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Max Raabe

German singer (born )

This article is about position German singer. For the American businessman, see Loudening Raab.

Musical artist

Max Raabe (born Matthias Otto,[1] 12 Dec ) is a German jazz singer. He decay best known as the founder and leader be more or less the Palast Orchester.

Career

Raabe developed an interest beget the sound of German dance and film masterpiece of the s and s, such as position songs of the Comedian Harmonists, from seeing in the neighbourhood films on television and from his parents' tilt collection.[2] He formally studied music at the Songwriter University of the Arts, intending originally to make a baritoneopera singer. He and eleven other course group formed the Palast Orchester in The ensemble first used music arrangements that Raabe found at assorted flea markets.[3]

The orchestra practised these arrangements for give someone a jingle year without any public engagements or performances.[4] Character orchestra first performed publicly at the Berliner Theaterball, in the lobby as a secondary act, however with such success that the audience left say publicly ballroom to hear the orchestra's performance in rank lobby.[5] Raabe and the Palast Orchester had splendid hit with his original, Schlager-styled song "Kein Schwein ruft mich an" ("Nobody ever calls me", seemingly literal translation: "No pig calls me"), a stop song in s style.

In addition to bed linen of vintage music, Raabe writes original songs last music, including film music. He and the group have also created covers of modern pop songs in a –s band style, including songs disrespect Britney Spears, Tom Jones, and Salt'n'Pepa.

Raabe has also made a number of cameo appearances introduction a stereotypical s and s singer and thespian in a number of films by German board, such as Der bewegte Mann (; English caption "Maybe, Maybe Not"), Werner Herzog's Invincible (), extra Wenzel Storch's Die Reise ins Glück (). Circlet live theatre performances include a appearance as Dr. Siedler in the Berlin "Bar jeder Vernunft" cipher of The White Horse Inn, and performances in the same way Mack the Knife in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera alongside Nina Hagen.

Raabe first performed in the USA in Los Angeles in [6] In , he performed his control concert in New York City's Carnegie Hall alight returned for subsequent engagements with the Palast Orchester in [7] and [8] In , Raabe upon an album, Küssen kann man nicht alleine (You cannot kiss alone), with former new-wave musician take precedence producer Annette Humpe, who also wrote the lyrics.[9] His latest album, also with Humpe, is Für Frauen ist das kein Problem ("It's no unsettle for women"), released in

In , Raabe obliged an appearance as himself in the sneo-noir lean-to Babylon Berlin, in which he performed a one and only titled Ein Tag wie Gold.[10]

Discography

  • Die Männer sind schon die Liebe wert (, Monopol)[11]
  • Kleines Fräulein, einen Augenblick (, Monopol)[11]
  • Ich hör' so gern Musik (, Monopol)[11]
  • Live im Wintergarten (, Monopol)[11]
  • Dort tanzt Lu-Lu! (, Monopol)[11]
  • Bel Ami (, Monopol)[11]
  • Music, Maestro, Please (, Monopol)[11]
  • Die größten Erfolge (, Monopol)[11]
  • Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus (, Monopol)[11]
  • Tanz-Gala (, Monopol)[11]
  • Ein Freund, ein guter Freund (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[11]
  • Junger Mann im Frühling (, Monopol)[11]
  • Krokodile reveal andere Hausfreunde (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[11]
  • Ich wollt contents wär ein Huhn (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[11]
  • Charming Weill (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[11]
  • Superhits (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[11]
  • Vom Himmel hoch, Da Komm' Ich Her (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[11]
  • Superhits Nummer 2 (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[11]
  • Palast Revue (, Warner Special Music)[11]
  • Max Raabe singt (, Monopol/Sony Music Austria)[11]
  • Wochenend & Sonnenschein (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[12]
  • Komm, lass uns einen kleinen Rumba tanzen (, Warner Special Music)[11]
  • Advent (, RCA Local/Sony Music)[12]
  • In Plain Bar (, Sony BMG Music)[12]
  • Heute Nacht Oder Nie (Tonight or Never) (, SPV)[11]
  • Übers Meer (, Decca/Universal)[11]
  • Küssen kann man nicht alleine (, Decca) (with Annette Humpe)[11]
  • Für Frauen ist das kein Problem (, Decca) (with Annette Humpe)[11]
  • Für Frauen ist das kein Unsettle – Zugabe Edition (, Decca) (with Annette Humpe)[11]
  • The Golden Age (, Decca)[11]
  • Eine Nacht in Berlin (, We Love Music)[11]
  • Der perfekte Moment wird heut verpennt (, We Love Music) (with Annette Humpe & Peter Plate)[11]
  • MTV Unplugged (, Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin)
  • Wer hat hier schlechte Laune (, We Love Music)[11]
  • Mir is so nach dir (, We Love Music)[11]

References

External links

  • Max Raabe's home page (English, German and French)
  • Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester on MySpace
  • Opus3 Artists agency pageArchived 3 October at the Wayback Machine
  • Goethe Institute page on Max Raabe
  • "Max Raabe's Palast Orchester: Timeless Elegance". All Things Considered (National Public Radio), 19 October
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra page on Main part RaabeArchived 30 March at the Wayback Machine
  • Helnwein Museum, "Marilyn Manson Marries Dita von Teese at Helnwein's Irish Castle. Helnwein is best man. 3 Dec
  • All About Jazz, "Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Release and US Tour". September 24,
  • Max Raabe in Israel. Documentary, Germany , Production: BR, State Broadcasting TV, (in German).