Dominik Hartz | geht auf Tour 2024 | Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg

In the organizer's words:

2024 is not only a colorful year, but also a big, eventful one for the new king of laid-back beats. New album, new videos and a new live band to accompany him on tour.

After the first sold-out tour in May 2023, things continued briskly. In the fall of '23, Hartz played acclaimed concerts all over Germany. Now the musician, singer, rapper and actor is taking it to the next level. After a double EP comes the album format, recorded with familiar guests under the aegis of producer Lukas Riemenschneider and Malte Kuhn. "I've known Lukas for over four years. In the beginning, I had to beg him for a session. There was one every two months. Now we work together regularly." Dominik Hartz values a trusting collaboration; the human element in art is important to him.

YouTube was his window to the world when he was young, he says. Back then, he lived in a small village in Holstein, roughly halfway between his hometown of Lübeck and Kiel. A green nowhere land; the drive to his first big concert in Hamburg takes almost two hours. He is a fan of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, likes Peter Fox and appreciates the relaxed aura of the Fantastischen Vier when it comes to German-language rap. For him, a cornerstone of the local old school, who even get "props" in one song. Focused, but without foaming at the mouth, he is now tackling the next step in his career.

After his school days in the provinces, which he remembers fondly as an undogmatic nerd, he is drawn to faraway places. Street music in Australia, earning his first fees. Aussie dollars in the hat; a start is made. The streets of Melbourne give him self-confidence for more. Ed Sheeran wasn't the only one to start out like this.

He already showed his versatility on the double EP "F*CK you". A man who can do many faces. "Originally, my audience found me via Spotify Discovery. This streaming mode only works well when real people are listening to you. That really kicked it in for me!" Live, he has long since conquered a nationwide fanbase. Again with different facets. "Sometimes fans between 23 and 27, then again often young girls. In the pop capitals of Berlin and Cologne, it's very diverse, even fathers come without their children. In Erlangen, on the other hand, only girls came. I spotted exactly one boy!"

His housey breakout "Klimpa Klimpa" shook up Hamburg's Dockville in the fall, Hartz switches to relaxed old-school beats without a break. Feature tracks with his colleagues Bruckner, anaïs and Aaron stand for his team spirit.

His upcoming lyrics combine everyday life with sophisticated rap culture. Hartz becomes the storyteller of his generation, a pop poet of the mid-2020s. Sometimes the beats rattle, sometimes it swings like on vacation. Dominik Hartz stays in the flow, no matter how diverse his tracks are. "The positive tension is rising," he describes his feeling of now. "We worked intensively on the album and the stage realization. It's really cool to see your own songs grow!"

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