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ARTIST: Hans S÷llner
TITLE: Wos Reimt Se Scho Auf Nicki...
LABEL: Trikont
TYPE: Album
GENRE: Reggae
SOURCE: CD (LP)
BITRATE: 114 kbps avg/44100 Hz
ENCODER: Lame 3.97
SIZE: 37.03 MB
PLAYTIME: 42:47
RELEASE DATE: 1998-XX-XX
RIP DATE: 2010-02-21
Track List
----------
1. Einleitung 4:04
2. A jeda is a Spanna 3:08
3. Text 1 1:42
4. Wenns stressig werd 3:48
5. Text 2 1:27
6. Die Ballade vom Koffer 2:32
7. Text 3 1:23
8. A Woidfest in Berchtsgad'n 3:00
9. Text 4 4:42
10. Mit Blaulicht und Sirene 2:37
11. Text 5 0:32
12. Kauf ma uns a Lederjack'n 1:52
13. Fⁿr deine Eltern (Tausch'ma) 4:25
14. Wintertraum 3:29
15. Fⁿr unsare kloana Briada 4:06
--------------------------------------------------------
Total Playtime: 42:47
Release Notes:
Bavarian liedermacher Hans Soellner is as notorious for his political
rebelliousness as he is well known for his reggae-inflected folk music style.
His popularity is arguably greater in Austria, where his albums regularly chart,
than it is in his native Germany, where his public image is tarnished in the
eyes of some due to his politics. Soellner's wide-ranging and sometimes
heavy-handed political criticism, not to mention his public embrace of
marijuana, made him the subject of increasingly costly fines, to such a degree
that he views himself as the victim of staatlichen Repressalien (i.e.,
state-sponsored repression). Musically, Soellner is first and foremost a live
performer -- many of his albums are in fact live recordings -- and this is a
major aspect of his appeal, for he prefers to tour and perform live in-person
rather than work with a major label and communicate with his audience via
studio-recorded albums. In later years, he toured frequently with the Austrian
reggae band Bayaman'Sissdem.
Born on December 24, 1955, in Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, Germany, Johann Michael
Soellner grew up Catholic, attended school in Marzoll, and, contrary to social
norms, grew his hair long as a teenager. From 1970 to 1973, he studied to become
a cook, but employment eluded him; a brief period of mandatory civil service in
the military also didn't work out, and neither did an apprenticeship as an auto
mechanic. Essentially unemployed on and off for years in Munich, he took to
music, teaching himself to play guitar and writing his own songs. In time, he
was offered a recording contract with the independent label PPM (i.e., Powerplay
Music Records) and made his debut in 1982 with Nachdenkliches zum Schmunzeln
(aka Endlich eine Arbeit), a full-length live album recorded in Munich. Over the
next five years, the album would sell over 10,000 units via grassroots
promotion, chiefly live performances.
There were also other Soellner releases on PPM. The exact dates are uncertain,
in part due to their incredible scarcity, but PPM released two 7" singles with
practically the same photo as the cover art. One is the two-track Mei Vadda
("Mei Vadda Hat an Marihuanabaum" b/w "Mama Ziag dei Schuerz'n Aus"), which is
derived from the same live recording documented on Nachdenkliches zum
Schmunzeln. The other, titled Soellner Spezial, is a four-track 7" single
featuring studio recordings of "Endlich eine Arbeit," "Der Rasenmaeher," "Mei
Vadda Hat an Marihuanabam," and "Fuer die Beate S." In 1986 PPM released the
album Fuer Marianne und Ludwig, a live recording from Dorfen, Bavaria, followed
in 1987 by Wos Reimt Se Scho auf Nicki..., another live recording from Dorfen.
In 1988, Soellner's final year on PPM, the label released the 7" single ...Sogar
der Wind Liagt and the best-of collection Endlich eine Arbeit!, which compiles
the highlights of his three albums for the label, along with the two songs on
the ...Sogar der Wind Liagt single.
Soellner left PPM for the well-regarded independent label Trikont, based in
Munich, on which he made his debut with Hey Staat! (1989). Considered by many to
be his greatest album, Hey Staat! certainly established him not only as a
protest singer but as an up-and-coming talent on the alternative music scene. He
followed the album with Bayerman Vibration (1990), a studio-recorded reggae
album featuring a band comprised of Peter Schneider, Sebastian Thorer, and
himself, and then a live album, Live mit Bayerman Vibration (1991). His next
album, ...Der Charlie (1992), is, along with Hey Staat!, one of his greatest --
and certainly his most controversial to date. A live recording derived from May
1992 concerts in Ulm und Tuebingen, ...Der Charlie includes a long narration of
his 1986-1987 trip to Jamaica and its influence upon him, in terms of not only
reggae music and marijuana use but also politics and religion. Moreover, the
album cover shows him crouched in a patch of marijuana plants α la Peter Tosh's
Legalize It (1976) and was pressed on green vinyl.
...Der Charlie surprisingly became a Top 30 hit on the Austrian albums chart,
ushering in a new level of recognition for Soellner. He drew further attention
to himself by publicly announcing in August 1993 that he was abandoning the
Roman Catholic faith and converting to Rastafarianism; plus, he declared himself
a vegetarian and pacificist. He did this while at the same time releasing the
mini-album Fang Ma Do o Wo Ma Neilich Aufg'heat Ham (1993), recorded live in
Tuebingen. Soellner's next album of new material, Grea Goeib Roud (1995), a
subdued solo studio recording dedicated to a friend who had passed away, was his
most commercially successful to date, peaking at number 26 on the Austrian
albums chart and number 50 on the German albums chart. His next album, A Jeda
(1997), another studio effort, proved even more successful, breaking into the
Top Ten of the Austrian albums chart (at number eight) and again registering on
the German albums chart (at number 67).
During the late '90s, as his albums were proving more popular with each release,
Soellner was fighting criminal charges of Marihuana-Anbau (i.e., marijuana
cultivation) and Beamtenbeleidigung (insulting public officials). He argued that
it was his religious right as a Rastafarian to smoke marijuana, but this wasn't
a winning argument; in the end, he was fined heavily and faced enormous legal
expenses. Meanwhile, amid all of the publicity surrounding his trial, in 1998
Trikont reissued his first three albums (Endlich eine Arbeit, Fuer Marianne und
Michael, and Wos Reimt Se Scho auf Nicki...), which had gone out of print
following the demise of PPM.
In 2000 Soellner returned to the consumer marketplace with his first album in
three years, 241255, a double album comprised of various live recordings from
the past year. The album was a Top 20 hit in Austria. A year later he released
Babylon (2001), another live album, this one featuring his new backing unit, the
Austrian reggae band Bayaman'Sissdem. A few years later Soellner reemerged in
2004 with a series of releases. Most notable among them was a new studio album,
Oiwei I, his first studio effort in seven years; like his other albums of this
era, it features Bayaman'Sissdem. The album was a number 22 hit in Austria and a
number 61 hit in Germany. Also in 2004 he released a book (Bloss a Gschicht) and
two DVDs (Wer Bloss Lacht, Is Ned Frei!, Der Bayerische Rebell -- originally
released on VHS in 1995 and 1996, respectively). A live CD/DVD documenting the
Oiwei I tour, Live im Regen mit Bayaman'Sissdem, followed in 2005.
In 2007 Soellner and Bayaman'Sissdem returned with a new studio album, Viet Nam.
The album charted at number 12 in Austria and number 90 in Germany. A long tour
followed the album's release, extending far into summer 2008; some shows
featured Soellner with Bayaman'Sissdem, other dates were solo performances.
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ARTIST: Hans Söllner
TITLE: Wos Reimt Se Scho Auf Nicki...
LABEL: Trikont
TYPE: Album
GENRE: Reggae
SOURCE: CD (LP)
BITRATE: 114 kbps avg/44100 Hz
ENCODER: Lame 3.97
SIZE: 37.03 MB
PLAYTIME: 42:47
RELEASE DATE: 1998-XX-XX
RIP DATE: 2010-02-21
Track List
----------
1. Einleitung 4:04
2. A jeda is a Spanna 3:08
3. Text 1 1:42
4. Wenns stressig werd 3:48
5. Text 2 1:27
6. Die Ballade vom Koffer 2:32
7. Text 3 1:23
8. A Woidfest in Berchtsgad'n 3:00
9. Text 4 4:42
10. Mit Blaulicht und Sirene 2:37
11. Text 5 0:32
12. Kauf ma uns a Lederjack'n 1:52
13. Für deine Eltern (Tausch'ma) 4:25
14. Wintertraum 3:29
15. Für unsare kloana Briada 4:06
--------------------------------------------------------
Total Playtime: 42:47
Release Notes:
Bavarian liedermacher Hans Soellner is as notorious for his political
rebelliousness as he is well known for his reggae-inflected folk music style.
His popularity is arguably greater in Austria, where his albums regularly chart,
than it is in his native Germany, where his public image is tarnished in the
eyes of some due to his politics. Soellner's wide-ranging and sometimes
heavy-handed political criticism, not to mention his public embrace of
marijuana, made him the subject of increasingly costly fines, to such a degree
that he views himself as the victim of staatlichen Repressalien (i.e.,
state-sponsored repression). Musically, Soellner is first and foremost a live
performer -- many of his albums are in fact live recordings -- and this is a
major aspect of his appeal, for he prefers to tour and perform live in-person
rather than work with a major label and communicate with his audience via
studio-recorded albums. In later years, he toured frequently with the Austrian
reggae band Bayaman'Sissdem.
Born on December 24, 1955, in Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, Germany, Johann Michael
Soellner grew up Catholic, attended school in Marzoll, and, contrary to social
norms, grew his hair long as a teenager. From 1970 to 1973, he studied to become
a cook, but employment eluded him; a brief period of mandatory civil service in
the military also didn't work out, and neither did an apprenticeship as an auto
mechanic. Essentially unemployed on and off for years in Munich, he took to
music, teaching himself to play guitar and writing his own songs. In time, he
was offered a recording contract with the independent label PPM (i.e., Powerplay
Music Records) and made his debut in 1982 with Nachdenkliches zum Schmunzeln
(aka Endlich eine Arbeit), a full-length live album recorded in Munich. Over the
next five years, the album would sell over 10,000 units via grassroots
promotion, chiefly live performances.
There were also other Soellner releases on PPM. The exact dates are uncertain,
in part due to their incredible scarcity, but PPM released two 7" singles with
practically the same photo as the cover art. One is the two-track Mei Vadda
("Mei Vadda Hat an Marihuanabaum" b/w "Mama Ziag dei Schuerz'n Aus"), which is
derived from the same live recording documented on Nachdenkliches zum
Schmunzeln. The other, titled Soellner Spezial, is a four-track 7" single
featuring studio recordings of "Endlich eine Arbeit," "Der Rasenmaeher," "Mei
Vadda Hat an Marihuanabam," and "Fuer die Beate S." In 1986 PPM released the
album Fuer Marianne und Ludwig, a live recording from Dorfen, Bavaria, followed
in 1987 by Wos Reimt Se Scho auf Nicki..., another live recording from Dorfen.
In 1988, Soellner's final year on PPM, the label released the 7" single ...Sogar
der Wind Liagt and the best-of collection Endlich eine Arbeit!, which compiles
the highlights of his three albums for the label, along with the two songs on
the ...Sogar der Wind Liagt single.
Soellner left PPM for the well-regarded independent label Trikont, based in
Munich, on which he made his debut with Hey Staat! (1989). Considered by many to
be his greatest album, Hey Staat! certainly established him not only as a
protest singer but as an up-and-coming talent on the alternative music scene. He
followed the album with Bayerman Vibration (1990), a studio-recorded reggae
album featuring a band comprised of Peter Schneider, Sebastian Thorer, and
himself, and then a live album, Live mit Bayerman Vibration (1991). His next
album, ...Der Charlie (1992), is, along with Hey Staat!, one of his greatest --
and certainly his most controversial to date. A live recording derived from May
1992 concerts in Ulm und Tuebingen, ...Der Charlie includes a long narration of
his 1986-1987 trip to Jamaica and its influence upon him, in terms of not only
reggae music and marijuana use but also politics and religion. Moreover, the
album cover shows him crouched in a patch of marijuana plants à la Peter Tosh's
Legalize It (1976) and was pressed on green vinyl.
...Der Charlie surprisingly became a Top 30 hit on the Austrian albums chart,
ushering in a new level of recognition for Soellner. He drew further attention
to himself by publicly announcing in August 1993 that he was abandoning the
Roman Catholic faith and converting to Rastafarianism; plus, he declared himself
a vegetarian and pacificist. He did this while at the same time releasing the
mini-album Fang Ma Do o Wo Ma Neilich Aufg'heat Ham (1993), recorded live in
Tuebingen. Soellner's next album of new material, Grea Goeib Roud (1995), a
subdued solo studio recording dedicated to a friend who had passed away, was his
most commercially successful to date, peaking at number 26 on the Austrian
albums chart and number 50 on the German albums chart. His next album, A Jeda
(1997), another studio effort, proved even more successful, breaking into the
Top Ten of the Austrian albums chart (at number eight) and again registering on
the German albums chart (at number 67).
During the late '90s, as his albums were proving more popular with each release,
Soellner was fighting criminal charges of Marihuana-Anbau (i.e., marijuana
cultivation) and Beamtenbeleidigung (insulting public officials). He argued that
it was his religious right as a Rastafarian to smoke marijuana, but this wasn't
a winning argument; in the end, he was fined heavily and faced enormous legal
expenses. Meanwhile, amid all of the publicity surrounding his trial, in 1998
Trikont reissued his first three albums (Endlich eine Arbeit, Fuer Marianne und
Michael, and Wos Reimt Se Scho auf Nicki...), which had gone out of print
following the demise of PPM.
In 2000 Soellner returned to the consumer marketplace with his first album in
three years, 241255, a double album comprised of various live recordings from
the past year. The album was a Top 20 hit in Austria. A year later he released
Babylon (2001), another live album, this one featuring his new backing unit, the
Austrian reggae band Bayaman'Sissdem. A few years later Soellner reemerged in
2004 with a series of releases. Most notable among them was a new studio album,
Oiwei I, his first studio effort in seven years; like his other albums of this
era, it features Bayaman'Sissdem. The album was a number 22 hit in Austria and a
number 61 hit in Germany. Also in 2004 he released a book (Bloss a Gschicht) and
two DVDs (Wer Bloss Lacht, Is Ned Frei!, Der Bayerische Rebell -- originally
released on VHS in 1995 and 1996, respectively). A live CD/DVD documenting the
Oiwei I tour, Live im Regen mit Bayaman'Sissdem, followed in 2005.
In 2007 Soellner and Bayaman'Sissdem returned with a new studio album, Viet Nam.
The album charted at number 12 in Austria and number 90 in Germany. A long tour
followed the album's release, extending far into summer 2008; some shows
featured Soellner with Bayaman'Sissdem, other dates were solo performances.
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