JB Gouthier

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JB Gouthier (born June 16, 1965 in Dresden as Jens Dittschlag, also Jänz Dittschlag and Jean Blitz Gouthier ) is a German guitarist , composer and musician .

life and work

In addition to his Abitur, he obtained his professional certificate as a guitarist for dance and light music , specializing in jazz guitar , at the Dresden Music School Paul Büttner, named after the composer and choir director Paul Büttner . During this time he met the musician Olaf Wiedemann , who was a guitarist in the Dresden punk band Paranoia . He founded his own punk band Suizid. After Olaf Wiedemann left for West Berlin , paranoia fell apart and ex-bassist Jörg Löffler formed the Oi project Cherusker Front for a short time with Dittschlag . In 1986 he founded the band Kaltfront , which was dissolved after the singer Kannä was called up to the NVA and later the departure of the last drummer Tom Gross. With Tom Gross, RJKK Hänsch (alias Ray van Zeschau ), Rainer A. Schmidt and Heiko Schramm , he founded his most successful band in 1988, Friends of Italian Opera , which was immediately engaged for Wolfgang Engel's Faust trilogy at the Dresden State Theater. In the middle of 1989 again melted into a trio, he quickly recruited a replacement with RJKK Hänsch. This time with Ralph Qno Kunze on drums and Roger Baptist on keyboard and bassoon . The second record deal now with Alfred Hilsberg and ex- Yello Carlos Perón as producer did not come off. In 1993 he began studying music at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden with Hans-Günter Ottenberg , a specialist in pre-classical music. After a two-year absence from the stage, he founded the band Female with Ralph Qno Kunze, which was to be a style defining element for many Dresden musicians.

In 1996 he started working again with Ray van Zeschau and founded the rock 'n' roll and rockabilly project Ray & The Rockets with him . During the same period he was intensively engaged in theater music and composed and arranged the soundtrack for Hasko Weber's Hamlet machine / Hamlet double staging at the Dresden State Theater. Further theater music such as In the Land of Last Things by Paul Auster at the Staatsschauspiel followed. In addition to numerous music projects such as Wombat, The New Town Swing Orchestra or Kathie Monroe and Band, he also found his way to film, where he often worked on a wide variety of projects for Balance Film. From 1994 to 2007 Gouthier was chief sound designer at the Starclub Dresden, now Beatpol .

Bands

  • 1986–1990 cold front (2006 Reunion)
  • 1988–1992 friends of Italian opera
  • 1994–1995 Female (later Thermoking)
  • 1997-2008 Ray & The Rockets
  • 2002-2004 Wombat
  • 2005 The New Town Swing Orchestra
  • since 2006 Kathie Monroe and band
  • 2007 The Distorted Elvises
  • since 2008 Rummelsnuff

Discography

Cold front

  • 2000: Live in Cottbus
  • 2006: Dress warmly

Friends of the Italian Opera

  • 1990: Suspected terrorists in custody ... / God save the Minister of the Interior (tape)
  • 1990: Live in Munich (tape)
  • 1991: Live in Dresden (tape)
  • 1991: Il Grande Silenzio (tape)
  • 1991: Live at the Schauspielhaus Dresden (tape)
  • 1991: To Throne And Love (LP)
  • 1996: Noble simplicity, quiet size (CD, Strandard63 )

Ray & The Rockets

  • 1998: Rock The Universe (7 "vinyl EP, Strandard63)
  • 1999: The Truth About Rosswein 47 (7 "vinyl single, Strandard63)
  • 2000: Boogie From Outer Space (7 "vinyl EP, Strandard63)
  • 2001: Kosakabilly from Baikanur (7 "vinyl EP, Strandard63)
  • 2002: The EP & Single Collection (CD, Strandard63)

Sampler

  • 1990: Dresden History 2 1988-89 (tape)
  • 1990: Dresden 1990 (tape)
  • 1991: Breakout attempt number 3 (tape)
  • 1992: A society of its own with its own moral code (CD, What's So Funny About )
  • 2001: Music in Germany 1950–2000 (CD, RCA / Bertelsmann )
  • 2006: voltage power resistance - magnetic tape underground DDR 1979-89 (CD, zigzag )
  • 2007: Children of the Machine Republic (CD)

Bootlegs

  • 1991: Live in the theater club Karl-Marx-Stadt (tape)
  • 1991: Live at OJH Riesa (tape)
  • 1991: Live at JFZ Neuruppin (tape)
  • 1991: Live in the B-Plan Karl-Marx-Stadt (tape)

Film music

  • 2002: Half Rent (Song Wanderer ); Director: Marc Ottiker
  • 2003: ... you save yourself the trip to Venice - little Friedrichstadt flood stories. Balancefilm GmbH
  • 2005: "I think he was a little rebellious". In the footsteps of the Dresden librarian Walter Hofman. Balancefilm GmbH
  • 2006: The new Dresden - On the trail of a loss. Balancefilm GmbH
  • 2006: The sand lance. Balancefilm GmbH (with Rolf Hoppe )

Theater music

  • 1990: Faust II, director: Wolfgang Engel, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
  • 1997: Hamlet machine, Heiner Müller, director: Hasko Weber, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
  • 1997: Hamlet, William Shakespeare, director: Hasko Weber, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
  • 1999: German premiere: April 21, 1999 In the Land of Last Things by Paul Auster, Director: Christoph Roos, TIF, Theater in der Fabrik, Staatsschauspiel Dresden

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Gouthier, JB
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dittschlag, Jens (maiden name); Dittschlag, Jänz; Gouthier, Jean Blitz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist, composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden