Tobias Kuhn

Tobias Kuhn on guitar for Thees Uhlmann at the Greenville Festival 2013

Tobias Kuhn ( Tobias Felix Kuhn ; born January 7, 1975 ) is a German musician , singer-songwriter , film composer and music producer .

Life

Tobias Kuhn went to kindergarten in Cambridge , he spent his school days first in Heidelberg , Beijing and later in Würzburg , where he founded the band Miles in 1992 with a school friend . The indie rock band released three albums by 2003 and achieved a number one hit in Japan in 2000 with the single Perfect World . In 2004 Tobias Kuhn started his solo project Monta . Both Monta albums were popular critics albums. Among other things, Where circles begin was album of the week in The Sunday Times .

Kuhn produced the album Heureka for Tomte in 2008 and also worked there as a musician on guitar and bass. In the same year he supported Udo Lindenberg as a co-producer on two tracks on the album Stark wie Zwei and composed the piece of music I pull my hat . In 2008 he also wrote two Monta songs for the Wim Wenders film Palermo Shooting . In 2009 he was co-producer and musical director of the album MTV Unplugged in New York by Sportfreunde Stiller . In 2011, Tobias Kuhn produced the debut album of Thees Uhlmann and Uhlmann wrote the music. In 2012 Die Toten Hosen hired him as a co-producer for their studio album Ballast der Republik . He wrote various songs for the soundtracks of the children's films Five Friends , a remake from 2012 based on the books by Enid Blyton .

In 2012 he wrote and produced their new album with the Scottish duo Martin & James in Los Angeles. He composed the music for the television series Add a Friend and composed the song I Couldn't Care Less with Leslie Clio and her producer Nikolai Potthoff , among others . In 2013 he worked as a composer and producer for Adel Tawil's debut single Lieder . Together with Peter Brugger , he wrote the title song My Head Plays Bingo for the film Rico, Oskar and the Deep Shadows .

With Nikolai Potthof and Kenzie May, he wrote the song Weekend under the band name "Mocki" , which was released on the French label "Kitsune" and attracted attention in the Jai Wolf remix. In spring 2015 he produced the English artist Kelvin Jones together with Sacha Skarbek . In collaboration with Sebastian Wehlings , he wrote the song Blaues Auge for Udo Lindenberg , which appeared on his album Stronger Than Time in 2016. From summer 2015 he worked with Clueso on his album Neuanfang , which entered the German album charts at number 1 in October 2016 .

In 2016 he produced their second album Blossom together with the band Milky Chance in Kassel, Rothenburg an der Fulda and Berlin and was involved in Die Toten Hosen's album Laune der Natur in 2017 . At the beginning of 2017 he wrote the music for the movie Amelie rennt together with Max Perner , which was released in September 2017. Furthermore, Tobias Kuhn co-wrote the song Here With You , the joint single of the DJs Lost Frequencies & Netsky, in 2017 . The title reached number 2 on the singles chart in Belgium and was awarded a platinum record .

As a co-writer, Tobias Kuhn also co-wrote the song “Living In The City” by Rhys Lewis in 2017. In 2017 he was also co-writer on Mark Forster's song "Chöre" and the song "Once", which appeared on the album "Liebe" in 2018 and was released as a single.

Kuhn also produced the album Sturm & Dreck by the band Feine Sahne Fischfilet , which was released on January 12, 2018 on the Audiolith label . The album entered the German charts at number 3. The magazine Musikexpress wrote: “To make it sound more harmonious, Tobias Kuhn (ex-Miles), an accomplished pop producer, was hired - and that is definitely good for the project. Finally you no longer have to score points with charm, but now also have the perfect sound for the stadium identity that is increasingly being unlocked. "

Tobias Kuhn also co-wrote Alec Benjamin ’s song "1994", which was released in 2018 on the album "Narrated for you". He also worked as a co-writer and co-producer on the song "Karma" on the EP "Launch" by the band Dreamers .

In 2018 he was also involved in the production and co-writing of four songs on the current Bosse album, including "Augen zu Musik an" and "Ich warte auf dich". Tobias Kuhn co-wrote the song “Trouble in Paradise” on Alice Merton's album “Mint”, released in January 2019 . He also produced and wrote the song "She Says" with the band Gurr , which was released in February 2019.

Tobias Kuhn composed and wrote the original titles for the film " Rocca - Changing the World " (Warner Brothers), which was released in 2019 . He has also written the current singles “Take the Golden” and “Touchdown” with the Australian band Winterbourne and Imbibe.

He is currently working on the current Milky Chance album and has just finished the music for his first Tatort episode Die harte Kern .

Discography (selection)

Author participations and productions

Kuhn writes or produces most of his songs himself. He also works as a writer and producer for other performers. The following table contains all chart successes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which Kuhn summarized in his function as songwriter or composer as author (A) as well as celebrated as music producer (P). The table only contains single chart successes in which Kuhn acted as a full producer and not just as a co-producer. The table provides information about the work, the artist as well as details on the publication and sales figures.

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title artist	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
2000	Perfect World ^{A, P} Miles	DE84 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 2000
2008	The last great whale ^P Tomte	DE56 (3 weeks) DE	AT67 (5 weeks) AT	-	First published: September 19, 2008
2011	The salmon migrate up the river to spawn and die. ^{A, P} Thees Uhlmann	DE52 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: August 19, 2011
2013	I Couldn't Care Less ^A Leslie Clio	DE25th gold (26 weeks)DE	AT25 (18 weeks) AT	CH66 (2 weeks) CH	First published: Jan 25, 2013 Sales: + 150,000
2014	Do They Know It's Christmas? (German version) ^P Band Aid 30 Germany	DE1 (5 weeks) DE	AT10 (3 weeks) AT	CH21 (2 weeks) CH	First published: November 21, 2014
2015	Call You Home ^P Kelvin Jones	DE61 gold (16 weeks)DE	AT47 (11 weeks) AT	-	First published: July 17th, 2015 Sales: + 200,000
2015	Our songs ^A Adel Tawil	DE33 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: August 14, 2015
2016	New beginning ^{A, P} Clueso	DE48 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 2, 2016
	Choirs ^A Mark Forster	DE2 platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (24 weeks)AT	CH7th gold (37 weeks)CH	First published: October 28, 2016 Sales: + 425,000
	Cocoon ^P Milky Chance	DE34 gold (19 weeks)DE	AT40 (12 weeks) AT	CH86 (4 weeks) CH	First published: November 11, 2016 Sales: +310,000
2018	Once ^A Mark Forster	DE24 (18 weeks) DE	AT39 (9 weeks) AT	CH56 (8 weeks) CH	First published: October 5, 2018
2020	Dancing ^{A, P} Clueso	DE58 (... weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 24, 2020

Film music

2007: complete idiot
2008: summer
2008: Palermo shoot
2009: Lila Lila
2009: When the world is ours
2010: Rock It!
2010: My life off-screen
2011: Rubbeldiekatz
2011–2014: Add a Friend (TV series)
2012: Five friends
2013: Five friends 2
2014: Five Friends 3
2014: Rico, Oskar and the deep shadows
2014: From someone who set out to learn to fear
2015: Nutcracker and Mouse King
2017: Amelie runs
2019: Rocca changes the world

Band participation (studio albums)

Miles
- 1994: Baboon
- 1998: The Day I Vanished
- 2000: Miles
- 2003: Don't let the cold in

Monta
- 2004: Where Circles Begin
- 2007: The Brilliant Masses

Awards

Prices

2015: German Music Author Award in the category "Composition Pop"
2017: Prize for pop culture in the "Favorite Producer" category

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Canada Canada
- 2017: for the production Cocoon ( Milky Chance )
Netherlands Netherlands
- 2017: for the author participation Here with You ( Lost Frequencies & Netsky )

Platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2017: for the production Cocoon (Milky Chance)
Belgium Belgium
- 2017: for the author participation Here with You (Lost Frequencies & Netsky)

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! G-	platinum1	70,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	0! G-	platinum1	30,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold3	platinum1	950,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	gold1	0! P-	40,000	musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold1	0! P-	20,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	0! P-	15,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold1	0! P-	10,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	7 × gold7th	3 × platinum3

Web links

Commons : Tobias Kuhn - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official homepage of Tobias Kuhn
Tobias Kuhn at Discogs (English)
Tobias Kuhn in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ The new modesty in GQ Magazin Germany , accessed on May 1, 2012.
↑ Interview with Tobias Kuhn on popconnction.de; accessed on January 15, 2018.
↑ Birgit Fuß : A little furniture show . In: Rolling Stone . April 2012, p. 38-47 .
^ Official presentation of Five Friends
↑ Milky Chance - Blossom. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
↑ ultratop.be - Ultratop Belgian Charts. Retrieved January 15, 2018 .
↑ Official German Charts - Official German Charts. Accessed January 30, 2018 (German).
↑ Linus Volkmann: Review: Fine cream fish fillet - storm and dirt. Musikexpress , January 12, 2018, accessed January 15, 2018 .
↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
↑ 2015 - nominees and award winners. musikautorenpreis.de, accessed on January 15, 2018 .
^ Prize for Pop Culture. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kuhn, Tobias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kuhn, Tobias Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musician, singer-songwriter, music producer
DATE OF BIRTH	7th January 1975

[gp-1] The new modesty in GQ Magazin Germany , accessed on May 1, 2012.

[2] Interview with Tobias Kuhn on popconnction.de; accessed on January 15, 2018.

[3] Birgit Fuß : A little furniture show . In: Rolling Stone . April 2012, p. 38-47 .

[4] Official presentation of Five Friends

[5] Milky Chance - Blossom. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .

[6] ultratop.be - Ultratop Belgian Charts. Retrieved January 15, 2018 .

[7] Official German Charts - Official German Charts. Accessed January 30, 2018 (German).

[8] Linus Volkmann: Review: Fine cream fish fillet - storm and dirt. Musikexpress , January 12, 2018, accessed January 15, 2018 .

[9] Chart sources: DE AT CH

[10] 2015 - nominees and award winners. musikautorenpreis.de, accessed on January 15, 2018 .

[11] Prize for Pop Culture. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .