Tommy Finke (born Thomas David Finke on 4 February 1981 in

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, Germany), also known as T.D. Finck von Finckenstein, is a singer-songwriter as well as composer of electronic

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Bio

Tommy Finke was born Thomas David Finke in Bochum, West Germany. Since 1998 he has been on stage, first playing cover versions of

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songs, and later his own material. Bands like

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and

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are the main influences in his work, as well as German Indie bands like

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. Finke was the lead singer of different project bands before he finally started his own band, called "Stromgitarre", in 1999. However, since he wrote all the music and lyrics, the band was renamed "Tommy Finke & Stromgitarre" in 2003. The band was later renamed again and became "Tommy Finke & Band". Tommy Finke studied "Elektronische Komposition" at the

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in Essen from 2003 on. In 2008, he graduated but decided to continue his studies in order to learn more about modern music. In 2007, Tommy Finke founded his own record label, "Retter des Rock Records", in order to release his debut album "Repariert, was Euch kaputt macht!", which was released as a vinyl record in 2007 and re-released as a CD Version in 2008. Tommy Finke and his band took second place at the nationwide German "Jugend kulturell Förderpreis 2008" on 11 November. In August 2009, Tommy Finke announced there will be a new record entitled "Poet der Affen / Poet of the Apes" in early 2010 due to a record deal with German label Roof Music. The recording sessions for this album started in October 2008. "Poet der Affen / Poet of the Apes" was released as a double album on 29 January 2010. It contains 13 songs, each recorded in German and English. This is unique for a German singer/songwriter. On the title track of the album, well-known skeptic

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is heard speaking an introduction. "Unkämmbar" was released on 28 March 2013 as a special edition album.

Theatre

For the play ''Das goldene Zeitalter – 100 Wege dem Schicksal die Show zu stehlen'' by Kay Voges Finke composed a complete musical soundtrack. The play premiered on 13 September 2013 at

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. In 2014 Tommy Finke composed music for 4.48 Psychosis written by

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, also directed by Kay Voges. Equipped with body-sensors the actors' body-data controls parts of the composition. It premiered on 3 May 2014 at

Releases

Pop music

Discography

* 2008 ''Repariert, was Euch kaputt macht!'' (10 Songs, Retter des Rock Records, Vinyl, CD and online) * 2010 ''Poet der Affen / Poet of the Apes'' (13 songs (26 tracks in German and English), ROOF Music, Indigo) * 2013 ''Unkämmbar'' (AREA Entertainment)

Singles/EPs

* 2004 ''1000 Meilen'' (8-Track-EP, 5 songs, Baukau Media/Rough Trade) * 2007 ''Repariert, was Euch kaputt macht! – Single'' (2-track online release, Retter des Rock Records) * 2010 ''Halt' alle Uhren an / Stop the Clocks'' (digital release, ROOF Music) * 2012 ''Canossa'' * 2012 ''Kämmbar?'' * 2013 ''Heimathafen'' (Single) As "Tommy Finke & Miniband": * 2011 ''Robert Smith in meiner Kneipe'' (digital release, Retter des Rock Records) With other artists: * 2012 ''Yellow'' (digital Release, Retter des Rock Records, coverversion of

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's song, together with

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and

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)

Remixes for other artists

* 2006 ''R.M.X. 3000'' Tommy Finke Remix of the song ''O.S.T. 3000'' of German band

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* 2007 ''Fieber (Discofox Remix)'' Tommy Finke Remix of the song "Fieber" of German band

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* 2007 ''Monkey Fingers (Tommy Finke Remix)'' Remix of the song of the same name by German band Atomic * 2007 ''The Shelter (Tommy Finke Remix)'' Remix of the song of the same name by German band Atomic * 2008 ''"Mausen (Tommy Finke and the cat in the hat Remix)"'' Remix of the song "Mausen" by German Band

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* 2009 ''The Bomb Song (Tommy Finke Didn't Start The Fire Remix)'' Remix of the song of the same name by German band Verlen * 2009 ''Become (Tommy Finke Near The Dunes of Neverland Remix)'' Remix of the song of the same name by German band Verlen * 2009 ''I Sold My Heart Today (Tommy Finke Wake Up Mix)'' Remix of the song of the same name by German band

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* 2009 ''Oh Suzanne (Tommy Finke Put Your Make Up on Remix)'' Remix of the song of the same name by German band Atomic as a free download

Soundtracks

* 2004 ''Wer braucht schon ein Sektfrühstück bei Real Madrid?'' (Film soundtrack, Baukau Media/Rough Trade)

Released on compilations

* ''Rock'n'Roll – Leben'' on ''1Live Zukunftsmusik'', 2005 * ''1000 Meilen'' on ''Aufnahmezustand Vol. 4'', Zyx Music, 2005 * ''1000 Meilen (Live)'' and ''Um den Schlaf gebracht (Live)'' on ''HypoVereinsbank – Jugend kulturell Förderpreis 2008 "Popmusik"'', HypoVereinsbank, 2008

Film scores

* ''Lemmingsfrühling'', 2001. Director: Daniel Nipshagen * ''Bar Las Jornadas'', 2003. Director: Martin Brand * ''Lurie'', 2003. Szenenmusik. Director: Martin Brand * ''Wer braucht schon ein Sektfrühstück bei Real Madrid?'', 2004. Director:

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* ''100 Stunden nonstop'', 2005. Director:

* ''Unterholz'', 2005. Director: Jan Kretschmer * ''Nordstadt'', 2005. Szenenmusik. Director: Michael Kupczyk * ''Die 11 des VFL'', 2007. Director:

Coverversions

* ''Du erkennst mich nicht wieder'' originally performed by

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and

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, 2006 * ''

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'' originally performed by

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, 2007

Released as producer / audio engineer

* ''Hosenkrebs Etüde'' by Hummelgesicht, recorded, produced, and mixed, 2002 * ''Ich verstehe mein Leben'' by Sandrakete, mixed and partly recorded, 2007 * ''Demo'' by Johannes Zaster Band, recorded, produced, and mixed, 2007

Theatre & Dance

* ''Kaspar Hauser und die Sprachlosen aus Devil County'' by Thorsten Bihegue and Alexander Kerlin at Schauspiel Dortmund, composer and musical director, 2015 * ''The Return of Das goldene Zeitalter – 100 neue Wege dem Schicksal das Sorgerecht zu entziehen'' by Alexander Kerlin and Kay Voges at Schauspiel Dortmund, composer and musical director, 2015 * ''Endstation Sehnsucht'' by

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, composer and musical director, 2014 * ''Reverse_Me'' by Fabien Prioville at

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Montréal, composer and musical director, 2014 * ''4.48 Psychose'' by

at Schauspiel Dortmund, composer and musical director, 2014 * ''Das goldene Zeitalter – 100 Wege dem Schicksal die Show zu stehlen'' by Alexander Kerlin and Kay Voges at Schauspiel Dortmund, composer and musical director, 2013

Art Music

Installation art / Musical compositions

* ''Meine kleine Nachtmusik'', 2005. 4-channel electronic piece, based on samples of a recording of Mozarts ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik''. Produced at the ICEM of the Folkwang Hochschule, Essen-Werden. * ''Driver'', 2005. Cooperation with video artist Martin Brand. * ''Attack'', 2006. Cooperation with video artist Martin Brand. * ''Bleach'', 2006. Cooperation with video artist Martin Brand. * ''light emitting idiot'', 2007. Cooperation with Florian Mattil, Jan Rusch and Christof Schnelle. * ''Swell'', 2007. Cooperation with artist Ulrich Ostgathe. Looping Installation. * ''Was Es Nicht Ist 1 (Aura-Varianten)'', 2008. 7-channel electronic piece for 4 loudspeakers and 3 guitar amplifiers, with light composition. * ''Wenn ein Werk die Form einer Birne hat, ist es nicht mehr formlos!'', 2008. 2-channel

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, dealing with certain aspects of the music of

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References

External links

Official web site for theatre and dance

Official web site as singer/songwriter Tommy Finke
{{DEFAULTSORT:Finke, Tommy German singer-songwriters Living people German composers 1981 births Folkwang University of the Arts alumni 21st-century German male singers