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Jens Friebe (born 1975 in Lüdenscheid) is a German musician and music journalist.
He studied musicology, English language and literature, and philosophy. After playing for several years with rather unknown bands such as “Parka” and “Bum Khun Cha Youth,” a solo appearance in Hamburg in 2003 lead to contact with Alfred Hilsberg, who helped him release his debut album “Vorher Nachher Bilder” (literally: pictures of before and after). The album came out in March 2004 on Hilsberg’s Label ZickZack Records. One song appeared in advance on a ZickZack label compilation.
The album CD (including the single “Gespenster” (Ghosts)) was well received by critics (including critics from the publications “Spex,” “Zeit” und “Konkret”), and was frequently referred to as the “best German pop album of 2004”. In particular, the ambiguous German lyrics were highly praised.
The record was mentioned as having its roots in the “Hamburger Schule” (Hamburg school), mainly due to the producers of the album: Armin von Milch and Tobias Levin who in the past had worked for such Hamburg-based indie bands as “Tocotronic,” “Kante” and “To Rococo Rot.” Apart from the independent pop and classic singer-songwriter influences, critics also pinpointed synthpop, Neue Deutsche Welle and euro-disco as references for Friebe’s style. Friebe himself said in an interview to have been influenced in part by German “fun punk” bands like Die Ärzte and Die Goldenen Zitronen, as well as by the German experimental pop duo Foyer Des Arts.
He studied musicology, English language and literature, and philosophy. After playing for several years with rather unknown bands such as “Parka” and “Bum Khun Cha Youth,” a solo appearance in Hamburg in 2003 lead to contact with Alfred Hilsberg, who helped him release his debut album “Vorher Nachher Bilder” (literally: pictures of before and after). The album came out in March 2004 on Hilsberg’s Label ZickZack Records. One song appeared in advance on a ZickZack label compilation.
The album CD (including the single “Gespenster” (Ghosts)) was well received by critics (including critics from the publications “Spex,” “Zeit” und “Konkret”), and was frequently referred to as the “best German pop album of 2004”. In particular, the ambiguous German lyrics were highly praised.
The record was mentioned as having its roots in the “Hamburger Schule” (Hamburg school), mainly due to the producers of the album: Armin von Milch and Tobias Levin who in the past had worked for such Hamburg-based indie bands as “Tocotronic,” “Kante” and “To Rococo Rot.” Apart from the independent pop and classic singer-songwriter influences, critics also pinpointed synthpop, Neue Deutsche Welle and euro-disco as references for Friebe’s style. Friebe himself said in an interview to have been influenced in part by German “fun punk” bands like Die Ärzte and Die Goldenen Zitronen, as well as by the German experimental pop duo Foyer Des Arts.
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goldundtier wrote:
zieht Euch mal JOHANNA ZEUL rein ! :)
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supersonic81 wrote:
das wär mir auch neu!
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Doerchens wrote:
Äh... ich bin verwirrt. Der Gitarrist von Gisbert heißt doch Jens Fricke. Ich glaub nicht, dass der was mit Herrn Friebe zu tun hat, oder?
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"Zwischen allen Individuellen Souveniers auch ein Roman - bei den von dir markierten stellen wusste man nie warum sie`s warn"
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Das mag ich! Text+Musi = Lebendigige Sprach- und Tanzmusi
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Hallo wie ich sehe hörst Du auch gerne deutsche Interpreten, wir würden uns freuen wenn Du zur Verstärkung in unsere Gruppe kommst. http://www.lastfm.de/group/German+Music+Fans
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Angniezka wrote:
Jens Friebe, ein Friebelstern am Himmel deutscher Independent-Musik... hätte der Oer-Erkenschwiker Anzeiger nicht besser formulieren können.
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Hulgen111 wrote:
Die Musik gefällt mir sehr gut. Komm in den Colossaal. Gruß Holger
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ALLexiy wrote:
Die prächtige Musik! Die schöne Erfüllung!
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Floele wrote:
jens komm nach berlin/potsdam
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Ronek wrote:
Das ist aber wirklich schon ganz gut, wass der junge Mann da zaubert.
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supersonic81 wrote:
fühlt euch alle eingeladen, der gruppe the jens friebe appreciation society beizutreten!
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Don0van wrote:
Einer der genialsten deutschen Songwriter.
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Rauchkumpel wrote:
die neue platte läuft gerade. sie kann was.
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ilovethecribs wrote:
this evening i felt in love with jens friebe. großartiges konzert in kl! wow!
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Floele wrote:
Das neue Album ist nach mehrmaligen hören echt klasse!!
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died_on_the_way wrote:
Ihr muesst alle Vorher Nachher Bilder auf Vinyl kaufen, damit sie die anderen beiden auch auf Vinyl herausbringen!
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Emily-Erdbeere wrote:
Ach, wie ich mich aufs neue Album freue =D kanns kaum erwarten x]
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Floele wrote:
Live echt nice
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beru wrote:
zu lawinenhund kann man so wunderbar tanzen <3
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