Max Goldt

Max Goldt, born in 1958 in Weende, Germany, is a singer, writer, and humorist who began his musical career turning away from a photography apprenticeship to focus on music. Initially working as a tour guide, Goldt started performing music under the pseudonym Max Gold in 1980. In 1981, he co-founded the band Foyer des Arts with Gerd Pasemann, which was associated with the Neue Deutsche Welle movement. The duo released numerous works, including the song "Wissenswertes über Erlangen". Goldt's unique approach to music involved a technique called "Rubbermind," where he played a prepared acoustic guitar and an underlay zither using drumsticks, cardboard, sheet metal, and wrapping paper while kneeling. He released his solo album Die majestätische Ruhe des Anorganischen in 1984. He also collaborated with Stephan Winkler as the duo NUUK, releasing the album Nachts in schwarzer Seilbahn nach Waldpotsdam in 1998. Goldt's musical works were compiled on the anthology Draußen die herrliche Sonne – Musik 1980-2000, released in 2019.