HUBL GREINER

Hubl Greiner is a German drummer, composer, producer and video artist. Best known for his work with German avant-garde rock group THE BLECH, Hubl is also a member, DJ, electronic musician and drummer of a number of other bands, including Hulu Project, The DJ Hoerspiel Ensemble, SUB, Harry Gelb, Stepanida & Friends and the Badawi Project.

Hubl Greiner is known for many projects in testing the validity of border-setting in music. He enjoys to look deep into the abysm and sometimes further. He is an eclectic composer/musician who seems to draw on everything from pop forms to the most abstruse modernist styles, and he uses these disparate elements to create his works.

He has produced countless acts and projects and has appeared on over 60 recordings. Hubl's career spans nearly three decades and he still performs actively throughout the world.

Releases
As musician, composer, producer and co-producer he has appeared on more than 60 recordings

Concerts
He has gone on tour through North- and Southamerica, Japan, Russia, Lebanon, Siberia, Africa, East and West Europe

Awards
He has received international awards (CD awards, "Musicians Of The Year 1989" in CSSR, Selection Swiss Radio International 2000, WMCE 2002, Nominierung Amadeus 2006, Pasticcio-Preis, etc.)

Pressclip
"...a devil-of-a-fellow and probably one of the most creative producers and musicians in his profession in Europe" Ear Magazine New York

INTERVIEW with Hubl Greiner / in German

Biography

2008

• Release "Inemuri" with Luigi Archetti (Hulu Project) CCn´C Records - da-music 2008
• Concert with Hubl Greiner, Stepanida Borisova, Mohamed Badawi and Roman Bunka in Beirut/Lebanon.
• Film music SWR - Steinzeit: Über die Alpen wie Ötzi
• CD Production with Hanna Fearns, Steve Gaeta and Erwin Ditzner.

2007

• CD Production with Badawi-Projekt in Khartoum (Sudan), Kairo (Egypt), Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Konstanz and Paris
• Concerts with THE DJ HOERSPIEL ENSEMBLE
• Theater music for Benja der König von Jerzy Pomianowski am Badischen Staatstheater Karlsruhe with Johannes Frisch (Kammerflimmer Kollektiv), Dieter Schult and Helmut Bieler-Wendt.
• CD Production with Hanna Fearns, Steve Gaeta and Erwin Ditzner.
• Colaboration to develop an European University in Omdurman (Sudan).
• Support for musical education of streetkids in Khartoum and Omdurman (Sudan).
• First photo exhibition.
• Mix of "Inemuri" with Luigi Archetti (Hulu Project)

2006

• CD Produktion with Badawi-Projekt
• Concerts with Popup Mozart (Helmut Bieler-Wendt, Ewald Hügle, Patrick Manzecchi and Aya Csizmazia
• Concerts with Harry Gelb (JP Volk and Stephan Rustige)
• Concerts with The DJ Hoerspiel Ensemble (with Franz Dobler)
• Nominierung Amadeus 2006
• Pasticcio-Preis

2005

• CD Release "DIENZ ZITHERED" - Christof Dienz
• CD Release RUSSIAN SOUL 2005 (Jaro Medien GmbH / Compilation)
• Concerts with HARRY GELB and THE DJ HOERSPIEL ENSEMBLE
• Concert with Christof Dienz, Rupert Huber (Tosca), MTFloyd, Andi Haller in Vienna
• Theater // co-starring (Germany)
• Music consulter of dm-drogerie markt
• CD productions with Mohamed Badawi, Selkh Moussa, Joachim Hübner, Sandip Bhattacharya etc.
• Organizing concerts for Rainer Trüby, Schnute and "Wohnzimmerkonzerte" (Matthias Loibner and Tunji Beier etc.)

2004

• Production of "DIENZ ZITHERED" - Zither-project of Christoph Dienz
• Remix of "DIENZ ZITHERED"
• Release of "NORDIC ETHNO GROOVES (Westpark / Compilation)
  with Triakel, Wimme, Värttinä, Hulu Project etc.
• Concerts with CHRISTOPH DIENZ, MODUL and THE DJ HOERSPIEL ENSEMBLE in Europe
• Toured and worked in theatre projects (Germany, France)
• Lectureship (Landesjugendbildung Baden-Württemberg)
• Productions with Paul Amrod, Luigi Archetti and Mohamed Badawi
• Concerts with "THE DJ HOERSPIEL ENSEMBLE"

2003

• Initiating "THE DJ HOERSPIEL ENSEMBLE" with Franz Dobler - Concerts in Germany
• Initiating MODUL (some musician play improvised concerts in different combinations) - Concerts in Europe

2002

• Release of "a boy named sue" - JOHNNY CASH REVISITED (Trikont / Compilation)
  with Alvaro Peña-Rojas and Jens Volk (compiled by Franz Dobler)
• Release of "DER TAG AN DEM ICH ALLEN GLÜCK WÜNSCHTE (Kunstmann Verlag)
  Lyrics of Franz Dobler & soundtracks of Hubl Greiner
• Concerts with Luigi Archetti, Bo Wiget, Stephan Rustige, Siegfried Bitzer, Franz Dobler, JP Volk, Alvaro Peña-Rojas in Europe
• Internet projects

2001

• Release of HULU PROJECT - TranceSiberia (CCn'C Records)
  collaboration with shamanistic singer Stepanida Borisova from Sakha/Siberia
  WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE 2001
• Release of "WORLD 2001" (Virgin Records)
  with Hulu Project, Manu Chao, Los Lobos, Marc Ribot etc.
• Concert with SUB (electro-acoustic project with Luigi Archetti, Bo Wiget and Hans X Hagen) three musicians play while a technician projects large-format video images onto the wall, transposing the sounds into drawings by means of an oscillograph. Recordings for Swiss radio DRS2
• Internet projects

2000

• Release of HULU PROJECT - Chat (Geco / Warner/Chappell) with Lisa Cash
• Internet projects

1999

• Release of HULU PROJECT - Cubic Yellow (Captain Trip Records / Japan)
  guest: Dieter Moebius. Award "Selection Swiss Radio International"
• Writing music for film and theatre productions in Germany
• Internet projects

1998

• Production of THE JELLYFISH KISS - Lingo Lounge (RecRec Zürich)
  bar music for drinkers with an attitude
• Co-production of BELLIBONE - my strange autumn (Orchid Records)
• Writing music for film and theatre productions in Germany

1998-2004

• Studies in internet communication
• Toured and worked in theatre projects

1997

• Initiating HULU PROJECT (Luigi Archetti & Hubl Greiner)
• Concerts with Tunji Beier, Jajalu Kalvert-Nelson, Luigi Archetti etc.
• Writing music for film and theatre productions in Germany

1996

• Release of "WO IST ZUHAUSE MAMA II" (Trikont)
• Release of "MEMORIAN TO R.W. FASSBINDER" (BR / Rough Trade)
• Co-production of OKUTA PERCUSSION (Spectrum 1996)
• Tour RUSSIA / SIBIRIA
  International Festival Interweek, Novosibirsk
  Festival Berlin in Moskau (Concert at Theater Mossowjet Moscow)
  Talkshow with Artemy Troitsky in Russian TV
  Concert at Dynamo Footballstadion Moscow - live in Russian TV

1995

• Collaboration with Luigi Archetti (CD "ADRENALIN" / RecRec Zürich)
• Festival NÜRNBERG
• Release of compilation "WO IST ZUHAUSE MAMA" (Trikont)
• Release of "DER VOLZ" Liebe macht blind (Traumton Berlin)
• Concerts with THE BLECH, DER VOLZ in Europe

1994

• Release of "THE BLECH 85-91" JARO Medien GmbH
• Invitation Kunstzugprojekt BERLIN - SHANGHAI
• Festival KUFSTEIN
• Festival AREA SISMICA Italy
• Festival MIMI Marseille (France)
• ZKM Festival "Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie" Karlsruhe
• ODENWALD FESTIVAL with Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru)
• Composing TV commercials for Skowronek Audiovisuell
  (L´Oreal, Bosch, Singer, Berndes, Hewlett Packard, etc.)
• Concerts in EUROPE
• Collaboration with FERDINAND RICHARD, Théatre les Amandiers, Nanterre, Paris/Jean Jourdheuil / 8 track composition for theater (Kleist) by Ferdinand Richard

1993

• Production of "DIE KNÖDEL" Verkochte Tiroler (RecRec / Zürich)
• Co-Production of "FERDINAND ET LES PHILOSOPHES" (Stupeur & Trompette / France)
• Tour JAPAN
• Concerts in EUROPE

1992

• Release of "LIEBESLIEDER" JARO Medien GmbH in Europe and Japan
  (with Hubl Greiner drums etc. Der Volz, vocals, trumpet, guitar, lyrics, Helmut Bieler-Wendt, violin, violectra, piano, Shirley Anne Hofmann, brass, piano, accordeon, Jens Volk, bass, Sandra Silva Coutinho, bass, vocals, Tomas Perez, percussion, Sadato, saxophone, Mia Zabelka, violin, Bruno Steiner, trumpet)
• International awards)
• Videoclips - Don´t touch my bicycle - Buddha tanzt (THE BLECH)
• Release of "HARDIS BRUTS" (Compilation / InPolySons / France)
• Concert at DOKUMENTA KASSEL
• Collaboration with "TIERE DER NACHT" CD Hot Stuff (Mani Neumeier, Luigi Archetti)
• Concerts in EUROPE

1991

• Tour with DEUTSCHE BUNDESBAHN (Red Train)
• Release of "REDWORK NETWORK" Kunstzugprojekt (compilation)
• Release of "SOUNDS OF 90th" (What´s so funny about / compilation)
• Production of MANI NEUMEIER - PRIVAT (ATM Records 1991)
  with Hubl Greiner, Jan Fride, Jim Meneses, Paramashivan
• Concerts in EUROPE

1990

• Festival - BALLON D´ALSACE (France)
• Award (DEUTSCHE PHONOAKADEMIE)
• ROCK CAFE - TV Moscow
• Concerts in EUROPE
• Collaboration with Luigi Archetti - FILM SPECTATORS ARE QUIET VAMPIRES 1990
• Composing music for radio und TV
  (BR, SWR, HR, WDR, NDR, 3SAT, ZDF, Globo, u.a.)

1989

• Invitation to Operahouse St. Petersburg
• Solidarity concert for citizen forum PRAGUE
• BAND OF THE YEAR in CSSR (THE BLECH)
• Concert at icehockeystadion PRAGUE
• Concerts in EUROPE
• Tour CANADA/USA
• Release of "ICH WOLLTE MEINE SCHUHE ZERSCHNEIDEN" in Europe & Japan
  (with Ze Eduardo Nazario, Brazilian percussion, Edgar Hofmann, saxophones, arabian clarinet, bass clarinet, Stephan Lamby, tenor saxophone, Alvaro Pena Rojas, vocals, Sonia Ushiyama Souto, artworks)
• International awards
• Production of BELLYBUTTON & THE KNOCKWELLS - Rock´n Roll Jomboree (Vielklang)
• Videoclips - Pypl Garda, Die einsame Träne, Ich wollte meine Schuhe zerschneiden

1988

• Production of "MAU MAU" ULUDAG
  (with Helmut Bieler-Wendt, Peter Hollinger, Sabine Schäfer, Werner Cee / RecRec - NoMansLand)
• Production of "SVATBA" BITTOVA' / FAJT (RecRec NoMansLand)
• Tour YUGOSLAVIA
• Jazzhausfestival COLOGNE
• Production of CHECKPOINT CHARLY - Gurglersinfonie (Schneeball Records)
• "INTERNATIONAL FERIENKURSE FÜR NEUE MUSIK" in Darmstadt
  Collaboration with Joachim Krebs and Uwe von Trotha
• Tour BRAZIL
• Tour DENMARK
• Concerts in EUROPE
• Festival "TRANSMISSION" in Berlin/Tempodrom

1987

• "LAUSCHANGRIFF-FESTIVAL" Hannover
• Concert at DOKUMENTA KASSEL
• Release of THE BLECH "Zip Zip" (Heute music prod.)
• Release of F/EAR THIS (Supporti Fonografici / Italy 1987)
• International awards
• Tour CSSR
• Concerts in EUROPE

1986

• Initiating German experimental group "THE BLECH" with Rupert Volz
• Release of "THE BLECH" (Heute music prod.)
  (with Hubl Greiner, drums, metals, melodica, marimba, piano, timbales, taperecorder, bass, dharbuka, voice, percussion, Der Volz, vocals, trumpet, guitar, bass, keyboards, telephon, lyrics, Harry Coltello, guitar, Mike Robertson, bass, Klaus Burger, tuba, cimbasso, Hendrik Weissmann, keyboard, Sexo, saz) - with lyrics dedicated to Hugo Ball
• International awards
• 5. RENCONTRES DE MUSIQUES ELECTRONIQUES, Wissembourg / France
• "HUGO BALL AUSSTELLUNG" at Lenbachhaus in Munich and Kunsthaus Zürich
• Festival AVIGNON
• Release of "DER SAMPLER" (Independance EFA)
• Release "F/EAR THIS" in Italy (Supporto Fonografici)
• Concerts in EUROPE
• Festival "MUSIQUES ACTION INTERNATIONALE 87" Nancy
• "FREE MUSIC PROJECT" with Tom Cora (Radio France Culture)
• Tour POLAND
• Co-production of EMBRYO - Africa (Schneeball Records)

1983 - 1985

• Release of "PLANKTON" / Schäggi Bädsch (Schneeball Records)
• Co-production of EMBRYO & DUN DUN ORCHESTER Nigeria (Schneeball Records)
• Joining German experimental live-project "DIE WAND AN" (dance, painting, improvised music)
• Production of CSSR Sampler - (Indepandance / EfA 1985)
• Production of DELAL (Komkar)
• Production of BODY AND THE BUILDINGS II (Heute music prod.)
• Co-production of WEM DAS HERZ SCHLÄGT - Piece for radio with Franz Dobler
• Co-production of SEXO III (Komkar)

1981

• Joining German group "SCHÄGGY BÄDSCH" in Karlsruhe
  Playing eclectic style from Rock & Psychedelic Music as well as World & Jazz
  Political actions / "Rock Against Racism", "Save the Rhein", etc.
  Concerts in Germany, Austria and France

1978 - 1980

• Initiating German group "ALLGÄU" (with Ludwig Schmid-Kemmeter)
• First compositions and tours in France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany
• Studied music in a jazzscool in Munich
• Founded own music scool (with Ludwig Schmid-Kemmeter)
• Member of a modern amateur jazz band 

1971

• Started experimenting with electronic sounds (with modified walkie-talkies)
  First concerts in Bavaria

1968 

• Founded his first group in 1968 playing RnB/RocknRoll

1955 

• Born on nov 8 in a small bavarian village near Munic called Hohenpeißenberg

Major performances

• 5. RENCONTRES DE MUSIQUES ELECTRONIQUES, Wissembourg/France
• MUSIK UND THEATERFESTIVAL Singen
• MUSIQUES ACTION INTERNATIONALE 87 Nancy/France
• PRC Radio France Culture, Paris 86
• HUGO BALL AUSSTELLUNG Lenbachhaus/Munich & Kunsthaus/Zürich
• LAUSCHANGRIFF - FESTIVAL Hannover
• DOKUMENTA KASSEL 87
• PALAST DER REPUBLIK - FESTIVAL East Berlin 86
• JAZZHAUSFESTIVAL KÖLN
• EDATANTES MUSIQUES - FESTIVAL Dijon/France
• DOM OMLADINE BEOGRADA - JAZZFESTIVAL Belgrade
• GÖTTINGER JAZZFESTIVAL Deutsches Theater Göttingen with Franz Dobler
• INTERGALLAKTISCHES LÄRM UND STRUKTUR FESTIVAL Stuttgart
• RHEINKULTUR - FESTIVAL Bonn
• CONCERTO EXT - Praca da Liberdade Rio de Janeiro
• KLANGWOLKE - FESTIVAL Potsdamer Platz Berlin
• FESTIVAL BARBUE Kopenhagen/Denmark
• CLUB QUATTRO (with Sadato) Tokyo/Osaka
• JAZZFESTIVAL BERLIN (Jazzfocus)
• MUSIK MOSAIK - FESTIVAL Linz/Austria
• TOUR with DEUTSCHE BUNDESBAHN
• MULTIMEDIALE ZKM - FESTIVAL Karlsruhe 89
• WOODROCK FESTIVAL
• INTERNATIONALE FERIENKURSE FÜR NEUE MUSIK Darmstadt (J. Krebs)
• TRANSMISSION - FESTIVAL Berlin/Tempodrom
• OPERAHOUSE ST. PETERSBURG
• Solidarity concert for citizen forum Prague
• BAND OF THE YEAR 1989 Czech Republic
• DAS FEST Karlsruhe
• ROCKFESTIVAL Prague
• WRO 90 Sound Basis Visual Art Festival Wroclaw/Poland
• FESTIVAL PORTA 90
• ARTROCK-FESTIVAL St.Etienne/France
• DOKUMENTA KASSEL 92
• DISSONANTEN FESTIVAL Rotterdam
• ART ROCK INTERMEZZO - FESTIVAL at Volksbildungsheim Frankfurt
• AREA SISMICA - FESTIVAL Italy
• VICTORIAVILLE - FESTIVAL Canada
• FESTIVAL MIMI
• ZKM - FESTIVAL Karlsruhe 91
• ODENWALD FESTIVAL
• LAUSCHANGRIFF - FESTIVAL Nürnberg
• INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL INTERWEEK Novosibirsk, Siberia
• FESTIVAL BERLIN IN MOSKAU (Theatre Mossowjet Moscow)
• Talk with Artemy Troitsky in TV Russia
• CONCERT at Dynamo Football Stadion Moscow (live in TV Russia)