Namosh (born 8 May 1981), also known as Namosh E. Arslan or Namosh Erkan Arslan, is a German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ of

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descent.

Life and work

Namosh has lived in

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since 1999 and is known for his

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and wild live performances. He performs mostly solo or with other artists at various events. He has worked with a lot of well known artists and musicians such as Peter Thomas, Wolfgang Müller and Angie Reed, performing or producing music together with them. In the music magazine Q,

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described Namosh's song "Cold Cream" as her favourite song of 2005. The song appeared on his first album ''Moccatongue'', which was released in 2006. It was followed by ''Keep It for Later''. This, his second album, was released in 2009. In addition to his musical activities Namosh has worked as actor. He played the leading role in the Children's theatre play ''Kleider machen Leute'' at ''Theater an der Parkaue'' in Berlin. Reviewers of the newspapers

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and

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praised his performance in the play. In 2018 Namosh's album ''Music Muscle'' was released by the record label ''Weltgast'' as CD, LP and

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."laut.de-Biographie - Namosh"
(in German). ''

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''. Retrieved 28 January 2019. His latest album ''Party Alone'' was digitally released on June 13, 2022.

Discography (selection)

Music

* 2004: Namosh ( LP, Album, Pale Music International) * 2005: Cold Cream ( 12", Bungalow Records) * 2005: Messed Up w/ Angie Reed/ Hi-End (12", Metroheadmusic) * 2005: The Pulse (12", Bungalow Records) * 2005: Wolfgang Müller & Namosh / Frieder Butzmann - ''25 Jahre Geniale Dilletanten'' ( 7", Crippled Dick Hot Wax) * 2006: Dear Diary feat. Hisako / Fine! Adam Sky Remix (7",

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, Ltd, Bungalow Records) * 2006: Moccatongue ( CD,

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, Album, enh, Bungalow Records/

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/PIAS) * 2007: Schocko & Co (limited book-CD, Hybriden Verlag/Mimas Atlas) * 2009: Keep It for Later (CD, album, Crippled Dick Hot Wax) * 2011: Keep It For Later (MP3/WAV, Track on the

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'' Jerk Off '', Zingy) * 2018: Music Muscle (CD, LP, MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast) * 2020: Music Muscle - The Rework (MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast) * 2021: Moccatongue - The Reroll (MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast) * 2022: Party Alone (MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast)

Production

* 2004: Namosh (LP, Pale Music International) * 2006: Moccatongue (CD, album, Enh, Bungalow Records/Rough Trade Records/PIAS) * 2008: Mit - Coda (CD, album, Haute Areal) * 2009: Keep It for Later (CD, album, Crippled Dick Hot Wax)

Miscellaneous

* 2005: Angie Reed – Hustle A Hustler (12" or CD, Chicks On Speed Records), (Hustle A Hustler (Namosh

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)) * 2009: Jessie Evans – Is It Fire? (LP or CD, Fantomette Records), (author, bass, keyboards on ''Black Sand '' and choral singing on ''To The Sun'') * 2012: Wolfgang Müller – "Séance Vocibus Avium" & "Wísk Niwáhsen Wísk Nikahseriiè:Take Kanien'Kéha Wa'Katéweienste" Oder "Learning Mohawk In Fifty-five Minutes" (double CD, Intermedium Records), (birdcall on ''Coturnix Novae-Zelandiae'') * 2013:

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– Stopp (Der Information) - Unvollendete Version 1983 (12", Squoodge Records), (editing)

Other creative works

*2012: Children's theater play ''Kleider machen Leute'' at Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin (actor)

Trivia

*The German actors

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and

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shot a

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together for Namosh's song ''Cold Cream''.Namosh's ''Cold Cream'' - music video
on

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References

External links

*
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at

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* {{Authority control 1981 births Living people People from Bietigheim-Bissingen German people of Kurdish descent 21st-century German male singers