She was also known as the grande dame of the Karlsruhe music world. Helene Malik, singer, songwriter and musician from "Neeret", as she would have said, was well known and highly regarded in the Karlsruhe and regional scene.
Since the early eighties, she has moved through all kinds of musical styles, be it as a singer in the new wave avant-garde pop band Ujuju Brimshead, as an interpreter of jazz standards with the Miss Malik Cafe Orchestra or as a bassist and co-founder of the first all-female Karlsruhe indie guitar rock band Boobie Traps. She was also always involved in the annual Waltz, which for years opened the Substage after the summer break, both in front of and behind the scenes. She also experimented with saxophone and experimental vocals à la Meredith Monk, sang individual backing vocals as part of the Guacamole Queens, Burt Bacharach songs with the Juanita Round-Up Generation, sang and wrote songs for Jonny Las Vegas and for her solo project Minimalik, where she also played guitar. She performed a total of 5 times with her various formations at the Günther-Klotz-Fest. After a vocal cord operation, she stopped singing and recently concentrated on playing bass in various blues projects and the country band Bucksnort Catswingers.
Helene died a year ago after a short, serious illness. But her music lives on - in her songs, on her CDs and in the memories of many music lovers in Karlsruhe. In her memory and in celebration of her great songs, many of her friends, companions and fellow musicians will gather together and play the songs that shaped musical life in Karlsruhe for years. Colorful, cheeky and creative - never boring and always authentic. Just like Helene. In addition to a quasi reunion of the Boobie Traps, musicians from Three Men Pissing in the Rain, Bluesbox, Stravinskys, the Cotton Belt Blues Band, Taxi Sandanski, Jonny Las Vegas, and Miri in the Green.a
Come along and celebrate!
This concert is also in memory of Andi Schorpp, who was involved in many of Helene's projects, whether as a drummer or as a technician and producer.
