YeoMen
| YeoMen | |
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 YeoMen at a concert (2006) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop , rock , a cappella |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | www.yeomen.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Tobias Lindh (* February 1982) | |
| Jonas Harder (* July 1981) | |
baritone |
Marek Strupp (born October 1984) |
Tenor , baritone |
Sebastian Leppert (* February 1985) |
tenor |
Absalom Reichardt (* March 1982) |
| former members | |
baritone |
Helge Beck (until 2007) |
baritone |
Sebastian Beyer (until 2008) |
bass |
Philipp Wackernagel (until 2008) |
YeoMen is a German a cappella band from Berlin .
history
The band was originally founded as a school band at the Sophienschule Hannover in the late 1990s and was initially called Vocapella . The five band members Absalom Reichardt, Tobias Lindh, Marek Strupp, Jonas Harder and Sebastian Leppert devote themselves primarily to modern styles such as pop , rock , hip-hop and techno . By using effects devices, electric guitars, drums and basses are generated with the voice. In 2003 they interpreted the song Mensch in an a cappella version together with Herbert Grönemeyer before the Echo Awards , in 2005 they performed for six weeks at the Christmas revue of the Friedrichstadt-Palast . In 2006 they played on the Berlin Fan Mile during the World Cup , in 2007 they were the opening act for the Berlin rock band Die Doctors on their tour Es wird tight . The five musicians are touring all over Germany, since 2006 also in France, Russia and Spain. Ukraine was added in 2008 and Italy and Tunisia in 2009. Starting in 2010, the band was five times guest artist on the ships of the AIDA Cruises. Since 2016 the band has called their style of music "Extreme-Acappella" and has won several prizes, including the 1st jury prize of the vocal contest "vokal.total" 2018 in Graz.
Discography
- 2006: Chilli Bo
- 2011: The main thing is different!
- 2016: Above (EP)
Awards
- Winning the Stuttgart preliminary decision for the “Jugend Kulturell” award in 2007
- Winning the jury award at the Solala a cappella competition (2015)
- 2nd place at the Emergenza finals of the East Region in 2016
- 3rd place jury award, 2nd place audience award at the Vocal Champs a cappella contest in Sendenhorst (2017)
- 1st place jury prize at the vokal.total - International A Cappella Competition in Graz (2018)
Others
World record in “a cappella techno nonstop” (6 hours and 1 minute without a break, everything with the mouth) on the OFFPOPMusicDay 2006 on the special stage in front of the Victory Column in Berlin
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winners 2015+ - vokal.total . In: vokal.total . ( vokaltotal.at [accessed November 4, 2018]).