Frank Woelfer
Biography Frank Woelfer
Frank Woelfer
trained carpenter, professional musician and teacher – is active as guitarist, keyboarder, composer and producer in live performances and studio recordings in a wide range of different music styles. Well-known due to the band Univerve with which he, amongst other things, performed as a support band for such famous acts as Saga, Manfred Mann, Simple Minds, Lake or Kraan and in 2007 received a prize at the German Rock & Pop Awards in the category “Best Progressive Rock Band 2007” (2nd place). In 2012 his debut album Unification was chosen as the “Best Jazz Rock Album 2012” (1st place) at the German Rock & Pop Awards. Furthermore, he received the award for “Best Instrumental Soloist 2012” (1st place). More positive reviews followed (for example in the German music magazines MusikZirkus, RockTimes and Gitarre&Bass (Act of the Month January 2013)).
In the summer of 2014 the second solo album The Human Factor was released, which continued along the line of the first album – this time purely instrumental – with Daniel Hopf (bass), Fabian Koke (drums) and Niklas Hauke (keys), who also form the current line-up of the Frank Woelfer Group. At the German Rock & Pop Awards 2014 this album received two prizes: “Best Instrumental Album 2014” (3rd place) and “Best Jazz Rock Album 2014” (1st place). Also, for the second time since 2012 , Woelfer was awarded the prize for “Best Instrumental Soloist 2014” (1st place) and was even presented with the honour of “Best Guitarist 2014” (1st place).
The third solo album (Fuego) from Frank Woelfer was released in March 2017. It carries the title Multiverse and is, like its predecessor The Human Factor, purely instrumental, using different styles like, for example, Jazz, Blues, Electronic Music or Minimal Music and combines these together in a unique fashion. Apart from a few bass parts that again were contributed by the great Daniel Hopf, Woelfer played all the instruments on his new work himself. In contrast to his first two albums Unification and The Human Factor, Multiverse stands for less of a band sound and more for the focus on the creation of very different moods and sound combinations that are often danceable and groove orientated but are also spiced with virtuosic guitar and bass parts, that will appeal to both enthusiasts of real “handmade” music as well as sound freaks and friends of atmospherically dense productions.
Further albums are Future was now (FUEGO, Bremen 2018) and IIIII (FUEGO, Bremen 2020).
In colaboration with Florian Pritsch (Keyboards), Woelfer played the guitar-parts on Florian Pritsch first album “Set on fire” and two years later on his EP “No time for heroes”. Both you can find on every usual Streaming-Portal like TIDAL, Spotify etc. On this records you may be surprised by discovering Woelfer’s authentic rock attitude – check it out!
The new album All has been released on march, 3rd. (FUEGO, Bremen, 2023). It continues the line of the previous album IIIII as an instrumental album with a huge range of styles and moods between rock and electronic, jazz and blues. All songs played, composed and produced by Frank Woelfer.
In July 2023 Woelfer starts recording for his upcoming album in the Watt Matters Studio Bielefeld with Martin Herbst (Keys), Frank Ritter (drums), Udo Tanger (bass) and Reinhard Klinkemeier (percussion). Again there will be Woelfer-typical melodies and solos, but also groovy and tasteful jam-parts, which reminds on the 70ties Fusion-music, combined with modern Sounds, everything recorded in HiRes Audio (96 kHz/24 bit) to deliver a more authentic live-feeling. “O” will be released on february the 2nd 2024!
Live events from Frank Woelfer and from Univerve are due to take place in 2024. Information to that effect will appear on this page shortly.
