Stefan Knittler

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Stefan Knittler (born July 13, 1967 in Cologne ) is a German singer , musician and composer from Cologne. He lives with his family in the Rodenkirchen district of Cologne .

life and work

Born and raised in Cologne, Stefan Knittler was already artistically burdened with the Cologne genes of his father Herbert Knittler, who had made a name for himself as a dialect author. As a drummer, Stefan Knittler belonged to the Cologne band Bagdad Babies, which existed from 1988 to 1992.

Stefan Knittler actually found his way into Cologne music by chance. As a member of the sing-along initiative “Loss mer singe”, he composed a song for himself and his friends in 2006 that was supposed to describe the special feeling during the sing-along evenings. “Kumm, loss mer singe” quickly turned into a kind of hymn for LMS fans and found its way onto various samplers.

In 2007 he was signed by the Cologne-based music company EMI Music Germany on their Cologne dialect music label Rhingtön . In 2007 the first single "Do und ich" was released by Rhingtön. In 2008 the first album was released under the band name KNITTLER. The album "De eezte!" found its own niche in Cologne's musical landscape. In addition to the Loss Mer Singe anthem "Kumm, loss mer singe" and the single "Do und ich", the album also contained a cover version of the REM hit "Shinny happy people", rewritten by Knittler with the permission of the music publisher REM on "Jot jelaunte Minsche".

From the beginning, cover versions of international hits have always been part of his live program and since 2010 it has become a show of its own: "P / op Kölsch". For example, more than 800 people came to the sold out Gloria Theater in Cologne to experience an evening with "Welthits op Kölsch" including prominent musical guests such as B. Henning Krautmacher , Anke Engelke , Carolin Kebekus , Purple Schulz , Peter Brings or Kasalla .

Stefan Knittler also plays Christmas music programs in different locations such as B. on a stage of the Cologne Christmas market at Cologne Cathedral. In 2009 the title "Met nem Schlitte durch Kölle" appeared on the CD "Xmas op Kölsch" on EMI.

The next album followed in 2010 with "Knittler Zwo". Musically, the spectrum ranges from songs with a touch of Irish folk such as “Su jung wie Hück” to classic pop and love songs such as “Wenn et Naach weed”. Here too, "Wat if Jott uss Kölle köm" was again a Cologne cover version of a world hit (this time Joan Osborne's "One of us").

In 2012 Knittler was then a duet partner for the song "Eijnahm" by the Cologne music group Imis, whose singer and front woman was comedian Carolin Kebekus .

In autumn 2014 the compilation "Kölsche Christmas 14" was released and again contained a Christmas title by Stefan Knittler with "Himmel un Ääd".

In 2015 it was a Cologne cover version that got Stefan Knittler talking. Knittler rewrote the classic from The Hooters "Karla with A K" to "Cologne I miss you" and received personal praise from Hooters singer and author Eric Bazilian when he met him at a Hooters concert in Cologne. In November 2019, Stefan Knittler released his Cologne version of the Leonard Cohen classic "Hallelujah", the new song "But if do wills" and created the CD compilation "Jesök un Jefunge" with sought-after recordings from recent years, but only online and is available at concerts. On May 1st, 2020, Knittler released an authorized Cologne version of Black's English hit "Wonderful life" , which he retexted to "Et Levve es schön".

Discography

  • 2006: Kumm, Loss Mer Singe (Single)
  • 2007: Do and I (single)
  • 2008: De eezte! (Album)
  • 2010: Knittler Zwo (album)
  • 2015: Kölle I miss you (single)
  • 2019: Jesök un Jefunge (Album)
  • 2020: Et Levve It's Nice (Single)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Küpper: Stefan Knittler: The second career of the Cologne front sow. August 10, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ KNITTLER PLAYS (P) OP KÖLSCH on September 23, 2019 in the Gloria. Retrieved August 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Simon Küpper: Stefan Knittler: The second career of the Cologne front sow. August 10, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Knittler, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer, musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne