Johannes Falk (musician)

Johannes Falk (* 1977 in Darmstadt ) is a German singer-songwriter from Heidelberg who, in addition to his solo career, also writes songs and lyrics for renowned German artists.

Life

Johannes Falk grew up in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt as the youngest child of twelve siblings in a Russian-German family. The strictly religious upbringing and the subcultural bubble in which Johannes grew up shaped his first musical attempts. Thanks to his singing talent, he quickly made a name for himself in the small Christian music scene. At first Johannas Falk was booked intensively as an interpreter for modern church hymns, so that his name appears in various church playlists to this day. A short time later he began his career as a songwriter, went on to his career as an artist on stage and as a songwriter and songwriter for other artists. In the rehearsal room of his older brothers, he lived out his musical skills at an early age. At the age of 13 he formed his first band with three brothers. From 1996 to 1999 he sang as a soloist with the Gospel Company and accompanied the international gospel choir on tours through Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. In 1999 Johannes Falk joined the rock band On A Mission as the front man . The band toured around 200 concerts in Germany, Holland, Switzerland and Finland in the following years. The highlight of the tour was the Sound of Frankfurt festival with 30,000 people and TV broadcasting. In the following years, he was repeatedly asked as a singer and songwriter, so that in 2004 he decided to give up the job of chemical technician in favor of music. In autumn of the same year he was admitted to the Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg to study pop music design with a focus on singer-songwriter. In 2006 he founded the Falk project , which appeared at Arena of Pop and in the opening act for Söhne Mannheims . He was also a member of the band Gracetown .

In 2011 Johannes Falk released his debut album under the title Pilgerreise , for which he was inspired by the Christian literary classic Pilgrimage to Blessed Eternity by John Bunyan and which received very positive reviews both inside and outside the scene. The sons of Mannheim and Phillipp Poisel then took him on tour as a support act. In 2013 he released his second album 360 ° , on which he was involved as a co-producer in addition to Florian Sitzmann . From 2014 Johannes began to write more and more for other artists. For Laith Al-Deen's album "Was Wenn alles gut geht" , Johannes wrote several lyrics, as well as some songs for the albums "Stay on the move", which landed at number 1 in the German charts, and for "Kein Tag vorsonst". In 2015 the publishing company BMG Rights Management signed him as an author. A year later, the major label Sony Music Entertainment noticed him and signed him as an artist. In February 2018 the album "Von Mücken & Elefanten" was released on the Sony sub-label Columbia Records. Due to the moderate success and differences, the cooperation was not continued. In the meantime, Johannes was able to record considerable success as a co-writer by placing some of his songs on successful albums by renowned artists such as B. at Max Giesinger , Mogli or Peter Maffay . Johannes Falk is currently working on his own songs again.

Johannes Falk is also an artist ambassador for the human rights organization International Justice Mission and draws attention to the topics of slavery, human trafficking and forced prostitution throughout Germany in musical lectures.

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

About mosquitoes and elephants   DE 85 02/23/2018 (1 week)

Solo albums

• About mosquitoes and elephants. Columbia Records, 2018
• 360 °. Gerth Media, 2013
• Pilgrimage. Gerth Media, 2011

Singles

• Elephants, 2018
• Your heart, 2018
• Please love me, 2018
• Homesickness, 2018
• Mona Lisa, 2013
• I'm building a new world for us, 2013

Author contributions

title	author	artist	Album / single
C'est la vie	Johannes Falk Laith Al-Deen	Laith Al-Deen	Not a day in vain // release: 2020 (German album charts at number 3)
Love is a gift	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk
Til the end of the world	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk
Believe in you	Johannes Falk
Hold me tight	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk
Not a day in vain	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk Leon Taylor
leave me in peace	Tobias Hundt Johannes Falk	Lupid	Wire rope act // release: 2020
heads up	Johannes Falk Cloud 8	Peter Maffay	Now // release: 2019 (1st place in the German charts)
Everything comes and goes	Johannes Falk Florian Sitzmann	Adina Mitchell	Invent a world
I believe in you	Johannes Falk Florian Sitzmann
From the inside to the outside	Johannes Falk
Last lines	Johannes Falk Florian Sitzmann Adina Mitchell
We are one	Samuel Harfst Johannes Falk	Samuel Harfst	Finally be where I want to be // release: 2018
Sun, moon and stars	Johannes Falk Cloud 8	Cloud 8	Sun, moon & stars // release: 2018
Earth	Mowgli Johannes Falk Hannes Butzer	Mowgli	Wanderer // Release: 2017
The others	Jonas Monar Marcus Brosch Johannes Falk	Jonas Monar	All good things // release: 2017
For you, for me	Max Giesinger Johannes Falk Hannes Butzer	Max Giesinger	The boy who runs // Released: 2016 ( Gold and platinum award )
Everything has it's time	Johannes Falk	Laith Al-Deen	Stay on the move // ​​release: 2016 (1st place in the German charts)
In passing	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk Udo Rinklin
Electric	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk Udo Rinklin
You miss	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk Udo Rinklin
5 seconds	Johannes Falk
home port	Laith Al-Deen Johannes Falk
Everything is turning	Johannes Falk Chris Buseck
spring	Johannes Falk Laith Al-Deen	Laith Al-Deen	What if everything goes well // 2014
Stones
Where do we go
Full speed ahead

Web links

• Homepage of Johannes Falk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=autor&substringFilterParticipants=1177262
2. ↑ http://www.sound-of-frankfurt.de/highlights/sof2001.htm
3. ↑ http://www.lastfm.de/music/Johannes+Falk
4. ↑ http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=details&sku=939688
5. ↑ Support appointments. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Florian Sitzmann. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Laith Al-Deen Interview. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
8. ↑ http://ijm-deutschland.de/
9. ↑ Charts DE
10. ↑ Label profile. Retrieved May 3, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Laith Al-Deen Chartentry. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
12. ^ Peter Maffay 1st place award. Retrieved June 3, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Laith Al-Deen Award ceremony. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .