Gisbert zu Knyphausen
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Gisbert zu Knyphausen is a German songwriter and singer from the Rheingau
in Hesse
.
in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. In August 2005 he founded the Indie
–Label
Omaha Records together with Philipp Heintze. In the following autumn he played his first solo gig
under his own name. He has since switched to using a whole band in his performances. His debut album, Gisbert zu Knyphausen was launched on April 25, 2008 by PIAS
Germany. It contains solistic? songs accompanied by a band. Gisbert zu Knyphausen's lyrics are often melancholic
but also have a hopeful character. He mentions ClickClickDecker, Ton Steine Scherben
and Element of Crime
as his musical and lyrical influences. Zu Knyphausen lived in Hamburg
from October 2006 to April 2010, before he moved to Berlin. On 23 April 2010 his new album Hurra! Hurra! So nicht was released.
An inherent Weltschmerz
in the songs that nevertheless lets us believe in a new morning was emphasised.
Rheingau
The Rheingau is the hill country on the north side of the Rhine River between Wiesbaden and Lorch near Frankfurt, reaching from the western Taunus to the Rhine. It lies in the state of Hesse and is part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district...
in Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
.
Development
After a stay in Berlin, zu Knyphausen studied Music TherapyMusic therapy
Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of an interpersonal process in which a trained music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients to improve or maintain their...
in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. In August 2005 he founded the Indie
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
–Label
Label
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Omaha Records together with Philipp Heintze. In the following autumn he played his first solo gig
Gig (musical performance)
Gig is slang for a musical engagement in which musicians are hired. Originally coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, the term, short for the word "engagement", now refers to any aspect of performing such as assisting with performance and attending musical performance...
under his own name. He has since switched to using a whole band in his performances. His debut album, Gisbert zu Knyphausen was launched on April 25, 2008 by PIAS
PIAS Recordings
[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
Germany. It contains solistic? songs accompanied by a band. Gisbert zu Knyphausen's lyrics are often melancholic
Melancholia
Melancholia , also lugubriousness, from the Latin lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old English wist: intent, or saturnine, , in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression,...
but also have a hopeful character. He mentions ClickClickDecker, Ton Steine Scherben
Ton Steine Scherben
Ton Steine Scherben was one of the first and most influential German language rock bands of the 1970s and early 1980s. Well-known for the highly political and emotional lyrics of vocalist Rio Reiser, they became a musical mouthpiece of new left movements, such as the squatting movement, during...
and Element of Crime
Element of Crime
Element of Crime is a German rock band that plays melancholic chanson-, pop- and rockmusic with guitar, bass, drums and voice/trumpet.- Band-History :...
as his musical and lyrical influences. Zu Knyphausen lived in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
from October 2006 to April 2010, before he moved to Berlin. On 23 April 2010 his new album Hurra! Hurra! So nicht was released.
Review
Zu Knyphausens debut received generally positive reviews and was called an "outstanding release" of early summer 2008. He was said that he would tell laconically texted stories with crisp humour, with economical instrumental backing and he would speak the diction of the former century but would attract a very young clientele.An inherent Weltschmerz
Weltschmerz
Weltschmerz is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind...
in the songs that nevertheless lets us believe in a new morning was emphasised.
Singles
- Spieglein, Spieglein (2006/Sommertag EP)
- Sommertag (2008/Gisbert zu Knyphausen)
- Melancholie (2010/Hurra! Hurra! So nicht)