Joe Bennick

In the artist's words:

Joe Bennick's music encompasses the entire palette from soulful to
rousing, from dreamy to danceable and finds its own place in the singer-songwriter
place in the singer-songwriter spectrum between folk-pop and
acoustic indie. The versatile artist offers catchy melodies
and multi-layered lyrics, which not only become varied songs
songs, but also finds expression in fiction and poetry.
poetry. For his art, Joe Bennick was finally awarded the 2021
awarded the German Singer-Songwriter Prize for his art.
Even as a student, Joe Bennick's music could be heard
regularly on small stages and on the street. After
various band and solo projects ranging from wave to classical music and
various demo recordings, an artistic break allowed his independent
his independent style matured. At the end of 2019, Joe Bennick released "in
his debut album "in close distance" on his own label BlauTon
Records, which received consistently positive reviews.
In 2021, Bennick went public with his first poetry collection "Entfernungen"
to the public. In this book, he presents the (English)
lyrics from the debut CD "in close distance" with the underlying
underlying (German) poems. On the CD
also released this year on the renowned Timezone Records label
blossom and gloom", also released this year on the renowned Timezone Records
concept in his booklet. He once again shows himself to be a
stylistically diverse artist whose music is not only the expression of his
expression of his poetry, the content of which moves between
between stagnation and change, but is also always an
allusion to the contradictory nature of emotions. This
album was once again successfully placed and led to
a nomination for the German Rock and Pop Award, which he
in December 2021 in the categories "Best Solo Song
Original Composition" and "Best Booklet".
Since "blossom and gloom" at the latest, Joe Bennick has also devoted himself
to the biography of his great-grandfather, the well-known architect
architect Otto Bartning, whose trip around the world inspired the song
the inspiration for the song "Drowning man". Likewise, around the
the architect's groundbreaking work, a very special project is currently being
project, which reflects a matter close to the musician's heart
reflects a matter close to the musician's heart: The architect's emergency church program
The architect's emergency church program occupies a special place in the history of church building. 43
emergency churches were built within a few years in both parts of
Germany within a few years. Each one bears witness to the mastery of the
the past, as well as a departure into the modern age. Built
with international solidarity and through self-organized
the architect Otto Bartning created a piece of contemporary
of contemporary history, whose values are just as relevant and
today as they were when the foundation stone was laid. In the emergency
churches that still exist throughout Germany today, Bennick would like to
special memorial in musical form and perform it in the buildings.
buildings.
In addition to his passion for music, Joe Bennick published
published his first novel "Erlensee" in 2016, which has captivated readers and critics
readers and critics alike with its authentic narrative voice.
In it, he tells the story of a special father-son relationship
relationship and poses questions about inherited guilt and
responsibilities between generations, which are
based on autobiographical material. This novel is now in its second
second edition and is also available as an audiobook in the
author's reading. In reading concerts, Bennick also combines
reading and concert into a unique and entertaining experience and
experience and skillfully complements scenes from the book with a musical
musical expression, in which his music is more than a soundtrack
soundtrack and his novel more than a narrative.
Joe Bennick always writes the music and lyrics for his songs himself in the
songwriter tradition and creates an intimate listening experience with his songs
intimate listening experience in which guitar and voice merge in the finest
fuse together. He thus brings the sound of the stage into the
living room. Whether digitally or live. In the
Corona pandemic with his "van concerts", he has developed a special
experience and has converted his VW bus into a mobile stage
converted his VW bus into a mobile stage and set off on a
Germany for several weeks to perform directly from the van - in
the van - hygiene-compliant - to give concerts on the street, in front gardens
gardens and campsites, thus creating the opportunity to offer culture
even in times with few encounters.