Oliver Gottwald

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Oliver Gottwald

Oliver Gottwald (born 27 September 1978) is a German singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was the frontman of Anajo, but is now pursuing a solo career.

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Life

Oliver Gottwald grew up in Schwabmünchen near Augsburg. In 2000 he and his band Anajo won the Augsburg young talent competition "Band of the Year". He signed a contract with the music publisher Warner/Chappell [1] and the band released several EPs. In 2004 the Hamburg indie label Tapete Records signed the band. [2] There they released four albums.

In the autumn of 2014, the band announced that they would "go their separate ways". [3] [4] Oliver Gottwald then worked on a solo album that also appeared on Tapete Records in February 2015 under the title 'Zurück als Tourist'. [5] [6]

In late 2016 he founded his own label with his partner called Lieblingslieder Records, [7] on which the singles Mustangmann, Stadt Land Fluss and Halluzinationen have already been published. All three songs are part of the EP Lieblingslieder. Gottwald has also recently started working with a new permanent band, consisting of Samuel Heinecker (keyboard), Fabian Schlegel (drums) and Ralph Stachulla (bass). [8]

The single Stadt Land Fluss is the title song of the eight-part youth series "Stadt, Land, Bus" on KiKA, which was first broadcast in November 2017. [9] [10]

In addition to his own music career, He was part of the juries of the "Newcomer Contest Bayern" [11] and the "John Lennon Talent Award" several times. [12]

On 12 March 2018 the rapper Errdeka released the album "Solo", on which the song "Funkeln feat. Oliver Gottwald" can be found. [13]

Oliver Gottwald was nominated for the Augsburg Media Prize 2018 in the category Sound. [14]

Discography

Solo

Albums

  • 2022: 2. OG (Lieblingslieder Records)
  • 2015: Zurück als Tourist (Tapete Records / Indigo)
  • 2017: Lieblingslieder (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)

Singles

  • 2014: Freunde fürs Leben (Tapete Records / Indigo)
  • 2016: Mustangmann (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
  • 2017: Stadt Land Fluss (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
  • 2017: Halluzinationen (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)
  • 2019: Zukunftsmusik (Lieblingslieder Records / Believe)

With Anajo

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References

  1. http://www.warnerchappell.com:Oliver Gottwald
  2. http://www.tapeterecords.de: Oliver Gottwald
  3. Anajo.de. Official website, accessed 12 March 2015.
  4. "Musiker Oliver Gottwald - Leiser Abschied, neuer Anfang". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  5. Zissler, Miriam. "Ex-Anajo-Sänger Oliver Gottwald ist zurück". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. "Oliver Gottwald: Schluss mit frischem Geld". TagesWoche (in German). 22 April 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. "GVL Label Recherche". labelcode.gvl.de (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  8. Allgemeine, Augsburger. "Lauter Lieblingslieder". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. KiKA - Children's channel of ARD and ZDF (11 December 2017). "KiKA - City, country, bus" (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. "Oliver Gottwald von Anajo aus Augsburg schreibt Titelsong für KiKA". www.trendyone.de (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  11. Jury of the Newcomer Contest Bayern 2014 Archived 1 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine on newcomercontest-bayern.de
  12. John Lennon Talent Award Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine on itzehoer.de
  13. "DIFFUS | Online-Magazin für Musik". diffusmag.de (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  14. "Der Text macht die Musik: Oliver Gottwald und die Inspiration in den kleinen Dingen - Augsburger Medienpreis 2018". Augsburger Medienpreis 2018 (in German). 6 April 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.