Manfred Praeker

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Manfred "Manne" Praeker (born September 25, 1951 in Berlin ; † September 17, 2012 there ) was a German music producer , singer and musician. He also played synthesizers and drums , but was best known as a bassist . He became known as a member of the Nina Hagen Band and Spliff .

Live and act

Manfred Praeker had his first successes with the German political rock band Lokomotive Kreuzberg , which he joined in 1973. In 1977 Praeker and Nina Hagen became a couple and the group became the Nina Hagen Band . 1980 came the falling out with Nina Hagen, Manfred Praeker made together with Herwig Mitteregger , Reinhold Heil and Bernhard Potschka as Spliff on.

Spliff became very popular in Germany with the New Deutsche Welle . Her biggest hits were Déjà vu , Carbonara , Das Blech and Heut`Nacht . Bassist Manfred Praeker wrote and sang the title Heut 'Nacht, which, due to its uniqueness, was later covered by other bands and also remixed by new producers. During his time at Spliff, Manfred Praeker was also active as a music producer, guitarist, bassist and singer or background singer. From 1973 to 2012 he produced and worked on songs and albums by Nena , Nina Hagen , Extrabreit , Froon , Die Ärzte and Achim Reichel .

At the end of the 1980s Manfred Praeker lived in Portugal, where he ran his music studio, "Mad Mix Studio", at his place of residence in Monchique until 2005 . Afterwards, various titles and albums by Manfred Praeker and Andy Eder were produced by e @ team®-records Musikverlag (Ibbenbüren) until 2012. From 1973 to 2012 he played bass and guitar in productions of other artists and worked as a producer on music projects such as Bandoo de Jah (2005-2008), BOCK-X on Spliff or Spliff, Bock & Friends (2005-2007), which was performed by well-known musicians like Jan Plewka , Ferris MC , Der Wolf (rapper) , Rolf Stahlhofen was produced under Praeker's direction and his participation as bassist and guitarist. In numerous live and TV productions - including RTL productions such as "Die ultimative Chartshow" - solo productions and releases of his greatest hit, Heut 'Nacht , and his song Heut' Nacht 08 / Heut'Nacht08 were performed. "Heut 'Nacht08" was one of his last personal favorite productions. Manfred Praeker died after a serious illness in the presence of his best friend and long-time manager Andy Eder on September 17th, 2012 in Berlin.

Discography of his contributions

Manfred Praeker was involved in these works with the band Spliff, among others, or wrote some of them himself or co-wrote them:

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1982 85555 DE1
platinum
platinum

(56 weeks)DE
AT4 (6½ months)
AT
-
First published: January 1982
85555 - International version DE61 (1 week)
DE
- -
First published: August 1982
Congratulations! DE4th
gold
gold

(26 weeks)DE
AT5 (3½ months)
AT
-
First published: November 1982
1984 black on white DE10 (11 weeks)
DE
- CH19 (6 weeks)
CH
First published: September 1984

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

  • 1980: The Spliff Radio Show
  • 1990: Spliff Remix

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1994 All the best (Best Of) DE71 (8 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: December 1993

More compilations

  • 1996: Spliff and Friends
  • 2001: Media Markt presents Spliff
  • 2005: The Best Of
  • 2010: Kult - 30 Years Spliff (2 CDs)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1982 Carbonara
85555
DE5 (23 weeks)
DE
AT13 (1 month)
AT
CH3 (9 weeks)
CH
First published: May 1982
Déjà vu
85555
DE36 (10 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 1982
The sheet metal
Congratulations!
DE5 (19 weeks)
DE
AT6 (2½ months)
AT
-
First published: November 1982
1984 Radio in
black and white
DE58 (5 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: September 1984

More singles

  • 1980: Spliff Radio Show
  • 1980: Jet Set Star
  • 1981: Rock'n'Roll Refugee
  • 1982: Today night
  • 1983: Close your eyes
  • 1983: Congratulations
  • 1984: Telephone Terror
  • 1984: Labyrinth
  • 1990: Déjà vu (remix)
  • 2003: Carbonara 2003 (vs. Ameno)
  • 2005: DeJaVu - Reloaded 2005 (with Jan Plewka, Friends Master Edition )
  • 2005: Das Blech - Reloaded 2005 (with Der Wolf, Friends Master Edition)
  • 2005: Radio - Reloaded 2005 (with Ferris MC, Friends Master Edition)
  • 2005: Emergency exit - Reloaded 2005 (Friends Master Edition)
  • 2005: Lifeboat 2005 (Friends Master Edition)
  • 2008: Lifeboat 2008 (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Black Sun (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: China (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Dead Mens Suit (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Did I find Love (Bock X production)
  • 2008: Gun in my Pocket (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: In Vain (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Love is a Dinosaurier (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Never forget (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Patience (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Shadow (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Sweet honey hive (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: When the world was new (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Yesterday (Bock-X production)
  • 2008: Heut'Nacht08 2008 (with Andy Eder, Friends-Masteredition)

Video albums

  • 2012: Live at Rockpalast

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. "Man, now put your guitar down!" Tagesspiegel , January 18, 2013, accessed on June 12, 2017 .
  2. a b Where he played, the brass flew away. Berliner Zeitung , September 27, 2012, accessed on June 12, 2017 .
  3. Manfred Praeker has died. laut.de , December 27, 2012, accessed June 12, 2017 .
  4. a b c Chart sources: albums / singles
  5. Gold / platinum database DE