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Aaron Roterfeld is an Austrian musician, who is the front man and songwriter for the band Roterfeld.
Roterfeld became a radio presenter at
Aaron Roterfeld at Allmusic
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Aaron Roterfeld is an Austrian musician, who is the front man and songwriter for the band Roterfeld.
Early life
Roterfeld was born inInnsbruck
Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...
as Marnus Flatz. He was given piano lessons by various teachers, including his mother, who herself was a piano teacher, and began writing his own songs at the age of 12. Against his parents’ will, he dropped out of school at 17 and went to Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
, where he embarked on audacious expeditions across the Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta or Okavango Grassland is a vast inland delta in Botswana formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough at an elevation of in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari Desert.
It is a UNESCO Wor ...
in Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
on foot and then through the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe
file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map
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on horseback. He returned to Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
at the age of 18.
Career
Roterfeld became a radio presenter at ORF
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* One Race Films, a film production company founded by Vin Diesel
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, before moving on to a private radio station in 1998. In cooperation with this station, he set up a recording studio in 1999 and in 2001 developed an algorithm
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which enabled radio programmes to be controlled automatically by software
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The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital comput ...
.
He only came onto the music scene in 2011, when his song "STOP" from the album "Blood Diamond Romance" stayed in the top 10 of the German club charts (Deutsche Clubcharts, DAC) for 8 weeks.
In 2015, it emerged that he had spent some time songwriting in Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
. During a student demonstration there, he was hit by a tear gas projectile.
Shortly after this, Roterfeld released an alternative music video to the song Blood Diamond Romance, which he dedicated to the students’ demands for more political transparency.
Aaron Roterfeld is actively engaged in education, humanitarian projects and animal protection.
External links
*Aaron Roterfeld at Allmusic
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References