Ralph Valenteano

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Ralph Valenteano (* 1965 in Eltville am Rhein ) is the stage name of a German singer , composer and author.

Valenteano

biography

Ralph Valenteano first appeared on stage at the age of 15. At the age of 18, he and his band “Wetteruchten” won first prize at the Federal Rock Festival. When he was 20 years old, RCA Records signed him with his band "Best Before". The band made music with lyrics in English. The songs were produced in London with Pete Wilson, among others. Best Before broke up in 1990.

Ralph Valenteano worked as a singer for commercials and Disney radio plays and played bass and guitar as a studio musician - for Curtis Blow, among others. When he got to know the group Kool and the Gang while doing a studio job , they supported some pieces on his CD with saxophone, trombone and trumpet.

In 1996 Ralph Valenteano wrote three number 1 hits in Canada for First Base .

After three years of studio work, Ralph Valenteano released the first version of his album Words from Syllables and Gold in 2009 , for which he was able to win guitarist Dominic Miller and percussionist Rhani Krija (both Sting ) and Nick Beggs (former singer of Kajagoogoo ). Also Deon Estus (former Wham! And George Michael ) stood for the album in the studio. Saxophonist Harold Todd (played for Lenny Kravitz ) and drummer Claus Heßler can also be heard on the album.

Valenteano produced the album Invitation for the Egyptian singer Fadia Bazzi (Keymedia 2013).

In 2018 his new album Devachan was released , on which Momo Djender , Mike Lindup and Dominic Miller can be heard among others .

As an author, Valenteano has published books and audio books on mystical and spiritual topics. In June 2014 his book Light from this World was published .

music

Ralph Valenteano sees himself as a musical alchemist and mixes different cultural influences and musical styles. With his texts he follows in the footsteps of the Sufi poets. His compositions combine lyricism with elegant grooves, sophisticated arrangements and oriental elements.

Awards

  • 1983 1st prize German Rock and Pop Prize of the DRMV with German-language funk ; with the band "Wetteruchten"
  • 2010 1st place in the hr1 band contest with the band "The Great Pirates"

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2005: Future Zounds 2nd , Zounds, Stuttgart
  • 2006: Hitpack fresh. 5. Best of eurotalents , EMG, Lauingen
  • 2007: Atlantic lounge. La Gomera , Edel Entertainment, Hamburg
  • 2008: Libretto (with Daniel Stelter feat. Don Schiff), Valenteano Music, Wiesbaden
  • 2011: L'Alchimiste , Schirner , Darmstadt
  • 2014: Words made of syllables and gold , Zeitart, Worms
  • 2016: Amenti , Valenteano Music, Wiesbaden
  • 2018: Devachan , Zeitart , Worms

Singles

  • Nothing but your smile, ZeitART Records 2014

Videos

  • Nothing but Your Smile (Cairo Session)

Literary publications

Audio books

  • Memories of Jesus, Schirner Verlag 2010
  • Strive to love my soul, Schirner Verlag 2011
  • Christ-Consciousness, Schirner Verlag 2011

DVDs

  • Ho'oponopono 2012

Web links

Commons : Valenteano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b First Base. In: www.eurokdj.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Max Blosche: World pop made in Wiesbaden. In: www.fr.de Frankfurter Rundschau . March 3, 2009, accessed October 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Devachan from Valenteano. Song overview. In: www.amazon.de. March 16, 2018, accessed November 2, 2019 .
  4. ↑ "FEMALE" from Fulda "only" 3rd place in the "hr1-Band Contest" - winner: "PIRATES" , osthessen-news.de, October 25, 2009, accessed on October 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ The hr1 band contest is taking place for the sixth time , hr-online.de, accessed on October 20, 2013.
  6. ↑ Nothing but your smile. May 2, 2014, accessed October 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Valenteano, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valenteano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Eltville on the Rhine