Max Koffler (born 1978) is a German musician. He has written music for some German movies and released his debut album ''taboo'' in May 2008.
Life and career
Koffler was born in August 1978 in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
, Germany. He is a great-grandson of the filmmaker
Leo Koffler
Leo Koffler (1879—1931) (full name Leon Bernhard Koffler, also known as Oskar Koffler) was a screenwriter, actor and singer. Living and working in Berlin in the beginning of the 20th century, he was one of the pioneers of cinema.
Life
Koff ...
and a descendant of the composer
Domenico Mazzocchi. Already in his early childhood Max did music and also played main parts in musicals.
After the Fall of the Wall his family moved from Berlin to Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt where he founded his first band ''Kerosin'' together with his brother
Hanno Koffler in 1994. In 1997, he moved back to Berlin.
Kerosin won second prize in the World's biggest Band Live contest ''Emergenza'' in 2001 and recorded songs for several German cinema movies.
Max Koffler also wrote and performed the German title song for the movie "ganz und gar" (2003).
After taking part in a singing competition for Korean traditional songs in 2004, Koffler was invited to Korea and there he had concerts at the Seoul Opera and Seoul's largest Entertainment park. Videos of his performances became No.1 in Korean video charts and Koffler travelled there again in 2008 for several interviews and playing concerts with his new band ''Seoulmates''.
In 2005, Max Koffler recorded his first studio album "taboo" together with different musicians which was released in 2008 on trigger music, a sublabel of 313JWP (distributed by
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
).
Discography
Albums:
* ''taboo'' (2008)
Singles:
* "one way highway" (2007)
Scores:
* ''ganz und gar'' (2003)
Soundtracks:
* ''Paule und Julia'' (2002)
* ''Hattrick'' (TV, Pro7, 2002)
* ''ganz und gar'' (2003)
* ''Sommersturm'' (2004)
References
External links
Max Koffler Official website of Max Koffler
Videoof the song ''taboo''
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1978 births
21st-century German male singers
German rock singers
German male singer-songwriters
German singer-songwriters
Living people
Rhythm guitarists
21st-century German guitarists