King Pepe

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King Pepe (born Simon Hari in Thun on March 1, 1976 ) is a Swiss musician , composer , lyricist and singer .

Artistic development

For his debut album “Blöd im Chopf” in 2007, he recorded all the instruments in his apartment himself and released the album on the label “Big Money Records” founded especially for this purpose. Since 2010 he has been publishing his albums with the Lucerne publishing house “ Der Gesundheit Menschenversand ” and gives concerts in changing formations, formerly with “Subjects A, B and C” (2009 to 2012) and with the jazz band “Le Rex” (2013 to 2017).

King Pepe mostly sings in Bern German . In 2011 he landed his first underground hit with “Büssi” .

In addition to his activities as King Pepe, Simon Hari plays and sings in other formations, including “Trampeltier of Love”, “Lekker Zukker” and “Captain Frank”. He is also a composer of theater music, among others, in “Sex in times of the apocalypse” (2010, collaboration with Meret Matter ) and musicals such as “Fortunately - A musical to save the world” (2012, collaboration with Meret Matter) or “Sit so guet, svp »(2017, collaboration with Matto Kämpf , Raphael Urweider and Dennis Schwabenland ).

Discography

Albums

  • 2007: Stupid in the Chopf
  • 2010: Büssi (EP)
  • 2011: zoo
  • 2013: Pepejazz
  • 2014: 70% water
  • 2019: Karma: OK

Awards

  • 2011: Music Prize of the Canton of Bern, Recognition Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts CH
  2. ↑ King Pepe is a Don Quixote . In: derbund.ch/ . ( derbund.ch [accessed on October 10, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Publishing house The Healthy People Dispatch: Spoken Word, Slam Poetry and more. Retrieved October 10, 2018 .
  4. ^ Christoph Alispach, Rebecca Villiger, Christoph Alispach: King Pepe & Le Rex with "70% water". Swiss Radio and Television SRF, December 6, 2014, accessed on October 10, 2018 (Swiss Standard German).
  5. ↑ Ueli Bernays: Singing while speaking | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 10, 2014, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed October 10, 2018]).
  6. ^ "Souhung, la mis Büssi i Rue!" In: «KulturStattBern» . November 4, 2010 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed October 10, 2018]).
  7. ↑ THE UNBREAKABLE TRAMPELTIER OF LOVE. Accessed October 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ LEKKER ZUKKER, LEKKER MUSIKK! Accessed October 10, 2018 .
  9. ↑ CAPTAIN FRANK. Accessed October 10, 2018 .
  10. ^ Theater Club 111. Retrieved October 10, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Bern slaughterhouse theater. Retrieved October 10, 2018 .
  12. ^ Toothless SVP parody . In: derbund.ch/ . ( derbund.ch [accessed on October 10, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Pepe, King
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hari, Simon (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician, composer, lyricist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuna