GOD, a wide range of feelings, some people, NATURE
and...
"We are not human beings who undergo a spiritual expereince, we are spiritual beings who undergo a human experience." Yogi Bhajan
and
MUSIC: Kinderlieder, geistliche Lieder, deutsche Schlager, ABBA, Wolfgang Ambros, Konstantin Wecker, Leonard Cohen, Dire Straits, Simon & Garfunkel, BJH, Kate Bush, Georges Moustaki, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Cat Stevens, Peter Gabriel, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Marillion, Suzanne Vega, Edie Brickell, John Cale, Billy Joel, The Stranglers, XTC, Björk, Angelo Branduardi, Kristin Hersh, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eric Satie, Wim Mertens, Soup Dragons, Dead Can Dance, OREGON, John Denver, Billie Holiday, Des..ree, Paolo Conte, Joan Armatrading, Latin Quarter, Yma Sumac, Antonio Jobim, Gilberto Gil, Edson Cordeiro, David Bowie, The Doors, Laliya, Anouar Brahem Trio, L.T.J. Bukem, Cinematic Orchestra, Ketil Bjoernstad, Igor Vdovin...
Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Yves Klein, Egon Schiele, Henri Matisse, Francis Bacon, Emil Schumacher, Per Kirkeby, Georgia O..Keefe, Rembrandt, Jackson Pollock, August Macke, Joseph Beuys, Edvard Munch, Marc Chagall, Caspar David Friedrich, Wols, Jean Fautrier...
ERICH FROMM, Alice Miller, Pascal Mercier, Thich Nhat Hanh....
Sounds Like
"...a singer with a charismatic voice...". BONNER GENERALANZEIGER
"Music for the Golden October." Peter Limbach, KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER
"...artistic multitalent...a light, powerful voice with a touch of Tori Amos, Patti Smith, Jewel and Kristin Hersh...". Jürgen Kisters, KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER
"Songs Without a Date"... "The singer with the intense voice reminds with her profound songs that energy and warmth are still unbeatable attributes in rock. And that songs without fear of melancholy touch every audience...". Philipp Wurm, KÖLNER STADTANZEIGER
"GREAT". Lothar Trampert, GITARRE & BASS
"...sensitive feeling for harmonies and elegant composition...". FOCUS-ONLINE
"Some of the most memorable songwriting, vocal work and musicianship I..ve heard in years...a gigantic talent who deserves to be discovered in this country...". Willard Manus, LIVELY ARTS MAGAZINE, Los Angeles
Jo..N is a singer/performer/songwriter/professional artist
The languages in which she sings are German, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Russian.
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MORE PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS/PICTURES AT
www.myspace.com/johannafassbender
AND
www.johannafassbender.com.
THE STORY:
ABBA – the first big musical love...school choir...then Leonard Cohen...at the age of 14 meeting Beatles-Fan, singer and composer Markus Apitius... together singing and playing Neil Young..s „Heart of Gold“ on a park bench in the woods of Cologne...Mozart..s „Requiem“ in a church choir...Peter Gabriel, Doors, John Cale...a turn to the fine arts...studies in art...in her early twenties Big Label-Contract as bassplayer and backing vocalist...again fine arts...Francis Bacon... ...discovery of Eric Satie, Dead Can Dance... speech training, studies in classical und jazz-singing...Lead-Singer of a Big-Band ...development of her first own songs...together with Markus Apitius: the birth of „Jo..N“...concerts with various musicians...a short trip to Drum..n Bass...Lead-Singer of a Bossa Nova-Formation...first exhibitions...“blind“ nudes and self-portrait drawings...big and abstract oil-paintings...art happenings with her own music...1999 beginning of the work on „Rise & Fall“...piano lessons ...engagement with New Music...Iannis Xenakis...Strasberg-Training... Performance...“Rise & Fall“...concerts with Markus Apitius, Robert Gasper, Mike Haarman...2004 "Sweet Nothings"...move to Berlin...trips to the North Cape, to Russia, to Alaska, to Scandinavia...studio in Berlin, Weissensee...2006 singer of "kara deniz", 2007 release of "two steps"...concerts in Greece with "kara deniz" and "EUDOUSIN"...singing old pontiac songs...Jo'N-concerts in Berlin with Markus Apitius...Jo'N-concerts in Berlin with Joro Gogow and Ilya Kurtev...2008 beginning of the interpretation of chansons of Georges Brassens, Georges Moustaki...May 2008 beginning of the work at "La vie trouvée"...concert at "Englischer Garten", Berlin, Johanna Fassbender & Band with Lutz Keller and Gloria Marcela Dias Dits...Brassens-Festival, Berlin... beginning with writing German lyrics ...December 2008 again concerts with kara deniz... Thessaloniki, Athens, Patra, Serres...February 2009 participation in exhibition in New York...
ciao jo! so it's greece - nice, i am happy for u. thanx for telling me. and yes, surely warmer than berlin, but with winter averages not so safe - so bring your favourite wool with u for when u take a walk - haha ;) great news. ciao and enjoy ;)
danke für deinen lieben comment. freut mich sehr, wenn dich das anspricht. im grunde ist das nur ein reflex auf e.s.t.'s "Leucocyte". musikalisch hat mich in den letzten monaten nichts mehr berührt als diese musik... du bist bald in griechenland, da war es jetzt sehr stürmisch. ich wünsch' dir eine gute zeit dort und viel erfolg!!!
lol
peter p.s.: das händl war krank aber jetzet geht's am wieder bessa. scheina gruaß a vo ihm!
Hello Johanna, special original music on your page; nice performance too. Thanks for the invitation; it's a pleasure to be friends. Wish you success and musical inspiration; warm regards, Ruud.
Hi Johanna! I've uploaded a new track. I hope you'll like it. Let me know what you think of it ... but only if you like it ;) Have a nice sunday afternoon. Sending you good vibes from Amsterdam.
