Pierre Steffen Baigorry (born 3 September 1971), better known as Peter Fox, is a German singer, songwriter and musician. He is a member of the German

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and

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band

Seeed Seeed is a German hip hop, reggae and dancehall band based in Berlin. Founded in 1998, they have become well known in Germany and its neighboring countries. Musical style and lyrics Seeed consists of eleven band members, including three ...

Solo career

Fox started working on a solo album named ''

Stadtaffe ''Stadtaffe'' ( "urban ape") is the first and only solo album by German musician Peter Fox. Released 26 September 2008, the standard version contains twelve tracks, four of which have been released as singles. Fox performed the single "Schwarz ...

'' ("Urban Ape") in 2007. The album was released in Germany on 26 September 2008.

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and DJ Illvibe co-produced the album,MySpace-Blog of Peter Fox
(Stadtaffe: 6 August 2008 – Fieber: 1 November 2007) and the

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and Cold Steel Drumline contributed to the music. A sample of the song "Fieber" ("Fever"), which Fox sings with K.I.Z, was released on Fox's MySpace website on 1 November 2007. The first single, " Alles neu" ("Everything New"), was released on 15 August 2008. The second single of the album, "

Haus am See Haus am See (German for ''House by the Lake'') is a song released in 2008 by German musician Peter Fox. It was the second single of his only studio album ''Stadtaffe ''Stadtaffe'' ( "urban ape") is the first and only solo album by German mus ...

" ("House by the Lake"), was released on 17 October 2008. Fox also had several gigs with other artists, such as the song "Marry Me" by

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, "Rodeo" by Sido and ''Sekundenschlaf'' by

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. Peter Fox won the

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2009 on 13 February with his song "

Schwarz zu blau "Schwarz zu blau" (German for "Black to Blue") is a song released in 2009 by German reggae- dancehall- hip hop musician Peter Fox. It was the third single of his first studio album '' Stadtaffe'' and reached number three in Germany. In 2009, P ...

" ("Black to Blue"), which is a social realistic representation of his home city Berlin and the transition from nightlife to dawn. The contest was held in

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(the state capital of the previous year's winner

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). He has since announced that he will be returning to Seeed due to unwanted stress and attention generated by his highly successful solo album ''Stadtaffe''. His single "Haus am See" was the 82nd best-selling single of 2008 and the 17th best-selling single of 2009 in Germany. His single "Alles neu" was notably sampled by English rapper

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for the track "

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" in 2012.

Personal life

Fox grew up in Schönow in

West Berlin West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...

, the son of a German father and a French mother. He lives in Berlin's

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neighborhood with his family. In late 2001, he suffered from

facial nerve paralysis Facial nerve paralysis is a common problem that involves the paralysis of any structures innervated by the facial nerve. The pathway of the facial nerve is long and relatively convoluted, so there are a number of causes that may result in facial ...

that was not treated quickly enough because of a misdiagnosis. The right side of his face is still slightly paralysed, and has since become part of his signature look.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Video albums

Singles

Awards

* 1LIVE "Krone" ** 2008 ''Best Album'' (Stadtaffe) *

Echo Awards Echo Music Prize (stylised as ECHO, ) was an accolade by the , an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and it was set up to hono ...

** 2009 ''Hip-Hop/Urban'' ** 2009 ''Critics Award'' ** 2009 ''Producer of the Year'' ** 2010 ''Album of the Year'' (Stadtaffe) *

European Border Breakers Award The European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) was an annual prize awarded to recognise the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. ...

** 2010 ''European cross border success of the album Stadtaffe''

References

External links

Official website
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(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Peter Living people Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest 1971 births German people of French descent German people of Basque descent German reggae musicians Echo (music award) winners Französisches Gymnasium Berlin alumni People from Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Musicians from Berlin