Suzie Kerstgens
Suzie Kerstgens (* 1971 in Geldern ) is a German pop singer and lyricist . She is a founding member and singer of the band Klee .
Life
Suzie Kerstgens lived at the Stiftsgymnasium Xanten in Sonsbeck until she graduated from high school . She completed classical ballet and dance training and, after graduating from high school, studied philosophy and German at the University of Duisburg-Essen .
In the mid-1990s she began a musical collaboration with Sten Servaes and Tom Deiniger and played with them in the band Ralley . After a long break, the band was re-founded in 2002 under the name Klee . Kerstgens lives and works in Cologne .
social commitment
Suzie Kerstgens is involved alone and together with her band in various social projects, e.g. B. at Pro Asyl , Aktion Mensch and Fairtrade . Since 2007 she has been a member of the jury of the Sustainability Mission of the Council for Sustainable Development , alongside TV chef Sarah Wiener and TV presenter Tobi Schlegl . Suzie Kerstgens is also a member of the jury in the context of the “Children's song competition by WDR ( WDR 5 ) and UNICEF ”. Suzie Kerstgens is active for the German Cancer Aid as part of the “Mädchen checken das” campaign, which was launched in September 2007, and wrote the song Sing Dein Leben with Elke Brauweiler from the band Paula , Marta Jandova from Die Happy , Stefanie Kloß from Silbermond and Valentine Romanski recorded.
In 2009, Suzie Kerstgens wrote the lyrics for the song We hold together , which was composed and produced together with KLEE. The project was supported by the LVR and implemented together with people with and without disabilities. As a result, the song was not only performed with KLEE, but also with the band Höhner (2009) and the LVR generation choir (2010).
On July 20, 2011, the Stiftsgymnasium in Xanten , where Suzie Kerstgens graduated from high school, was awarded the title School Without Racism - School With Courage . Suzie Kerstgens has been the sponsor of the project at the Stiftsgymnasium since the preparations began in 2010.
Suzie Kerstgens supports the Cologne Aids Aid in various ways . On December 10, 2011, she performed at the Cologne Palladium at the Cover me concert , the benefit concert of the Cologne Aids Aid organization. Suzie Kerstgens sang the song Codo… düse im Sauseschritt in a duet with Dirk Bach . On April 25, 2012, Suzie Kerstgens and Kim Fisher won Das NRW-Duell , moderated by Bernd Stelter , and donated part of the prize money to the Cologne Aids Aid.
Musical success
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The musical successes she had with her band are detailed under " Klee ".
In addition, Suzie Kerstgens works with other artists, even without her band. B. with The Wedding Present (see list below).
At the Federal Vision Song Contest Suzie Kerstgens took twice previously in part: In February 2005, her band Clover, which at that time for the Saarland took and the song Gold reached the 10th place. The single reached number 54 in the charts. In February 2007, the singer appeared together with Anajo for the state of Bavaria at the Bundesvision Song Contest, in which she took ninth place with the song If you only knew . As a result, Anajo's single reached number 58 in the German charts.
DJane
As a DJ , Suzie Kerstgens calls herself Kölsche Kylie and is active in various Cologne clubs, including for many years as a resident of the Miau Party in Cologne's building 9 .
Discography
Suzie Kerstgens has released CDs from her own bands Ralley, Askona and Klee as well as in collaboration with the following groups: The Modernist , Space Kelly , Elseprojekt , Popshoppers , BAP , The Wedding Present , Dorfdisko , Wolke , Anajo , Swinger Club, The Far East Band , Virginia Now! . In 2009 she took up the title 2 Questions with Gunter Gabriel .
In the following table the single releases are sorted according to the album regardless of the release date.
| date | tape | CD | Album / Maxi / Song | Label | annotation |
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| 08/25/1997 | Rally | Rally | album | Logic Ball ( Sony BMG ) | |
| 08/11/1997 | Rally | I'll show you something | Maxi | Logic Ball (Sony BMG) | |
| Rally | Camping | Maxi | Logic Ball (Sony BMG) | ||
| 03/08/1999 | Rally | 1,2,3,4 | album | Rca Local (Sony BMG) | |
| 08/17/1998 | Rally | summer | Maxi | Rca Local (Sony BMG) | |
| Rally | Jump | Maxi | Rca Local (Sony BMG) | ||
| 08/19/2002 | Askona | Pop You 2 | Saturday boy | hobby deluxe | |
| 03/24/2003 | Earth furniture | Old inn Love | Pleasure bar with wine compulsion | wallpaper | |
| 04/25/2003 | The modernist | Kangmei | Prozac Europe and Magic Lantern | Wonder | |
| 03/15/2004 | clover | Invulnerable | album | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 08/26/2002 | clover | Remember yourself | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 05/26/2003 | clover | Beam of light | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 10/30/2003 | clover | But not always now | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | Vinyl only |
| 06/07/2004 | Space Kelly | First everything | Put an end to it, so to speak | Apricot Re | |
| 10/18/2004 | clover | Jelängerjelieber | album | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 04/10/2004 | clover | 2 questions | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 01/24/2005 | clover | gold | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 05/17/2005 | clover | A thousandfold | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 11/18/2005 | clover | For all, who | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 10/14/2005 | Rio Reiser / Klee | Family album volume 2 | Let's be a miracle | Noble | |
| 06/13/2005 | clover | Jelängerjelieber Ltd. Tour Ed. | Album + tour video | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 09/01/2005 | Elseproject | I dream of you so quietly | I know | Random House Audio | ISBN 978-3-86604-050-2 |
| 09/21/2005 | Pop shoppers | Heroes | Maxi | Diggler | |
| 10/28/2005 | BAP | Woman, i'm happy | Maxi | EMI | |
| 06/11/2006 | clover | Honeysuckle | album | Minty Fresh | |
| 04/28/2006 | The Wedding Present | Search for Paradise: Singles 20 | I'm From Further North (Klee Remix) | Stickman | |
| 06/30/2006 | Village disco | Just before Malmø | Title track | engine | |
| 08/04/2006 | clover | Between heaven and earth | album | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 07/07/2006 | clover | The town | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 10/06/2006 | clover | Love me life | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 04/27/2007 | clover | This mistake | Maxi | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 10/06/2006 | cloud | furniture | We're getting younger and younger | wallpaper | |
| December 8, 2006 | clover | Between Heaven and Earth (Gloria Live DVD) | Album + Live DVD | Ministry Of Sound | |
| 01/19/2007 | Anajo | If you only knew | Maxi | wallpaper | |
| 03/23/2007 | Swingers Club | Jazz sells | Beautiful day | Super music | |
| 09/17/2007 | German Cancer Aid | Girls check that out | Sing your life | Cancer Aid | |
| 10/26/2007 | The Far East Band | Tough Enough | The Call Up (Song) | Four Music | |
| 10/26/2007 | The Far East Band | The Call Up | 7 "single | Four Music | vinyl |
| 10/26/2007 | The Far East Band | The Call Up Martin Buttrich rework | 12 "single | Four Music | vinyl |
| 08/01/2008 | clover | Moving mountains | album | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 08/01/2008 | clover | Moving mountains | DeLux album | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 08/01/2008 | clover | Moving mountains | Vinyl album | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 07/11/2008 | clover | Two hearts | single | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 07/11/2008 | clover | Two hearts | Single PUR | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 07/11/2008 | clover | Two hearts | Single vinyl | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 10/31/2008 | clover | Moving mountains | single | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 05/16/2009 | clover | We stick together | single | LVR | free |
| 08/26/2011 | clover | Out of pure love | album | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 08/05/2011 | clover | Do you want to stay with me | single | Iceland (Universal) | |
| 08/23/2013 | Wingenfelder | The wall | Self timer | Day-7 (rough trade) |
literature
- Jutta Limbach, Peter Raue (eds.): 100 heads of tomorrow . The future in the land of ideas. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2006, ISBN 978-3-89880-667-1 . With a full-page photo, short interview and profile.
- Arnt Cobbers: We are now! Front women in German pop. Schott Verlag, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-7957-0589-3 . In this work, Suzie Kerstgens is portrayed in detail with a multi-page interview and numerous color illustrations.
- Suzie Kerstgens: Ming Cologne. In: Manuel Schreiner, Mirjam Kolb (Ed.): Indie Travel Guide. 2008, ISBN 978-3-927638-46-4 , pp. 398-408.
- Bernd Imgrund (Ed.): Suzie Kerstgens. In: No cathedral without the Rhine - 33 exciting and unusual conversations from Cologne life. 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-713-5 , pp. 30-35.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statement by Suzie Kerstgens on the occasion of the award of the city of Cologne as "Fairtrade Town" ( memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Girls-check-that: Sing your life
- ↑ We stick together. ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2011 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. LVR
- ↑ Awarding of the title School without Racism - School with Courage ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2011 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.
- ↑ 10 years of cover me
- ↑ NRW duel from April 25, 2012 ( Memento from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ DE AT UK
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kerstgens, Suzie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pop singer and lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Funds |