Who is this emgee person?
<<emgee>> (aka Martin Granacher) is a singer and emerging songwriter from Heidelberg, Germany. His first public appearance was in 2004 at the annual Chanson Gala hosted by singer-songwriter Bernhard Bentgens, where he was a regular guest during the following years. He published his first short CD almost blue in 2006. And he sang tenor in the a cappella group Soundaround and has been singing in a choir.
What does he do?
He's quite proud of his CD "almost blue". It is based on an upbeat love song that he wrote in 2004, recorded in state-of-the-art studios (yes, old-fashioned studios) with state-of-the-art musicians. The song comes in three quite distinct arrangements: pop, cappella and piano, with voices all over the place. The packaging is very look-and-feel, the idea being that it should offer uncompressed value over mp3. So what are you waiting for? listen
His public performances have been limited to the annual Chanson Gala event in Heidelberg and a few more intimate evenings, to which he contributed such incongruous material as piano-style Queen, Herman van Veen, Angelo Branduardi, REM or Depeche Mode, but also some of his own material. And there was the occasional evening with the a cappella group Soundaround between 2005 and 2009.
The first full-evening solo programme "Enjoy the Silent Mode" was premiered in 2008. If you haven't guessed from the title, it's a tribute to the sad and beautiful ballads that Martin Gore (another emgee) wrote for Depeche Mode. What it sounds like? Like "Enjoy the Silence" on a grand piano with a lot of silence between the notes.
The 2011 programme was "Judas - Songs of Faith and Devotion by Depeche Mode with piano and voices in a church". 2012 saw very few private performances. The next evening of songs was "Depeche Mode meets Brecht - love songs with a problem" in January 2013. Currently he is not active.
Where can I see and hear him?
You'd have to click on the "Wann" link to find out.
What about some sounds and sights?
Go to the Was noch? link to have some fun with sounds and video and pics and lyrics and so on. Don't worry too much about about some of the content being in German, just play around and enjoy.
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