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.

Oliver Gottwald

Life

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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 March 12, 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

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Solo

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Albums

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

Singles

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  • 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

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  1. ^ http://www.warnerchappell.com:Oliver Gottwald
  2. ^ http://www.tapeterecords.de: Oliver Gottwald
  3. ^ Anajo.de. Official website, accessed March 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "Musiker Oliver Gottwald - Leiser Abschied, neuer Anfang". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  5. ^ Zissler, Miriam. "Ex-Anajo-Sänger Oliver Gottwald ist zurück". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  6. ^ "Oliver Gottwald: Schluss mit frischem Geld". TagesWoche (in German). 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  7. ^ "GVL Label Recherche". labelcode.gvl.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  8. ^ Allgemeine, Augsburger. "Lauter Lieblingslieder". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  9. ^ KiKA - Children's channel of ARD and ZDF (2017-12-11). "KiKA - City, country, bus" (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  10. ^ "Oliver Gottwald von Anajo aus Augsburg schreibt Titelsong für KiKA". www.trendyone.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  11. ^ Jury of the Newcomer Contest Bayern 2014 Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine on newcomercontest-bayern.de
  12. ^ John Lennon Talent Award Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine on itzehoer.de
  13. ^ "DIFFUS | Online-Magazin für Musik". diffusmag.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  14. ^ "Der Text macht die Musik: Oliver Gottwald und die Inspiration in den kleinen Dingen - Augsburger Medienpreis 2018". Augsburger Medienpreis 2018 (in German). 2018-04-06. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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