Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen

Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Born (1960-03-10) 10 March 1960
West Berlin, Germany
Genres NDW, pop, rock
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, music producer
Instruments Keyboards
Years active 1974–present
Labels CBS, BMI, Dsign Music
Associated acts Nena, Kim Wilde, Thomas Anders

Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (born March 10, 1960)[1] is a keyboard player, producer and composer. For two decades he has been one of the most known and successful international composers/music producers and artists coming from Germany. With a hit record of more than 60 gold and platinum record awards worldwide, multiple international #1 records. A total of over 65 mill. sold units in USA, UK, Japan and Germany. The last four years he has scored 6 X #1 single hits and 5 X #1 albums. He was nominated for the “Echo Awards” as a producer of the year two times, and nominated for the German Emmy award as host/judge for the TV show “Pop Stars”.

Born in Berlin, he first played in a band called "Vanguard" in 1974–1977 composing their own Rock Opera. Concerts where conducted with compelling artistic video projections from a then young French artist. In 1978, Uwe joined the band "Odessa" with the bassplayer Jürgen Dehmel winning the Berlin Music Contest award as "Best Rock Band". Uwe joined the band Nena in 1981, having his biggest success in the US with the #1 hitsong "99 Luftballons", while being even more successful in German-speaking countries throughout the 1980s. When the band split in 1987 he moved to New York.

In New York he formed the band-project VoodooX as a keyboard player and co-producer, together with frontman Jean Beauvoir formerly member of The Plasmatics and Little Steven's Disciples of Soul. The album "Vol. 1: The Awakening" was released in 1989. Metal Hammer UK called it the "Best Hard Rock album of the decade".

In the early 2000s Uwe worked as a composer for movie soundtracks in Hollywood. All the Queen's Men in 2001 followed by 2002s original motion picture soundtrack for Igby Goes Down. In the past years he was also hosting "POPSTARS" and other TV projects in Germany, while continuously producing successful albums for numerous international artists such as 'N SYNC and Kim Wilde.

In 2011, Uwe joined forces with former Modern Talking lead singer Thomas Anders as a dance-pop duo Anders/Fahrenkrog. The two released their first single "Gigolo" on May 27, 2011, followed by the album "Two" on June 10[2] The album peaking at #11 in German album charts. Their follow-up record is said to be released in mid-2013.

Uwe has since 2012 been signed to Dsign Music and is a part of the Dsign Music family. He is also signed to BMI for publishing.

Production Highlights

Production and songwriting of the comeback Album „Kim Wilde“ . Movie end title song and on camera songs for Hollywood film “The Informers” - Brat Easton Ellis (a.o. Kim Basinger, Billy Bob Thornton)

Film Scores & movie title songs

Songs in US feature Films and TV-shows

TV advertising campaigns

Musicals

TV-shows worldwide

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