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Beats, bass, keys, pulsating and spherical guitar sounds and, embedded in them, Claudius' voice. This is how the sound of the Claudius Konrad Band can be briefly described. Not least due to the other band members Tom Sendtner, Tom Diewock (Jazz Promotion Prize Winner of the City of Ingolstadt 2004) and Benedikt Streicher (Jazz Promotion Prize Winner of the City of Ingolstadt 2017), a contrast is created between Song Poetry and Jazz, which manages a balancing act between musical standards and authenticity without losing the fun of the music. The song's lyrics reflect their author's intimate embrace of the poetry and aesthetics of the modernists - Poe, Eliot, Hemingway - more broadly. Fans know: The band from Ingolstadt offers music at a high level and has constantly developed in the last years.
The band with the current line-up recently celebrated its 15th anniversary and has now released 5 albums, one of which is the soundtrack of the music and art event “T.Raum.Phase #01” (2019) where new elements of Ambient have been incorporated.
Song poetry meets jazz, ambient and more...

In 2022, the T.Raum.Phase #02 was held as part of the “laboratory” of Markus Jordan premiered. The music of the Claudius Konrad Band is included and was also part of T.Raum.Phase #03 in 2023. The songs "Building" and "Many Choices" have been written for T.Raum.Phase.

Fun facts: ＊ "Why wait" was produced and arranged by Benedikt Schöller and Timothy Auld, who also produced/co-wrote Tim Bendzko's "Hoch" and Yvonne Catterfeld's "Patience". ＊ “Here I am” is co-authored by Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD). ＊ Claudius has already played support for Tanita Tikaram, Kellner and Tom Liwa. ＊ All songs Claudius has ever released (2000-today) are mixed or re-mastered by Christian Georg from MagicMangoMusic and often recorded. ＊ Claudius is a big Max Martin aficionado.when it comes to songwriting.

The CKO Band is part of the small but lively Ingolstadt music scene. Some of Claudius' songs are published by BMG. Since January 2015 he has been working as an author for Oliver Alexander's publishing house: 41065 Musikverlag.

Band:
Benedikt Streicher - Keys
Tom Sendtner - Bass
Tom Diewock - Drums
Claudius Konrad - Git, Vox

Fotos Webseite: Oliver Breu