Samuel Harfst
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| Website | www.samuelharfst.de |
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| Dirk Menger | |
Percussion , piano, rhodes |
David Harfst, Joshua Harfst |
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Samuel Harfst (born April 1, 1986 in Hüttenberg ) is a German singer , producer and songwriter .
music
Harfst made his first musical experiences in the Wetzlar Chick Choir of the Christian children's songwriter Margret Birkenfeld .
With his band he initially performed as a street musician in Germany and Europe for years and produced and distributed his first four albums in-house. In 2009 Harfst was voted one of the 10 best German newcomer bands at the MTV unplugged young talent competition with his song Alles Gute zum Zeiten . The producer Ralf Mayer produced the (major) debut album by Samuel Harfst and band from November 2009. In November 2009, Harfst was with his band as opening act for the tour of Germany by Marit Larsen case. In May 2010, appearances in the opening act of Whitney Houston's tour of Germany followed .
At Popkomm 2010 , Harfst organized the “longest street concert in the world” and was thus included in the Guinness Book of Records .
In an interview with pro-medienmagazin , Harfst described himself as a Christian ; However, he does not understand music as a means to present his faith or to advertise it. In another interview, however, Harfst stated that his music was indeed shaped by his Christian faith. His album Day and Night Recordings (2008) consists of a number of Christian hymns such as Amazing Grace .
On February 5, 2011, Harfst won the David Award, the prize for the Christian pop music scene. In 2013 he went on tour with Samuel Koch . Harfst played songs from his album Step back during the performances and Koch read from his book Zwei Leben . A concert DVD was produced for this tour.
Label
Samuel and David Harfst also founded the music label RaketenRecords , through which they now produce their albums. RaketenRecords names EMI , Rough Trade and Gerth Medien as (sales) partners . The solo album by Dirk Menger is also produced by RaketenRecords.
Discography
Albums
- 2006: Simply for You
- 2006: Crossroad
- 2007: audio diary
- 2008: Day and Night Recordings
- 2010: Happy everyday life
- 2012: step back
- 2015: Chronicle of a love
- 2018: Finally being where I am
Singles
- 2010: Happy everyday life
- 2010: nice to be with you
- 2012: Different than you think
- 2012: Summer comes with you
Video albums
- 2013: Concert reading by Samuel Harfst & Samuel Koch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart tracking Germany
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2016 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.
- ↑ FOCUS , May 11, 2010, accessed on December 19, 2011
- ↑ Press release ( memento of September 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) by Popkomm
- ↑ "Do not raise faith in a bold" , interview in the Christian " Medienmagazin pro ", October 23, 2009
- ↑ Samuel Harfst - I am quite simply a musician and a Christian
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 23, 2014 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.
- ↑ http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Samuel_Harfst/Day_And_Night_Recordings/79174/
- ↑ "Raketen Records" , accessed on June 27, 2013
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Harp, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huettenberg (Hesse) |