Zeebee
Encyclopedia
Eva Engel, better known as zeebee, born June 29, 1965 in Aalen
, Germany
, is an Austria
n singer-songwriter
, composer
and music producer. She creates sounds and songs with a broad variety of styles, such as jazz
, pop
, electronica
, acoustic music
and classical music
.
aged seventeen, releasing records on the Swiss label Off Course with her band D-Sire in the late 80's. Then starting to work as a ghostwriter, copywriting and taking flying lessons, raising two families and recording her musical ideas in her own studio in Austria
.
In the year 1999 zeebee (= "cb", relates to cyberbabe) starts to work via internet with the most diverse songwriters from all over the world. Since the release of her debut "Chemistry" on the Independent label Angelika Köhlermann in January 2004 zeebee received impressive press and radio reviews all over the world. "Priorities" - the second album of zeebee, has been written in the years 2004 and 2005 and was released in February 2006 on Angelika Köhlermann/Monkey Music.
In June 2007 the new album of Klaus Waldeck
"Ballroom Stories" was released, on which zeebee has worked as a co-author and is featured as the new voice on the album.
zeebee is touring as a solo-artist with band and as singer of Klaus Waldeck's band. Her third solo-album "Be My Sailor" has been released on March 19, 2010 by Dope Noir, Vienna.
Aalen
Aalen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district, and its largest city, as well as the largest city within the Ostwürttemberg region. In spatial planning, Aalen is designated a Mittelzentrum...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, is an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music producer. She creates sounds and songs with a broad variety of styles, such as jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, acoustic music
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
and classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
.
Life and career
zeebee has been recording herself since the age of five, touring with Birmingham's PigbagPigbag
-Origin and formation:Pigbag were formed in Cheltenham in late 1980 by Chris Hamlin, a fashion student at Cheltenham Art College. Hamlin recruited multi-instrumentalist Roger Freeman, an old friend from his hometown of Birmingham, along with Chris Lee on trumpet and James Johnstone, a guitarist,...
aged seventeen, releasing records on the Swiss label Off Course with her band D-Sire in the late 80's. Then starting to work as a ghostwriter, copywriting and taking flying lessons, raising two families and recording her musical ideas in her own studio in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
In the year 1999 zeebee (= "cb", relates to cyberbabe) starts to work via internet with the most diverse songwriters from all over the world. Since the release of her debut "Chemistry" on the Independent label Angelika Köhlermann in January 2004 zeebee received impressive press and radio reviews all over the world. "Priorities" - the second album of zeebee, has been written in the years 2004 and 2005 and was released in February 2006 on Angelika Köhlermann/Monkey Music.
In June 2007 the new album of Klaus Waldeck
Klaus Waldeck
Klaus Waldeck, usually known by his stage name of Waldeck, is a Viennese former copyright lawyer and electronica musician.-History:Klaus Waldeck's musical career began in Vienna, Austria when he started piano lessons at the age of six...
"Ballroom Stories" was released, on which zeebee has worked as a co-author and is featured as the new voice on the album.
zeebee is touring as a solo-artist with band and as singer of Klaus Waldeck's band. Her third solo-album "Be My Sailor" has been released on March 19, 2010 by Dope Noir, Vienna.
Discography
- 1987 D-Sire Moving Back And Forward', Label: Off Course
- 2003 Tender EP, Label: zeebeemusic
- 2004 ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, Label: Angelika Köhlermann - 2005 Cartoonboom Video EP, Label: Angelika Köhlermann
- 2006 Priorities, Label: Angelika Köhlermann/Monkey Music
- 2007 Klaus WaldeckKlaus WaldeckKlaus Waldeck, usually known by his stage name of Waldeck, is a Viennese former copyright lawyer and electronica musician.-History:Klaus Waldeck's musical career began in Vienna, Austria when he started piano lessons at the age of six...
Ballroom StoriesBallroom StoriesBallroom Stories is a studio album by Waldeck. Ballroom Stories is the first album that Walkdeck teamed up with Zeebee. The album features a more Trip-Hop sound than his previous albums.-Tracklist:...
, Label: Dope Noir - 2010 In Peace We Live EP, Label: Dope Noir
- 2010 Be My Sailor, Label: Dope Noir
Videos
- Cartoonboom (Suk & Koch, New York)
- Sunday Morning (zeebee)