Namosh
| Namosh | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
8 May 1981 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | musician, singer, performance-artist, actor and DJ |
| Website | namosh.de |
Namosh or Namosh E. Arslan (born May 8, 1981) is a German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ.
Life and work
Namosh lives in Berlin since 1999. He produces his music himself and describes it as a form of "organic-electronic with Singsang, Liebesrap, Jazzgrunge, Hardcore-a-cappella“. He produces his music himself and is known for his eccentric and wild live performances, so in one year he played Europe-wide nearly hundred concerts.
He worked with a lot of known artists and musicians like Peter Thomas, Wolfgang Müller or Angie Reed, performed or produced music together with them. In the music magazine Q, Björk described Namosh's song "Cold Cream" as her favourite song of 2005. Namosh also played a role in the film Saturn Returns of Lior Shamriz. Namosh released his new album Keep It for Later on November 6, 2009 in Germany. In a statement on his official Facebook page, he wrote, that his new album Party Alone will be released in 2014.[1]
Discography (Selection)
Music
- 2004: Namosh (LP, 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", single, Ltd, Bungalow Records)
- 2006: Moccatongue (CD, Double LP, album, enh, Bungalow Records/Rough Trade Records/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 Compilation album Jerk Off , Zingy)
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 Remix))
- 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: Die Tödliche Doris – Stopp (Der Information) - Unvollendete Version 1983 (12", Squoodge Records), (editing)
- 2014: Children's theater play Kleider machen Leute (based on the short novel by Gottfried Keller) at Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin (musical collaboration)[2]
Other creative works
- 2009: Saturn Returns (actor)
- 2012: Children's theater play Kleider machen Leute at Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin (actor)
Trivia
- The German actors Daniel Steiner and Nic Romm shot a music video together for Namosh's song Cold Cream.[3]
References
External links
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