Uli Trepte

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Uli Trepte (born September 27, 1941 in Konstanz ; † May 21, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German bassist, singer, composer and lyricist.

Life

He was a founding member of the free jazz playing Irène Schweizer Trio (1966–1967) and the pioneering Krautrock group Guru Guru (1968–1972). Trepte played with the progressive bands Neu! , Faust and Kickbit Information as well as musicians such as Yusef Lateef , Gato Barbieri , Barney Wilen , John McLaughlin , Mal Waldron , Edgar Hofmann and Hans Hartmann .

He led his own groups “Spacebox” (1975–1984) and “Move Groove” (1996–2001) and made recordings under his own name, with which he consistently structured his concept of a European, polyphonic, collective improvised, minor dominated modal harmonic, cyclically structured , organic-electric, groovy live music. He also worked with Aja Waalwijk, Amsterdam on the unusual song project Takes on Words .

Trepte lived in London, Tokyo, New York; Since 1985 he has lived as a multimedia artist in Berlin, where he developed a special type of text performance.

Uli Trepte died of cancer on May 21, 2009.

Discography

Irène Swiss Trio:

Guru Guru:

  • UFO, 1970
  • Back, 1971
  • Kän-guru, 1972
  • Spaceship (Best of Guru Guru), 1996
  • Very Best of Guru Guru, 1999
  • Essen 1970, 2003

Kickbit information:

  • Bitkicks, 1975

Spacebox:

  • (First), 1979
  • Kick Up, 1984

Move Groove:

  • Groove Along With Dong, 1998 with Arjopa
  • Staticsphere, 2000

Takes On Words:

  • Yestermorrow Songs, 2000
  • Incredible World, 2007

Solo:

  • Guru Guru / Uli Trepte (split-release), 1972/74
  • Phenotype, 1985
  • Jazz Modalities, 1990
  • Real Time Music, 1991
  • Rollomat, 2004
  • Multiphonic Music, 2006 with Chris Karrer and Geoff Leigh
  • Portrait, 2009 (compilation)

Other:

  • Sing Joy the Day, Trepte / Filsell / Ely, 1995
  • Best of Ax Genrich, 1997
  • Axymoron (compilation by Ax Genrich) 2009 (Sireena Rec.)

Web links

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  1. ↑ Uli Trepte 1941–2009 . The Stranger. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ Uli Trepte . Bill Ellsworth. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Trepte, Uli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bass player, singer, composer and lyricist
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2009
Place of death Berlin