Tom Liwa

Tom Liwa 2016

Tom Liwa (* 25. October 1961 in Duisburg as Thomas Greiner ) is a German singer and songwriter .

Life

Tom Liwa founded the band Flowerpornoes in 1985 , which released an album again in 2007 after a ten-year break. They appeared in 1987 in the opening act of the Germany tour of the Go-Betweens . Tom Liwa has been a solo artist for 35 years and has released numerous CDs over the years. He was also involved in various projects ( Paradise of the Unloved , Tim Isfort Orchestra etc.) Liwa wrote several texts for the band Klee , from which he has now distanced himself. His solo work spans a wide musical spectrum from loud indie rock (Project No Existe ) to intimate chamber music for the ukulele (album Goldrausch )

Tom Liwa teaches interested parties in workshops and seminars that are a mixture of creative writing and self-awareness. Since the beginning of the 2000s at the latest, spirituality and energy work have had a high priority in Liwa's life. This is partly reflected in his work. In addition, he is involved in cultural work, was involved in a project of the cultural capital of the Ruhr area in 2010 and organized a festival in March 2012 as part of the Duisburger Akzente , in which artists from different fields cooperated with each other. Liwa is the father of five children and lives in the village of Altengeseke in the Soester Börde .

Discography

Flower porn

• 1987: Make Up
• 1988: Stardust Kiddies
• 1989: Pumpkin Tide
• 1989: As Trivial As Life And Death
• 1993: Mommy's Peaches (For Bad Times)
• 1994: Don't talk about roads, don't talk about trains
• 1996: me & me
• 2007: How often do you have to run in front of the wall until the sky opens up?
• 2012: I love people like you
• 2015: Free and outdoors

solo

• 1998: Voeding (Glitterhouse Mailorder only) (also completely included as "Hidden Tracks" on the maxi "Funkysexy")
• 2000: St. Amour
• 2001: Evolution Blues
• 2001: Staefa CH (Glitterhouse Mailorder only)
• 2002: Lopnor (together with Florian Glässing; Normal Records)
• 2002: Two Originals of Tom Liwa (double album with "I ride a horse that usually only women ride" and "Nostalgia No Existe")
• 2004: Dudajim
• 2004: Traumdeuter (together with Thomas Jarmer) (single + 3 videos)
• 2005: Glauberg / California (Glitterhouse Mailorder only)
• 2008: Come Jupiter (together with his companion band "Die Blauen Flecken")
• 2009: One love only
• 2012: gold rush
• 2018: Just normal songs

No existence

• 2001: Tom Liwa No Existe
• 2002: Nostalgia No Existe (Contained in "2 Originals of Tom Liwa")

Sundown (Mike Krollmann and Tom Liwa)

• 2016: Crab Apple, Wild Cherry and Sloe

Compilations

• 1993: Remember ... (Track: Flowerpornoes: "Übers Berg")
• 1998: Paradies der Ungeliebten.de (Track: "Hour of Doubt")
• 2003: Must all be with (Track: "Confucius and the Wolf")
• 2004: Must all with 2 (Track: "UA Chinese Circus")
• 2004: Everyone has to go - forever beautiful (Track: Flowerpornoes "London, London")
• 2004: Must all with 3 (Track: Garish with Tom Liwa "Ginger")

Projects

• 1997: Tim Isfort Orchester - Tim Isfort Orchester (As guest singer, tracks: "As Sie Zwanzig Waren" and "Houston Sauerland")
• 2006: Werner Muth / Manuela Weichenrieder / Arms Akimbo / Tom Liwa - I could borrow a bike
• 2009: Werner Muth / Manuela Weichenrieder / Arms Akimbo / Tom Liwa - Muth's case
• 2008: Documentary We Have the Music - On the Road with Tom Liwa (length: 48 minutes) by Marc Ottiker
• 2016: Tom Liwa / Saskia Lippold / Rufus Beck - The whale and the river (live staged reading)

Producer activities

• 1996: Alexandra Gilles Videla - Unter Wasser (co-producer under the pseudonym "Thorsten Körner") (Peace95)
• 1997: Himmel - Himmel (producer, first volume by Florian Glässing, CD unreleased)
• 2000: Dead Adair - Ten Seconds to Ecstasy (Peace95)

Fonts

• Songs. Skarabeus Verlag 2003, ISBN 3-7082-3148-1 .
• Bad Poetry Vorsatz Verlag 2016

Web links

• Tom Liwa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website at tomliwa.de