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Alev Lenz
Background information
Born (1982-01-17) 17 January 1982 (age 42)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)singer, songwriter, vocalist and producer
Years active2001–present
Labels
Websitealevlenz.com

Alev Lenz (born 17 January 1982, in Munich) is a Turkish–German, Grammy-nominated record producer, singer-songwriter and composer.[1]

Career

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Lenz, the daughter of a Turkish mother and a German father,[2] signed her first publishing deal with BMG Music Publishing in 2001 with the first recordings of her former band "Alev". At first her father was against her plans to become a musician.[3] After three years of touring and the release of "We live in Paradise", Lenz left the band.

Lenz also left Germany to go to New York City to perform and her original new material. She played Open Mikes and her first concerts as Alev Lenz Solo.

Lenz achieved some success in Turkey, mainly through her several TV appearances on Turkish television on the shows of the popular Turkish showmaster Okan Bayülgen.

Lenz founded her own record company with her management and Groove Attack/Rough Trade in 2008. Her debut album Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein was released on 13 February 2009, and is available in stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and worldwide on iTunes and Amazon.com. The album was produced in Berlin with Don Philippe, a member of the group Freundeskreis. Her collaborator on her second album was acclaimed drummer and multi-instrumentalist Samuli Kosminen of Mùm and mixed by Jas Shaw (Simian Mobile Disco).[4]

Since the release of her debut album back in 2009, in her home country of Germany, Alev has kept herself busy with gigs in London, New York and across Germany, as well as composing soundtracks for several high-profile German films, and collaborating with and producing for established artists such as Anoushka Shankar on the Grammy-nominated Album, 'Land of Gold’ (Deutsche Grammophon),[5] and Grammy-nominated EP, 'Love Letters’ (Mercury KX)[6] and Roomful of Teeth.[7] Lenz's big breakthrough came in 2016 when her song ‘Fall into Me’ was used in Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror episode, ’Hated in the Nation’. Lenz has since been played on NPR All Songs Considered, WNYC New Sounds and mentioned by the New York Times, as the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth have since taken up her song into their live programme. Most recently Alev's single ‘May the Angels’ from ‘3’ featured on season two of critically acclaimed Netflix series Dark.[8] The series features songs from Peter Gabriel, Agnes Obel and Apparat, with a score composed by Ben Frost.[9] ‘Splendid Soldiers’, 'Fall into Me'’s Album version, has been featured on the third season of The Rain.[10] Alev has also contributed vocals to Volker Bertelmann's (Hauschka) score for the US-film Downhill, Stowaway and Netflix movie The Old Guard with Dustin O'Halloran.[11]

Alev's third studio album ‘3’ was released on Spitfire Audio's SA Recordings, and sample libraries were released in conjunction with the album release.[12]

Discography

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Albums
Solo
  • Storytelling Piano Playing Fräulein (2009)
  • Two-Headed Gïrl (2016)
  • 3 (2019)
Soundtracks
Producer
  • Two-Headed Gïrl (2016)
  • 3 (2019)
  • Unknown Ruba Shamshoum (2021)
With Alev
  • We live in Paradise
  • Broken
  • Breakable

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Grammy Awards: Musicians Anoushka Shankar, Priya Darshini and Indian American Producer Vivek Tiwary Named Among Nominees". 27 November 2020.
  2. ^ "With Healing in Her Wings". The Indian Express. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ^ Bremmer, Michael. ""Rock 'n' Roller sind Babys, lieb und supersensibel" – in Interview mit der Sängerin Alev Lenz (22)". Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Alev Lenz Releases Two-Headed Girl to a Ready and Waiting Fanbase – Chatter – Impose Magazine". Impose Magazine. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Anoushka Shankar, 'Land of Gold' Credits". Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Love Letters, Anoushka Shankar". Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Heavenly Hymn: The 8 Best Classical Music Moments of the Week on YouTube". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  8. ^ "IMDb: Alev Lenz". Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Netflix's new series 'Dark' has a terrific and unique soundtrack — here are all the best songs featured". 11 December 2017.
  10. ^ "The Rain – Season 3 Soundtrack". 20 October 2020.
  11. ^ "IMDb: Alev Lenz". Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Alev Lenz on composing for Black Mirror and creating a sample library from her new album". 3 December 2019.
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