The christmas concert Soul Christmas
Jan Seven Dettwyler loves the soul music of the Christmas season. Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Nat King Cole, Diana Krall and all the wonderful gospel classics are simply part of Christmas for him. So often he has incorporated one of these soul classics into his concerts during the most wonderful time of the year, and each time the desire to create an entire evening with exactly this music has grown.
Now he is teaming up with “The Kingdom Choir” from England, who became world-famous for their version of “Stand by Me” at Meghan & Harry's wedding ceremony. A gospel choir and Jan Seven Dettwyler sing the most beautiful soul classics of the Christmas season together. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, ‘The First Noel’, ‘I'll Be Home for Christmas’, ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ and many more - in a beautiful setting, sung by Jan Seven Dettwyler and The Kingdom Choir LIVE in THE HALL in Zurich.
The new Album "Schwarz auf Grün"
Musically, you can hear a big development compared to his last German-language longplayer. The voice and the stories are finally firmly in the foreground and the songwriting is the spine of the sometimes still playful musician in his 22nd year of creativity. Thanks to the collaboration with London producer Yoad (Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Sugababes), songs such as EGAL WAS DU TUST and HÖR MIR NOCH EINMAL ZU sound very European and dispense with flourishes and garnishes but not with the London symphony orchestra from the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Thanks to the man from Los Angeles John Van Nest (Michael Jackson, Prince, Chaka Kahn), some songs like EINE NACHT are pure soul and the German takes on a color that has rarely been heard before. Songs like KURZ AUF STOP show the joy of constantly evolving and the fruits of the songwriting sessions in the Parkhaus Studio Cologne. Whether Jan is writing with new people like Revelle, Nico Gomez, Martin Jungck, Benjamin Alasu, Teesy Tones or with old acquaintances like Rose Ann Dimalanta, Flo Mega, Massimo Buonanno or Kilian & Jo, one thing is very clear, the voice is always the center of attention and the music is the stage on which he sings his stories from his life and gets all the space his voice needs. This is exactly how Jan produced this album.
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His stage name was always a good match for the Swiss musician who has just turned 45
His stage name was always a good fit for the Swiss musician who had just turned 45. At 22, Jan Dettwyler called himself "SEVEN" because seven was both his favorite number and his favorite Prince song. With an English name and lyrics, the actually introverted young man from Aargau created enough distance to be able to pour his heart out with his music. "I never used to talk about private matters, I never did a home story and my artist name, which is a number, i.e. an object, was like a protective armor for topics that I might otherwise have been ashamed of. Over time, I've become more relaxed, gained experience and self-confidence and slowly but surely another part of me is taking up more space."
Passion is his trademark, unbridled curiosity his perpetual mobile
His musical journey began in 2002 with his debut "Dedicated to ..." and has taken him closer and closer to himself over the course of a 21-year global career with 13 studio albums and four live albums, countless collaborations, international awards, regular TV appearances and more than 1000 headlining shows. With German lyrics, a new album and five "Sing meinen Song" seasons as guest and host under his belt, the Swiss 'Soultrain' is picking up speed again as jan SEVEN dettwyler.
