You can get all my albums, T-Shirts and stuff in my very own fine SHOP at:
www.dirkdarmstaedter.com
get my music on itunes here
Influences
Townes Van Zandt, Jellyfish, Jon Brion, Salim Nourallah,Talk Talk, Dylan, Beatles, Van Morrison, Nick Drake, Big Star, Lloyd Cole, Leonard Cohen, Josh Rouse, Elliot Smith, Pernice Brothers, Bill Withers, John Lennon, Crowded House, Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith, Ray Davies, Harry Nilsson...the usual
Sounds Like
Hi. My name is Dirk.
In short: I was born in North Germany, grew up in North New Jersey and play a Maton acoustic. Any more...? Here's the lowdown:I used to play in a band called "The Jeremy Days" who were kinda cool, ...most times. I now run "Tapete Records" in Hamburg with my friend Gunther. A lotta really neat bands/artists are out on tapete including The Horror The Horror, Lacrosse, The Elephants,Maplewood, Downpilot, Salim Nourallah, Tess Wiley, etc. etc. etc. plus my own stuff.
I started tapete mainly cause I was sick of recording for labels that weren’t really listening to the albums their own artists were releasing there (my band was on a major label for 7 years!!)
Right, my albums come out on tapete too. My new one 'Life Is No Movie' is out in March 2009. I'll be heading out to clubs with my guitars and Ukulele starting April. For absolutly more Info head on over to my website, which is: www.dirkdarmstaedter.com
“Lieder mit Haltung und mit kleinen aber wirksamen Momenten die den Hörer wie ein Sog in den Song ziehen.
Eine Hommage an den Britpop, zeitlos und - mit Beatles-Anspielungen - die letzten 40 Jahre überspannend.
Life Is No Movie überrascht mit viel Dynamik und Modernität.”
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG (D) Februar 2009
"Life is No Movie is the anthem of a jilted yet un-jaded soul tuning into movie magic wherever it may surface in this cruel, warped, beautiful world."
TROY BLACKLAWS, Autor of Karoo Boy
Darmstaedter crafts bridges from understatement to pay-off of which a bleaker Neil Finn might be proud.
UNCUT (UK)
"Crisp, polished, and incisive, it alternates itchy, restrained verses with gorgeous, crashing-to-the-shore sort of choruses."
FINGERTIPS (USA)
"Sein Name ist Darmstaedter, Dirk Darmstaedter. Müsste man der Essenz des deutschen Pop einen Namen zuweisen, könnte es nur dieser sein."
ASSOCIATED PRESS (D)
Oh, Du kommst nach Bremen!? Wie schön ist das denn?? :-)
Ich freu mich jetzt schon sehr auf November, das wird mich an die gute alte Zeit im Knust und in der Tanzhalle erinnern... waren grandiose Konzerte damals, in den Tapete-Anfangstagen...
Hi Dirk, Danke für das schöne Konzert in Salzburg! War ja skeptisch ob sich eine 600 km Fahrt ausgezahlt, aber ich möchte diese Konzerterlebnis nicht missen. Danke und noch eine gute erfolgreiche Tour! Lg Kajetan
hi,ich habe mir gute laufschuhe für ca.100 euro gekauft.nun gehts los.meine freundin läuft einfach vorweg-da muss ich hinterher...schönen frühling-dein kai
thank you so much for helping and supporting me with my first book LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE. The book has been out in Europe for a month now and will be released in the rest of the world in mid October.
I hope that you'll purchase a copy and enjoy it; an artist is nothing without a response, so I look forward to hearing from you. You can order the book on Amazon. com. And of course, if at all possible, please buy it at a nearby shop. Support your local bookstore!
I have some wonderful news. I’ve just had a baby: LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE, my first book of collected photographs, is published this week in Europe, followed by a release in the States a month later.
After fifteen years of constant traveling, searching and straying, I’ve found myself backstage with rock stars, lost in the middle of the desert and everywhere in between; everywhere but where the road ends. So, LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE is about taking a moment to look back on this wonderful, weird and winding path I’ve been on.
I hope that you'll purchase a copy and enjoy it; an artist is nothing without a response, so I look forward to hearing from you. You can order the book on Amazon or on Artbook. com. And of course, if at all possible, please buy it at a nearby shop. Support your local bookstore!
gestern. schaffhausen. fassbeiz. wunderschöne musik. freu mich sehr über die cd - selbstredend mit widmung! besonders berührt hat mich der song für deinen sohn - unglaublich schön. danke für einen abend voller gedanken und deiner traumhaften musik. auch wenn das schweizer publikum sehr eigen ist - gepackt hast du sie. ganz sicher. freu mich auf ein nächstes mal. KUNSTPENNER
