Klaus Waldeck

Viennese Klaus Waldeck, referred to by his stage name, Waldeck, left a legal career to become a downtempo musician.[1][3]

Waldeck
OriginAustria
Genres
Years active1992–present
Labels
  • Spray Records Vienna[2]
  • Dope Noir
MembersKlaus Waldeck
Brian Amos
Joy Malcolm

History

As a young child in Vienna, Austria Klaus Waldeck took piano lessons. When he was fifteen his music life was put on hold when he destroyed a Bechstein piano while rewiring it.

Waldeck later attended law school. While working as a copyright lawyer, he became aware of George Harrison being sued for copyright infringement. That inspired him to produce music by altering existing melodies until they were no long considered plagiarism.

Soon after deciding to leave law he moved to England. In London, he met vocal musicians Joy Malcolm (Incognito) and Brian Amos (Pressure Drop) which he later collaborated with on albums.

His 1996 EP Northern Lights includes a track, Aquarius, a remix of Age of Aquarius from Hair. Waldeck's albums and singles from 1998 through 2002 are out of print and therefore obscure and scarce. By 2007 his Ballroom Stories album was released, featuring a new chief-chanteuse, the Austrian singer zeebee.

Together with singer Valérie Sajdik, Waldeck formed the group Saint Privat in 2002. Their first album Riviera was released in 2004.[4] After a six year hiatus Waldeck moved on from Electro Swing with his EP The Weatherman in the genre of broken beat. In 2016 he released his album Gran Paradiso which Waldeck labels as „Spaghetti & Western“ production.

In 2018 he released Atlantic Ballroom followed by Grand Casino Hotel both featuring the great singer Patrizia Ferrara. Many of Waldecks tracks have been used in TV or advertising, such as Greys Anatomy, Ferrero or Versace.

Genre

Described as downtempo and trip hop, Waldeck's songs have a calm and laidback theme.[2] They often consist of mellow vocals sung either by zeebee, Joy Malcolm or Brian Amos (sometimes consisting only of Waldeck's instrumentals).

Discography

Albums
  • Northern Lights – EP (1996)[1]
  1. Aquarius – 4.57
  2. Moon – 4.12
  3. Mask – 4.50
  4. Dreaming – 6.30
  5. Aquarius – 5.11
  6. Mask – 6.21
  • Balance of the Force (1998)[1]
  1. Defenceless
  2. Spy Like An Angel
  3. Children Of The Ghetto
  4. Slaapwagen
  5. Aquarius
  6. Northern Lights
  7. Wake Up
  8. Superpopstar
  9. Death Of A Piano Salesman
  10. Moon
  • Balance of the Force Remixed (1998)
  1. Aquarius – Mushroom Dive, 5.06
  2. Children Of The Ghetto – Blackwing, 4.50
  3. Defenceless – Fauna Flash, 6.42
  4. Defenceless – Solar Moon, 5.36
  5. Spy Like An Angel, 7.21
  6. Wake Up – Mushroom Dive, 6.40
  7. Wake Up – Rockers Hi-Fi, 8.16
  8. You Only Live Twice, 5.25
  9. Northern Lights – Mushroom, 5.01
  10. Defenceless – Thievery Corp., 8.45
  11. Slaapwagen – Uptight Mix, 4.26
  • The Night Garden (2001)[1]
  1. Slowly – 4.49
  2. The Night Garden – 5.36
  3. Tears Running Dry – 4.04
  4. Waiting – 5.10
  5. Fallen Angel – 5.01
  6. Cat People Dub – 4.32
  7. Floater – 4.51
  8. I Talk To The Wind – 5.02
    (cover version of King Crimson's song I Talk To The Wind)
  9. It Comes From You – 5.56
  10. Morning Light – 3.22
  11. This Isn't Maybe – 3.57
  • The Night Garden Reflowered (2002)
  1. This Isn't Maybe (Mushroom Dive's Lo Fly Push Up 2002) – 6.16
  2. Fallen Angel (Urbs Mix) – 4.31
  3. Slowly (Mushroom Dive's Frantic Ballroom Blitz) – 4.50
  4. I Talk To The Wind (Kid Loco Meets Orpheus Uptown Mix) – 5.32
  5. Cut More Cheese (Supercheese) – 4.00
  6. Floater (Dubblestandart Mix) – 6.26
  7. Tears Running Dry Part 1 (Mushroom Dive's Jazz Cut) – 5.21
  8. Tears Running Dry Part 2 (Herbert's Level Dub) – 5.43
  9. This Isn't Maybe (Mark's Underlevel Dub) – 5.38
  10. Catpeople Dub (Jung Collective Rehash) – 6.00
  11. Out Of Trumpets (Supercheese) – 4.03
  1. Make My Day – 2.48
  2. Jerry Weintraub – 3.15
  3. Memories – 3.50
  4. Addicted – 3.50
  5. So Black & Blue – 3.25
  6. Midsummer Night Blues – 4.40
  7. Why Did We Fire The Gun? – 5.33
  8. Dope Noir – 4.15
  9. Get Up... Carmen – 4.03
  10. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Dub) – 4.11
  11. Our Day Will Come – 4.46
  1. Serenata Part I – 1.15
  2. Shala-lala-la (feat. la Heidi) – 3.15
  3. Rio Grande – 3.18
  4. Get On Uppa (feat. la Heidi) – 3.44
  5. Senorita Rodeo – 3.28
  6. Western Saloon Cartoon (feat. Mud) – 3.24
  7. Una Promessa (feat. la Heidi) – 2.50
  8. Bello Ciao (feat. la Heidi) – 3.27
  9. Brahms Lonely Mariachi – 2.52
  10. Illusione (feat. la Heidi) – 3.30
  11. Una Volta... (feat. la Heidi) – 2.27
  12. Chico (feat. la Heidi) – 2.38
  13. Rock & Rolle (feat. la Heidi) – 3.01
  1. Rough Landing (feat. Patrizia Ferrara) – 3:37
  2. Uno dos... Heisenberg – 2:31
  3. Keep my Fire Burning (feat. Joy Malcolm) – 1:58
  4. Stay Put (feat. Patrizia Ferrara) – 2:37
  5. Never Let You Go (feat. Patrizia Ferrara) – 3:13
  6. Quicksand (feat. Patrizia Ferrara) – 2:30
  7. Illusions (feat. Patrizia Ferrara) – 3:27
  8. Puerto Rico – 3:45
  9. Quando (feat. Patrizia Ferrara) – 2:58
  10. Bring my Baby Back Home (feat. Big John) – 2:47
  11. Waltz for Nathalie – 1:49
  12. Freedom (feat. Joy Malcolm) – 2:50

Singles
  • Aquarius (1997)
  • Wake Up (1997)
  • Children of the Ghetto (1998)
  • Defenceless (1999)
  • This Isn't Maybe (2000)
  • This Isn't Maybe (12" release) (2002)
  • Tears Running Dry (2002)
  • Make My Day (2006)

References
  1. Capolongo, Stefano (November 24, 2016). "Waldeck – Gran Paradiso - Recensioni". SENTIREASCOLTARE (in Italian). Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. Bush, John (n.d.). "Waldeck Biography". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on July 10, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  3. "Klaus Waldeck". AllMusic.
  4. Valerie Sajdik Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2010-10-28
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