Clueso

Biography

Thomas Hübner (born 9 April 1980), better known by his stage name Clueso (pronounced [klyˈzo]), is a German singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer. His first album, Text und Ton, was released in 2001. Since then, he has released seven more albums, of which the last three—Stadtrandlichter×Stadtrandlichter19 September 2014 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks1Pack meine Sachen3:432Freidrehen3:433Alles leuchtet3:424Wach auf3:465Interlude I0:356Stadtrandlichter3:327Unter Strom3:508Okay0:569Lass den Kopf nicht hängen3:3810Interlude II1:2411Sein Song2:5612Still3:4513Ich falle noch1:5714Geradeaus3:5315Galerie4:2616Interlude III0:4017Nebenbei3:2218LDKNH (remix)4:0319Still (Clueso remix)3:24 (2014), Neuanfang×Neuanfang14 October 2016 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Neuanfang3:062Achterbahn3:303Neue Luft4:154Erinnerungen4:435Wenn du liebst4:026Lass sie reden4:097Anderssein3:288Gordo4:309Jeder lebt für sich allein3:5810Sorgenfrei4:37Disc 21Neuanfang (Tilmann Jarmer Remix)2:412Neue Luft (Grunert Remix)5:043Erinnerungen (Tim Neuhaus & F I S C H E R Remix)5:144Anderssein [Egotron Remix]3:285Jeder lebt für sich allein (Clueso & DJ Beathova Remix)4:026Achterbahn (Handgepäck Version)3:237Anderssein [Akustik Version]3:148Neuanfang (Demo 2015)3:059Gordo (Demo 2015)4:36 (2016) and Handgepäck I (2018)—reached number 1 of the German Top 100.
His music is notable for being a mix of hip hop, pop and electronic music, and sometimes reggae.

Career

Born in Erfurt, Clueso—named after Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther—started making music in 1995. In 1998, he got to know his future manager Andreas Welskop and gave up his hairdressing apprenticeship. His first vinyl, Clüsolo, was released on BMG Ufa the same year. In 1999, he moved to the 10vor10-Studios in Cologne with Welskop. A year later, he signed a label contract at Four Music and released Text und Ton in 2001. Around that time, he performed with Curfew at the MTV HipHop Open in Stuttgart and at Beats for Life in Cologne.
In 2002, Clueso moved back to Erfurt and recorded the Rowdy-Club-Tape 2002. One year later, he started producing his second album Gute Musik×Gute Musik21 June 2004 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 21 tracks1Nacht unterwegs4:462Das Level4:363Uh Girl4:444Gute Musik5:305Dort wo du wohnst3:096Es wird heiß1:127Love the People3:538Kalter Kaffee0:199Bescheid5:0010Vier kleine Wände3:1111City-Pizza-Express2:4312Pizzaschachteln4:2213Wie heißt’n du?0:2614Wart mal4:0515Vergessen ist so leicht4:2316Fanpost3:5317Egal wo4:4218Ich geh heim0:4319Herz Boom Boom3:5320Vorspiel0:5821Kein Bock zu geh’n5:50, which translates to "Good Music" (featuring Blumentopf, Steer M, Tilmann Jarmer, Delhia, Tim Neuhaus and Jürgen Kerth), which was finished by 2004. It does not contain any English tracks and concentrates on singing rather than rapping.
In 2005, Clueso represented Thuringia in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Kein Bock zu gehen", placing seventh with 63 points. The same year, he was the partner of Start Ab, the "biggest non-commercial remix contest in Europe".
On 19 May 2006, his third album, Weit weg×Weit weg19 May 2006 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Frische Luft4:432Sterblich3:163Mach’s gut3:094Bleib hier3:045Weit weg1:386Viel gesehen4:207Winter Sommer3:248Ey Tino!0:469Überall bist du3:5310Da wohnt so’n Typ3:3911Hirn ein3:0812Crash4:1213Schwer4:0914Chicago3:3215Morgen gestern5:1416Mein Bestes2:2717Out of Space11:57, was released. In conjunction with the STÜBAphilharmonie, a Thuringian orchestra, Clueso gave a concert in the Fritz-Club in Berlin on 3 February 2007, where he performed his songs together with the orchestra and his band in an arrangement for more than 70 instruments. This concert was also released on the DVD Clueso Live or Clueso – Weit weg – Live. In May and June 2007, Clueso was the opening act of Herbert Grönemeyer's 12-Tour and in the same year he was nominated by 1 live for the 1 live radio listener's award, the 1LIVE Krone, in the category "Best Live Act".
In September 2007, the single "Lala", a song, which was especially recorded for the movie Leroy, was released. On 14 February 2008, Clueso again represented Thuringia in Stefan Raab's Bundesvision Song Contest. With his song "Keinen Zentimeter×Keinen Zentimeter15 February 2008 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Keinen Zentimeter3:262Keinen Zentimeter (mit Orchester)3:043Keinen Zentimeter (remix)3:144Strange3:10", he came second, only one point behind the winner. On 30 May 2008, his fourth album So sehr dabei×So sehr dabei30 May 2008 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Barfuß2:392Augen zu4:353Niemand an dich denkt5:344Wir wolln Sommer3:535Geisterstadt6:276Mitnehm3:327Gewinner3:478Schreibe dir4:299Keinen Zentimeter3:2710So sein wie du4:5811Utopie4:2012Verlierer3:0813Pause1:3314Jede Stadt4:2215So sehr dabei3:4416Abspann (Weck sie nicht auf)2:05 was released.

In December 2010 Clueso released a book Clueso. Von und über ("Clueso. Made By and About").
The fifth studio album An und für sich×An und für sich25 March 2011 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 26 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Zu schnell vorbei5:292Beinah4:423Straßen sind leer6:234Müsste gehen3:255Ey der Regen4:136Dreh dich4:057Ich bin für's Rollen4:048Stern3:509Herz6:0210Baumkrone4:0111Halt mich fern4:2612Das alte Haus3:3013Erklär mir4:3314Du bleibst4:1315Kleine Wunder2:2216Nur bei Dir3:4417Ende1:2618Cello (MTV Unplugged live edit)3:5219Beinah (single version)3:14Disc 21Der Tourfilm 2011 ("An und für sich" Tour Dokumentation)1:01:072An und für sich - Making Of (Die Entstehung eines Albums)22:223Zu schnell vorbei (Musikvideo)5:294Du bleibst (Musikvideo)3:425Beinah (Musikvideo)3:146Fotogalerie6:327Clueso's Handy (Impressionen aus einem Mobiltelefon)11:22 ("In and of itself") was released on 25 March 2011. The same year, Clueso collaborated with Udo Lindenberg performing the song "Cello" on the album MTV Unplugged – Live im Hotel Atlantic. The song was also released as a single and reached number 4 in the German charts.
After having released number 1 album Stadtrandlichter×Stadtrandlichter19 September 2014 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks1Pack meine Sachen3:432Freidrehen3:433Alles leuchtet3:424Wach auf3:465Interlude I0:356Stadtrandlichter3:327Unter Strom3:508Okay0:569Lass den Kopf nicht hängen3:3810Interlude II1:2411Sein Song2:5612Still3:4513Ich falle noch1:5714Geradeaus3:5315Galerie4:2616Interlude III0:4017Nebenbei3:2218LDKNH (remix)4:0319Still (Clueso remix)3:24 in 2014, Clueso parted ways with his long-standing band and management team. He wrote his following album about this period of separation and fittingly named it Neuanfang"("New Beginning"). The album reached number 1 of the German charts.
After the release of Neuanfang, he started working on a new album called Handgepäck I×Handgepäck I23 August 2018 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Aufbruch1:092Wie versprochen3:443Vier Jahreszeiten an einem Tag2:524Waldrandlichter3:195Stein2:406Einfache Fahrt3:127Zwischenstopp1:308Du und ich3:139Wenn ein Mensch lebt3:0710Wüste2:0011Landstreicher1:2712Zimmer 1024:0713Kurz vor Abflug4:0214Auf Kredit4:2815Es ist schon spät2:0516Dünnes Eis3:3117Morgen ist der Winter vorbei3:2018Paris4:24 ("Hand Luggage I"), a collection of acoustic songs that he has written and collected over the last seven years during several trips and journeys around the world.

Singles

2000: The Disk feat. Metaphysics
2000: Spiel da nich mit ("Don't play along with it")
2001: Sag mir wo ("Tell me where")
2003: Extended Player EP
2004: Wart' mal ("Wait a second")
2005: Kein Bock zu geh'n (#65 German Top 100) ("Don't wanna go")
2005: Pizzaschachteln ("Pizza boxes")
2005: Komm schlaf bei mir ("Clueso Singt Rio Reiser") ("Come, sleep here with me")
2006: Chicago (#60 German Top 100)
2006: Out of Space
2007: Chicago (Live)
2007: Lala (for the movie Leroy)
2008: Keinen Zentimeter (#15 German Top 100) ("Not an inch")
2008: Mitnehm' (#79 German Top 100) ("Take along")
2008: Niemand an dich denkt (#83 German Top 100) ("Nobody's thinking about you")
2009: Gewinner (#21 German Top 100) ("Winner")
2011: Zu schnell vorbei (#38 German Top 100) ("Too Quickly Gone")
2011: Du bleibst ("You stay")
2011: Beinah ("Almost")
2011: Cello Udo Lindenberg feat. Clueso (#4 German Top 100)
2014: Stadtrandlichter ("Lights of the Outskirts")
2014: Freidrehen ("Freely revolving") (#20 German Top 100)
2016: Neuanfang ("New Beginning") (#48 German Top 100)
2017: Wenn du liebst Clueso feat. Kat Frankie ("If you love")
2017: Achterbahn ("Rollercoaster")
2018: Du und ich ("You and Me")
2018: Vier Jahreszeiten an einem Tag ("Four Seasons in One Day" – Crowded House Cover)
2018: Wie versprochen ("As promised")
2020: Sag mir was du willst (Tell me what you want)
2020: Tanzen (Dance)
2020: Flugmodus (Flight mode)
2020: Aber ohne dich (But without you)
2020: Du warst immer dabei (You were always there)
2021: Leider Berlin (Unfortunately Berlin)
2021: Willkommen Zurück Clueso feat. Andreas Bourani (Welcome Back)
2021: 37 Grad im Paradies (37 Degrees in Paradise)