Weimar
Weimar
Coordinates	50°59′0″N 11°19′0″E / 50.983333°N 11.316667°E / 50.983333; 11.316667Coordinates: 50°59′0″N 11°19′0″E / 50.983333°N 11.316667°E / 50.983333; 11.316667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Urban district
Town subdivisions	12 districts
Lord Mayor	Stefan Wolf (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	84.26 km2 (32.53 sq mi)
Elevation	208 m  (682 ft)
Population	65,479 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	777 /km2 (2,013 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WE
Postal codes	99401–99441
Area codes	03643, 036453
Website	www.weimar.de

Classical Weimar *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country	Germany
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, vi
Reference	846
Region **	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1998 (22nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO

Weimar (German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪmaɐ] ( listen)) is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia (German: Thüringen), north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899. Weimar was the capital of the Duchy (after 1815 the Grand Duchy) of Saxe-Weimar (German Sachsen-Weimar).

Weimar's cultural heritage is vast. It is most often recognised as the place where Germany's first democratic constitution was signed after the First World War, giving its name to the Weimar Republic period in German politics, of 1918–1933. However, the city was also the focal point of the German Enlightenment and home of the leading characters of the literary genre of Weimar Classicism, the writers Goethe and Schiller. The city was also the birthplace of the Bauhaus movement, founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, with artists Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer, and Lyonel Feininger teaching in Weimar's Bauhaus School. Many places in the city centre have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Geography[link]

General[link]

Thuringia is one of the smallest states in Germany. The city of Weimar is classified as an independent city district, in addition to the 17 districts (Landkreise) and 5 other independent cities of Thuringia. Weimar is the 4th largest city in Thuringia, with a population of approximately 65,000 people.

The city limits of Weimar itself are approximately 7 km and the neighbouring cities are Jena and Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. The city lies along the River Ilm. In the valley of the river Ilm river the federal Motorway 87 runs from Ilmenau to Leipzig and two railways: the Ilmbahn between Kranichfeld and Weimar and the highspeed railway from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main between Weimar and Großheringen.

The city is north-east of the Thuringian Forest, 25 minutes away by autobahn or train.

City districts[link]

• Ehringsdorf
• Gaberndorf
• Gelmeroda
• Holzdorf
• Legefeld
• Niedergrunstedt
• Oberweimar
• Possendorf
• Schöndorf
• Süßenborn
• Taubach
• Tiefurt
• Tröbsdorf

History and Culture[link]

This section requires expansion.

The Goethe-Schiller Monument in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar.

The oldest records about Weimar date back to the year 899. Its name changed over the centuries from Wimares through Wimari to Wimar and finally Weimar; it is probably derived from Old High German wih 'holy' + mari 'standing water, swamp'.^[2] (Another theory derives the first element from OHG win 'meadow, pasture.'^[3]) In 1410 it received city rights, although the growth of the city was severely affected by the 1424 fires.

In 1552 Weimar became the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (German Sachsen-Weimar) and remained so until 1918.

18th and 19th centuries[link]

During the regencies of Anna Amalia (1758–1775) and her son Carl August (1809–1828), Weimar became an important cultural centre of Europe, having been home to such luminaries as Goethe, Schiller, and Herder; and in music the piano virtuoso Hummel (a pupil of Mozart), Liszt, and Bach. Richard Strauss worked in Weimar for 5 years as second conductor in the acclaimed Staatskapelle Weimar (the court orchestra founded in 1491). Several of his encores for works such as Hansel and Gretel, Don Juan and Macbeth were performed by the Staatskapelle Weimar. It has been a site of pilgrimage for the German intelligentsia since Goethe first moved to Weimar in the late 18th century. Goethe was also active in civic duties while living in Weimar. He served as Privy Councilor to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach for an extended period. The tombs of Goethe and Schiller, as well as their archives, may be found in the city. Goethe's Elective Affinities (1809) is set around the city of Weimar.

Weimar Republic[link]

The period in German history from 1919 to 1933 is commonly referred to as the Weimar Republic, as the Republic's constitution was drafted here because the capital, Berlin, with its street rioting after the 1918 German Revolution, was considered too dangerous for the National Assembly to use it as a meeting place.

The Bauhaus Movement[link]

Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus School and movement in Weimar in 1919. The School aimed to teach and develop modernist style. The Bauhaus University and the Liszt School of Music Weimar, attracted many students, specializing in art, media and design, architecture, civil engineering and music. The Bauhaus in Weimar lasted from 1919 to 1925, when it moved to Dessau, after the newly-elected right-wing city council put pressure on the School by withdrawing funding and forcing its teachers to quit.

Many buildings in Weimar today have influences from the Bauhaus period. However, only one original Bauhaus building was constructed during 1919-1925, the Haus am Horn, now used for exhibitions and events on Bauhaus culture. The Bauhaus Museum, on Theaterplatz, offers an exhibition of works from the Bauhaus period in Weimar and screens an informative film about the movement's influences on Weimar city.

Nazi Germany and World War II[link]

Buchenwald's main gate, with the slogan Jedem das Seine (literally, "to each his own", but figuratively "everyone gets what they deserve")

In 1937, the Nazis constructed the Buchenwald concentration camp, only eight kilometres from Weimar's city centre. The slogan Jedem das Seine (literally "to each his own", but figuratively "everyone gets what he deserves") was placed over the camp's main entrance gate. Between July 1938 and April 1945, some 240,000 people were incarcerated in the camp by the Nazi regime, including 168 Western Allied POWs.^[4] The number of deaths at Buchenwald is estimated at 56,545.^[5] The Buchenwald concentration camp provided slave labour for local industry (arms industry of Wilhelm-Gustloff-Werk).^[6]

The Allied ground advance into Germany reached Weimar in April 1945, and the city surrendered to the US 80th Infantry Division on April 12, 1945. ^[7] The residents of Weimar were ordered to walk through Buchenwald, to see what had been happening so close to the city, as documented in Billy Wilder's film Death Mills. The city ended up in the Soviet zone of occupation, however, so US troops were soon replaced with Russian forces. From 1945 to 1950, the Soviet Union used the occupied Buchenwald concentration camp to imprison defeated Nazis and other Germans. The camp slogan remained Jedem das Seine. On 6 January 1950, the Soviets handed over Buchenwald to the East German Ministry of Internal Affairs.

German Democratic Republic (East Germany)[link]

Weimar was part of the German Democratic Republic (DDR, East Germany) from 1949 to 1990.

Recent years[link]

The European Council of Ministers selected the city as European Capital of Culture for 1999.

On 2 September 2004, a fire broke out at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library. The library contains a 13,000-volume collection including Goethe's masterpiece Faust, in addition to a music collection of the Duchess. An authentic Lutheran Bible from 1534 was saved from the fire. The damage stretched into the millions of dollars. The number of books in this historic library exceeded 1,000,000, of which 40,000 to 50,000 were destroyed past recovery. The library, which dates back to 1691, belongs to UNESCO world heritage, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. The fire, with its destruction of much historical literature, amounts to a huge cultural loss for Germany, Europe, and indeed the world. A number of books were shock-frozen in the city of Leipzig to save them from rotting. On 24 October 2007 the library reopened. Visitors were advised to book their tickets many months in advance.

Liszt Year 2011[link]

Weimar and the state Thuringia are celebrating Liszt's 200th birthday in 2011.

Places of interest[link]

The Weimar Ruine

• National Goethe Museum and Goethe House
• Goethe's Gartenhaus
• Schiller House and the Schiller Museum
• Historical Cemetery with final resting place for Goethe, and Schiller's coffin but without Schiller's mortal remains
• Ilm Park
• Wittumspalais
• Liszt Museum
• Palace Museum
• German National Theatre
• Neues Museum Weimar
• Bauhaus Museum
• Main building of the Bauhaus University (planned by Henry van de Velde)
• Buchenwald Memorial
• Nietzsche Archiv
• Schlossmuseum
• Schloss Tiefurt
• Schloss Kochberg
• Schloss Belvedere
• Eisenbahnmuseum Weimar (Train Museum)
• Weimar Ruine

Onion Market[link]

The Onion Market (Weimarer Zwiebelmarkt) is an annual festival held in October in Weimar and it is Thuringia's largest festival. The festival is held over 3 days and approximately 500 stalls and more than 100 stage performances are put up across the city.

Weimar first celebrated the Onion Market in 1653. The 2011 Onion Market – the 358th – will see again over 300,000 visitors. Stalls typically offer onion plaits, themed arts and crafts and numerous onion-based foods, including onion cakes, onion soups and onion breads. The festival also hosts numerous beer gardens, live music, fairground attractions and a Ferris wheel.

Famous residents of Weimar[link]

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Goethe's garden house.

Education[link]

Universities[link]

• Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (formerly known as Art Academy of Weimar and after 1945 University for Architecture and Civil Engineering) currently has approximately 4,500 students in 4 faculties (Architecture, Engineering, Design, and Media). The buildings of the University have been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1996.
• Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt (affiliated with the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and the Institut für Musikwissenschaft Weimar-Jena) currently has approximately 850 students.
• Europäische Jugendbildungs- und Jugendbegegnungsstätte Weimar

Archives[link]

• Thuringia Central Archive
• Weimar City Archives
• Goethe and Schiller Archive
• Modernist Archive

Libraries[link]

Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek 1991

• State Library
• Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek (HAAB) (pictured)
• Bauhaus University Library (Universitätsbibliothek/UB der Bauhaus-Universität)
• Library for the University of Music (Bibliothek der Hochschule für Musik)
• GDR Library at Taubach

Literary Societies[link]

• Goethe-Gesellschaft (Weimar, 1885)
• Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen (Weimar, 1899)
• German Schiller Society
• Deutsche Shakespeare Gesellschaft

Nightlife[link]

There are several clubs with live music once or twice a week. The two student clubs in the city centre also feature disco and live music events on Friday- and Saturday nights (Studentenclub Schützengasse, Kasseturm). There are several smaller theatre and cabaret venues other than the large "DNT" (Deutsches National Theater). There are four cinemas including a 3-D cinema.

Transport[link]

Weimar Central Train Station

For a small city, Weimar is well served by city bus routes, which also serve all of the annex towns and villages. An hourly bus route serves the Buchenwald Memorial. There are also many places to rent bikes in the city centre. Weimar is part of the Goethe cycle tour route and the Ilm Valley cycle tour.

Weimar is connected by one motorway, the Autobahn A4 (A4) and two routes: B7 and B85

Weimar station is on the ICE express train line (ICE) from Frankfurt, to Dresden and Berlin, with trains stopping every hour. The ICE service to Leipzig takes 50 minutes and the service to Dresden takes two hours. There are frequent train services to neighboroung cities Erfurt (westbound) and Jena (eastbound), taking approximately 15 minutes to either city.

The nearest airports are Erfurt and Leipzig-Halle.

International relations[link]

Weimar is twinned with:

• Blois, France
• Shiraz, Iran
• Hämeenlinna, Finland
• Siena, Italy
• Trier, Germany

See also[link]

• World Heritage Site
• Weimar Classicism

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wikitravel page on Weimar
• Weimar's official website
• Historic tour in 49 pictures
• Deutsches Nationaltheater (German National Theater)
• The Weimar Story
• Ginkgo Museum, Weimar

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v t e World Heritage Sites in Germany Northern Fagus Factory in Alfeld · Berlin Modernism Housing Estates · Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin · Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin · Bremen: Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace · Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System · Hildesheim: St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church · Hanseatic City of Lübeck · Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar · The Wadden Sea1 · Ancient Beech Forests2 Central Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau · Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz · Dresden Elbe Valley (delisted in 2009) · Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg · Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski3 · Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg · Wartburg Castle · Classical Weimar Western Aachen Cathedral · Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl · Cologne Cathedral · Messel Pit Fossil Site · Upper Middle Rhine Valley · Speyer Cathedral · Trier: Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady · Völklingen Ironworks · Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen Southern Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch · Town of Bamberg · Frontiers of the Roman Empire:4 Upper Germanic & Rhaetian Limes · Maulbronn Monastery Complex · Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof · Monastic Island of Reichenau · Pilgrimage Church of Wies · Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square  · Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps5 1 Shared with the Netherlands · 2 Shared with Slovakia and Ukraine  · 3 Shared with Poland · 4 Shared with the United Kingdom  · 5 Shared with Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland

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Rozz Williams (born Roger Alan Painter November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) was an American vocalist and musician of several varieties, most famous for fronting the band Christian Death, then later Shadow Project with musician Eva O, though his main project throughout his career was the industrial Premature Ejaculation. He is also cited by some as a pioneer of the American Gothic scene as well as deathrock.

Other musical projects he was involved in include Premature Ejaculation, Daucus Karota, Heltir, and EXP. Williams also recorded several solo albums.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

On November 6, 1963, Rozz Williams was born Roger Alan Painter in Pomona, California, and was raised in a strict Southern Baptist family with his three older siblings (one sister, two brothers) in Pomona, California. As a child, he was a fan of David Bowie, Roxy Music, T.Rex, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and The New York Dolls. When he reached adolescence in the late 1970s, he became attracted to the punk rock music scene. In his teenage years, he found the name "Rozz Williams" on a Pomona gravestone and decided to use it as his own.

Performance in bands[link]

By the age of 16 he began performing in bands. He took the name of Rozz Williams from a gravestone he found in a Pomona cemetery. His first bands were called The Crawlers, No, then later The Upsetters. He sang and played the guitar, though the band never performed on stage. He then went on to form The Asexuals. In addition to being the lead vocalist, he played the organ and guitar, with Jill Emery also contributing vocals as well as playing bass, and Steve Darrow on drums. Their performances were limited to a few parties.

He then sang in a band called Daucus Karota with Mary Torciva on percussion and Jay on guitar. Jay and Williams then went on to form Christian Death in late 1979 with James McGearty and George Belanger. The name "Christian Death" was a play on words of the fashion designer Christian Dior. The band broke up temporarily in 1981, and Williams formed Premature Ejaculation with performance artist Ron Athey, with whom he had been living. After only a few live performances, including one which involved Athey eating a crucified road-kill cat, clubs began refusing to book them.

Williams then restarted Christian Death in the summer of 1981 with McGearty and Belanger, who also brought in guitarist Rikk Agnew, who had previously been with The Adolescents.

Agnew and Belanger left the group in 1982, with guitarist Eva Ortiz and drummer Rod China Figueroa stepping in as replacements for live performances. By the end of the year the band had broken up once again due to drug problems.

In 1983, Williams formed a new band under the Christian Death name, this time with former members of Pompeii 99, with whom Christian Death had performed at a live show the previous year. The new lineup consisted of Williams as frontman, Valor Kand on guitars, Gitane Demone on keyboards and providing backing vocals, Constance Smith on bass and David Glass on drums. Williams had been the only original member of Christian Death left when he departed the group in 1985, yet the remaining members continued to perform and release several albums under the original group name. The latter is commonly called Valor's Christian Death by Rozz's supporters since it was fronted by Valor Kand.

Williams released various material under different project names following his departure from the band; the first was Premature Ejaculation with Ron Athey, and then Shadow Project with Eva O, whom he married in San Francisco in 1987. The band lineup included Johann Schumann (bass) and also Barry Galvin and David Glass, both of who came from Valor's Christian Death. The name Shadow Project, was taken from the tests in Hiroshima following the nuclear bomb which left impressions or ‘shadows’, but no bodies.

Later on, Williams reformed Shadow Project with Eva O, Jill Emery (bass), Tom Morgan (drums), and Paris (keyboards). At the time, Rozz was increasingly falling under the influence of the philosophy of Charles Manson.

Williams also occasionally took part in Christian Death reunions during the late 1980s and early 1990s with Rikk Agnew, the guitarist on the band's first album. Williams and Eva O also released two new albums under the name Christian Death during the 1990s through Cleopatra Records, resulting in two bands being called Christian Death. Valor Kand had since acquired the legal rights to the band name, and for this reason Cleopatra was forced to release Rozz's albums as Christian Death featuring Rozz Williams.

In the summer of 1993, Shadow Project toured America. The band consisted of Williams, Eva, Paris, Mark Barone (bass) and Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo (drums). After this American tour, Eva O and Paris left the band to work on the Eva O Halo Experience CD Demons Fall for an Angel's Kiss. Shadow Project had come to an end; however a German tour for October had already been booked. Although all tickets, flyers and publicity for this tour would show Shadow Project, Williams had decided that the band name should change to Daucus Karota. He sang on the tour, Brian Butler was the guitarist, Mark Barone played bass and Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo was on drums. For one show Gitane Demone drove from her home in Amsterdam to Germany to meet up with Williams backstage. The Shrine EP by Daucus Karota was recorded in January 1994 with Mark Barone (bass), Chistian Omar Madrigal Izzo (drums) and Roxy (guitars). Daucus Karota returned to Europe for a month long European tour in November 1994, with Gitane Demone filling the support slot. The tour had Todd Dixon on drums, Mike Saavedra from Anal Kitties on bass and Brian Hansen on guitar. Brian had replaced Rolf Donath, who had been the guitarist for the band at shows in Los Angeles and Mexico during that summer.

In 1995, following his return from Europe, Williams joined forces with Paris and Ryan Wildstar to work on the spoken-word album, The Whorse's Mouth. The lyrics, co-written with Ryan Wildstar, chronicle a period of heroin addiction from which the two eventually escaped. Shortly following the recording of The Whorse's Mouth, Williams began playing bass for EXP, the musical troupe created by Paris and Ryan Wildstar. He went on to play bass on their self-titled debut album with bandmates Paris (keyboards), Ryan Wildstar (vocals), Doriandra (vocals), Ace Farren Ford (horns/violin), Justin Bennett (drums) and Ignacio Segovia (percussion).

Just a year before his death, Williams again paired up with Eva O to record the final Shadow Project album, From the Heart, an extremely intimate album with a notably stripped-down sound for the duo. He also recorded Wound of Exit, his last solo CD as Premature Ejaculation.

Painting, acting, and other interests[link]

In addition to his musical activities Williams had a keen interest in painting along with collaging, and several of his pieces have been exhibited. His attempts at establishing an acting career were less successful.

Death[link]

On April 1, 1998, Williams hanged himself in his West Hollywood apartment. His body was discovered by Ryan Wildstar, his friend and roommate of seven years. Also present were Sindie Ardia, his childhood friend and her husband (at that time) Sydney B. Lanex. Williams was 34. A memorial was held at the El Rey Theatre shortly after his death, and a small gathering of family and friends offered his ashes to the earth at Runyon Canyon Park in the Hollywood Hills.

Discography[link]

Christian Death (1979-1985, 1988-1994)[link]

• Death Wish EP (Fr. L'Invitation au Suicide) 1981
• Only Theatre of Pain (Frontier) 1982
• Catastrophe Ballet (Fr. L'Invitation au Suicide) 1984
• Ashes (Nostradamus) 1985
• The Decomposition of Violets (Contempo Records) 1990
• The Iron Mask (Cleopatra) 1992
• Skeleton Kiss EP (Cleopatra) 1992
• Stick A finger Down Its Throat (Vision Of Fire Music) 1992
• The Path of Sorrows (Cleopatra) 1993
• Iconologia (Triple X) 1993
• Sleepless Nights: Live 1990 (Cleopatra) 1993
• Invocations: 1981-1989 (Cleopatra) 1993
• The Doll's Theatre : Live OCT. 31. 1981 (Cleopatra) 1994
• The Rage of Angels (Cleopatra) 1994
• Tales of Innocence: A Continued Anthology (Cleopatra) 1994
• Death in Detroit (Cleopatra) 1995
• Death Mix (Cleopatra) 1996
• Death Club (Cleopatra) 2005

Shadow Project (1987-1998)[link]

• Shadow Project (Triple X) 1991
• Dreams for the Dying (Triple X) 1992
• Dead Babies/Killer (Triple X) Cassette 1992
• In Tuned Out — Live '93 (Triple X) 1994
• From the Heart (Hollows Hill Sound Recordings) 1998
• Shadow Project" 2005 (Release of demo handed around at shows circa 89)

Premature Ejaculation (1981-1998)[link]

• PE - Pt.1 (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1981, double CD 2010
• PE - Pt.2 (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1981, double CD 2010
• A Little Hard to Swallow (Malaise Music) Cassette 1982, double CD 2010
• Living Monstrocities/Descent (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1985, double CD 2010
• Death Cultures (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1987, CD 2010
• Assertive Discipline (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1988, LP 1989, CD 1994
• Death Cultures III (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1988
• Night Sweats (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1988, CD 2010
• Blood Told in Spine (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1988, LP 1991
• Death Cultures (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1989
• Anesthesia (Dark Vinyl Records) CD 1992
• Necessary Discomforts (Cleopatra) CD 1993
• Estimating the Time of Death (Triple X) CD 1994
• Dead Horse Riddles (Malaise Music) Cassette 1994
• Error genetico (artificial hearing) 1995
• Wound of Exit (Hollows Hill Sound Recordings) double CD 1998

Happiest Place On Earth (1986)[link]

• Body of a Crow (Happiest Tapes on Earth) Cassette 1986, CD 2010

Daucus Karota (1979, 1986, 1993-94)[link]

• Shrine EP (Triple X) 1994

Heltir (1987-1998)[link]

• Il Banchetto Dei Cancri/VC-706 (Happiest Place on Earth) Cassette 1989
• 69 Rituals (Happiest Place on Earth) Cassette 1989
• Neue Sachlichkeit (Triple X) 1994

EXP[link]

• S/T (Hollows Hill Sound Recordings) 1996

Rozz Williams and Gitane Demone[link]

• Dream Home Heartache (Triple X) 1995

Rozz Williams (1992-1998)[link]

• Every King a Bastard Son (Cleopatra) 1992
• The Whorse's Mouth (Hollows Hill Sound Recordings) 1996
• Live In Berlin (Hollows Hill Sound Recordings) 2000
• Accept The Gift of Sin (live album) (Hollows Hill Sound Recordings) 2003
• "Flowers" on Projekt’s A Dark Cabaret compilation album 2005

Filmography[link]

• Pig (Cult Epics) 1998
• Cinema of Death

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• rozznet.com
• rozzwilliams.com
• Rozz Williams at the Internet Movie Database
• Rozz Williams at Find a Grave
• thebluehour.free.fr
• BluntGraffix.com - Rozz Williams

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DJ Sakin (born Sakin Bozkurt, 2 August 1967) is a Turkish-German dance music producer, remixer and DJ. Bozkurt started producing music and DJing in 1990.

Bozkurt has been resident in the clubs Wartburg and Stonsenspliel (both Wiesbaden) and The MusicHall (Frankfurt). Since July 2003 he has run Joules Bookings, an international DJ and producer agency.

Chart success came in 1999 under the name DJ Sakin & Friends, a DJ troupe consisting of, amongst others, Torsten Stenzel.^[1] "Protect Your Mind (For The Love Of A Princess)" was #4 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1999,^[2] and went to #3 in Germany, reaching gold status. The track sampled James Horner's "Braveheart" from the film of the same name.

The follow-up single was "Nomansland (David's Song)", reaching #14 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1999.^[2] This track sampled the classical music of the Romanian composer, Vladimir Cosma.

References[link]

External links[link]

• DJ-Sakin.com