Grand Hotel van Cleef
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Grand Hotel van Cleef is an independent record label
headquartered in Hamburg
, Germany
.
, Marcus Wiebusch
and Reimer Bustorff. Their first releases were the debut album Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden by Kettcar (the band of Wiebusch and Bustorff), and Hinter all diesen Fenstern by Tomte (the band of Uhlmann). Both albums sold surprisingly well: Kettcar had soon sold 20,000 albums, and Tomte's album spent four weeks in the German charts.
After releasing their own records, the Grand Hotel began signing and producing other indie music acts, and have built a reputation as the most important label for alternative German guitar pop. Notable albums include that by the fictional Hansen Band, a band invented by movie maker Lars Kraume for his 2005 movie Keine Lieder über Liebe (Uhlmann and Wiebusch trained actor Jürgen Vogel
on how to adopt the proper rock pose).
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
headquartered in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Label history
Grand Hotel van Cleef (GHvC) was founded in 2002 by Thees UhlmannThees Uhlmann
Thees Uhlmann, born in Hemmoor, Lower Saxony, is a German musician and author. He is a founding member of the indie-pop band Tomte and also writes for the magazines Intro, Visions, Spex and Musikexpress....
, Marcus Wiebusch
Marcus Wiebusch
Marcus Wiebusch is a German musician and lyricist.From 1992 to 1999 he played in the political punk-band ...But Alive, for which he sang, played guitar, and wrote lyrics. He also had two even more aggressive and politically charged, but less prolific and recognized by-projects, the bands Die vom...
and Reimer Bustorff. Their first releases were the debut album Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden by Kettcar (the band of Wiebusch and Bustorff), and Hinter all diesen Fenstern by Tomte (the band of Uhlmann). Both albums sold surprisingly well: Kettcar had soon sold 20,000 albums, and Tomte's album spent four weeks in the German charts.
After releasing their own records, the Grand Hotel began signing and producing other indie music acts, and have built a reputation as the most important label for alternative German guitar pop. Notable albums include that by the fictional Hansen Band, a band invented by movie maker Lars Kraume for his 2005 movie Keine Lieder über Liebe (Uhlmann and Wiebusch trained actor Jürgen Vogel
Jürgen Vogel
Jürgen Peter Vogel is a German actor, screenwriter, film producer and singer.-Biography:Jürgen Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day. In 1985 he moved to Berlin, where he shared a...
on how to adopt the proper rock pose).
Fest van Cleef
Since 2006, the Grand Hotel van Cleef also organizes its own open air festival, "Fest van Cleef." This concert takes place on three days in three different cities each year.- August 2006, in Hannover, TrierTrierTrier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
and BonnBonnBonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
: Tomte, Kettcar, The WeakerthansThe WeakerthansThe Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...
, Olli Schulz und der Hund Marie, Pale, Home of the Lame - July 2007, in PotsdamPotsdamPotsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
, BremenBremenThe City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
and KarlsruheKarlsruheThe City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
: Kettcar, Kante, Bernd BegemannBernd BegemannBernd Begemann is a contemporary German alt/pop singer-songwriter linked to the Hamburger Schule.-Biography:Begemann's biological parents were probably a man from Turkey and a woman from Germany, although Begemann admits he does not know. In 1963 he was adopted by Margot and Bernhard Begemann at...
, MaritimeMaritime (band)Maritime formed in 2003 out of the ashes of The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan. After these two bands broke up, singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen, drummer Dan Didier and bassist Eric Axelson hooked up and started a band called In English. The group quickly signed a deal with the record...
, Hansen Band, KiliansKiliansKilians are a German indie rock band. They started out as a loose group of music mad students from Dinslaken, Germany. In 2005, the band's line-up stabilised and they recorded their first self-titled EP... - July 2008, in MannheimMannheimMannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
, KölnKOLNKOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...
and GroßefehnGroßefehnGroßefehn is a municipality consisting of 14 villages in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km southeast of Aurich....
: Kettcar, Tomte, Robocop Kraus, I Am KlootI Am KlootI Am Kloot are an English band formed in Manchester, in 1999 by John Bramwell , Peter Jobson and Andy Hargreaves .-History:...
, Niels Frevert, Ghost of Tom Joad - July 2009, in NortheimNortheimNortheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, as of 2002, a population of 31 000. It's located on the German Half-Timbered House Road.-History:...
, FreiburgFreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
and EssenEssen- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
: Element of CrimeElement of CrimeElement of Crime is a German rock band that plays melancholic chanson-, pop- and rockmusic with guitar, bass, drums and voice/trumpet.- Band-History :...
, Tomte, Why?, Muff Potter, KiliansKiliansKilians are a German indie rock band. They started out as a loose group of music mad students from Dinslaken, Germany. In 2005, the band's line-up stabilised and they recorded their first self-titled EP...
, Gisbert zu KnyphausenGisbert zu KnyphausenGisbert zu Knyphausen is a German songwriter and singer from the Rheingau in Hesse.-Development:... - December 2010, in BielefeldBielefeldBielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and MainzMainzMainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
: Kettcar, Thees UhlmannThees UhlmannThees Uhlmann, born in Hemmoor, Lower Saxony, is a German musician and author. He is a founding member of the indie-pop band Tomte and also writes for the magazines Intro, Visions, Spex and Musikexpress....
, Tim Neuhaus, Gisbert zu KnyphausenGisbert zu KnyphausenGisbert zu Knyphausen is a German songwriter and singer from the Rheingau in Hesse.-Development:...
, An HorseAn HorseAn Horse is a two-person indie rock band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Kate Cooper of Iron On on vocals and guitar and Damon Cox of Intercooler on drums. In 2008 they toured the United States as an opening act for Tegan and Sara, prior to the release of their first album. In August 2008,...
, Beat! Beat! Beat!, Nils Koppruch, Young Rebel Set - December 2011, in BielefeldBielefeldBielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...
, TrierTrierTrier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
and DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
: Element Of Crime, Thees UhlmannThees UhlmannThees Uhlmann, born in Hemmoor, Lower Saxony, is a German musician and author. He is a founding member of the indie-pop band Tomte and also writes for the magazines Intro, Visions, Spex and Musikexpress....
, CasperCasperCaspar, one of the Three Biblical MagiCasper may refer to:-Given name:*Casper , 5th Century ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque*Caspar Badrutt , Swiss businessman and pioneer of alpine resorts...
, Frank TurnerFrank TurnerFrank Turner is an English folk/punk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Winchester. Initially the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, Turner embarked upon a primarily acoustic-based solo career following the band's split in 2005. To date, Turner has released four solo albums, two rarities...
, Ghost of Tom Joad, ClickClickDecker, Moritz KrämerMoritz KrämerMoritz Krämer is a German indie singer songwriter from Berlin.-History:Krämer was born in Switzerland and grew up in southern Bavaria. After graduating from high school in Freiburg, he moved to Berlin. He holds a degree in the subjects of video and language at the Berlin University of the Arts...
, Maike Rosa Vogel
Artists
- An HorseAn HorseAn Horse is a two-person indie rock band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Kate Cooper of Iron On on vocals and guitar and Damon Cox of Intercooler on drums. In 2008 they toured the United States as an opening act for Tegan and Sara, prior to the release of their first album. In August 2008,...
- Bernd Begemann & die BefreiungBernd BegemannBernd Begemann is a contemporary German alt/pop singer-songwriter linked to the Hamburger Schule.-Biography:Begemann's biological parents were probably a man from Turkey and a woman from Germany, although Begemann admits he does not know. In 1963 he was adopted by Margot and Bernhard Begemann at...
- Der Hund Marie
- Escapado
- Hansen Band
- Home of the Lame
- Imaginary CitiesImaginary CitiesImaginary Cities is a Canadian indie pop band. Based in Winnipeg, the band consists of multi-instrumentalist Rusty Matyas, formerly of The Waking Eyes and a sometime collaborator with The Weakerthans, and vocalist Marti Sarbit....
- John K. SamsonJohn K. SamsonJohn Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans...
- Kettcar
- MaritimeMaritime (band)Maritime formed in 2003 out of the ashes of The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan. After these two bands broke up, singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen, drummer Dan Didier and bassist Eric Axelson hooked up and started a band called In English. The group quickly signed a deal with the record...
- Marr
- Ola Podrida
- Pale
- PropagandhiPropagandhiPropagandhi is a Canadian punk band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1986 by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky. The band is currently located in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
- Tim Neuhaus
- Tomte (band)Tomte (band)Tomte is an indie band from Hamburg in Germany. Their lyrics are almost completely in German and their sound could be described as guitar pop with some punk influences. The group may be considered to be a part of the “Hamburger Schule” on the basis of the band Tocotronic's influence on their work...
- Young Rebel Set
Former artists
- Olli Schulz & der Hund Marie (now: Audiolith RecordsAudiolith RecordsAudiolith Records is a German Independent record label from Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, which publishes mainly Electronic music and Indie rock. While its musical style varies, the label's focus certainly is on Electropunk, where it has developed significant influence on the German music scene.- History...
) - Death Cab for CutieDeath Cab for CutieDeath Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....
(now: Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
)