Chris Gelbmann is an Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 who had an eventful life. Inspired by Bob Dylan

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, Jim Croce

Jim Croce

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, JJ Cale, Nick Drake

Nick Drake

Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...

, Cat Stevens

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 and many more, he started as singer-songwriter at the age of 13 and since his youth he was known for his charismatic voice, a distinctive timbre and a very own style. In the last years he worked behind the scenes of the music industry, where he realised numerous major projects like André Heller

André Heller

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's 3 CD compendium "Ruf und Echo", the two triple platinum CDs of Christina Stürmer

Christina Stürmer

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, the major label debut of Hans Platzgumer; he worked with Brian Eno

Brian Eno

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, Stefan Sagmeister

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, Xavier Naidoo

Xavier Naidoo

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 and many more.
„The Pink Beast Of Love“ is his debut album, which has been released on the 7th of October 2005 on Buntspecht/Hoanzl in Austria

Austria

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 and which was internationally especially well acclaimed.
It took its name from a statement by American cult and bestseller author Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins

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. Because Robbins’ novel “Still Life With Woodpecker“ provided a lot of inspiration for Gelbmann’s debut album, the writer became one of the first exemplaries of the CD and reacted promptly with a comment on the album.

Discography

Album: The Pink Beast of Love (7.10.05) Buntspecht

Single: Love Is Easy (1995) Bourbon Records

External links

• www.chrisgelbmann.com - Official website
• www.buntspecht.at - Label site
• www.myspace.com/chrisgelbmann