Timo Blunck
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| Background information | |
| Born |
March 25, 1962 Hamburg, Germany |
| Genres | Neue Deutsche Welle |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Vocalist, Producer |
| Instruments | Bass, Guitar |
| Years active | 1978-present |
| Labels | Tapete Records |
| Associated acts | Die Zimmermänner, Palais Schaumburg, The Monochrome Set |
| Website | www.blut.audio |
Timo Blunck (born March 25, 1962 in Buchholz i. d. Nordheide) is a German composer, lyricist, producer, bassist, and vocalist.
Blunck was raised in Hamburg, Germany. At the age of 9 he began studying flute under Manfred Trojahn.
In 1978, Blunck founded The Skafighter with his school friend Detlef Diederichsen. In 1980, The Skafighter were renamed Ede und die Zimmermänner alongside the release of their first single on Alfred Hilsberg’s Zick Zack label (they later simply went by Die Zimmermänner).
In 1981, Blunck became the bassist for Palais Schaumburg, where he also sang backing vocals for the first two albums. His unusual style of bass playing followed geometric patterns, as opposed to classical musical scales. This style was a fundamental part of Palais Schaumburg’s atonal sound. Palais Schaumburg featured such producers as The Flying Lizards' David Cunningham, as well as Andy “Coati Mundi” Hernandez of Kid Creole & The Coconuts.
In 1981, Palais Schaumburg signed with Daniel Miller’s Mute Records, after which they played support for Depeche Mode.
Palais Schaumburg played in the Danceteria in New York, as well as performing as one of the first acts in Manchester’s The Haçienda. On their European Tour 1982 they played with Kurtis Blow.
Photographer and Director Anton Corbijn, having previously created the album artwork for “Lupa” (1982), also filmed their first music video in 1983 for the single “Hockey”.
From 1985 to 1990, Timo Blunck performed as the vocalist and songwriter of the Hamburg Pop band Grace Kairos. The Grace Kairos released two albums, produced by Ray Shulman of Gentle Giant. The singles “Carolina” and “I Don’t Know What’s Going On” charted in the Netherlands and Sweden. In 1990, Grace Kairos toured as the support for Wet Wet Wet.
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