Tim Friday

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Tim Friday
Tim Friday
General information
origin Zurich , Switzerland
Genre (s) Indie rock
founding 2011
Website www.timfreitag.com
Current occupation
Janick Pfenninger
Nicolas Rüttimann
Severin Graf
Lorenzo Demenga
Daniel Gisler (since 2017)

Tim Friday is an indie rock - band from Zurich .

history

Tim Freitag was founded in 2011 by Janick Pfenninger (* 1986), Lorenzo Demenga (* 1983), Severin Graf (* 1982) and Nicolas Rüttimann (* 1984) in Zurich . The band name goes back to the obituary notice of Tim Freitag, which frontman Pfenninger accidentally discovered in a daily newspaper. In 2012 the band released their first single Another Heart Has Lost Its Place on Spotify with the B-side Baby I'll Go .

Until 2013 Tim Freitag was mainly known in the Zurich indie scene. From 2013 to 2017 the band took a break, because singer Janick Pfenninger completed various stays abroad, including in New York , which was made possible by a grant from the city of Zurich .

In 2017, the band ventured a new start with Daniel Gisler (* 1981) as an additional member. The single Bruises , released in October 2017, brought Tim Freitag to airplay abroad for the first time. Since then, the band has played over 100 concerts, including at major events such as Moon & Stars in Locarno or in locations such as the Rote Fabrik or the Kaufleuten. The single Hold On released in March 2018 has brought Tim Freitag over 1,000,000 plays to date.

On March 13th, 2020, Tim Freitag released their first album entitled Monsters Forever . Due to the official measures related to the corona virus, the record baptism planned in the Kaufleuten had to be canceled. Instead, it was performed live in the studio of Radio SRF3, which was a novelty in Switzerland to date. In March 2020, Tim Freitag was voted "SRF 3 Best Talent".

Tim Freitag are known for their elaborately created music videos. Among other things, the music video for Tip Toe was nominated for six international film festivals, including the London Independent Film Awards 2019 and the Brisbane Backyard Film Festival 2019. Tim Freitag has prominent fans who speak out for the band in public, such as B. Boris Blank from Yello or the politician Chantal Galladé .

Members

Tim Freitag consists of Janick Pfenninger (vocals and guitar), Nicolas Rüttimann (guitar), Severin Graf (bass), Lorenzo Demenga (drums) and Daniel Gisler (keyboard and synthesizer). Graf and Gisler are full-time, trained musicians. Pfenninger, Demenga and Rüttimann work part-time as application developers, music teachers and school principals. In addition to Tim Freitag, all band members also play in other established Swiss bands. So is z. B. Graf bassist with Kunz , Dodo and Marc Sway and Gisler keyboardist with Hecht and Michael von der Heide . Alongside Tim Freitag, Pfenninger is out and about with his singer-songwriter duo Two Face Twin.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Monsters Forever
  CH 5 March 22, 2020 (2 weeks)

album

  • Monsters Forever (March 2020)

The band has released the following singles, always accompanied by a remix and a music video:

Singles

  • Bruises (October 2017)
  • Hold On (March 2018)
  • The Wave (June 2018)
  • By Your Side (September 2018)
  • Tip Toe (April 2019)

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  1. ↑ Tim Freitag is not a guy, but a band , In: SRF, Swiss Music Songs of the Week, November 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Tens of thousands listened to them , In: Tagesanzeiger, March 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the City of Zurich 2013 , p. 30.
  4. ↑ Album Review: Tim Freitag - Bruises , In: Tonspion, October 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ List of radio plays
  6. ↑ Stars in Town 2018 - At a very high level! , In: Negative White, August 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ Tim Freitag in the sold-out Kaufleuten Zurich: Full physical effort at the single baptism in Zurich , In: Indiespect, April 15, 2019.
  8. ↑ Hold On on Spotify , accessed May 31, 2019
  9. ↑ New date: Tim Friday , access date: April 15, 2020.
  10. ↑ Tens of thousands listened to them , In: Tagesanzeiger, March 26, 2020.
  11. ↑ Live enjoyment: Tim Freitag record launch in the SRF 3 concert asylum , on: srf.ch, March 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ Tip Toe on Film Freeway , accessed May 31, 2019
  13. ↑ Tim Freitag - Kulturhof Talentbühne , In: Berner Kulturagenda.
  14. ↑ Premiere: Champagne, bathrobes and slips - Tim Freitag celebrate “By Your Side” , In: Negative White, September 6, 2018.
  15. ↑ Portrait of Severin Graf on an instrument
  16. ↑ Bamboo Flutes and Building - Interview with «Hecht» -keyboarder Daniel Gisler , In: Urner Wochenblatt, December 2, 2017.
  17. ↑ Two Face Twin: Traumatically Beautiful Pop , In: Museek, April 19, 2018
  18. ↑ Tim Freitag in the Swiss hit parade

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