{{Short description|German musician, artist, actor and DJ}} {{Infobox person | name = Namosh | image = NamoshInConcert103.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|05|08|df=y}} | birth_place = Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Musician, singer, performance-artist, actor and DJ | title = | spouse = | parents = | children = | website = [http://www.namosh.de/ namosh.de] }}
'''Namosh''' (born 8 May 1981), also known as '''Erkan Arslan''', '''Namosh E. Arslan''' or '''Namosh Erkan Arslan''', is a German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ of Kurdish descent.
== Life and work == Namosh has lived in Berlin since 1999 and is known for his eccentric and wild live performances. He performs mostly solo or with other artists at various events.
He has worked with a lot of well known artists and musicians such as Peter Thomas, Wolfgang Müller and Angie Reed, performing or producing music together with them. In the music magazine Q, Björk described Namosh's song "Cold Cream" as her favourite song of 2005. The song appeared on his first album ''Moccatongue'', which was released in 2006. It was followed by ''Keep It for Later''. This, his second album, was released in 2009.
In addition to his musical activities Namosh has worked as actor. He played the lead role in the Children's theatre play ''Kleider machen Leute'' at ''Theater an der Parkaue'' in Berlin. Reviewers of the newspapers Der Tagesspiegel<ref>[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/kurz-und-kritisch-kurz-und-kritisch/6515962.html Der Tagesspiegel - article: ''KURZ & KRITISCH – Geld & Glück: „Kleider machen Leute“ im Theater an der Parkaue.''] (German)</ref> and Berliner Zeitung<ref>[http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/kleider-machen-leute-ein-schneider-im-blutkreislauf-der-pappbuerger,10809150,14839836.html Berliner Zeitung - article: ''Ein Schneider im Blutkreislauf der Pappbürger – Kleider machen Leute''] (German)</ref> praised his performance in the play.
In 2018 Namosh's album ''Music Muscle'' was released by the record label ''Weltgast'' as CD, LP and download.<ref>[http://weltgast.de/releases weltgast.de: RELEASES]</ref><ref name="laut">[https://www.laut.de/Namosh "laut.de-Biographie - Namosh"] (in German). ''laut.de''. Retrieved 28 January 2019.</ref> His latest album ''Party Alone'' was digitally released on June 13, 2022.<ref>[https://music.apple.com/de/album/party-alone/1627499023 Party Alone (2022) album at Apple Music]</ref>
== Discography (selection) ==
=== Music === * 2004: Namosh (LP, Album, Pale Music International) * 2005: Cold Cream (12", Bungalow Records) * 2005: Messed Up w/ Angie Reed/ Hi-End (12", Metroheadmusic) * 2005: The Pulse (12", Bungalow Records) * 2005: Wolfgang Müller & Namosh / Frieder Butzmann - ''25 Jahre Geniale Dilletanten'' (7", Crippled Dick Hot Wax) * 2006: Dear Diary feat. Hisako / Fine! Adam Sky Remix (7", single, Ltd, Bungalow Records) * 2006: Moccatongue (CD, Double LP, Album, enh, Bungalow Records/Rough Trade Records/PIAS) * 2007: Schocko & Co (limited book-CD, Hybriden Verlag/Mimas Atlas) * 2009: Keep It for Later (CD, album, Crippled Dick Hot Wax) * 2011: Keep It For Later (MP3/WAV, Track on the Compilation album '' Jerk Off '', Zingy) * 2018: Music Muscle (CD, LP, MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast) * 2020: Music Muscle - The Rework (MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast) * 2021: Moccatongue - The Reroll (MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast) * 2022: Party Alone (MP3/WAV, Album, Weltgast)
=== Production === * 2004: Namosh (LP, Pale Music International) * 2006: Moccatongue (CD, album, Enh, Bungalow Records/Rough Trade Records/PIAS) * 2008: Mit - Coda (CD, album, Haute Areal) * 2009: Keep It for Later (CD, album, Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
=== Miscellaneous === * 2005: Angie Reed – Hustle A Hustler (12" or CD, Chicks On Speed Records), (Hustle A Hustler (Namosh Remix)) * 2009: Jessie Evans – Is It Fire? (LP or CD, Fantomette Records), (author, bass, keyboards on ''Black Sand '' and choral singing on ''To The Sun'') * 2012: Wolfgang Müller – "Séance Vocibus Avium" & "Wísk Niwáhsen Wísk Nikahseriiè:Take Kanien'Kéha Wa'Katéweienste" Oder "Learning Mohawk In Fifty-five Minutes" (double CD, Intermedium Records), (birdcall on ''Coturnix Novae-Zelandiae'') * 2013: Die Tödliche Doris – Stopp (Der Information) - Unvollendete Version 1983 (12", Squoodge Records), (editing)
== Other creative works == *2012: Children's theater play ''Kleider machen Leute'' at Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin (actor) *2026: The Soloists ''(Die Solisten)'' (documentary film), (music)
== Trivia == *The German actors Daniel Steiner and Nic Romm shot a music video together for Namosh's song ''Cold Cream''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6KKHz4KfCo Namosh's ''Cold Cream'' - music video] on YouTube</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.namosh.de/}} * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Namosh Namosh discography] at Discogs * {{IMDb name|id=3049287|name=Namosh}}
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Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:People from Bietigheim-Bissingen Category:German people of Kurdish descent Category:21st-century German male singers Category:Male actors from Baden-Württemberg