Meller (rapper)

Meller (actually Manuel Meller ) is a German rapper from Bochum .

biography

Meller has been active in the hip hop scene since the mid-1990s , initially as a graffiti sprayer and then as a rapper from the end of the 1990s . In the basement of an old shoemaker's shop in Bochum, he took part in rap sessions, his first appearances took place in 2000, followed by the publication of tracks on mixtapes by local DJs. He also appeared regularly at concerts, including as the opening act for bands such as Public Enemy , Torch , Too Strong , Creutzfeld & Jakob and Marteria , and was at the Essen.Original festivals, among others . and Bochum Total on stage. Meller organizes events and concerts and was one of the initiators of the Freestyle -Rapveranstaltung Superior Session in incident in Langendreer . After the incident burned down, the superior session took place in the EveBar in Bochum's Schauspielhaus and in the underground in Bochum and will continue today in the location Die Trompete.

In 2009 Meller released his debut album To The Bone , which was named Indie Album of the Month in December 2009 by the hip-hop magazine Juice . As part of RUHR.2010 , Meller was involved in the MELEZ festival and as a moderator in the rap slam Slam2010 . Meller completed an apprenticeship as a speaker / voice actor at the Akademie Deutsche POP in Cologne . In 2013, the collaboration album Between Cities & Pyramids was released together with rapper Royal Black, followed by two EPs with producer Fabba: Zu Frisch für die Zukunft (2014) and Goldene Scheisse (2014). Meller holds workshops for young people and introduces them to rap, graffiti and hip hop culture. In 2017 Meller was seen on the stage of the Bochumer Schauspielhaus as part of the play Rapsody. Under the direction of the Berlin director Neco Çelik , Meller and two other Ruhrpott rappers (2Seiten and Killa Kong) reinterpreted the adventures of Odysseus. On March 17, 2017, Meller's album Show Your Face was released as a limited vinyl edition (300 copies) and digitally. The album was produced by the Bochum producer AUX99, with features from Rheza, Skor and Lakmann One (Witten Untouchable / Creutzfeld & Jakob ) , among others . In 2018, on April 7th, the album A Bone Job was released as a limited vinyl edition (300 copies) and digitally produced by Terence Chill (Beats) and Funky Chris (Mix and Master).

Discography

• 2007: What's Up (EP)
• 2009: To The Bone (LP)
• 2013: Between Cities & Pyramids (LP feat.Royal Black)
• 2014: Too fresh for the future (EP feat. Fabba)
• 2014: Goldene Scheisse (EP feat.Fabba)
• 2016: Meller on Wax Vol. 1. (EP, limited vinyl release)
• 2017: Show your face (LP, vinyl and digital)
• 2018: A tough job (LP, vinyl and digital)

Web links

• Works by and about Meller in the catalog of the German National Library
• Meller's website
• Biography in regioactive.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rappers.in/Meller-365_Special.html
2. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.rappers.in/Meller-365_Special.html
4. ↑ https://www.waz.de/staedte/bochum/hiphop-auf-der-koenigsallee-aimp-id7820000.html
5. ↑ The Ruhrpott rap scene is strong, but homeless in the Bochumer Stadt- & Studentenzeitung on September 12, 2011
6. ↑ http://www.coolibri.de/redaktion/musik/0313/play-that-funky-music-jam-sessions-im-ruhrgebiet.html
7. ↑ Superior Session | The trumpet | 7.2. | 20:00 | Bermuda3eck. Retrieved January 22, 2020 . 
8. ↑ December issue of Juice , 2009, p. 114.
9. ↑ http://meller-rap.de/
10. ↑ https://www.rappers.in/Meller_&_Royal_Black_%96_Zwischen_St%E4dten_&_Pyramiden-1216_Review.html
11. ↑ http://www.coolibri.de/redaktion/musik/0414/meller-fabba-frisch-in-der-birne-bleiben.html
12. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ http://www.herne.de/kommunen/herne/ttw.nsf/id/de_graffiti-und-rap-workshop-im-pluto
14. ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/nachrichten-aus-herne-und-wanne-eickel/teenies-lernen-rappen-und-sprayen-aimp-id9713892.html
15. ↑ Dominik Lenze: Urban Art: Hip-Hop and Rap unite them all | WAZ.de. In: www.derwesten.de. Retrieved September 12, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Bochum becomes the center of urban dance for three weeks . ( waz.de [accessed on March 7, 2018]).
17. ↑ Marius: Meller interview on "Show your face" LP. In: Ruhrptthiphop.com. March 10, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2018 (German). 
18. ↑ Author: Meller "A Bony Job" Snippet. In: RuhrpottHipHop.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020 (German).