Tim Isfort
Tim Isfort (* 1967 in Mannheim ) is a German musician , producer and arranger .
Career
Isfort, who grew up in Moers, studied classical double bass and electric bass at the Folkwang University of Music in Duisburg and at the conservatory in Arnhem, the Netherlands . In 1995 he founded the Tim Isfort Orchestra with up to 40 members , which plays idiosyncratic combinations of entertainment, film, jazz and pop music with changing guest musicians (including Blixa Bargeld and Katharina Thalbach ).
His project Tim Isfort Super8 , which was founded in 2004, is a bizarre-cast octet that processes and interprets songs from a wide variety of genres, adds German lyrics and plays live to image recordings. The texts mostly come from guest copywriters such as Tom Liwa , Christian Brückner and Eva Kurowski .
He also worked as a bass player for groups such as The Dorf, Planet Alien Band, Franza & die lemonairs . Isfort also writes theater music ( Schlosstheater Moers , Sommerblut Festival Cologne, Theater Bremerhaven) and film music; he also arranged for Einstürzende Neubauten , John Grant and Tom Liwa .
From 2009 to June 2012 Tim Isfort was the artistic director of the Traumzeit Festival . He has been the director of the moers festival since 2017 .
Discography
- 1997: Tim Isfort Orchestra (with the Tim Isfort Orchestra; studio CD )
- 1999: Apollo 18 (with the Tim Isfort Orchestra; live CD )
- 1999: Total Eclipse of the Sun (with Einstürzende Neubauten ; arrangement)
- 1999: Time stand still (with human fisherman ; arrangement)
- 2000: Ritorno a casa (with Carnival of Souls; arrangement)
- 2000: Silence is sexy (with Einstürzende Neubauten; arrangement)
- 2000: Recycled (Blixa Bargeld feat. Tim Isfort Orchestra; soundtrack )
Web links
- Official website of Tim Isfort
- Tim Isfort at Discogs (English)
- Interview (2016)
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| SURNAME | Isfort, Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician, producer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |