Dust & Imagination
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| Studio album by Andreas Bourani | ||||
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June 10, 2011 |
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| Label (s) | Universal Music Group , Vertigo Berlin | |||
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CD, digital |
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Title (number) |
13 (+ bonus tracks) |
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running time |
54:02 (+ bonus tracks) |
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Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert |
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Staub & Fantasie is the debut album by the German pop singer Andreas Bourani .
Creation and artwork
All pieces on the album were written by Andreas Bourani and Julius Hartog, in cooperation with other often changing composers. The composer Tom Olbrich worked on four pieces and thus most of the songs on the album, composers also worked on individual pieces. With the exception of one piece, all songs were produced by Andreas Herbig and Peter Seifert, while the song So Easy So Heavy was produced by Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog and Tom Olbrich. Seifert also arranged and mixed the song. The album was released and distributed under the music labels Universal Music Group and Vertigo Berlin . On the black and white cover of the album - next to the artist name and album title (decorated with flowers in color) - Bourani can be seen with arms stretched up between two white walls.
Publication and promotion
The first release of dust & Fantasy took place on 10 June 2011 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . The regular album release consists of 13 new studio recordings. In iTunes , there were exclusive opportunity the album with a track-by-track to acquire comment. On May 15, 2015 Bourani released a deluxe edition with a second CD. This contains seven tracks from the album in a different version. The bonus CD contains three recordings together with the hr big band , as well as four acoustic recordings.
In order to promote the album, everyone received in May 2011, for a "like" on Facebook , the song Glück in an acoustic version for free download. This was followed by appearances at the New Pop Festival and the Bundesvision Song Contest 2011 . The Dust & Fantasy Tour followed from October 2011 to April 2012 . He then accompanied Unheilig on their City Lights Tour in the opening act.
background information
Since his youth, Andreas Bourani tried to become a pop star. Among other things, he took part in 2003 unsuccessfully in the ZDF casting show The German Voice . He worked with various music producers and wrote several songs, but he could not achieve any success. In 2008 he moved to Berlin to share a flat, where he met Julius Hartog, Sarah Connor's guitarist . The two wrote songs together that eventually led to a contract with the Universal Music Group .
Content and title list
All lyrics are completely written in German. Musically, the songs move in the area of pop music . Occasionally the music is accompanied by electric beats . Bourani's voice is clear and influenced by the soul . The album mainly contains ballads that are about positive feelings such as happiness, love and confidence. The texts are based on personal experience. The music is comparable to Tim Bendzko , Xavier Naidoo and Ich + Ich . The instruments were played by Arne Augustin (piano), Julius Hartog (guitar), Ralph Rieker (bass) and Jürgen Stiehle (drums).
| # | title | Author (s) | Producer (s) | length |
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| 1 | only in my head | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 3:49 |
| 2 | wonder | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:09 |
| 3 | Sunk together | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 3:24 |
| 4th | With time | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:26 |
| 5 | luck | Jen Bender, Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Raphael Schalz | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:30 |
| 6th | For sure | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:07 |
| 7th | iceberg | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:23 |
| 8th | Eden for you | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:15 |
| 9 | You and me and her | Axel Bosse, Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 3:13 |
| 10 | So easy so difficult | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | 4:44 |
| 11 | Alien planet | Philipp Otto Block, Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Jan Stolter-Foht | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:32 |
| 12 | peace | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Ralf Hildenpaket | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 5:16 |
| 13 | You let yourself go | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 3:16 |
| Deluxe Edition (CD2) | ||||
| 1 | Only in my head (with the hr big band ) | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:31 |
| 2 | Eisberg (with the hr big band) | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 5:30 |
| 3 | Miracle (with the hr big band) | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 6:52 |
| 4th | Safe (acoustic version) | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 3:16 |
| 5 | Luck (acoustic version) | Jen Bender, Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Raphael Schalz | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:15 |
| 6th | Just in my head (acoustic version) | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 3:43 |
| 7th | Iceberg (acoustic version) | Andreas Bourani, Julius Hartog, Tom Olbrich | Andreas Herbig, Peter Seifert | 4:21 |
* Details of the studio versions
Single releases
A month before the album was released, the single Nur in mein Kopf was released on May 20, 2011 . The second single Eisberg was released on September 23, 2011 . The third and last single Wunder was released on March 16, 2012. The first two singles were able to place in the single charts, Wunder missed a chart entry. For Just In My Head , Bourani received a gold record for over 150,000 units sold.
Chart placements
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) |
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| 2011 | only in my head |
DE16  (35 weeks)DE |
AT13 (3 weeks) AT |
CH15 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: May 20, 2011
Sales: + 150,000 |
| iceberg |
DE47 (8 weeks) DE |
AT56 (1 week) AT |
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First published: September 23, 2011
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Dust & Fantasy Tour
| Presentation album | Dust & Imagination |
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| Beginning of the tour | October 21, 2011 |
| End of the tour | April 1, 2012 |
| Total concerts (by country) |
* Germany (16)
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| Concerts in total | 17th |
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Dust & Fantasy Tour (2011/12) |
Hey Tour (2014/15) |
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This list contains all concerts in chronological order that were played on the Staub & Fantasie Tour :
Tour dates
| date | city | Venue | country |
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| October 21, 2011 | Leipzig | Moritzbastei |
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| October 22, 2011 | Dortmund | Leisure Center West | |
| October 23, 2011 | Cologne | Luxor | |
| October 25, 2011 | Frankfurt am Main | Bread factory | |
| October 26, 2011 | Stuttgart | Cann Club | |
| October 27, 2011 | Munich | 59: 1 | |
| March 18, 2012 | Hanover | Capitol | |
| March 19, 2012 | Hamburg | Gruenspan | |
| March 20, 2012 | Bielefeld | Roundhouse | |
| March 22, 2012 | Krefeld | Kufa | |
| March 23, 2012 | Bochum | Colliery | |
| March 26, 2012 | Cologne | Stollwerk | |
| March 27, 2012 | Stuttgart | Cann Club | |
| March 28, 2012 | augsburg | canteen | |
| March 30, 2012 | Vienna | scene |
Austria
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| March 31, 2012 | Dresden | Beatpol |
Germany
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| April 1, 2012 | Berlin | Postbahnhof at the Ostbahnhof |
Contributors
Album production
- Arne Augustin: Piano
- Jen Bender: composer
- Philipp Otto Block: composer
- Axel Bosse : composer
- Andreas Bourani : vocals , composer, music producer
- Julius Hartog: guitar , composer, music producer
- Andreas Herbig: music producer
- Tom Olbrich: composer, music producer
- Ralph Rieker : Bass
- Raphael Schalz: composer
- Peter Seifert : Mixing , arrangement , music producer
- Jürgen Stiehle : Drums
- Jan Stolter-Foht: composer
Companies
- Universal Music Group : music label , distributor
- Vertigo Berlin : music label, distribution
reception
Reviews
Stephan Müller reviewed the album for plattentests.de and called the album "quite philosophical for pop music". Müller classifies the 13 songs “between pop-esque soft pop and rock-ambitious basic work”.
Samira Kügler, who discussed the album for the radio station 1 Live's record check show , concludes: “ Dust and fantasy are a bit kitschy . Still, it's a solid German pop album to daydream. "
Andreas Dittmann from laut.de assessed the album much more critically and drew negative parallels to the music of Unheilig . Above all, he accused the album of being too focused on commercial success and being produced too smoothly.
“This forced mass compatibility is Bourani's greatest curse. The songs sound interchangeable, smoothly ironed to mainstream. Bourani even worked with bosses for one song ('You and Me and You') . He would have better oriented himself to its handmade songwriter pop. Songs like the piano piece “Mit Der Zeit”, the mid-tempo groover Frieden or the gentle final song You let yourself go prove that there is another way . Bourani's producers limit themselves to a little synth and electronic monotony and rather leave room for his voice to develop. So in the end, dust and fantasy are just a passable pop album. "
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Charts and chart placements
Dust & Fantasie reached position 23 in the album charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of 20 weeks. In Austria the album reached position 27 in ten chart weeks and in Switzerland position 22 in four chart weeks. In Germany, the album immediately entered the charts after its release. In Austria and Switzerland, the album hit the charts for the first time after its re-release and participation in Sing mein Song - Das Tauschkonzert . For Bourani this is the first chart success in the German album charts. Due to the later entry into the chart, it is already the second chart success in Austria and Switzerland after Hey .
Awards for music sales
In June 2015, Staub & Fantasie was awarded a gold record in Germany . The album was sold at least 100,000 times.
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Germany (BVMI)
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gold
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100,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold |
100,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Dust and Fantasy. discogs.com, accessed May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Discography - Jem. (PDF) goldengatemanagement.com, accessed May 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Exclusive version of "Dust & Fantasy" on iTunes! universal-music.de, accessed on May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Dust and Fantasy (Deluxe Version). musicline.de, accessed on May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Song gift "Glück" (acoustic). universal-music.de, accessed on May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ CD check: Andreas Bourani - "Dust & Fantasy". ( Memento from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) bbradio.de, accessed on May 3, 2019.
- ↑ a b Andreas Dittmann: The do-gooder and do-gooder between bosses and unholy. Laut.de , accessed on August 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani: “Dust and Fantasy” Tour 2011. vip.de, accessed on May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ In March for eleven concerts on the “Dust & Fantasy” tour. universal-music.de, accessed on May 22, 2015 .
- ^ Stephan Müller: Plattentests.de - Review: Andreas Bourani - Staub & Fantasie. In: plattentests.de. Retrieved July 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Samira Kügler: Daydreams from Berlin - Record Check - Music - 1Live. In: einslive.de. Retrieved July 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Dust and Fantasy. officialcharts.de, accessed on May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Dust and Fantasy. austriancharts.at, accessed on June 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Andreas Bourani - Dust and Fantasy. swisscharts.com, accessed June 3, 2015 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on June 10, 2015 .