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Joachim Witt (born 22 February 1949) is a German rock musician and actor.
Biography
Witt was the guitarist/singer in the 1970s
krautrock
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band Duesenberg. He released three albums with them, ''Duesenberg'' (1977), ''Duesenberg 2'' (1978) and ''Strangers'' (1979), before embarking on a solo career as a singer and actor.
Witt became a major star of the German pop scene during the 1980s with huge hits such as "Goldener Reiter". He was one of the biggest names of the "
Neue Deutsche Welle
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" (New German Wave), of which performers like
Nena
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and
Falco were also a part.
He made a big comeback at the end of the 1990s, when he scored a major hit with "Die Flut", a duet with
Peter Heppner
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Caree ...
, the singer of popular German
synthpop
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group
Wolfsheim. Witt's album "
Bayreuth 1
''Bayreuth 1'' is the eighth studio album by Joachim Witt, released 4 May 1998. It marks the beginning of the Bayreuth trilogy and the beginning of Witt's industrial side.
Track listing
# Das jüngste Gericht "(Judgment Day)" – 4:05
# Das ge ...
" (1998) went platinum in Germany and
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Bayreuth 2 ''Bayreuth 2'' is the ninth studio album released by Joachim Witt
Joachim Witt (born 22 February 1949) is a German rock musician and actor.
Biography
Witt was the guitarist/singer in the 1970s krautrock band Duesenberg. He released three a ...
" followed two years later. He has collaborated with such artists as
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,
Oomph!
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,
Angelzoom
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Early life
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,
Tilo Wolff
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of
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and just recently, German
electropop group Purwien as well.
In 2000, ''
Journey of Life
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'', released by
X-Perience, featured a duet with Witt called "The Meaning of Life".
Witt also contributed the song "Vandemar" to the 2006 album ''
Where's Neil When You Need Him?'', a compilation of songs based on the works of author
Neil Gaiman. "Vandemar" is based on a character from Gaiman's novel ''
Neverwhere
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''.
Witt was featured in
Angelzoom
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's 2004 video "Back in the Moment" and in 2007 with Purwien's video "Alle Fehler" (All Errors).
Witt's "best-of" album titled ''Auf Ewig'' was released on 31 August 2007. It contains 16 tracks of some of his current and past work but with more of the hard-hitting Bayreuth 3 sound. Also inside is a bonus DVD containing music videos and interviews. To celebrate the release of ''
Auf Ewig'', Witt released two new videos of his biggest hits from the 1980s, "Goldener Reiter" and "Herbergsvater". Two million copies of the album have been sold.
2009–present
Witt remixed songs from various bands, including
Sara Noxx
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Career
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's single "Earth Song". His next contribution was a remix to a song from
Obszon Geschopf's album ''Erection Body Mutilated (Back from the Dead)'' that was released in April 2009.
On 12 March 2009, Witt announced on his official
MySpace that the Bayreuth Trilogy had ended and all that he provided was that "New projects will take place in the near future
Witt also contributed to the Dorian Hunter play by creating the Dorian Hunter 2009 Theme which is available worldwide on iTunes.
In May 2009, Witt confirmed that he is working on his thirteenth album, which is titled ''Retromania'' and is currently unknown when the album will be released as it has been delaye
The Joachim Witt foru
and the official Facebook page has confirmed that the album ''Retromania'' had been cancelled, but Witt had stated himself that there already is an album in the works and is slated for release, sometime in Autumn of 2012.
On 28 September 2012, Witt released his anticipated album ''DOM''; this was his first album in nearly seven years. The single, "Gloria", Witt refers to a third milestone of his work after The Golden Rider and The Flood.
On 25 April 2014, Witt released the album ''Neumond''. It returns to the ''
Pop (Joachim Witt album), Pop'' sound.
Witt announced his 15th album on 13 December 2014. Titled ''Ich'', it was funded by Pledgemusic and was released in April 2015.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Silberblick'' (1980)
* ''
Edelweiß'' (1982)
* ''
Märchenblau'' (1983)
* ''
Mit Rucksack und Harpune'' (1985)
* ''
Moonlight Nights'' (1985)
* ''
10 Millionen Partys'' (1988)
* ''
Kapitän der Träume'' (1992)
* ''
Bayreuth 1
''Bayreuth 1'' is the eighth studio album by Joachim Witt, released 4 May 1998. It marks the beginning of the Bayreuth trilogy and the beginning of Witt's industrial side.
Track listing
# Das jüngste Gericht "(Judgment Day)" – 4:05
# Das ge ...
'' (1998)
* ''
Bayreuth 2 ''Bayreuth 2'' is the ninth studio album released by Joachim Witt
Joachim Witt (born 22 February 1949) is a German rock musician and actor.
Biography
Witt was the guitarist/singer in the 1970s krautrock band Duesenberg. He released three a ...
'' (2000)
* ''
Eisenherz
''Eisenherz'' is the tenth studio album released by Joachim Witt in May 2002.
"Eisenherz" is German for "Iron Heart".
However ''Prinz Eisenherz'' is also the German name for the comic strip character Prince Valiant.
Track listing
# Eisenherz ...
'' (2002)
* ''
Pop (Joachim Witt album), Pop'' (2004)
* ''
Bayreuth 3'' (2006)
* ''
DOM Dom or DOM may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Dom (given name), including fictional characters
* Dom (surname)
* Dom La Nena (born 1989), stage name of Brazilian-born cellist, singer and songwriter Dominique Pinto
* Dom people, an et ...
'' (2012)
* ''Neumond'' (2014)
* ''Ich'' (2015)
* ''Thron'' (2016)
* ''Rübezahl'' (2018)
* ''Rübezahls Rückkehr'' (2020)
* ''Rübezahls Reise'' (2022)
Live albums
* ''
Live in der Berliner Philharmonie'' (2002)
* ''
Live at Secret Garden'' (2005)
*''Wir'' (2015)
*''Refugium'' (2019)
Compilation albums
* ''Goldener Reiter'' (1996)
*''Das Beste von Joachim Witt'' (1998)
* ''The Platinum Collection'' (2006)
* ''
Auf Ewig'' (2007)
Singles
* 1981: Goldener Reiter
* 1981: Kosmetik
* 1982: Herbergsvater
* 1983: Märchenblau
* 1983:
Hörner in der Nacht
* 1984: Wieder bin ich nicht geflogen
* 1984: Das Supergesicht
* 1985: Blonde Kuh
* 1986: How will I Know
* 1987: Mad News
* 1988: Engel sind zart
* 1988: Pet Shop Boy
* 1988: Der Tankwart heißt Lou
* 1989: Herbergsvater Mix ´90
* 1990: Goldener Reiter -Thorsten Fenslau Remix
* 1991: Hallo Deutschland
* 1992: Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern
* 1992: Restlos
* 1992: In die falsche Welt geboren
* 1992: Kapitän der Träume
* 1994: Goldener Reiter Remix ´94
* 1995: Goldener Raver
* 1997: Das geht tief
* 1998: Die Flut
* 1998: Und ... ich lauf
* 1999: Das geht Tief
* 2000: Bataillon d´Amour
* 2002: Eisenherz
* 2002: Supergestört und Superversaut
* 2004: Erst wenn das Herz nicht mehr aus Stein ist
* 2005: Back in the Moment (with
Angelzoom
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)
* 2006: Sternenlicht
* 2007: Alle Fehler (with Purwien)
* 2009: Dorian Hunter Theme
*2009: Kosmetik
*2009: Ja, ja ...
*2009: Goldener Reiter
*2009: Mein Schatten
*2012: Gloria
*2013: Kein Weg zu Weit
*2014: Mein Herz
*2014: Die Erde brennt
*2015: Hände Hoch
*2015: Über das Meer
*2016: Terrorist der Liebe (with
Hubert Kah
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Biography
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)
*2018: Aufstehen
*2020: Die Rückkehr
References
External links
Official websiteIMDb: Joachim WittArticle about Joachim Witt(in German)
Fansite(in German)
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1949 births
Living people
Musicians from Hamburg
German industrial musicians
German rock musicians
German new wave musicians
German male singers
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