musicians
here's a list of musicians we've played with. (R) indicates that we've recorded together, (L) that we've played live on stage and (M) that they are part of the Metamorphosis project:
- Aly Keita - balafon maestro from Abidjan (R)
- Andreas Uhlmann - trombone player & electronic musician from Leipzig (L) (M)
- Aris Daryono - gamelan player from Java, currently living in London (L) (M)
- Blake Worrell - performer, singer, actor ... a very busy man (M)
- Bandabardò - band from Florence feat. the gentle voice of Erriquez (M)
- Bayou Seco - oldtime duo from Silver City in New Mexico (L) (M)
- Bob Brozman - late (amazing) American multi guitar guitarist (L)
- Boom Pam - surf band from Tel Aviv to end all surf bands (L)
- Boris Bell - composer, drummer & drum gaget inventor (R)
- Carsten Dane - pianist, translator, impressario, wearer of suits (L) (M)
- Cicala Mvta - band from Tokyo, feat. clarinet player Ohkuma Wataru (L) (M)
- David Greely - fiddle player and music collector from Lafayette (M)
- Djamawi Africa - groovy band from Algiers (L)
- De Kift - band from Amsterdam, feat. composer Ferry Heijne (L) (M)
- !Deladap - Viennese DJ set up, featuring Stani Vana (R) (L)
- Dhoad Gypsies - from Rajasthan (L)
- Dong West - vocal & percussion duo from Berlin (M)
- Drumtrainer Berlin - young marching drumband (R)
- Elliott Sharp - guitar player, bass player ... and citizen of the world (L)
- Elyas Khan - special voice from New York City and elsewhere (L) (M) (R)
- Fabrizio Cammarata - the voice of contemporary Palermo (L) (M)
- Gregor Fuhrmann - classical cellist with a view (L) (M) (R)
- Harald Großkopf - drummer, techno pioneer and friend (L) (M) (R)
- I Matti delle Giuncaie - band from Firenze (M)
- Jan Tilmann Schade - cellist, excavator driver and performer (L) (M)
- Jd Foster - producer, musician & psychotherapist (R)
- Johannes Leis - sax and flute wizard from Valence (L) (M) (R)
- John Kennedy - Brisbane singer, guitarist & songwriter (M)
- Johnny Kalsi - funky West London percussionist (L)
- Les Hurlements d‘Léo - band from Bordeaux (L) (R)
- Marc Ribot - our favourite electric guitarist (L) (M) (R)
- Mark Rubin - bass and tuba player from Oklahoma (R)
- Mars Red Sky - big guitars from Bordeaux (M)
- Max Weissenfeldt - drummer & impressario (R)
- Nano Stern - multi instrumentalist, singer, and traveller from Santiago de Chile (L)
- Nitin Sawhney - DJ, composer, guitarist, piano player extraordinaire (L)
- Ogres de Barback - 4 siblings, a band and truly independent (L) (M) (R)
- Paul Brody - Berlin's very own Californian trumpet maestro (L) (M) (R)
- Pauline Boeykens - rockin' queen of tuba (L) (R)
- Sören Birke - the worlds lost blues harp player (L) (M) (R)
- Stoppok - German rock music at it's best (L) M) (R)
- The Beez - Berlin Australian music cabaret (L) (M)
- Tunji Beier - what a percussionist! (L) (M) (R)
- Uri Kinrot - if cool was a guitarist, this is him (L) (M)
- Uzi Feinerman - Jaffa's very own mix of Dick Dale and Igor Strawinsky (L) (M)
- Vivian Lee - versatile Hong Kong singer (L) (M)
- Vladimir Miller - quite some clarinette player (R)
- Yuriy Gurzhy - DJ and Ukrainian global connector (L) (M)
Jam List - long list of musicians who have played with 17 Hippies at one time or antother
more artists
here's a list of artists that we have had the privilege of working with:
- Andreas Dresen - our favourite German independent film director
- Andreas Riedel - photographer of a lot of our press-photos
- Andreja Schneider - singer, actress and friend
- Axel Prahl - German musician, impressario & actor
- Christoph Moerikofer - Swiss director of our circus project
- Christoph Waltz - just another actor from Austria
- Frank Schliebener - designed the artwork for our Biester album
- Herlambang Bayu Aji - Wayang puppeteer from Solo in Java
- Inka Friedrich - down to earth actress
- Issey Ogata - amazing - and we mean amazing! - actor from Tokyo
- Katharina Schmalenberg - a different actress and traveller
- Mark Waschke - actor from Berlin
- Randa Chahoud - director of our DVD
- Roy Spahn - set designer for our Biester tour
- Sabine Greunig - our favorite costume designer
- Sven Lehmann - character & actor at Deutsches Theater (RIP)
- Wolfgang Becker - another fine German film director
more people
and then there are those people we've met, and who have inspired us in many ways:
- Alan Bern - professor music
- Anton Rey - collector of talents
- Charlie Gillett - music journalism at its best! (RIP)
- Christoph Borkowski Akbar - inspiring impressario
- Dirk Brenneisen - wine maker & friend
- Ed Ward - writer, journalist, cook, commentator, and "le misantrophe"
- Helen Hazera - Parisian character, journalist & chanson lover
- Knut Koch - writer, actor and host extraordinaire
- Mamdouh Bisharat - the Duke of Mukhaibeh, haven of culture
- MC Anliker - music maniac from Thun in Switzerland
- Otto Sander - the voice (RIP)
- Santiago Jimenez - got us going (in a way)
- Sven Regener - German historian, writer and musician
must sees
short list of inspiring artists we strongly recomend to check out!
- Akron Family - same same but different
- Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir - they rock ... while seated!
- Bassekou Kouyate - bluesman from Mali
- Bukahara - new band from Germany
- Carolina Chocolate Drops - blues goes grass goes sean nós
- Ceux qui marchent debout - French funk, will you believe it
- Jonas Burgert - great Berlin painter
- Generik Vapeur - impressive French street theatre
- March Fourth Marching Band - circus and band (and the other way around)
- Punch Brothers - bluegrass goes Stockhausen; with a sense of humor
- Taraf de Haidouks - Gypsy music starts and ends wih these guys
- The Campell Brothers - groovy, groovy, groovy
home-base
Over the years quite a few people have been part of 17 Hippies family. This is what some are doing elsewhere:
- Carsten - our founding brother bass player now hangs out with ?Shmaltz!
- Conde - see the world with our live sound wizards eyes
- Daniel - our violinoso, loves the uku, and teaches both
- Dirk and Danda - are Trageser! With all their own grooves and moves
- Christopher, Dirk, Frank, Koma, Jakob & Moe were Pharao T & the Big Block
- El Schneider (stuff), and Koma (bagpipes) are Die goldene 3
- Guido - played guitar for a while and then flew the Ballonorkester
- Henry - when he doesn't play clarinet, lights lights
- Henryk - our ex merchandiser, now shows tourists through his Swedish mine
- Jakob - mandolin, and the occasional electric guitar is an Element of Crime
- Kerstin - our violin and saw player also books shop at Paul & Paula
- Lüül - our banjo player, has a singer songwritter career as ... Lüül
- Meduli - played violin, builds instruments, and is now Searchin the Roots
- Moe - plays bass, zither, guitar; composes, produces ... among others: Kitty Hoff
- Romain - our drummer ... check out his cool videos
- Sibylle - manages our publishing, and is into Aufbruch prison theatre
- Silke - sometimes fiddles with us, but generally is on the Subway to Sally
- Speedy - long-time bass player special is inseparable from Geschwister Pfister