Phillip Boa and the Voodoo Club

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Phillip Boa and the Voodoo Club
Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub 2007 in Leipzig
Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub 2007 in Leipzig
General information
Genre (s) Independent , pop , rock , avant-garde
founding 1985
Website www.phillipboa.de
Founding members
Vocals, guitar
 Phillip Boa
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Phillip Boa
Drums
 Moses Pellberg
Keyboard, percussion, programming, samples
 Toett / Detlef Gotte
guitar
 Oliver Klemm
bass
 Thilo Erhardt
Singing, percussion, piano
 Vanessa Anne Redd
former members
guitar
 Ted Chau
guitar
 Chris Van Helsing
bass
 Taif Ball
Voodoodrums, drums
 voodoo
Drums
 The raven (Guido Eickelmann, † 2015)
singing
 Pia Lund
guitar
 David Rebel
bass
 Maik Timmermann
singing
 Price
Singing, percussion
 Thari

Phillip Boa and the Voodoo Club is a German avant - pop - or Independent band that greatly from her head and songwriter, singer and guitarist Phillip Boa is embossed.

Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub are among the most renowned German bands that are also internationally recognized by critics and fans ( ARD ). To this day, it is the German band with the most “album and single of the week” awards in the British music press (8 × "single of the week" and 5 × "album of the week" in the New Musical Express , Melody Maker) and sounds). In the survey “Made in Germany - The Most Influential German Musicians”, Phillip Boa was listed in the top 20 ( laut.de ). The band leader is said to be “one of the keenest observers of our society” and “Germany's most prominent songwriter”, with “a cynical-poetic look, full of enigmatic metaphors and sharp wisdom” (New Musical Express) as well as “magical prose / poetry in texts and figures, at the same time tender and brute chorale, romantic where it fits ”. "His ideology is the refusal to curry favor with the media and show business." ( Rolling Stone )

history

Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub was founded in 1985 by Phillip Boa. Other band members from the very beginning were Pia Lund , Voodoo and Der Rabe. In the same year the band released their first album, Philistines . Philistines appeared on the label JA! Music and made it into the German indie charts. From 1986 Philistines were sold across Europe under the Red Flame label . The second album, Aristocracie , was released by Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub on the Constrictor label, Phillip Boa's own label. It was produced by Eroc , a student of producer Conny Plank . This album enjoyed increasing popularity, so it is at number 10 on the best list of the independent music magazine Spex in 1986 again. It was particularly successful in Great Britain . The band toured Europe since 1987. Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub then signed a contract with the Polydor label , on which the next albums Copperfield and Hair appeared. In 1989, the single Container Love achieved commercial success and international recognition. In 1991 the album Helios (or as a rare double album) was released on Polydor.

After the band's most successful album to date, Boaphenia (released in 1993 on the Polydor label ), Phillip Boa devoted himself to his metal project Voodoocult . Other albums ( God , 1994, She , 1996, Lord Garbage , 1998) were released on Motor Music in the following years. After Pia Lund left between 1997 and 2003, Alison Galea of ​​the Maltese band Beangrowers took her place and took over the high vocal parts. The Beangrowers were sponsored by Phillip Boa and appeared around 2000 as the opening act on the tours of Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub. Since 2001, every year at Christmas time, “cult concerts” have been held in the Moritzbastei in Leipzig on three consecutive evenings (“The legendary Christmas concerts”).

Between 2000 and 2003 Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub released a total of three albums on the Sony / BMG-RCA label ( My Private War , 2000, The Red , 2001, C 90 , 2003). In 2005, the album Decadence & Isolation was released on the Motor Music label , which builds on the sound of the 1980s from bands such as The Cure and Joy Division . In autumn 2006 Boa went on a remastered tour with his voodoo club . Only pieces from the three re-released albums Copperfield , Hair and Hispanola were consistently played there. In 2007 the album Faking to Blend In was released on Motor Music. In February 2009 the album Diamonds Fall was released by Rough Trade . For this, the Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit was hired as a member of the voodoo club for all of the drums and percussion. In the summer of 2010, the live album Exile on Strait Street was released on their own label Constrictor. The albums Helios and Boaphenia were re-mastered on Vertigo / Universal in spring 2011 .

In August 2012, Loyalty, a new studio album, was released on Cargo Records . The album was recorded in Malta and London and produced by David Vella, Boa and Brian Viglione , mixed by Ian Grimble in London and mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios . In the same year John Robb, a renowned English music critic, wrote in Louder Than War Magazine : “Boa is one of the most important German artists of the last 30 years.” In July 2013, the fan album Reduced! , which was recorded in the Moritzbastei in winter 2012. It should radiate “the dirt and intensity of intimate club concerts”. Only the instrumentation was worked out in the studio, errors remained uncorrected. At the same time, it should set a “monument” to Pia Lund , who left the band at the end of 2013 at her own request. The voodoo club has been working with various guest singers since 2014. On August 22, 2014, the studio album Bleach House was released on Cargo Records, and reached number 7 in the album charts. The album was produced by David Vella in Malta and London, mixed at Konk Studios London by Dougal Lott and mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Avatar Studios in New York.

After many intensive years and more than 2.5 million records sold, the Blank Expression - A History Of Singles 1986-2016 show was published on September 16, 2016 on Capitol Records / Universal Music and reached number 8 in the album charts. In addition to the most important singles, the retrospective includes a. also 12 new songs under the album title "Fresco - A Collection Of 12 New Songs". The “Blank Expression” tour 2016/2017 was another milestone for the band towards old greatness. The current visitor numbers reach the level of the most successful year so far (1993), u. a. the voodoo club played sold out shows in Hamburg, Cologne, Dresden and Munich as well as on two evenings in a row in the sold out Berlin “Huxleys Neue Welt”.

On August 10, 2018, the new studio album Earthly Powers was released via Cargo Records and reached (despite a refusal to stream music ) with number 3 in the German album charts, the highest chart position in the band's history. Most of the album was created and recorded in London, produced by David Vella and Boa. The album was mixed by Ian Grimble in Church Studios, London, known for his work for Manic Street Preachers , Mumford & Sons , Daughter and Temples . Mastering took place in Power Station Studios, New York, by Fred Kevorkian ( The National , Sonic Youth , White Stripes ). "Earthly Powers sounds fantastic, offers great songwriting. A diverse album full of little stories, all of which have been packed into strong songs and lead to a new artistic peak."

On the stage the Voodoo Club played a. a. with other bands and artists such as David Bowie , Bob Dylan , John Lydon's Public Image Ltd. , Nick Cave , Sonic Youth , Björk , The Fall , Residents , Gun Club , Iggy Pop and Manic Street Preachers . The Voodooclub u. a. by Tony Visconti (David Bowie), John Leckie (Morrissey, New Order), Gareth Jones (Interpol, Depeche Mode), Gordon Raphael (Strokes), Ian Grimble (Manic Street Preachers, Bauhaus, Mumford and Sons) and worked with Aphex Twin , LFO , Schneider TM , The Notwist , Jaki Liebezeit (CAN) and Brian Viglione ( Dresden Dolls , Nine Inch Nails ) together.

style

Boas' music is influenced by British post-punk , indie / alternative rock and avant-garde . Boa's compositions and cinematic song titles are often used throughout Europe as background music or soundtracks for reports, documentaries and films. a. He contributed several songs to the award-winning BBC drama "Redemption" (with Oscar nominated actors Sir Tom Courtenay and Miranda Richardson ).

As a German composer and songwriter, Boa sets himself apart from classical songwriting through his approach to composing. He starts with a storyboard, as if he were making a short film, like a cartoon, with rough scribbles, drawings and complete texts. Only when he has finished this storyboard does he go into the studio and shoot this film with his musicians as a “director without pictures”. What the musicians then get from him as a specification is the key, the precise speed and an exact description of the “film scenes”.

Trivia

  • Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub live from a very loyal following and fanatically committed fan base. There is hardly a German artist who is more adored by his fans than Phillip Boa. The followers call themselves “Members of the Voodooclub” or “Twisted Fans”. The prices for out of print, rare releases of the band are therefore extremely high (often also by American or Japanese fans).
  • The band Die Ärzte sings in their song Wir sind die beste (bonus EP for the album Jazz is different ) about Phillip Boa. She ironically portrays Boa and herself as the last good musicians.
  • Pia Lund and Phillip Boa were a couple in private. After the first best-of album, Lund left the band in 1997 and released their solo album Lundaland in 1999 . In 2002 she rejoined the band and was a member from the album C 90 (2003) until she left at the end of 2013. Since 2014, the voodoo club has been working with various guest singers.
  • In April 1991 Phillip Boa emigrated to Malta. The live album, released in the same year, is called Live! Exile on Valletta Street . In July 2010 the album Live! Exile on Strait Street .
  • Phillip Boa left his tents on the island of Malta some time ago and moved his new home to north London . He still lives in his hometown of Dortmund .

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
1985 Philistines
yes! music 		-
Independent charts: 1st place
1986 Aristocracia
Constrictor 		-
Independent charts: 1st place
1988 Copperfield
Polydor 		DE47 (6 weeks)
DE
1989 Hair
Polydor 		DE26 (14 weeks)
DE
1990 Hispañola
Polydor 		DE14 (19 weeks)
DE
1991 Helios
Polydor 		DE32 (9 weeks)
DE
1993 Boaphenia
Polydor 		DE15 (18 weeks)
DE
1994 God
Motor Music 		DE23 (10 weeks)
DE
1995 She
Motor Music 		DE32 (9 weeks)
DE
1998 Lord Garbage
Motor Music 		DE22 (5 weeks)
DE
Solo album (without voodoo club)
2000 My Private War
RCA / BMG 		DE23 (4 weeks)
DE
2001 The Red
RCA / BMG 		DE59 (1 week)
DE
2003 C 90
RCA / BMG 		DE46 (1 week)
DE
2005 Decadence & Isolation
Motor Music 		DE40 (2 weeks)
DE
2007 Faking to Blend In
Motor Music 		DE59 (1 week)
DE
2009 Diamonds Fall
Rough Trade 		DE45 (1 week)
DE
2012 Loyalty
Cargo Records 		DE13 (3 weeks)
DE
2014 Bleach House
Cargo Records 		DE7 (3 weeks)
DE
2016 Fresco - A Collection of 12 New Songs
Vertigo / Capitol 		DE8 (2 weeks)
DE
released as CD2 of the double CD Blank Expression: Deluxe Edition
2018 Earthly Powers
Cargo Records 		DE3 (3 weeks)
DE

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ programm.ard.de , accessed on May 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Made in Germany - The most influential German musicians. laut.de, March 26, 2011, accessed on May 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Rolling Stone , September 2018 .
  4. ↑ Guido Eickelman alias Der Rabe at Discogs (English)
  5. ^ Website of Phillip Boa and The Voodooclub, subpage of the Philister album . phillipboa.de
  6. ^ Website of Phillip Boa and The Voodooclub, subpage of the Philister album . phillipboa.de
  7. ↑ Leaderboards from German rock and pop music magazines, website .
  8. ↑ Popsplits: Interview with Phillip Boa and Pia Lund, Popsplits - "Container Love", 2007 , in: YouTube .
  9. ↑ Interview Phillip Boa on VIVA Zwei , April 2000.
  10. ↑ Phillip Boa in top form - Leipzig cult concerts . Leipziger Volkszeitung, December 2017.
  11. ↑ The legendary Christmas concerts. MonkeyPress, December 2017.
  12. ↑ The legendary Christmas concerts. PowerMetal, December 2010.
  13. ^ Stephan Glietsch: Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub. Decadence & Isolation. ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2013 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. In: Spex , February 7, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spex.de
  14. ↑ Interview with Phiilipp Boa, CrazyClipTV 98 Philip Boa Interview , in: YouTube.
  15. ↑ John Robb en : "One of the best German bands of the last three decades, Phillip Boa and the Voodoo Club have been on a creative surge recently" , louderthanwar.com, December 7, 2012, accessed February 8, 2013.
  16. ↑ Reduced! A more or less acoustic performance. phillipboa.de, June 2013.
  17. ↑ a b Website of Phillip Boa and The Voodooclub, press biography / vita. phillipboa.de May 2017.
  18. ↑ phillipboa.de , accessed on July 4, 2014.
  19. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 2, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ) 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. , radioeins.de, accessed on September 26, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radioeins.de
  20. ↑ officialcharts.de , officialcharts.de, accessed on September 26, 2016.
  21. ^ Website of Phillip Boa and The Voodooclub, Biography / Vita , September 2017.
  22. ↑ MusikWoche , July 6, 2018.
  23. ↑ GfK Entertainment / Official German Charts , August 17, 2018.
  24. ↑ Cargo Records , August 14, 2018.
  25. ↑ Album of the Week , August 10, 2018.
  26. ^ Website of Phillip Boa and The Voodooclub, Biography / Vita , July 2017.
  27. ^ Website of Phillip Boa and The Voodooclub, Biography / Vita , May 2018.
  28. ↑ Popsplits: Interview with Phillip Boa and Pia Lund, Popsplits - "Container Love", 2007 , in: YouTube .
  29. ↑ MusikWoche , July 6, 2018.
  30. ^ Website of Phillip Boa and The Voodooclub, Biography / Vita , May 2018.
  31. ↑ Chart sources: DE