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After a stay in Berlin, zu Knyphausen studied [[Music Therapy]] in [[Nijmegen]] in the [[Netherlands]]. In August 2005 he founded the [[Independent record label|Indie]]&ndash;Label Omaha Records together with Philipp Heintze. In the following autumn he played his first solo gig under his own name. He has since switched to using a whole band in his performances. His debut album, ”Gisbert zu Knyphausen” was launched on 25 April 2008 by [[PIAS Recordings|PIAS]] Germany. It contains solistic songs accompanied by a band. Gisbert zu Knyphausen’s lyrics are often [[Melancholia|melancholic]] but also have a hopeful character. He mentions ClickClickDecker,<ref name=”deutschpop”>{{cite web |url=http://deutschpop.suite101.de/article.cfm/der-musiker-gisbert-zu-knyphausen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722053559/http://deutschpop.suite101.de/article.cfm/der-musiker-gisbert-zu-knyphausen |archive-date=22 July 2010 |title=Der Musiker Gisbert zu Knyphausen: Ein Liedermacher unserer Zeit}}</ref> [[Ton Steine Scherben]] and [[Element of Crime]]<ref name=”neuehelden”>{{cite web |url=http://www.neuehelden.tv/popups/galerie/index.php?id=172&type=1&time=0 |title=Neue Helden – Podcast Galerie |accessdate=9 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309014755/http://www.neuehelden.tv/popups/galerie/index.php?id=172&type=1&time=0 |archivedate=9 March 2012 }}

</ref> as his musical and lyrical influences. Zu Knyphausen lived in [[Hamburg]] from October 2006 to April 2010, before he moved to Berlin. On 23 April 2010 his album ”Hurra! Hurra! So nicht” was released. In 2017 the album ”Das Licht dieser Welt” made the top ten in Germany.

Zu Knyphausen’s debut album received generally positive reviews and was called an “outstanding release” of early summer 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/432570|title = Rauboys und Indieaner. Heute wird aufgearbeitet: Notwist, Ja,Panik, Gisbert und Death Cab|date = 16 May 2008}}</ref> His songs have been described as laconic narratives<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intro.de/news/newsticker/23047084 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803003117/http://www.intro.de/news/newsticker/23047084 |archive-date=3 August 2008 |title=Intro: Newsticker – Gisbert zu Knyphausen – Label-Debut im April}}</ref> with wry, sometimes sharp humor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wom.de/index.php?node=5808 |title=WOM.de +++ +++ Knyphausen, Gisbert zu |access-date=9 July 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090428081107/http://www.wom.de/index.php?node=5808 |archive-date=28 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Using minimal instrumental backing and the diction of the former century, he still manages to appeal to a young audience,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/article1957520/Mit_Gisbert_zu_Knyphausen_darf_deutscher_Pop_wieder_lyrisch_sein.html|title = Mit Gisbert zu Knyphausen darf deutscher Pop wieder lyrisch sein|newspaper = Die Welt|date = 2 May 2008}}</ref> perhaps because the [[Weltschmerz]] in his songs nevertheless hints at a some hope farther off<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,460685,00.html|title = Top of the Blogs: Amy, Internet-Queen of Soul}}</ref>