Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

and currently lives in Switzerland. His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which debuted in 1990. The band embraces a diverse range of gothic,

darkwave Dark wave, or darkwave, is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as being dark, ro ...

and

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

l musical styles. Wolff composes, arranges, and writes the lyrics for almost all of Lacrimosa's songs. He also sings and plays

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

for the songs and has contributed to the design of the album sleeves' designs. The same year Lacrimosa was founded, Wolff founded the

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

, "Hall of Sermon" to finance Lacrimosa without being dependent on outside record companies. Hall of Sermon now has eight darkwave bands other than Lacrimosa on its books, including Dreams of Sanity and Girls Under Glass. In 2004, Wolff founded Snakeskin, another band, which diverts significantly from Lacrimosa's music. Wolff was also the manager of the German band

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. He also DJs, playing festivals and clubs across Europe.

Discography

Lacrimosa albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

References

External links

LacrimosaSnakeskinHall of Sermon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolff, Tilo 1972 births Living people German male singers German rock singers German gothic rock musicians German male singer-songwriters German singer-songwriters German expatriates in Switzerland Musicians from Frankfurt German electronic musicians 20th-century German male singers 20th-century German male pianists 21st-century German male singers 21st-century German male pianists