Country. Blues. Noir.

If it comes to singer songwriters, most people think of songs about life and love. To create a morbid and gloomy atmosphere with guitar and vocals alone is DAN FAMILIAR’s trademark. The music of the Munich-based musician borrows from old Country and Blues without being solely at home at either genre. Taking that musical direction with the lyrical spirit of gothic writers E.A.Poe and ETA Hoffmann combined with the ghostly, but very audible echoes of early 70s Punk, Dan Familiar serves nightmares unplugged … DAN FAMILIAR’s songs deal with the dark sides of life - and beyond. His stories of graveyard walls that are too high, deceased brides and lonely rides on the 'Midnight Train' make up the perfect soundtrack for sleepless nights and weary hours….

People and Press about DAN FAMILIAR

"a mix of …the late Johnny Cash…Nick Cave…Leonard Cohen… Billy Bragg…Justin Sullivan…Roky Erickson… Shane McGowan (in the best possible way) …with a distinctive voice". "A dark-passionate singer-songwriter with punk roots" "punkrock balladeer" “melancholic and touching” “I got to listen to the Cd a couple times now and I just wanted to say that I really like it. I listen to music in my car when I drive so it’s really good to drive along to. Your dark take on folk and blues... very cool tunes with great melodies and lyrics. Keep up the good work and I hope the CD does very well for you. Good luck! Jeff (Jeff Dahl) „a dandy-version of Nick Cave and Neil Young“ (Cpt. Hayni, Tortuga Bar St. Pauli, Hamburg) „Country meets Blues, meets Punk und das Ganze kombiniert mit tiefschwarzen Texten (noir), ungewohnt, aber dann richtig geil“ (Michael Stegmayr, Autor, https://alpenthriller.com)

“The sleepy, almost deadly silence is accompanied by an upbeat guitar and a sentient chant that meets rough rhythms now and then but gets caught by soft, melodic country elements.” (http://www.antikes-denken.de Literature Blog)

„Gerade dann, wenn Rigor Mortis langsam in die Glieder eines praktisch gewesenen Wochenendes kriecht and das schwarze Herz Trost sucht im Angesicht einer neuen Arbeitswoche, da hört man am besten dreckigen Punk, rauen Country Blues oder gleich DAN FAMILIAR! Der räudige, emotionale Gesang erzählt trunken von der Liebe und von Friedhöfen, nicht selten von der Liebe auf Friedhöfen und schmeißt mit Ohrmaden nur so um sich. Die Songs hängen einem nach.“ (www.Whicee.com)

„Fallen Far From Gray” live / noir:

2017:  19.01. - Alfonso's Live-Music Club  09.03. - Galerie für Fotografie der Gegenwart (Vernissage Verena Frensch)  März – IOSOY Galerie  05.05. – Zille (73033 Göppingen)  06.05. – JaB „Nürtinger Musiknacht“ (72622 Nürtingen)  31.05. – Fish & Blues „Special“  Das Klo Häuschen („Fallen Far From Gray“ - Zwischenwelten Installation) tba  Nürnberg tba  Augsburg tba  Ingolstadt tba  St Gallen (CH) tba  Luzern (CH) tba

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14.01. – Maoz Vinyl & Kaffee 06.03. – Wort und Klang (Erlangen) 09.03. – Bahnwärter Thiel 12.03. – Cafe Gramsci (Dachau) 24.03. - Bahnwärter Thiel (Best of Schienenbus Konzerte) 03.04. – Salon Irkutsk (Lesung mit Live Begleitung) 26.04. – Magpies Cabaret „Soiree Noir“ (Special musical guest), Bahnwärter Thiel 30.04. – Lange Nacht der Musik 12.05. – Magpies Cabaret „Soiree Noir“ (Special musical guest), Cabaret Pigalle 14.05. - Kaffee Giesing 02.07. - Ball der Fantasie (Theater Gut Nederling) 15.07. - Tortuga Bar (Hamburg, St. Pauli) 19.08. – M.U.F.T./Speak Easy 27.08. - Alfonso's Live-Music Club (Sommerfest Open Air) 22.10. - Kultüren – Arthaus Neuhausen (CD Präsentation) 03.11. – Glockenbach Werkstatt (w/ Topper –SWE-, Deecracks –AUT-) 08.11. – Alfonso's Live-Music Club 14.12. - Glockenbach Cafe (Special Guest bei „Fish&Blues“)

(Plärrer 2017) Album (CD & Digital):

„Fallen Far From Gray“

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Song Influences: White, White Coffin, Can’t Let You Go and Caught Up In The Rain       

Grimm’s ““Snow White" and “Sleeping Beauty” (1812) E.A.Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) and "Ligeia" (1838) George Dugdale and Peter Mackenzie Litten’s “Living Doll” (1990) Gottfried August Bürger's "Lenore" (1773) Frank Wedekind‘s “Pandora’s Box” (1929) Victor Halperin’s „White Zombie“ (1932) Edward Theodore Gein (1906 – 1984)

Never Comes, Never Goes I and II    

H.P.Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) Old North Cemetery Munich Santeria / Voodoo Jean Rollins “La Rose de fer"(1973)

Wonderfully Dead    

E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Sandmann" (1816) Hans Heinnz Ewers „The Spider” (1915) and “Alraune” (1911) Robert Wiene’s “The Cabinett of Dr. Caligari” (1920) Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “Vampyr” (1932)

Pennies From Their Eyes    

Old funeral parlor at cemetery Fürstenfeldbruck Charon’s Obol mythology Jacques Tourneurs „I Walked with a Zombie” (1943) St. Valentine’s Day

Angel Dust  

PCP Stardust

Midnight Train  

Mika Kaurismäkis “Zombie and the Ghost Train”(1991) Jean Rollin’s “Nuit des Traquees” (1980)

Chasing Different Ghosts  

Herk Harvey’s “Carnival of Souls” (1962) Richard Stanley’s „Dust Devil“ (1992)