James Gruntz

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Until We Get There
  CH 28 09/18/2011 (4 weeks)
Belvedere
  CH 7th 09/14/2014 (12 weeks)
Waves
  CH 5 09/24/2017 (3 weeks)
Singles
Heart Keeps Dancing
  CH 30th 09/14/2014 (12 weeks)
You
  CH 46 05/14/2017 (5 weeks)

James Gruntz (born July 16, 1987 in Bern ; actually Jonas Gruntz ) is a Swiss singer-songwriter .

Career

James Gruntz grew up in Nidau am Bielersee , his parents were teachers and played both instruments, the jazz musician George Gruntz was a cousin of his father. He himself learned the drums first and had trumpet lessons for some time. He later had his own keyboard and made his first recordings with a MiniDisc player. At the age of 16 he moved to Basel . He finished his first self-produced album entitled James Started Singing in 2005. At first he suffered from stage fright and the album presentation was his first real live concert. His second album, named after himself, was also released in 2007. In 2008 he was admitted to the Zurich Jazz School , where, after five years of study, he completed a pop course with singing and piano with a master’s degree.

In addition, he continued his career. Gruntz had his first success at the m4music newcomer competition in 2009 with the song Song to the Sea . The following year he was featured as a guest singer on the top 10 album Bittersüessi Pille by rapper Steff la Cheffe , and after that he was repeatedly a guest on successful albums. As a result, a contract with the indie label Bakara Music was concluded in 2011 , on which the album Until We Get There was released that same year . This was his first time in the charts and reached number 28 in the Swiss charts . In 2012 he performed at the Winter Festival in Wolhusen . He was also on stage with his famous relative George Gruntz shortly before his death on January 10, 2013. In the same year he started the hit pop project Reinheart with the lyricist Patrick Savolainen , in which he set his lyrics to music and made the result available as a download EP.

The real breakthrough came in 2014 with the album Belvedere . With the song Heart Keeps Dancing , the first release, he had a radio hit that also hit the single charts, and the album entered the charts at number 7. Thereupon, after four attempts, he was awarded the Basler Pop Prize for the first time and in 2015 at the Swiss Music Awards he received the award for Best Breaking Act as well as the Artist Award , which is given on the basis of a vote among Swiss musicians. He has appeared in the opening act for Tom Odell and at the international Festival da Jazz in St. Moritz . Belvedere was also released in Germany, combined with an appearance at the Reeperbahn Festival .

Discography

Albums

  • James Gruntz (2007)
  • Down To Earth / Up In Hills (2008)
  • Until We Get There (2011)
  • Closer (EP, 2012)
  • Belvedere (2014)
  • Waves (2017)

Songs

  • Here I Am (2007)
  • And If You (2008)
  • Song to the Sea (2008)
  • Everything Is Gone (2011)
  • Good Times (2011)
  • Heart Keeps Dancing (2014)
  • You (2017)
  • Waves (2017)

Guest Posts

  • Where? / Steff la Cheffe featuring James Gruntz (2010, album: Bittersüessi Pille )
  • One-Night-Stand / Dodo featuring James Gruntz (2011, album: Funkloch )
  • Last One / SAD featuring Greis & James Gruntz (2012, Album: Update 2 )
  • Das Lied / Knackeboul featuring James Gruntz (2012, Album: Moderator )
  • Pluto / Lo & Leduc featuring James Gruntz (2014, album: Zucker fürs Volk )
  • Hold On / Pablo Nouvelle featuring James Gruntz (2016, Album: All I Need )
  • Melodie / CBN featuring James Gruntz (2016, album: Tourist )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c James Gruntz in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
  2. ↑ James Gruntz on iTunes
  3. ↑ a b “Anyone who goes on a stage is extremely vulnerable” , Daniela Fabian, Style, July 17, 2015
  4. ↑ a b The world will still hear about this Basler , Bänz Friedli, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, June 7, 2015
  5. ↑ James Gruntz , Presentation of the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl, January 22, 2016
  6. ↑ James Gruntz - Mitten ins Herz , Marc Krebs, Tageswoche, January 10, 2015
  7. ↑ a b James Gruntz: Germany debut in October, live at the Reeperbahn Festival ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2017 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. , Renzo Wellinger, Musikmarkt, September 2, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de
  8. ↑ Making people happy , Lena Rittmeyer, Der Bund, December 11, 2013
  9. ↑ James Gruntz: "The price has a good weight" , Marc Krebs, Tageswoche, November 6, 2014

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personal data
SURNAME Gruntz, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruntz, Jonas (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern , Switzerland