I WANT POETRY

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I WANT POETRY
I WANT POETRY at the MusicMatch Festival 2018
I WANT POETRY at the MusicMatch Festival 2018
General information
origin Dresden , Germany
Genre (s) pop
founding 2018
Website www.iwantpoetry.com
Founding members
Tine Schulz
Till Moritz Essinger

I WANT POETRY is a German indie pop duo from Dresden . In 2016 they were awarded the German Rock & Pop Prize in the “German Alternative Prize 2016” category.

history

2012–2017: musical beginnings

In 2012 the singer and songwriter Tine Schulz founded the duo CousCous with the pianist Till Moritz Eßinger . In the same year they could be heard in numerous radio reports and airplays; among others at apollo radio , MDR Info and Hessischer Rundfunk . Her song Snow White was recommended by Bruno Kramm in the FAZ column "Kramm's Hits". In 2013 they wrote the song King and Queen for the short film Gegenüber by Heidi Lachmann. In 2014 a duo tour followed with Sophie Janes (United Kingdom) as well as further airplays on Radio Fritz and on Südwestrundfunk . In 2016 the band received artist funding from Kulturpaten Dresden. In 2016 the album Tales was released.The album consists of 14 tracks and the accompanying novel The story of the boy with the butterflies in his stomach . The hardcover book was illustrated by Anemone Kloos and recorded, mixed and co-produced by London-based producer Peter Junge. The subsequent tour included more than 200 concerts in Germany, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. On July 8, 2017, I WANT POETRY performed as part of the “Hören vorsehen” series at the film nights on the banks of the Elbe before the main film La La Land .

2018 – today: Re-established as I WANT POETRY

At the beginning of 2018, the two musicians officially dissolved the duo CousCous. In April the band announced the re-establishment as I WANT POETRY. The name is a quote from the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley , which says: “But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin. "Translated:" I don't need comfort. I want god. I want poetry. I want real figures and freedom and virtue. I want sin! ”In 2018 they met producer Michael Vajna, with whom they worked on the recordings for the follow-up album in the following months. On June 7, 2019, the first single Adrenaline was released. The song and music video met with a positive response in international music blogs. The page Wolf in a Suit wrote (translated): "Fascinating and inviting cinematic and melodic experiences [...] The soundscape is so real, so human and so inspiring that our imagination runs away with us." And The Sound Sniffer described the title as follows (translated): "This is a pretty unique sound here [...] intense, original and powerful." On September 13, 2019 the second single Water followed . In the music video for the third single Growing Pains , the dancer Nastya Memphis from Saint Petersburg appeared in a specially designed choreography. The fourth single Islanders was released on July 10, 2020, including a music video that was shot with multiple exposure techniques. The English-language blog Stereo Stickman compared parts of the song with Kate Bush and Florence + the Machine and wrote about the song: “Brillant, a song that evolves from good to great over its almost five-minute duration and is poetically refreshing for thought. "

The second album is titled Human Touch and is due to be released on October 9, 2020, followed by a tour of Germany.

Style and Influences

The music of I WANT POETRY is stylistically assigned to Art Pop or Dream Pop . Influences and inspirations of the band include London Grammar , Leslie Feist , Fiona Apple , Radiohead and Queen .

Discography

Albums

  • 2016: Tales
  • 2020: Human Touch

Singles

  • 2019: Adrenaline
  • 2019: Water
  • 2020: Growing Pains
  • 2020: Islanders

Music videos

  • 2018: Years (Acoustic Session), Ludwig Schmutzler
  • 2019: Adrenaline , Kristin Herziger
  • 2020: Growing Pains
  • 2020: Islanders , Ludwig Schmutzler

bibliography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Rock & Pop Prize 2016: Winner. December 11, 2016, accessed December 11, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Bruno Kramm: Kramms Hits: Hear with pain: Music is revolution - Kramms Hits - FAZ. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 29, 2012, accessed December 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Heidi Lachmann: Opposite. March 18, 2013, accessed December 11, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Produce Me agency supports CousCous with the book production KULTURPATEN DRESDEN. Retrieved December 11, 2016 .
  5. ↑ CousCous - Tales - Dream with us! - Starnext - startnext.com. February 6, 2015, accessed December 11, 2016 .
  6. ↑ CousCous - Alice - New single and video - MusikBlog. September 17, 2016, accessed December 11, 2016 .
  7. ↑ CousCous give a concert at the film nights. In: Saxony television . July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Jana Mundus: Once upon a time ... in Dresden. (No longer available online.) In: Sächsische Zeitung . July 8, 2017, archived from the original on July 8, 2017 ; Retrieved July 9, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz-online.de
  9. ↑ wolfinasuit: Music Video: "Adrenaline" by I Want Poetry. June 12, 2019, accessed on September 13, 2019 .
  10. ^ I Want Poetry - Adrenaline. June 7, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Rebecca Cullen: I WANT POETRY - Islanders - Stereo Stickman. July 9, 2020, accessed on July 10, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Marion N. Fiedler: Don't be afraid of the bad tiger - Music in Dresden. January 15, 2013, accessed December 11, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Questionnaire: I Want Poetry in an interview about music. September 11, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019 .
  14. ^ I Want Poetry - Years (Acoustic Session) - YouTube. July 15, 2018, accessed September 13, 2019 .
  15. ↑ I WANT POETRY - Adrenaline - YouTube. June 6, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 .
  16. ↑ I WANT POETRY - Growing Pains - YouTube. February 24, 2020, accessed July 10, 2020 .
  17. ↑ I WANT POETRY - Islanders - YouTube. July 9, 2020, accessed July 10, 2020 .