Career
Born in Luxembourg of German parents, Uhlmann in his adolescence was a promising tennis player, representing his country in many international tournaments. He started playing piano at a young age but later migrated to the guitar. Being self-taught he thought of it being an advantage rather than a burden especially in terms of songwriting: Uhlmann quickly moved to the United Kingdom in order to explore the vast British musical landscape, and formed the indie rock band‚, with whom he released the album "Tourist In Your Own Town" on 2 October 2009 on Capitol East Records.
The band performed in several European countries and were nominated for the Indie award as “best United Kingdom live act” in 2008.
In his time in the United Kingdom Uhlmann also obtained a master"s degree in international relations at the University of Sussex in Brighton. In 2010 Uhlmann left‚ to join the prestigious international band‚ ’.
On 22 September 2011 the album "The Great Shake" was released (the forth studio album and the first with Uhlmann on vocals and guitar), including hit singles such as "Another Sunrise" (used as the soundtrack for the Hyundai i20 Sound Edition tv advertisement), and "Ora il mondo è perfetto", with Giuliano Sangiorgi, frontman of the italian band Negramaro’. A month later were asked to record a cover of Nancy Sinatra’s classic "These Boots Are Made for Walkin"", as the soundtrack for the movie "Louisiana kryptonite nella borsa" by Ivan Cotroneo.
The song rapidly topped the Italian dance charts and was awarded gold status in Italy for over 15.000 legal downloads.
Later on, the single was included in the new version of the album, entitled "The Great Shake + 2". Moreover it was used for the italian Wind tv advertisement campaign in 2011/2012. Since May 2011, played over a hundred live concerts as part of "The Great Shake Tour" throughout Europe, including shows such as the Formula One Gran Prix in Monza with Jamiroquai, the Olympic stadium in Rome with Tiesto and at the Music Television Days in Turin in 2011.
In September 2012 Uhlmann was chosen as protagonist for the Italian Reebok campaign for which he shot a tv spot in Paris.
Together with he also designed a Reebok shoe,the "Public Finance 1999", that will be released in March 2013. Today Uhlmann lives between Italy and France and fluently speaks five languages.
Giuliano Sangiorgi: vocals on "Ora il mondo è perfetto" on the album "The Great Shake" Ivan Cotroneo: Director of the music video for "These Boots Are Made for Walkin"".