Peter Plate
| Peter Plate | |
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Peter Plate (2006)
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| Background information | |
| Born |
1 July 1967 New Delhi, India |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Pool, Beaux (Traumton), Polydor/Island (Universal) |
| Associated acts | Rosenstolz |
| Website |
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Peter Plate (born 1 July 1967) is a German musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Between 1991 and 2012, he was the keyboardist and occasional vocalist of Rosenstolz, a German pop duo that had chart hits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Peter Plate was born on 1 July 1967 in New Delhi, where his grandfather was a diplomat, and came to Germany at the age of three, spending his childhood first in Hamburg and then in Goslar. He learnt to play the electronic organ during his youth and wrote a musical with friends at the age of 17. As a young adult, he moved to Braunschweig, where he did his civilian service in a retirement home. While living in Braunschweig, he became a student of social pedagogy, but did not complete his studies, and was also a member of a short-lived band. In December 1990, he moved with his partner Ulf Leo Sommer to Berlin, where he found a job in a hair salon.
Plate met singer AnNa R. shortly after moving to Berlin. They got together to write songs, performing them at local venues as pop duo Rosenstolz. The duo were soon discovered by record producer Tom Müller, after which they were able to work on studio albums and develop their fanbase. Over Rosenstolz's two-decade history, the duo released 12 studio albums, 4 live albums and over 40 singles and achieved chart success in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Five of Rosenstolz's studio albums went to No. 1 in the German albums chart. The duo split up at the end of 2012, but left open the possibility of a future reunion.
As the musician in Rosenstolz, Plate composed the music of the band's songs and co-wrote the songs' lyrics with colleague AnNa R. In later Rosenstolz albums, he also co-wrote the songs with his partner Sommer. Plate was also involved in producing Rosenstolz's studio albums, Objekt der Begierde (1996) being the first album which he co-produced.
In April 2013, Plate released his debut solo album Schüchtern ist mein Glück. Most of the songs of the album were co-written by Plate with Sommer and/or with Daniel Faust, a producer and musician who was previously involved in recording Rosenstolz's albums. The album reached No. 29 in the German albums chart.
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