Bio/Discographie
17 HIPPIES - The truth and nothing but the truth
For the past 12 years Berlin’s very own ‘orchester spezial’, the 17 HIPPIES, have been playing their whirling, crashing, diving, bobbing and weaving mixture of music from around the world all over Europe … and beyond.
Imagine a mix of Eastern melodies, Balkan rhythms, French chanson, Anglo song writing, Cajun tunes, all perfectly blended together, creating their unique own „Berlin Style“ of ... well pop music. Oh, and they sing in German, English and French.
This energetic 17 HIPPIES music is the quintessence of many genres. The musicians musical backgrounds reveal influences from rock-pop to classic and jazz, and is reflected in the instruments they play: accordion, trombone, trumpet, violin, cello, woodwinds, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, Irish bouzouki, guitar, double bass, Indian harmonium and more ...
Starting in the spring of 1995 as a trio playing mainly non-vocal music, the band mutated into an ensemble of now 13 musicians, that displays a vast range of musical creativity. From their French radio hit »Marlène«, to the soundtrack for the Silver Berlin Bear winning movie HALBE TREPPE by Andreas Dresen; from a project called SEXY AMBIENT HIPPIES involving DJs, to a project called 17 HIPPIES PLAY GUITAR featuring New York guitarist Marc Ribot. Not to forget a joint venture CD called HARDCORE TROBADORS with the notorious LES HURLEMENTS d’LÉO from Bordeaux, theatre music for Japans famed ISSEY OGATA in Tokyo, and the DEUTSCHES THEATER back home in Berlin.
All in all, more than a 1.200 live concerts, all over Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Russia and Japan. With additional concerts in London and the SXSW festival in Austin/Tx.
Look forward to see them perform live!
www.17hippies.com
“The 17 Hippies are ridiculously underrated.
They should be in the front rank of European world music artists …”
Charlie Gillet, BBC London
17 HIPPIES on tour
(13 musicians)
Antje Henkel – clarinet, saxophon
Carsten Wegener – double-bass, saw, vocals
Christopher Blenkinsop – ukulele, irish bouzouki, vocals
Daniel Friedrichs – violins
Dirk Trageser – guitar, vocals
Elmar Gutmann - trumpet
Henry Notroff – clarinets
Kerstin Kaernbach – violins
Kiki Sauer – accordion, harmonium, flute, vocals
Kruisko – accordion
Lüül - banjo, guitar
Rike Lau – cello, vocals
Uwe Langer – trombone, trumpet, euphonium
CDs and other releases
CD Rock’n’Roll 13 RaP/HIPSTER Records, Berlin 1997
MC Texas Radio RaP, Berlin 1998
CD Wer ist das? RaP/HIPSTER Records, Berlin 1999
CD Berlin Style Buda Musique, Paris 1999
CD OST Halbe Treppe HIPSTER Records, Berlin 2002
CD SIRBA Buda Musique, Paris 2002
CD 17 HIPPIES play SEXY AMBIENT HIPPIES RaP/HIPSTER Records, Berlin 2003
CD IFNI RaP/HIPSTER Records, Berlin 2004
CD HARDCORE TROBADORS – 17 HIPPIES & Les Hurlements d’Léo (WAGRAM/Univers.), Paris 2004
CD IFNI, IFNI Buda Musique, Paris 2004
CD 17 HIPPIES play Guitar, feat. Marc Ribot & Jakob Ilja HIPSTER-Records, Berlin 2006
CD 17 Hippies "LIVE IN BERLIN" - HIPSTER-Records, Berlin 2006
CD HEIMLICH HIPSTER-Records, Buda Musique, Berlin, Paris 2007
DVD
DVD "LIVE IN BERLIN" (with 45 minutes documentary and 70 minutes concert ) HIPSTER Records, Berlin 2005 (CD’s and DVD are distributed in Germany by SOULFOOD, in Benelux by XANGO Music Distribution, in France by SOCADISC and in Switzerland by DISQUES OFFICE)
REALBOOKS
1999 11 Melodies for Children
2000 17 HIPPIES - Realbook Part I
2001 17 HIPPIES - Realbook Part II
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