Oliver Gottwald (born 27 September 1978) is a German singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was the frontman of Anajo, but is now pursuing a solo career.
Oliver Gottwald grew up in Schwabmünchen near Augsburg. In 2000 he and his band Anajo won the Augsburg young talent competition "Band of the Year". He signed a contract with the music publisher Warner/Chappell[1] and the band released several EPs. In 2004 the Hamburg indie label Tapete Records signed the band.[2] There they released four albums.
In the autumn of 2014, the band announced that they would "go their separate ways".[3][4] Oliver Gottwald then worked on a solo album that also appeared on Tapete Records in February 2015 under the title 'Zurück als Tourist'.[5][6]
In late 2016 he founded his own label with his partner called Lieblingslieder Records,[7] on which the singles Mustangmann, Stadt Land Fluss and Halluzinationen have already been published. All three songs are part of the EP Lieblingslieder. Gottwald has also recently started working with a new permanent band, consisting of Samuel Heinecker (keyboard), Fabian Schlegel (drums) and Ralph Stachulla (bass).[8]
The single Stadt Land Fluss is the title song of the eight-part youth series "Stadt, Land, Bus" on KiKA, which was first broadcast in November 2017.[9][10]
In addition to his own music career, He was part of the juries of the "Newcomer Contest Bayern"[11] and the "John Lennon Talent Award" several times.[12]
On March 12, 2018 the rapper Errdeka released the album "Solo", on which the song "Funkeln feat. Oliver Gottwald" can be found.[13]
Oliver Gottwald was nominated for the Augsburg Media Prize 2018 in the category Sound.[14]
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