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Alex Uhlmann | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Alexander Uhlmann |
Born | Luxembourg | 26 February 1981
Genres | Dance-rock, synth-pop, electronic rock, indie rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels | Capitol East Records, Universal Music, Hoernsenmusic |
Website | www |
Alexander Uhlmann (born 26 February 1981), also known as Alex Uhlmann, is a Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has been the lead vocalist of the band Planet Funk since 2010. While working with Planet Funk, Uhlmann started a career as a solo artist in 2017 and has worked with DJ David Morales. He has been the musical director of The Voice of Italy since 2019. [1]
Uhlmann was born in Luxembourg to German parents. He moved to the UK in order to explore the British musical landscape, [2] [3] and formed the indie rock band‚ Friday Night Hero, with whom he released the album Tourist in Your Own Town on 2 October 2009 on Capitol East Records. The band performed in several European countries and were nominated for the Indie award as "best UK live act" in 2008.
In 2010, Uhlmann left Friday Night Hero to join Planet Funk, with whom he began a period of production.
On 22 September 2011, the album The Great Shake was released (the fourth Planet Funk studio album and the first with Uhlmann on vocals and guitar), including singles such as "Another Sunrise" (used as the soundtrack for the Hyundai i20 Sound Edition TV advertisement), and "Ora il mondo è perfetto", with Giuliano Sangiorgi, frontman of the Italian band Negramaro.
A month later Planet Funk were asked to record a cover of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", as the soundtrack for the movie La kryptonite nella borsa by Ivan Cotroneo. The song topped the Italian dance charts and was awarded gold status in Italy for over 15,000 legal downloads. Later on, the single was included in the new version of the album, entitled The Great Shake + 2 . It was used for the Italian Wind TV advertisement campaign in 2011/2012.
Since May 2011, Planet Funk has played over a hundred live concerts as part of The Great Shake Tour throughout Europe, including shows such as the Formula One Gran Prix in Monza with Jamiroquai, the Olympic stadium in Rome with Tiesto and at the MTV Days in Turin in 2011.
In September 2012, Uhlmann was chosen as protagonist for the Italian Reebok [4] campaign for which he shot a TV spot in Paris. Together with Planet Funk he designed a Reebok shoe, the "PF 1999", [5] that was released in March 2013.
In the same year, during the MTV Digital Days in Turin, Uhlmann performed the "Planet Funk DJ Set" for the first time alongside Alex Neri and a tour of Italy followed, which included a set at the MTV European Music Awards after party in Milan in October 2015.
On 13 October 2015, Planet Funk released their single "We People", again with Uhlmann on vocals, chosen by Save the Children as soundtrack for their "Everyone" campaign, dedicating all profits to Save the Children.
Parallel to his activity in Planet Funk, Uhlmann started producing and writing for other artists as well as collaborating on a project created by Bluvertigo's drummer, Sergio Carnevale, the "Superband" which unites members of Italian bands for events and special performances. With the "superband" (featuring Carnevale, Uhlmann, Ligabue's guitarist, Federico Poggipollini and Marco Garrincha Castellani of Le Vibrazioni) Uhlmann took part in the documentary Vinyl Talk, which was broadcast on Sky Italia in February 2016. A little later in the same year Uhlmann and the "Superband" appeared for a guest performance in the talent show Top DJ, aired on Mediaset on 4 July 2016.
In 2017, Uhlmann started a solo career. He released a single entitled "Anyway", 24 January 2017, in collaboration with the DJ Francis Davila, from Guatemala.
On 14 July 2017 Uhlmann released "The Ocean ft. Edo", through Sony Music.
In 2018, Uhlmann was chosen by IBM Italy to experiment with artificial intelligence in songwriting. The result was the lyrics to his second solo single "Butterfly", released on 15 June 2018 (Universal).
2019 started for Uhlmann with a DJ set at the San Siro stadium in Milan for AC Milan's Serie A home match against SSC Napoli. On 19 April, Nervous Records released the second single of his collaboration with David Morales: "One Race" was remixed by Spanish house duo Chus & Ceballos and chosen by Hector Romero for his Weaving Genres vol. 2 (Nervous Records).
Uhlmann was appointed artistic and musical director for The Voice of Italy which aired on Rai 2 from 23 April until 4 June and was presented by Simona Ventura. In 2020, Uhlmann was confirmed as musical director for the Voice of Italy Senior, aired on Rai 1 and presented by Antonella Clerici.
In February 2021, he released his single "Paris or Rome" in Europe. The second single "Never Be The Same" was released on 21 May 2021. In 2022 the remix of "Only For A Minute" by Sterio reached the dance charts in Germany (Top 25), Austria (Top 30) and Switzerland.
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