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Winner of the German Rock Prize 2019
-Best progressive band
After we were voted "Best Band in the West" by the radio station WDR 2 listeners in summer, the national jury of the German Pop Foundation for the German Rock and Pop Prize 2019 also awarded us "Best Progressive Band".
We are very happy about this important and recognized award. Many thanks to all supporters who accompanied us on the way up to here!
different image project
is a German rock band around Ruth and Jorge Klapproth (keyboards and vocals), the guitarist Claus Goose, drummer Mischa Wyboris and guest musicians. The group is located in Hückelhoven in western Germany between Aachen and Mönchengladbach.
The group's music can be assigned to rock with progressive elements. Classic rock elements can be found just as much as sacred chorals, hard guitar riffs, driving rhythms and even sensitive vocals. It is always catchy melodies that have a high recognition value.
The listeners of the radio station WDR 2 voted the musicians "Best Band in the West" in September 2019.
On December 14, different image project in Siegen/Germany was awarded the German Rock and Pop Prize 2019 by the national jury of the German Pop Foundation as Winner and "Best Progressive Band". The band won awards in four other categories for "Best Arrangement", "Best Pop Song", "Best Music Video" and as "Best Rock Singer".
So far the band has released two albums "Total Eclipse" and "Freedom", as well as the EP "Image 1". They are working on a new album FIRE which will be released in autumn 2023. The released single WHAT HAVE YOU DONE is the first single from the upcoming album.
History
The beginnings in Hanover
The roots of different image project
are in the late 80s and early 90s. Four young guys came together at the Army School in Hanover at that time to make music together. The name was decided different image
to give and get started. The band's first line up: Ulf Bauer on drums, Claus Goose on guitar, Markus Hoffmann on keyboard and Jorge Klapproth with lead vocals. After initial attempts with cover versions of well-known rock numbers and some gigs in Hanover, the four decided to play their own songs.
The study time in Munich
Together the boys went to Munich to study and continued the musical path that had started. The line-up was supplemented by bassist Markus Herrmann and guitarist Klaus Eckel. The band was very hardworking and created a number of their own songs and a sophisticated concert program. Many appearances, audio and video recordings as well as some radio appearances followed in the Munich area.
Preliminary end
After years of creating music together, the paths of the musicians broke up at the end of their studies. They all took themselves across whole Germany in existing musical projects or started their own.
Image 1
The band "Image 1" was one of the new music projects by the singer Jorge Klapproth. Together with the guitarists Klaus Linde and Ulrich Böckels, the keyboardist Markus Schnabel, the drummer Matthias Schneidawind and the background singer Ruth Timter, many new songs were created, which found their way into music video productions and studio recordings. Among other things, the EP "Image 1" was created in the Aschaffenburg tunefish studio.
Total Eclipse
After the end of "Image 1" Jorge Klapproth brought the core team from "different image" back together and they recorded the album "Total Eclipse" with songs from their time together in Munich with keyboardist and singer Ruth Klapproth in Erkelenz at Nysterbach studio.
Refoundation as different image project
The musical roots of the group around Ruth and Jorge Klapproth and Claus Goose can be found at different image project
again. The album "Total Eclipse" was at the own Red Carpet Studio
re-mixed and in 2017 under its own label and publisher CMC ECLIPSE Publishing
released. The EP "Image 1" followed in 2018.
Drummer Mischa Wyboris joined the band while working on their new album "Freedom", which was released on April 9, 2020. The bass player Olaf Renner supported the recordings.
So far the band has released two albums "Total Eclipse" and "Freedom", as well as the EP "Image 1". They are working on a new album FIRE which will be released in autumn 2023. The released single WHAT HAVE YOU DONE is the first single from the upcoming album.
Awards
The listeners of the radio station WDR 2 have the musicians in September 2019 "Best band in the west" chosen.
On December 14, the band in Siegen/Germany was chosen by the national jury of the German Pop Foundation for the German Rock and Pop Prize 2019 as a winner and "Best Progressive Band".
The band won awards in four other categories for "Best Arrangement", "Best Pop Song", "Best Music Video" and as "Best Rock Singer".
