Rudi Mika

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Rudi Mika (born September 8, 1955 in Dortmund ) is a German musician, songwriter and music producer who lives in Dortmund.

Life

After graduating from high school in Dortmund , Rudi Mika studied musicology, philosophy and German at the Ruhr University in Bochum . He has been working as a musician, songwriter and producer in Dortmund since the 1970s. As a multi-instrumentalist, Rudi Mika played in various local Dortmund folk rock and rock bands such as Manderley, Störenfried and Fliegende Onkel Band, worked as a songwriter for Die Dschungelband and was on stage with the group Ape, Beck and Brinkmann. As a studio musician, he worked for Hanns Dieter Hüsch , Rocktheater Nachtschicht, Philip Boa , Fasia Jansen and Geier Sturzflug . From the mid-eighties onwards, Mika produced sound carriers with children's songs for the pläne publishing house with interpreters such as Klaus W. Hoffmann, Fredrik Vahle , Klaus Neuhaus, Ferri, Atze, Dorotheé Kreusch-Jacob and others. v. a. In 1990 he founded the label Igel Records, for which he has since produced over 600 CDs with children's songs and audio books.

Discography as a musician (selection)

  • Manderley: "Flies, thoughts flies", plans publishing house, 1976
  • Peter Maiwald / Mike Herting: The people from Annostraße, plans publishing house, 1978
  • Roger Matura and the Niss Puck Band: No More Nukes, Folkways Records, 1979
  • The Jungle Band: Now or Never (LP, nerblo / EMI), 1981
  • The Jungle Band: Neither Gods nor Idiots (LP, WEA), 1982
  • Ape, Beck and Brinkmann: Wilde Motive, Wunschklang, 1986
  • Ape, Beck and Brinkmann: The Truth About ABB, Wunschklang, 1988
  • Fredrik Vahle: Ilse Bilse, Patmos Verlag, 1989
  • Rock Theater Nachtschicht: Hundred Thousand Chocolate Bars, Wunschklang, 1992
  • 1992–1999: play and learn (two productions per year with 16 children's songs each)
  • Vulture Swooping: Kings of the World, 2015

Discography as producer (selection)

  • Pipipause and n'e Brause: Children's songs for on the go, IKEA Germany, 1987
  • Pit Budde & Josephine Kronfli: Karibuni Watoto (children's songs from Africa), Ökotopia Verlag, 1997
  • Pit Budde Josephine Kronfli: Fliegende Feder (Indian culture in songs and stories), Ökotopia Verlag, 1998
  • Fred Ape: That's how it works, plans publishing house, 2003
  • Fred Ape / Rudi Mika: Cowboys are allowed to do that, plans Verlag, 2005
  • Fred Ape / Rudi Mika: Zeit, plans Verlag, 2008
  • Rudi Mika & George Major: Always trust your cape (3 CDs), 2015

Voice recording and direction

With Katharina Thalbach , Eva Mattes , Friedhelm Ptok, Matthias Haase, Ulrike C. Tscharre, Peter Kaempfe, Cathlen Gawlich, Robert Missler u. v. a.

Award as a producer

  • Andrea Hensgen: Can I stay when I'm quiet? (Annual German Record Critics' Award), 2005

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Mika, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, songwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund