Kevin Werdelmann

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Slowtide
Background information
OriginBochum, Germany
GenresIndie pop, Synth-pop, Chamber pop
Years active2002 - Present
LabelsTimezone Records, Marchpane Records
MembersKevin Werdelmann
Websitewww.slowtide.com

Kevin Werdelmann, also known by his stage name Slowtide, is a German songwriter and musician.

History[edit]

Influenced by Vince Clarke and Chris Hülsbeck, Kevin Werdelmann produced his first songs and soundtracks to self-made films on an Amiga 500 homecomputer at an early age. His first step into public took place with the self-released electronic instrumental album London, on which he processed the impressions of his first visit to the british metropolis in 1997.[1] He soon evolved into a multi-instrumentalist and made his first appearance as a singer on the two demo EPs Time Escape (2001) and Things That Fade (2002).[2] The artistname Slowtide was formed and numerous live appearances followed since then, which saw him share the stage with bands like British Sea Power, Gravenhurst, Eskobar, Hjaltalin and Belasco.[3] He also appeared at the renown Reeperbahnfestival in Hamburg in 2007.[4]

His official debut album Origins was released in January 2009 by Marchpane Records and was received positively by the press.[5][6] It was chosen as the album of the month in issue 01/2009 of Kulturnews magazine.[7]

The selfproduced second album Solaria was released in August 2012 by Timezone Records.[8] The first official music video for the song Aimless[9] was produced the same year and a music video for the song California[10] followed in 2017.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary the instrumental album London from 1997 received a digital re-release on November 3, 2017.[11]

His third album A Gentle Reminder was released in November 2018 by Timezone Records. It contains new studio versions of songs from the demo EPs "Time Escape" and "Things That Fade".

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

  • 2009: Origins (CD/Digital, Marchpane Records)[12]
  • 2012: Solaria (CD/Digital, Timezone Records)[13]
  • 2018: A Gentle Reminder (CD/Digital, Timezone Records)

Singles / EPs[edit]

  • 1997 London (CD, self-released) (Digital re-release 2017)
  • 2001 Time Escape (CD, self-released)
  • 2002 Things That Fade (CD, self-released)
  • 2012 In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Digital), Arrangement of the piece by Edvard Grieg
  • 2020 Ship Of Fools (Digital), cover version of a song by Erasure

Remixes for other artists[edit]

  • 2007 Erasure - "When A Lover Leaves You (Slowtide Remix)" (Remix Contest)
  • 2010 Andy Bell - "Say What You Want (Slowtide Remix)" (Remix Contest)
  • 2012 Tommy Finke - "Canossa (Slowtide Remix)"
  • 2014 Atomic - "Come Closer (Slowtide Remix)", "Black Angels (Slowtide Remix)", "Don't Rip It Up (Slowtide Remix)" on Heartbeater - The Remix Album[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Review at E-lectric.de". Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2013-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ ini-i.de. "Westzeit - SLOWTIDE - Things That Fade". www.westzeit.de. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  3. ^ "Live Archive". Slowtide. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  4. ^ "Line-up of Reeperbahnfestival 2007". Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2013-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Intro167". issuu. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  6. ^ Ox-Fanzine. "Reviews : SLOWTIDE / Origins :: ox-fanzine.de". www.ox-fanzine.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  7. ^ "Review in Kulturnews magazine 01/2009". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2013-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "ULTIMO AUF DRAHT Tonträger-Kritiken: SLOWTIDE "Solaria" (Timezone Distribution)". www.ultimo-muenster.de. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  9. ^ Slowtide (2012-11-06), Slowtide - "Aimless" (Official Video), retrieved 2017-09-20
  10. ^ Slowtide (2017-06-02), Slowtide - "California" (Official Video), retrieved 2017-09-20
  11. ^ Slowtide (2017-10-27), Kevin Werdelmann - London (20th Anniversary) - Digital Release, retrieved 2017-11-03
  12. ^ Origins, Marchpane (H'ART), 2009-01-16, retrieved 2017-09-20
  13. ^ Solaria, Timezone (Timezone), 2012-08-31, retrieved 2017-09-20
  14. ^ Atomic, Heartbeater - The Remix Album, retrieved 2017-09-20

External links[edit]

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