Get Well Soon, sold out Paris Show at La Cigale
"At ist very best, (...) it´s like ‚Amnesiac’-era Radiohead in it's darkly alluring dream rock." NME 8/10
"(...) an album Neil Hannon, Beirut or even Rufus Wainwright would kill to have made." Mojo
„It’s grumpy enough to make Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave reach for Prozac....Scary, but ruddy wonderful with it.“
The Guardian
"Konstantin Gropper mixes his delicate compositions with a message of hope - that music can look after all the wounds."
Les Inrocks. France
1. Discography
Album 1: „Rest Now Weary Head You Will Get Well Soon“ – released in 2008
Album 2: „Vexations“ – released in 2010
Album 3: „Scarlet Beast O Seven Heads - released in 2012
Album 4: „LOVE“ - released in 2016 Charts: Germany #16, Austria #21, Switzerland #47, France #42
Each of the albums sold between 25.000-35.000
in Europe.
2. Selected Score Music Activities (some of them):
Palermo Shooting, Director: Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club etc.) – Nominated for the golden palm in Cannes 2009, 2 exclusive tracks (beside Portishead, Nick Cave etc..)
SameSameButDifferent, Director: Detlef Buck –, Germany - Full score music composed and produced
Xanadu, French/Canadian Series Production – 2010/2011 - Full score music for complete Series 1 composed and produced (broadcasted via arte in spring 2011 in France and Germany)
3. LIVE ACTIVITIES
Touring in Europe since 2006
-2006/2007: around 70 shows
-2008: (Release of first Album): overall around 103 shows and festivals
- April: One month Release tour
- European Festivalsummer (around 20 festivals including Lowlands, Glastonbury, Latitude, Melt, Frequency, Noorderzon Festival)
- European Supporttour with Calexico in Sep / Shows with Franz Ferdinand & The Notwist
- November: Touring France, UK, Benelux
- Christmas Tour GSA
-2009: overall around 65 shows and festivals
-European Tour with 25 shows,
-European Festival Summer including Hurricane (GER), Roskilde (DEN), St. Gallen (SUI), Art Rock (FRA), EuropaVox (NED)
-Single shows in September/October/November, including Visions Birthday Bash (support: Mumford And Sons) )
-2010: (Release of second album): overall around 75 shows and festivals
-European tour in Feb/Mar (7 weeks) through Germany, France, Netherlands, France, Norway, Sweden & Denmark, Italy, Belgium & Austria.
-Germany average 800-1000 people, France 400-1000 people, Rest of Europe between 350-700 people per show.
-Festival summer expanded now to whole Europe (beside GER, FRA, Benelux, Scandinavia, AUT, SUI new countries like Greece and Spain as well)
-Headlining some Festival in Germany & France – overall around 20 Festivals in 2012
-Tour in November: 2013/14 - 25 shows in GER, FRA, Benelux, UK, Aut, Sui and Poland
(including triple headlining show with Calexico and The Notwist in Berlin).
Festivals include
-Glastonbury, Latitude (UK)
-Roskilde Festival (DK)
-Rock En Seine (with Orchestra) (FR)
-iTunes Festival Berlin (GER)
-Lowlands Festival (NL)
-Hurricane & Southside (GER)
-Synch Festival (GR)
-Festival Beauregard (FR)
-Frequency Festival (AUT)
-MELT! (GER)
-Les Nuits Botanique (BEL)
-Printemps De Bourges (FRA)
-EuropaVox (FRA)
-Dour Festival (BEL)
-Montreaux Jazz Festival, Zurich Open Air (CH)
-Sold out shows Paris show (e.g. La Cigale & La Gaite Lyrique – 1100 cap), sold out shows in Munich, Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Dresden, Vienna, Cologne, Amsterdam, Luxemburg
-Love Tour: 2016: Sold Out Headline Shows e.g. Berlin Huxley's (1600) Munich, London, Paris, Vienna
Tour around 40 dates plus Festivalsummer
-3 sold out shows at Opera Houses in G/S/A
-2017: 6 festivals
Labels: Caroline / Universal/ CitySlang / Cooperative Music
Get Well Soon at Sold Out Berlin Huxley's 2016
We Are Free at Funkhaus Berlin with Marten Wenk from Calexico - starts at Min 7, 47 Seconds
Get Well Soon at sold out Konzerthaus Dortmund 2016
Get Well Soon at FNAC Live Festival Paris 2016
Get Well Soon & Orchestra at Vexations16 - rearranged for Orchestra / Nationaltheater Mannheim 2016
Thank you Rob for your time! - cheers GET WELL SOON