrospective of the humor trio Studio Braun, commented on by him. Besides Schamoni and Ralf Köster, Klug was also a manager at the Pudel Produkte label . The label mainly published artists from the Golden Poodle Club environment and later became the Staatsakt label .

In 2018, Klug wrote the musical King of the Seagulls together with Andreas Dorau , which premiered during the summer festival at Kampnagel 2018 and was also released as an album.

Klug also acts as a songwriter. It applies e.g. B. as the originator of the song idea for the Deichkind song Sorry Geil and is also involved in other lyrics. He regularly performs in Hamburg clubs under the artist name “DJ Dr. Dr. Penis ”as a DJ . Together with Schamoni he runs the podcast Auf der Bahn , which is distributed through Audible .

Together with Christian Dabeler , Maurice Summen and Timur Mosh Cirak he founded the group OIL. OIL is an author collective and a band.

Others

Klug published numerous columns for Die Zeit , taz and brand eins, among others , and worked as a journalist in the cultural field. He was a candidate for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , failed, however, at the task of putting the lyrics of I Wanted, I Was a Chicken in the correct order. He also works as an author for television series, for example for Check Check , an airport satire with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf .

Publications

literature

  • Gereon Klug: Low Fidelity. Hans E. Platte's letters against the mainstream . Haffmans & Tolkemitt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-942989-76-3 .
  • Gereon Klug (ed.): Three color Brown - The large studio Brown Book: . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86265-582-3 .

music

Songwriter (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Siegener Zeitung - KULTUR - Gereon Klug: “Hallo Heimatstadt!” Retrieved on May 7, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ Göttingen - indiepedia.de. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Newsletter writer | Litlog. Retrieved on May 7, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Johan Dehoust: Book "Low Fidelity": "I like the oath, the psychedelic screw." In: Die Zeit . September 23, 2014, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed May 7, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Birgit Reuther: To the “sweet customer” or the “intellectual crème brûlée”. September 10, 2014, accessed on May 8, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Low Fidelity - Sampler with music from Hamburg. September 4, 2014, accessed on May 6, 2019 (German).
  7. ^ Julian Weber: Newsletter as literature: Post from God . In: The daily newspaper: taz . August 31, 2014, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed May 7, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Operation Poodle. In: De: Bug Magazin. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
  9. ^ Nobistor. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .
  10. ^ Dpa: Studio Braun: 20 years of surrealist alienation. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
  11. ↑ The Studio Braun Book - 20 years of upscale nonsense. Retrieved on May 8, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ ZEIT ONLINE: Picture gallery: Here comes Rüftata 110 . In: The time . May 19, 2006, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed May 7, 2019]).
  13. ↑ Christoph Twickel: Musical parody "King of the Seagulls": The Gallic village should move to the Hafencity . In: Spiegel Online . August 10, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed May 7, 2019]).
  14. ↑ No hits, just the eternal post-student lyre. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .
  15. ↑ A day with "Unfortunately Geil" inventor Gereon Klug - GERMAN-NESS - The alternative city guide for Germany. In: LangweilDich.net. November 28, 2014, accessed May 7, 2019 (German).
  16. ↑ Audiobooks & Original Audio Shows - Get More from Audible . ( audible.com [accessed May 8, 2019]).
  17. ↑ Gereon Klug . In: time online . ( zeit.de [accessed on May 7, 2019]).
  18. ↑ imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: “Stromberg” author for airport satire with Klaas Heufer-Umlauf engaged. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Smart, Gereon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Platte, Hans E. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, copywriter, DJ, journalist and tour manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins