Already as a child Edo Zanki "wild house music with everything that was lying around." At the age of five little Edward moved with his family from former Yugoslavia to Germany, at 14 he started his music career as a keyboardist in bands like Edo and the Markees. Zanki had a first notable success with the song "Fruits of the Night", which he composed in 1978 for Tina Turner.
From the eighties Zanki became an integral part of German pop music. He wrote music for Ulla Meinecke, produced the albums "Total Egal" and "mixed feelings" for Herbert Grönemeyer as well as the record "Women come slowly - but powerfully" for Ina Deter and brought her own albums like "Wache Nights" and "Ruhig Blut" out.
Later, Edo Zanki worked closely with Xavier Naidoo. In 1999, he had produced Naidoo's album "Live", shortly afterwards began the recordings for "Zion", the first album of the sons of Mannheim, where Zanki and Naidoo played together. The "Godfather of German Soul," as Zanki was also known, continued to write music for other artists, including Sasha and Julia Neigel. His last solo album entitled "Hautnah" was released in 2012.
On Sunday Zanki passed away at the age of 66 after a short and serious illness. This was announced by his management on Facebook. It says: "Edo lived for the music, never ran after the big, commercial success, but loved to play with friends and in ever-changing constellations and to celebrate life."
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