Slowtide

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Slowtide
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General information
origin Bochum , Germany
Genre (s) Indie pop , synth pop , chamber pop
founding 2002
Website www.slowtide.com
Founding members
Kevin Werdelmann
former members
Katharina Werning
Aaron Jablonski
Drums
 Ambros express network
Drums
 Andreas Bargel (2002-2003)
Keyboard
 Tim Tewes (2002-2003)
bass
 Swen O. Heiland (2002-2003)

Slowtide is the artist name of the Bochum-based singer / songwriter Kevin Werdelmann (born November 1, 1981 ).

biography

Influenced by Vince Clarke and Chris Hülsbeck , Kevin Werdelmann produced songs and soundtracks for his own films on an Amiga 500 home computer at a young age. The first officially audible result of his work was created in 1997 with the electronic concept album London , on which he processed the travel impressions of his first visit to the English metropolis in musical form. Apart from the electronic side, Werdelmann was inspired by bands like Travis , The Verve , Radiohead and songwriters like Nick Drake . He soon developed into a multi-instrumentalist and appeared for the first time as a singer on the two demo EPs Time Escape (2001) and Things That Fade (2002). The stage name Slowtide was born and numerous live performances followed, where he shared the stage with bands such as British Sea Power , Gravenhurst , Eskobar , Hjaltalin and Belasco . Among other things, Slowtide played at the renowned Reeperbahn Festival 2007.

The official debut album Origins , which was recorded almost completely in the bedroom, was released on January 16, 2009 via Marchpane Records and was generally very well received by the press. In the 01/2009 issue of Kulturnews magazine , it was named record of the month. At the following concerts Katharina Werning on bass and Aaron Jablonski on drums joined them.

The again self-produced second album Solaria was released on August 31, 2012 via Timezone in stores. For the song Aimless contained on it , Slowtide released the first official music video in the same year.

For the 20th anniversary, the album London was digitally re-released on November 3, 2017 .

On November 16, 2018, the third album A Gentle Reminder was released via Timezone in stores. It contains newly produced studio versions of pieces from the demo EPs Time Escape & Things That Fade . The music video for the included song Soothing Light was released on October 31st .

Discography

Albums

  • 2009: Origins (CD / Digital, Marchpane Records)
  • 2012: Solaria (CD / Digital, Timezone )
  • 2018: A Gentle Reminder (CD / Digital, Timezone )

Singles / EPs

  • 1997 London (CD, self-distribution) (digital re-release November 3, 2017)
  • 2001 Time Escape (CD, self-distribution)
  • 2002 Things That Fade (CD, self-distribution)
  • 2012 In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Digital), arrangement of the song of the same name by Edvard Grieg
  • 2020 Ship Of Fools (Digital), cover version of the song of the same name by Erasure

Remixes for other artists

  • 2007 Erasure - "When A Lover Leaves You (Slowtide Remix)" (Remix Contest)
  • 2010 Andy Bell - "Say What You Want (Slowtide Remix)" (Remix Contest)
  • 2012 Tommy Finke - "Canossa (Slowtide Remix)"
  • 2014 Atomic - "Come Closer (Slowtide Remix)", "Black Angels (Slowtide Remix)", "Don't Rip It Up (Slowtide Remix)"

Soundtracks

  • 2009 Kid Nappens - Solid Water is the theme song of the snowboard / skate film by WIUD Productions

Compilation Contributions

  • 2004 The Story of Your Life on "Where To Begin - A High Fidelity Compilation Vol.2" (Dandyland / Cargo Records)
  • 2006 Someday on "Oliver Uschmann: 'Full Employed' - Audiobook" (Mundraub / Rough Trade)
  • 2007 The Artist on "Bit Music Compilation" (CD supplement to Intro # 149)
  • 2007 Young Love on "Did you D: qliq?" (Grand Duchy Grooves)
  • 2008 Solid Water on "Series Two Compilation Vol. 13" (Series Two Records)

Others

The album Origins is mentioned in the book Survival at Festivals: Expeditions into the Rock Kingdom by the author Oliver Uschmann .

Web links

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  1. ↑ Review at E-lectric.de ( Memento from October 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Review by Westzeit
  3. ↑ Line-Up of the Reeperbahn Festival 2007 ( Memento from October 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Article on the CD release of Origins in Intro-Magazin # 167, p. 101
  5. ↑ Review at Ox-Fanzine # 82
  6. ↑ Review by Kulturnews ( Memento from August 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Video on YouTube
  8. ↑ Slowtide: Kevin Werdelmann - London (20th Anniversary) - Digital Release. October 27, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Video on YouTube
  10. ↑ Kid Nappens. - Snowboard / skateboard movie! Accessed May 10, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Slowtide
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werdelmann, Kevin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1981