Roman Bunka
Roman Bunka (born December 2, 1951 in Frankfurt am Main ) is an oud player, guitarist , composer and a pioneer of the “ world music ” scene.
Life
In the 1970s he played with Embryo , Mal Waldron , Charlie Mariano , Missus Beastly , Aera and Trilok Gurtu . In the 1980s he founded the band "Your head is a sleeping car" and worked with Mohamed Mounir , Abdu Dagir , dissidents and Fathy Salama . In the 1990s he began composing film music for directors such as Heiner Stadler , Fritz Baumann and Doris Dörrie . Today he combines these experiences in order to present new projects as a “border crosser” and to promote the dialogue between musical cultures.
In 2010 he recorded the song Yasmine (together with Mohamed Mounir ) with the band Ich + Ich for the album Gute Reise . He was also on the Ich + Ich tour 2010 and the Bundesvision song contest .
Roman Bunka lives in Munich.
Discography (selection)
- Embryo's Rache 1971 (with embryo)
- Wiesbaden - Live 1972 (Embryo)
- We keep on 1973 (embryo)
- Surfin '1975 (embryo)
- Bad Heads & Bad Cats 1976 (Embryo)
- Life 1977 (Embryo + Ch. Mariano)
- Apo Calypso 1977 (Embryo + Tr. Gurtu)
- Aera - Life 1979 (Aera)
- Embryo's Journey 1979/80 (Embryo)
- Your head is a sleeping car 1980
- La Blama Sparozzi 1982 (embryo)
- Turn Peace 1989 (embryo)
- From Spain to Spain 1992 (with Vox)
- Malik a Taksim 1992 (with Abdu Dagir)
- Tunguska Guska 1993 (with Grace Yoon)
- Color me Cairo 1995 Enja
- Jungle Book 1993 (with dissidents)
- Earborn 1996 Jaro
- Orientacion 2004 Enja (with Luis Borda and Jost Hecker )
- Abadan 2010 (with Hammond Schneider)
- Yasmine 2010 (with me + me )
Film music
- 1991: Tatort: The Chinese Method
- 1993: Crime scene: Everything Palermo
- 1995: Paul Bowles - Crescent
- 1996: Tatort: Shadow World
- 1996: War Pictures
- 1997: Police call 110: Fire!
- 1998: am I beautiful?
- 2002: Anansi
- 2002: Eclipse
- 2012: Karim
Awards
- 1993: Prix Futura of the BBC for the radio play Tunguska Guska with Grace Yoon
- 1995: German Record Critics' Prize for Color me Cairo with Malachi Favors
- 2014: Schwabing Art Prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Roman Bunka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Roman Bunka's website
- Roman Bunka at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bunka, Roman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German oud player, guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |