Volker Hinkel
{{Short description|German rock musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Volker Hinkel
| alias = The Laird of John O'Groats
| image = Fools Garden blacksheep 2016 1802.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Calw, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- songwriter
- executive producer
- sound engineer
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| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Guitar
- vocals
- keyboards
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| years_active = 1979–present
| label =
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
- Fool's Garden
- Hinkel
- M.I.N.E
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| past_member_of = {{flatlist|
- Central Heat
- Passion
- Magazine
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Volker Hinkel (born 21 June 1965) is a German musician, composer and producer, best known as a founding member of the pop rock band Fool's Garden. Volker is a co-author of almost all the band's songs, and he is also actively involved in production and promotion of the band's releases (including the international hit "Lemon Tree" and the album Dish of the Day). As part of Fool's Garden, he plays guitar, performs vocals (on early albums) and backing vocals.
In addition to his participation in Fool's Garden, Volker Hinkel has his own solo project Hinkel and is also a member of the synth pop/electronic rock trio M.I.N.E. Volker Hinkel is also known for his occupation as audio engineer and executive producer, as well as composer of soundtracks for various films and series. He is the founder of the Hinkelstone Productions recording studio and co-founder of the Lemonade Music label.{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/fools-garden-macht-sich-selbststaendig/145000|title=Fool's Garden macht sich selbstständig|publisher=Musik Woche|language=de|accessdate=25 November 2019|date=28 November 2003}}
Biography
= Beginnings of music career =
File:Universität Stuttgart (Vaihingen) 016.JPG — the place where Volker Hinkel met Peter Freudenthaler]]
Volker Hinkel was born on 21 June 1965 in the small town of Calw in Baden-Württemberg. Since childhood, he studied piano and guitar and began performing music in 1979. His musical tastes were influenced by The Beatles and The Who.{{cite journal
| author = Певнева Е, Сумароков Д.
| date = 1998
| title = Сидя на лимонном дереве
| url = http://www.chas-daily.com/win/1998/05/19/g_71.html
| journal = Chas
| volume =
| issue = 115
| issn =
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130819020753/http://www.chas-daily.com/win/1998/05/19/g_71.html
| access-date = 30 October 2020
| archive-date = 19 August 2013
}} Volker's early bands were called Central Heat and Passion.{{cite web|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Fool+s+Garden/2/1277.html|title=Fool's Garden, deutsche Rockband|author=Götz Hintze, Christoph Schöneberger|publisher=Munzinger|language=de|date=19 August 2014|access-date=11 November 2019}} In 1987, Hinkel, together with Claus-Dieter Wissler, founded the music project called Magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.closer2foolsgardenfanclub.com/en/967-2/volker-hinkel/|title=Volker Hinkel|publisher=Fools Garden Fanclub|language=en|accessdate=25 September 2016|archive-date=28 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328162653/http://www.closer2foolsgardenfanclub.com/en/967-2/volker-hinkel/}}
In 1988, Volker took part in writing of the song "Building An Empire" by the German sophisti-pop duo Two of Us, which included Ulrich Herter and Thomas Dorr. The song was included in the album Inside Out, released the same year. Hinkel also played the piano during the recording of this song.{{Discogs release|id=666895|name=Two Of Us - Inside Out}} Acquaintance with Herter played a role in the future: he helped Volker in promoting Fool's Garden releases, for instance, For Sale and "Suzy".{{cite magazine
| author = Ellie Weinert
| date = 24 June 2000
| title = Global Music Pulse. The latest music news from around the planet
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rg8EAAAAMBAJ&q=fool%27s+garden&pg=PA99
| magazine = Billboard
| volume = 112
| issue = 26
| issn = 0006-2510
| access-date = 31 October 2020
}}
In 1991, Volker entered the University of Stuttgart to study multimedia technologies, where he met Peter Freudenthaler, who also had experience in playing in music groups. After listening to each other's demos and becoming sure their musical preferences matched, the musicians decided to combine their creative efforts, thus, Peter Freudenthaler joined the Magazine. Later, he would call his encounter with Volker "fateful".{{cite web|url=http://www.hobbymap.de/hobbys/kunst-kreativitaet/musik-machen/musik-in-einer-band/fools-garden-musik-in-einer-band-singen-pusht-den-adrenalinspiegel|title=Singen pusht den Adrenalinspiegel!|publisher=Hobbymap.de|language=de|access-date=23 November 2019}} After some time, the musicians released a promo album Fool's Garden - Man In a Cage and, having liked this name, renamed Magazine to Fool's Garden.{{cite web|url=http://www.jesus.de/blickpunkt/detailansicht/ansicht/fools-garden-gruender-peter-freudenthaler-im-interview168851.html|title="Ein religiöser Mensch": 'Fools Garden'-Gründer Peter Freudenthaler im Interview|publisher=jesus.de|language=de|accessdate=16 October 2016|date=9 July 2010|author=Henrike Fischer, Christine Winkler}}
= Participation in Fool's Garden =
Since 1991, Volker Hinkel, along with Peter Freudenthaler, has been one of the two permanent members of Fool's Garden. Together with Freudenthaler, Hinkel is the author of the music and lyrics of all the songs recorded since the release of Once in a Blue Moon, which mainly included songs written by the musicians separately before they met each other. Also on the albums Fool's Garden - Man In a Cage and Once in a Blue Moon, many songs were sung by Hinkel, however, starting from Dish of the Day, Freudenthaler became the main vocalist of the group, while Hinkel (with the exception of the fully sung "Pure", "Martha My Dear", "Here in Your Arms", the live recording of "Finally", and the partially sung "Wild Days" and "Noone's Song") took over the backing vocals.
Fame to Volker Hinkel and the whole band came in 1995 with the release of the album Dish of the Day and the single "Lemon Tree" in particular. Both the album and the single topped many charts around the world, were sold in huge numbers and received certifications in several countries. According to Volker, it "was the right sound at the right time".{{cite web|url=https://dervinylist.com/2022/02/25/volker-hinkel-von-fools-garden-ich-kaufe-nur-vinyl/|title=Volker Hinkel von Fools Garden: "Ich kaufe nur Vinyl."|publisher=Der Vinylist|language=de|accessdate=17 April 2023|date=25 February 2022|author=Nils von Kriegsheim}} However, as Hinkel mentioned, success came to the group very quickly, for which the musicians were not quite ready: they had to conduct frequent and long tours, give many interviews and participate in music shows.
= Solo project Hinkel =
In 1993, the musician began his solo work.{{cite web|url=http://www.hinkel-music.de/band.htm|title=Hinkel "Emotional and powerful"|publisher=HINKEL|language=en|accessdate=17 April 2023}} The debut album In The Wake Of Thunder, which also featured bassist Thomas Mangold and drummer Ralph Vochele of Fool's Garden, was released in 1994 and later reissued in 1996 by Intercord.{{Discogs release|name=Hinkel – In The Wake Of Thunder|id=8444683}} Some songs from Volker's debut album were also played at the band's concerts.{{cite magazine
| author = Gerrit Bartels
| date = 31 May 1996
| title = Fool's Garden waren im Metropol
| url = https://taz.de/Archiv-Suche/!1454868&s=volker%2Bhinkel&SuchRahmen=Print/
| magazine = Die Tageszeitung
| volume =
| issue = 4936
| issn = 0931-9085
| access-date = 31 October 2022
}}
In 2001, Hinkel began work on a second solo album, which began recording in 2002 with bassist Dirk Blumlein and drummer Claus Müller. They subsequently joined Fool's Garden in 2003 when, following the release of 25 Miles to Kissimmee, the group was on the verge of disbanding as a result of prolonged commercial failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.laut.de/Fools-Garden|title=Fool's Garden|publisher=laut.de|language=de|accessdate=16 September 2016|archive-date=17 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217060808/http://www.laut.de/Fools-Garden}} The album Not A Life-Saving Device was released in August 2005. The song "House of Love" from this album was featured on the soundtrack to The Other Side of the Tracks directed by Alejandro Daniel Calvo. In 2008, together with the Italian indie rock band The Mirrors, an EP The Big Eye was released, which included two songs from The Mirrors and "Shine" and "Run" from Not A Life-Saving Device. The Italian magazine Rockit praised the release, noting that the two artists complement each other: Hinkel conveys an MTV-style pop vibe, combined with The Mirrors' rock sound.{{cite web|url=https://www.rockit.it/recensione/9518/themirrors-the-big-eye-w-hinkel|title=The Mirrors - The Big Eye [W/ Hinkel]|publisher=Rockit|language=it|accessdate=18 April 2023|date=10 March 2010|author=Alessandra Perongini}}
In 2009, the EP Heaven And Hell was released, the last Hinkel's solo release to date. On 2 April 2013, a cover version of Oasis' song "Wonderwall" played by Volker was posted in SoundCloud.{{cite web|title=Wonderwall - Hinkelstone Productions|url=https://soundcloud.com/hinkelstone/wonderwall|publisher=SoundCloud|date=2 April 2013|language=en|accessdate=19 April 2023}}
=Collaboration with Camouflage and participation in M.I.N.E=
File:2014-07-26 Camouflage (Amphi festival 2014) 003.JPG
Volker played as a session guitarist during recordings of Sensor (2003) and Relocated (2006) by the German synth-pop band Camouflage,{{cite magazine
| author = Alex Davie
| date = 23 July 2006
| title = Наше специальное интервью с Camouflage (Июль 2006)
| url = https://www.shout.ru/exclusives/exclusive_interview_camouflage_july2006_r.htm
| magazine = Shout!
| volume =
| issue =
|lang=ru
| issn =
| access-date = 31 October 2022
}} which included Marcus Meyn, Heiko Maile and Oliver Kreyssig.{{cite web|url=https://www.laut.de/Camouflage|title=Camouflage|publisher=laut.de|language=de|accessdate=19 April 2023}} Since 2006, Volker began performing live with Camouflage as touring guitarist and keyboardist,{{cite web|url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-a-e-concertreviews-159/1263-camouflage--osnabr2006|title=Camouflage in Osnabrück 2006|publisher=Reflection of Darkness|language=en|accessdate=20 April 2023|author=Carsten Leopold|date=21 September 2006}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-k-o-concertreviews-157/18627-live-review-mesh-oberhausen-2018|title=Live Review: Mesh - Oberhausen 2018|publisher=Reflection of Darkness|language=en|accessdate=20 April 2023|author=J. Niggels Uhlenbruch|date=26 September 2018}} thus forming the band's final live line-up, which also included the drummer Jochen Schmalbach. The participation of Hinkel and Schmalbach in concert performances made it possible to diversify Camouflage's live sound and bring new elements to the band's style beyond electronic music and synth-pop.{{cite web|url=https://www.main-echo.de/ressorts/kultur/feiern-bis-zum-grossen-finale-art-3538840|title=Feiern bis zum großen Finale. Synthie-Pop: Camouflage mit neuem Album im Aschaffenburger Colos-Saal - Greyscale-Tour 2015|publisher=Main-Echo|language=de|accessdate=19 April 2023|author=Martina Jordan|date=26 March 2015}} In 2009, Volker's performance was captured on Live in Dresden, released as a live album and DVD.{{cite web|url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-a-e-cdreviews-131/4230-camouflage-live-in-dresden-dvd|title=Camouflage - Live in Dresden (DVD)|publisher=Reflection of Darkness|language=en|accessdate=20 April 2023|author=Daniela Vorndran|date=8 January 2009}}
By 2015, Marcus Meyn had composed enough material for solo work. At the same time, Heiko Maile and Oliver Kreyssig announced their desire to take a break from music activities after the release of the Greyscale album. As a result, in October 2015, Maile and Kreyssig took a vacation, and Meyn, together with Hinkel and Schmalbach, decided to start a separate project called M.I.N.E.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvoybro.com/exclusive/59095075907000000_frontmien-camouflage-priedstavil-kalininghradtsam-svoi-novyi-proiekt-mine|title="Новое начало"Фронтмен Camouflage представил калининградцам свой новый проект M.I.N.E.|publisher=Твой Бро|date=3 May 2017|language=ru|accessdate=19 April 2023|author=Алексей Алеев}}
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Despite his participation in writing of the lyrics and music of some songs from the latest Camouflage album, Volker's role was mainly limited to concert shows.{{cite web|url=https://www.electricityclub.co.uk/m-i-n-e-one/|title=M.I.N.E One|publisher=Electricity Club|language=en|accessdate=20 April 2023|author=Monika Izabela Trigwell|date=1 March 2017}} In M.I.N.E he and Schmalbach had the opportunity to make a more tangible contribution to the creation of the material. In 2017, M.I.N.E released the first single "Things We've Done"{{cite web|url=http://www.crossfire-metal.de/15517-0-MINE--THINGS-WEVE-DONE.html|title=M.I.N.E. - THINGS WE'VE DONE|publisher=Crossfire Metal|language=de|accessdate=20 April 2023|author=Keine Wertung, Andreas Gey}} and EP One.{{cite web|url=https://electrozombies.com/music/review/mine-one-ep/|title=M.I.N.E – One (EP)|publisher=Electrozombies|language=en|accessdate=20 April 2023|author=Thomas Frenken|date=25 February 2017}} The first and so far the only studio album Unexpected Truth Within was released in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-k-o-cdreviews-133/18289-cd-review-m-i-n-e-unexpected-truth-within|title=CD Review: M.I.N.E - Unexpected Truth Within|publisher=Reflection of Darkness|language=en|accessdate=20 April 2023|author=Susanne Schaller (DJane Immortelle)|date=28 May 2018}}
=Participation in other projects =
In the beginning of 1990s, Volker Hinkel founded his own record and audio distribution company, Hinkelstone Productions, at which a lot of releases by Fool's Garden and many other artists, including Camouflage, Dirk Blümlein Terzett, Brainstorm, Cae Gauntt, Yannic Guenther, Mira Kay, Daniele Groff, as well as compositions for Toyota and Mercedes-Benz advertisements were recorded, mixed and mastered.{{cite web|url=http://www.hinkelstone.de/Hinkelstone3/news.htm|title=Hinkelstone Productions|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023}}
In 1997, Volker Hinkel, together with Peter Freudenthaler, were invited to perform the song "Ordinary Man", included in the soundtrack to the musical "Pico (The Star Club)" (German: "Pico (Das Starclub-Musical)"),{{Discogs release|name=Daddes Gaiser* Featuring Rattles* – Pico (Das Starclub-Musical)|id=16735020}}{{sfn|Wildbihler|1999|p=241}} by Joachim Gaiser. He also co-wrote the music and lyrics with Freudenthaler for "Engel Sterben Nie" by Hannah Schulz,{{Discogs release|name=Hannah (15) – Engel Sterben Nie|id=4011645}} "Lonny Losseplads" by Bonbon's Bedste Backing Band,{{Discogs release|name=Bonbon's Bedste Backing Band – The Hundeprutters|id=6307348}} "Zironenboom" by Queen Bae{{Discogs release|name=Queen Bee (6) – Wenn Du Aufhörst, Fang' Ich An|id=4145369}} and "Dörp-Reggae" and "Dörp-Disco" by Ina Müller.{{Discogs release|name=Ina Müller – Die Schallplatte|id=1346727}}
Volker Hinkel assisted in the experimental study by the German musicologist Hans-Joachim Maempel, the main purpose of which was to determine the extent to which sound design at different stages of music production, including recording, mixing and post-processing, affects the perception and quality evaluation of pop songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.synchron-publishers.com/texte/10-labor/1001maemp-t.html|title=Hans-Joachim Maempel — Klanggestaltung und Popmusik: Eine experimentelle Untersuchung|language=de|accessdate=17 April 2023|publisher=Synchron Publishers GmbH}} The results of the study were published as in 2001, the author expressed gratitude to Volker for assisting the research and noted the musician among the producers, without whom this work would never have been done.{{sfn|Maempel|2001|p=vi}}
In 2008, Volker was invited to record the compilation album Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-escape-the-songs-of-the-posies-revisited-mw0000784151|title=Beautiful Escape: The Songs of the Posies Revisited|publisher=AllMusic|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023|author=Jack Rabid}} in the same year he participated in the recording of the third studio album Kennzeichen D by German rapper Thomas D.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kennzeichen-d-mw0001263953|title=Kennzeichen D|publisher=AllMusic|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023|author=Jason Birchmeier}} In 2009, Hinkel was included in the jury of The Music Think Tank music competition along with many famous musicians such as Curt Smith, Morgan Fisher, Roger O'Donnell, Jimmy Destri, etc.{{cite web|url=https://www.hardsounds.it/news/the-music-think-tank-progetto-per-la-valorizzazione-delle-produzioni-artistiche-indipendenti#|title=THE MUSIC THINK TANK: progetto per la valorizzazione delle produzioni artistiche indipendenti|publisher=Hardsounds|language=it|date=20 April 2009|accessdate=22 April 2023}}
In addition to the releases mentioned in the article, Volker participated as a session musician on the albums Der and Punk Gibt's Nicht Umsonst! (Teil III) by Wizo,{{Discogs release|name=Wizo – DER|id=8918909}}{{Discogs release|name=Wizo – Punk Gibt's Nicht Umsonst! (Teil III)|id=5895613}} Catching Rays on Giant by Alphaville, and the single "Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain)" by Klangkarussell.{{Discogs release|name=Klangkarussell – Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain)|id=5680544}} Hinkel also assisted as a sound engineer on the albums Malaria by Schweisser,{{Discogs release|name=Schweisser – Malaria|id=1610659}} Don't Wanna Be Everybody's Darlin' by Silke Besa,{{Discogs release|name=Silke Besa - Don't Wanna Be Everybody's Darlin'|id=19891735}} Annie by Partly Dave,{{Discogs release|id=5991182|name=Partly Dave — Annie}} ToyZ by Cinema Bizarre{{Discogs release|name=Cinema Bizarre – Toyz|id=9312767}} and Goldstadt by Thomas Glöncker.{{Discogs release|name=Thomas Glönkler – Goldstadt|id=10078005}}
Soundtracks
In addition to collaborating with various musicians, Hinkel has also contributed to creation of film and television soundtracks. In review by the Musik an Sich magazine of the "Alone Against Time" soundtrack, Volker Hinkel, along with Heiko Maile and Christoph Zirngibl, was named one of the three most outstanding German soundtrack composers, and the soundtrack itself received a score of 16 out of 20. Moreover, many Fool's Garden songs composed by Hinkel and Freudenthaler have been included in various soundtracks. For a complete list of soundtracks featuring Volker Hinkel, see the table below.
| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#F08080" |Year ! style="background-color:#F08080" |Title ! style="background-color:#F08080" |Type ! style="background-color:#F08080" |Directed by ! style="background-color:#F08080" |Album ! style="background-color:#F08080" |Songs ! style="background-color:#F08080" |Notes |
| 1997
|Pico (The Starclub) |Joachim Gaiser |«Ordinary Man» |{{refn|With Peter Freudenthaler.{{sfn|Wildbihler|1999|p=241}}|group="Note"}} |
| rowspan="2"|2008
|Film |Die Welle (Original Soundtrack){{Discogs release|name=Various – Die Welle (Original Soundtrack)|id=4515293}} |{{Collapsible list |title=List |* «Move It!»
|{{refn|With Heiko Maile, Ronda Ray and Trevor Johnson.|group="Note"}} |
| The Other Side of the Tracks
|Film | |«House of Love» |
| 2009
|The Crocodiles |Film |Vorstadtkrokodile - Der Original-Soundtrack Zum Kinofilm{{Discogs release|name=Various – Vorstadtkrokodile - Der Original-Soundtrack Zum Kinofilm|id=4697334}} |{{Collapsible list |title=List |* «Die Mutprobe»
|
| rowspan="2"|2010
|The Crocodiles Strike Back |Film |Christian Ditter |Vorstadtkrokodile 2 - Der Original-Soundtrack Zum Kinofilm{{Discogs release|name=Various – Vorstadtkrokodile 2 - Der Original-Soundtrack Zum Kinofilm|id=2216144}} |{{Collapsible list |title=Songs |* «Das Abenteuer Geht Weiter»
|
| We Are the Night
|Film |Dennis Gansel |Wir Sind Die Nacht (Original Soundtrack){{Discogs release|name=Various – Wir Sind Die Nacht (Original Soundtrack)|id=3484274}} | |
| 2011
|The Crocodiles: All for One |Film |Wolfgang Groos |Vorstadtkrokodile 3 - Freunde Für Immer{{Discogs release|name=Various – Vorstadtkrokodile 3 - Freunde Für Immer|id=4696124}} | |
| 2012
|Film |Dennis Gansel |Die Vierte Macht - Original Soundtrack{{Discogs release|name=Heiko Maile – Die Vierte Macht - Original Soundtrack|id=6546002}} | |{{refn|name="unknown"|Hinkel's participation is mentioned only in secondary sources, his exact contribution is unknown.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692504/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_1|title=We Are the Night (2010), Full Cast & Crew|publisher=Internet Movie Database|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1709122/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_1|title=The Fourth State (2012), Full Cast & Crew|publisher=Internet Movie Database|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11053220/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_1|title=Wir sind die Welle (2019– ), Full Cast & Crew|publisher=Internet Movie Database|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12104930/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_1|title=Kitz (2021), Full Cast & Crew|publisher=Internet Movie Database|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023}}|group="Note"}} |
| 2015
|Little Goat Sturer Bock |Film |Johannes Fabrick |Kleine Ziege Sturer Bock - Original Soundtrack{{Discogs release|id=25260496|name=Christoph Zirngibl, Various – Kleine Ziege Sturer Bock - Original Soundtrack}} |All |Participated as session guitarist and also as member of Fool's Garden (song "Piece To My Puzzle"). |
| rowspan="2"|2016
|Winnetou - Der Mythos Lebt{{Discogs release|name=Heiko Maile, Martin Böttcher – Winnetou - Der Mythos Lebt|id=9741586}} |{{Collapsible list |title=List |* «Die Rückkehr»
|{{refn|With Heiko Maile, Martin Böttcher, Torsten Kamps, and Alex Scholpp.|group="Note"}} |
| Alone Against Time
|Ceylan Yildirim |Allein Gegen Die Zeit (Original Soundtrack){{Discogs release|name=Christoph Zirngibl, Volker Hinkel & Heiko Maile – Allein Gegen Die Zeit (Original Soundtrack)|id=15967001}} |{{Collapsible list |title=List |* «Der Kuss»
|{{refn|With Heiko Maile and Christoph Zirngibl.{{cite magazine | author = Ingo Andruschkewitsch | date = 26 October 2016 | title = Christoph Zirngibl, Volker Hinkel & Heiko Maile Allein gegen die Zeit – O.S.T. | url = https://www.musikansich.de/review.php?id=17567 | magazine = Musik an Sich | volume = | issue = 183 |lang=de | issn = | access-date = 31 October 2022 }}|group="Note"}} |
| 2019
|Anca Miruna Lăzărescu | | |
| 2021
|Kitz |Web series |Lea Becker | | |
;Notes
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Producer activity
In addition to participating in Fool's Garden as a composer and performer, Volker Hinkel has been responsible for producing and promotion of the band's releases.General mentions:
- {{cite web |author=Daniela Vorndran |date=16 February 2017 |title=M.I.N.E. - Camouflage musicians with new EP - now available digitally |url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/news-mainmenu-99/releases-mainmenu-166/17205-m-i-n-e-camouflage-musicians-with-new-ep-now-available-digitally |accessdate=20 April 2023 |publisher=Reflection of Darkness |language=en}}
Individual releases:
- «Lemon Tree»: {{cite web |author=Дед Звукарь |date=9 July 2004 |title=BRAINSTORM На штурм мозгов! |url=https://www.zvuki.ru/R/P/11719/ |accessdate=22 April 2023 |publisher=Звуки.Ру |language=ru}}
- For Sale: {{cite magazine |author=Ellie Weinert |date=24 June 2000 |title=Global Music Pulse. The latest music news from around the planet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rg8EAAAAMBAJ&q=fool%27s+garden&pg=PA99 |magazine=Billboard |volume=112 |issue=26 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=31 October 2020}}
- Ready for the Real Life: {{cite web |date=3 November 2005 |title=Ritornano i Fools Garden con 'Ready for real life' |url=https://www.rockol.it/news-74625/ritornano-fools-garden-ready-for-real-life?refresh_ce |accessdate=3 November 2019 |publisher=Rockol.it |language=it}}
- Captain... Coast Is Clear: {{cite web |author=Michael Koenig |date=26 November 2021 |title=Fools Garden - Captain...Coast Is Clear. CD Review |url=https://www.hooked-on-music.de/review/fools-garden-captaincoast-is-clear/14797 |accessdate=19 April 2023 |publisher=Hooked On Music |language=de}}
Hinkel co-wrote and produced Greyscale, the latest release of Camouflage to date, and also promoted it.{{cite web|url=http://www.synthema.ru/54062-camouflage-vozvraschayutsya-s-vosmym-albomom-greyscale.html|title=Camouflage возвращаются с восьмым альбомом "Greyscale"|date=21 December 2014|language=ru|publisher=Synthema|accessdate=19 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/news/2015/camouflage-release-on-bureau-b/|title=Camouflage-release on Bureau B|date=3 February 2015|language=en|publisher=Peek-A-Boo Magazine|accessdate=19 April 2023}} The album spent 2 weeks on the German Albums Chart, peaking at #14, and was also positively reviewed by several reviewers.{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-267898|title=Camouflage - Greyscale|publisher=GfK|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023}}
In 1998, Volker Hinkel came up with the arrangement for the first international English-language single "Under My Wing (Is Your Sweet Home)" by the Latvian rock band Brainstorm and later became its executive producer.{{cite web|url=https://sita.sk/camouflage-budu-sprevadzat-svetovi-hudobnici/|title=CAMOUFLAGE budú sprevádzať svetoví hudobníci|date=27 November 2013|language=sk|publisher=SITA|accessdate=19 April 2023}} Due to Hinkel's suggestions, the song began to sound melodic, light, with obvious references to British music of the 1960s, which made the single commercially successful.{{cite web|url=http://rockarchive.ru/text/n-2/980/index.shtml|title=BRAINSTORM (PRATA VETRA)|publisher=rockarchive.ru|accessdate=22 April 2023|language=ru}} At first, the single became successful in the Baltic countries,{{cite web|url=https://fresques.ina.fr/europe-des-cultures-en/fiche-media/Europe00283/brainstorm-performing-my-star.html|title=Brainstorm performing My Star|publisher=Institut national de l'audiovisuel|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023|author=Stéphane Ollivier|date=13 May 2000}} and later began to gain popularity in other parts of Europe.{{cite web|url=http://dva.narod.ru/b35.html|title=BrainStorm : "Мы здорово погуляли по Москве!"|publisher=Информационное агенство "Люди"|accessdate=22 April 2023|language=ru}} The success of the single laid the ground for the album Among the Suns, which entered several European charts and received positive reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.zvuki.ru/R/P/11719/|title=BRAINSTORM На штурм мозгов!|publisher=Звуки.Ру|language=ru|accessdate=22 April 2023|date=9 July 2004|author=Дед Звукарь}}
Hinkel also produced Cae Gauntt's album Hopegarden,{{Discogs release|id=6102816|name=Cae Gauntt - Hopegarden}} for which he also composed music for some of the songs, Partly Dave's Annie and Mira Kay's Sister Moon.
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References
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= Bibliography =
- {{cite book
|last=Wildbihler
|first=Hubert
|date=1999
|title=Das internationale Kursbuch Musicals: ein kritischer Begleiter durch 500 Werke : mit über 700 Musical-CD -Empfehlungen
|url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4752980
|location=
|publisher=Musicalarchiv Wildbihler
|pages= 357
|language = de
|isbn=9783928979405
}}
- {{cite book
|last=Maempel
|first=Hans-Joachim
|date=2001
|title=Klanggestaltung und Popmusik: Eine experimentelle Untersuchung
|url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4752980
|publisher=Labor Synchron
|location = Berlin
|volume = 1
|pages = xii, 276
|language = de
|isbn=9783935025232
}}
External links
- {{Discogs artist|id=477813|name=Volker Hinkel}}
- {{cite web|url=https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Volker%20Hinkel|title=Hinkel's profile at ArtistInfo|language=en|accessdate=17 April 2023}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.hinkelstone.de/Hinkelstone3/news.htm|title=Hinkelstone Productions Website|language=en|accessdate=22 April 2023}}
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