Holger Fath-Tati is the man behind the Berlin-based project Graf Tati. I found out about their music many years ago thanks to Martin from Brideshead who also co-runs the great Apricot Records. It is this label that released the project’s first album “Lind” back in 2007.
As mentioned “Lind” came in 2007 on Apricot (APRICD 039) as a CD album of ten songs. These were “Der Tag Beginnt”, “Zurück Zu Mir”, “Sommerregen”, “Teenage Walhalla”, “Bilbao”, “Trübseligkeit”, “Glücklich Mit Der Bachmann”, “Glaubst Du an Die Liebe” and “Neopren”. The whole album is available to listen to on Soundcloud. As you’ll notice it is a very nice indiepop album with influences from bossa especially.
On digital platforms there is also a compilation called “Cinema Romantics” from 2023 which includes some new Graf Tati songs as well as some by other artists like Zero Solaris, Miss Django and Cécile Dupaquier, which is worth checking out. There is a story about this record where it says that it all started in a Berlin bar when Zero Solaris and Graf Tati were having some beers. While chatting and drinking they figured out they wanted to write about their favourite actress, make a record about them, actresses like Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, Charlotte Rampling and more. The songs by Graf Tati are “J.M.”, “The Look”, “Natürlich Ich”, “Romy Schneider – Cinema Romantics – Version”, “Foxy” and “Love Streams”. This album was released on vinyl as far as I know.
I also find another album called “Graf Tati & Les Alles”. Maybe a collaboration? This one dates from 2019 and includes 10 songs. 5 on each side of the record. “Beginner”, “Heroin Topmodel”, “Schuft DS”, “Apropos Pop” and “Le Slow” on the A side and “Romy Schneider”, “Wenn Es So Was Gibt”, “Madchen Hinter Glas”, “Leben Konnte” and “Dos a Dos” on the B side.
The only other thing I could find is that a collaboration between Graf Tati and Cécile Dupaquier was included in the compilation double CD “10 Jahre Club 49 – Ihr Seid Solche Fucker”. This collaboration was the song “Gilles” and was included in this double CD from 2015 released by the club itself, Club 49 Berlin.
Berlin friends probably are familiar with this artist. I do wonder too if he had been involved in bands prior to Graf Tati. I have the inkling that he might have. Who would know?
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According to Discogs, “Lind” apparently actually came out in 2007?
You are right, I should have double checked. Thank you!
Hi Roque, thanks for this. Good to learn about Cinema Romantics. I played a show with Holger in Frankfurt in 2003 and it was a great night. I wrote a little thing about it here – https://substack.com/@augstone/note/c-160807060?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=88lv5 . Back then his band was called Panamaformat, released on Apricot Records, and their song Milchkaffee has long been a favourite of mine. The whole album is good, def see if you can track it down. I wrote to the Apricot guys again and found out his new project is called Interhotel which I’m listening to right now on Bandcamp. Best, Aug