Enik (*1980) is a songwriter, singer, and musician from
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, Germany.
He released his first EP "Without a bark" in 2003 (
Wonder Records) and was the songwriter and singer for four songs on
Funkstörung's album
Disconnected (2004), most notably the title track.
In 2006, his album "The Seasons in Between" was released on Labels Germany (a sublabel of
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...
). Enik combined different styles of music and the German internet magazine
laut.de
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compared him to
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...
,
Giant Sand
Giant Sand is an American musical group from Tucson, Arizona, United States. Its most constant member is singer-songwriter Howe Gelb. The group started as Giant Sandworms in the late 1970s post-punk and paisley underground scenes. They later s ...
,
Peter Gabriel and
David Bowie
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. Another review can be found in the German music magazine
Intro
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.
Also in 2006, Enik released his EP "Antenna" and in 2007 his album "Chainsaw Buddha". Both are just available as download, as on
iTunes.
In 2007, Enik did songwriting and singing for the vocal tracks on Chris Gall Trio album "climbing up" and toured with them throughout Europe. He cowrote and sang on the second Chris Gall Trio record "hello stranger" in 2010.
Enik also wrote songs for
Thomas D
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released in 2010. His latest release titled "I Sold My Moon Boots to a Girl From Greece" was released in 2011. Having just finished the soundtrack for the film feature "Guantanamo", Enik is now recording the next album.
Several of Enik's songs can be seen on video at www.youtube.com/enikenik
References
External links
Official HomepageEnik at LabelsEnikat
laut.de
laut.de is a German online magazine dealing exclusively with entertainment music, especially pop music, rock music, alternative, metal, hip-hop, jazz and techno. It comprises record reviews, interviews, biographies of important artists, music ...
Information about Enikin
Intro
Introduction, The Introduction, Intro, or The Intro may refer to:
General use
* Introduction (music), an opening section of a piece of music
* Introduction (writing), a beginning section to a book, article or essay which states its purpose and ...
Enik's myspace
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German singer-songwriters
Musicians from Munich
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)