Oliver Huntemann
Encyclopedia
Oliver Huntemann is a German
electronic music
producer
and internationally-touring DJ
. He has played a significant part in shaping the genre through his numerous productions and remixes for Underworld
, The Chemical Brothers
and Depeche Mode
.
in northern Germany, Oliver Huntemann soon displayed an interest in contemporary music. He began taping radio shows and buying his first singles, as well as experimenting with a pair of belt-driven turntables
. As a 10 year old in the late Seventies, the young Oliver Huntemann was profoundly influenced by rap
, graffiti
and breakdance and key protagonists such as Afrika Bambaataa
, Grandmaster Flash
and Whodini
. Films like Beat Street
and Wild Style
aroused his curiosity with regard to breakdancing and DJing. At age 14, Huntemann started spinning discs in public.
From 1984 to 1990, Huntemann trained in electronic engineering with the German Navy. Later, he worked editing, initially on a voluntary basis, a Bremen listings magazine. In the late Eighties, Huntemann started organizing electronic acid house
music events in his home town of Oldenburg where he made the acquaintance of DJ and sound engineer Gerret Frerichs. The early sessions in Frerichs' studio, aided by jazz musician H.G. Schmidt, led to the creation of the Humate
project. Their first singles, "Chrome" (1992) and "Love Simulation" (1993) were released on the MFS
label in Berlin.
In the following years, Huntemann undertook projects and had releases - under his own name and his H-Man alias, plus the Rekorder concept series with Stephan Bodzin
- as well as founding the Confused Recordings label in 1995 and developing his Super 8 studio. His works have appeared on Sven Väth
's Cocoon
label and Anthony Rother
's Datapunk imprint. He released his debut album "Too Many Presents For One Girl" (2004) through Confused Recordings before teaming up with DJ Hell
's International DeeJay Gigolo Records
on his second release: "Fieber" (2006).
In early 2007, a live DJ set recorded at the D-Edge club in Sao Paolo, Brazil on September 29, 2006, was released under the title PLAY! 01. The series continued with PLAY! 02, recorded at the Rex Club, Paris
on February 22, 2008 and released shortly afterwards. Each mix album was accompanied by a single release: the "Sao Paolo EP" and "Paris EP" respectively.
Huntemann began working with the Ideal Audio label in 2008. Ideal Audio is connected to the Plantage13 label management system in Bremen
. The third Huntemann artist album "H-3" appeared on Ideal Audio in April 2009.
Huntemann has remixed some well known entities in the electronic music business: Underworld
, The Chemical Brothers
and Depeche Mode
. Oliver Huntemann has also collaborated with Dubfire
(Deep Dish
).
SINGLES 12“
COLLABORATIONS
REKORDER (with Stephan Bodzin)
H-MAN (with Stephan Bodzin)
REMIXES
COMPILATIONS/MIX CDs
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and internationally-touring DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
. He has played a significant part in shaping the genre through his numerous productions and remixes for Underworld
Underworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
, The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
and Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
.
Biography
Raised in OldenburgOldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
in northern Germany, Oliver Huntemann soon displayed an interest in contemporary music. He began taping radio shows and buying his first singles, as well as experimenting with a pair of belt-driven turntables
Turntablism
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer.The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer...
. As a 10 year old in the late Seventies, the young Oliver Huntemann was profoundly influenced by rap
Rap
Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
, graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
and breakdance and key protagonists such as Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...
, Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....
and Whodini
Whodini
Whodini is a hip hop group that was formed in 1981. The Brooklyn, New York-based trio consisted of vocalist and main lyricist Jalil Hutchins; co-vocalist John Fletcher, aka Ecstasy ; and turntable artist DJ Drew Carter, aka Grandmaster Dee.-Early years:Whodini was among the first hip-hop groups to...
. Films like Beat Street
Beat Street
Beat Street is a 1984 drama film, following Wild Style in featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s; breakdancing, DJing, and graffiti.-Plot:...
and Wild Style
Wild Style
Wild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, it is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture...
aroused his curiosity with regard to breakdancing and DJing. At age 14, Huntemann started spinning discs in public.
From 1984 to 1990, Huntemann trained in electronic engineering with the German Navy. Later, he worked editing, initially on a voluntary basis, a Bremen listings magazine. In the late Eighties, Huntemann started organizing electronic acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
music events in his home town of Oldenburg where he made the acquaintance of DJ and sound engineer Gerret Frerichs. The early sessions in Frerichs' studio, aided by jazz musician H.G. Schmidt, led to the creation of the Humate
Humate
Humate is a German record producer who has released singles with record labels such as Yoshitoshi and Prolekult. His work has been featured on many compilation albums including the Global Underground series, Sasha and John Digweed's Northern Exposure series and the Cafe Del Mar series...
project. Their first singles, "Chrome" (1992) and "Love Simulation" (1993) were released on the MFS
MFS
MFS may refer to:*Ministry for State Security , the security and intelligence organisation of the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as Stasi...
label in Berlin.
In the following years, Huntemann undertook projects and had releases - under his own name and his H-Man alias, plus the Rekorder concept series with Stephan Bodzin
Stephan Bodzin
Stephan Bodzin is a German DJ, techno-producer and label owner. Stephan Bodzin also performs as a live artist. A classically educated musician, he is a producer of mainly electronic music projects...
- as well as founding the Confused Recordings label in 1995 and developing his Super 8 studio. His works have appeared on Sven Väth
Sven Väth
Sven Väth is a Frankfurt-based DJ who has produced an extensive range of work since his career began in 1982. From 1985, he was part of the band OFF which released the hit "Electrica Salsa" in 1986...
's Cocoon
Cocoon Recordings
Cocoon Recordings is a record label founded in 2000 and operated by DJ and electronic music producer Sven Väth. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Cocoon is a division of the Cocoon Music Event GmbH....
label and Anthony Rother
Anthony Rother
Anthony Rother is an electronic music composer, producer and label owner living in Frankfurt, Germany.Rother's electro sound is characterized by repetitive machine-like beats, robotic, vocoder-driven vocals, melancholy, futuristic mood and lyrics that often deal with the consequences of...
's Datapunk imprint. He released his debut album "Too Many Presents For One Girl" (2004) through Confused Recordings before teaming up with DJ Hell
DJ Hell
This article is about Helmut Josef Geier. You may also be looking for Darryl Hell.Helmut Josef Geier, professionally known as DJ Hell is a German house-techno DJ...
's International DeeJay Gigolo Records
International DeeJay Gigolo Records
International DeeJay Gigolo Records is a German electronic music record label run by techno artist DJ Hell . The label was founded in Munich in 1996 as an affiliate of label Disko B. It is now based in Berlin and is Germany's most successful electronic music record label, specialising in electro,...
on his second release: "Fieber" (2006).
In early 2007, a live DJ set recorded at the D-Edge club in Sao Paolo, Brazil on September 29, 2006, was released under the title PLAY! 01. The series continued with PLAY! 02, recorded at the Rex Club, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
on February 22, 2008 and released shortly afterwards. Each mix album was accompanied by a single release: the "Sao Paolo EP" and "Paris EP" respectively.
Huntemann began working with the Ideal Audio label in 2008. Ideal Audio is connected to the Plantage13 label management system in Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
. The third Huntemann artist album "H-3" appeared on Ideal Audio in April 2009.
Huntemann has remixed some well known entities in the electronic music business: Underworld
Underworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
, The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
and Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
. Oliver Huntemann has also collaborated with Dubfire
Dubfire
Ali Shirazinia, commonly known by his stage name Dubfire, is an Iranian American house and techno DJ and producer. Prior to his solo career, Dubfire was one-half of the four-time nominated and Grammy Award-winning duo Deep Dish...
(Deep Dish
Deep Dish
Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
).
Selected discography
ALBUMS- Paranoia (November 2011 - Confused Recordings)
- H-3 (May 2009 – Ideal Audio)
- Fieber (March 2006 – Confused Recordings/Gigolo RecordsInternational DeeJay Gigolo RecordsInternational DeeJay Gigolo Records is a German electronic music record label run by techno artist DJ Hell . The label was founded in Munich in 1996 as an affiliate of label Disko B. It is now based in Berlin and is Germany's most successful electronic music record label, specialising in electro,...
) - Too Many Presents For One Girl (2004 – Confused Recordings)
SINGLES 12“
- Shanghai Spinner (June 2009 - Ideal Audio)
- Rikarda (February 2009 – Ideal Audio)
- PLAY! 02 ep: Paris/La Boum (April 2008 – Confused Recordings)
- Hamburger Berg (Dec 2007 – Confused Recordings)
- PLAY! 01 ep: São Paulo (Mar 2007 – Confused Recordings)
- German Beauty (Dec 2006 – Confused Recordings)
- Fieber Remixes (Aug 2006 – Confused Recordings)
- Broadcast Service (Sept. 2005 – Dance Electric)
- Terminate The Fire (feat. Chelonis R. Jones) (July 2005 – Dance Electric)
- Sweet Sensations (May 2005 – Confused Recordings/Gigolo RecordsInternational DeeJay Gigolo RecordsInternational DeeJay Gigolo Records is a German electronic music record label run by techno artist DJ Hell . The label was founded in Munich in 1996 as an affiliate of label Disko B. It is now based in Berlin and is Germany's most successful electronic music record label, specialising in electro,...
) - DiscoTech UK Mixes – (November 2003 – Confused Recordings)
- Freeze (September 2003 – Confused Recordings)
- DiscoTech (2003 – Confused Recordings / Zomba)
- Phreaks 2.1 (2001 – Panik)
- Wildes Treiben (2001 – Confused Recordings)
- Alte Liebe (2000 – Confused Recordings)
- Playground (1997 – Confused Recordings)
- Electric City (1996 – Confused Recordings)
- Styles (1995 – Confused Recordings)
COLLABORATIONS
- Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann – Dios (November 2008 – Ideal)
- Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann - Diablo (June 2008 – Cocoon)
- Bodzin & Huntemann – Black Sun (May. 2006 – Datapunk)
- Bodzin & Huntemann – Black EP (Jan. 2006 – Gigolo RecordsInternational DeeJay Gigolo RecordsInternational DeeJay Gigolo Records is a German electronic music record label run by techno artist DJ Hell . The label was founded in Munich in 1996 as an affiliate of label Disko B. It is now based in Berlin and is Germany's most successful electronic music record label, specialising in electro,...
) - Huntemann & Winter - The Motorist (Nov. 2005 – Confused)
- Huntemann vs. Elektrochemie LK – Bass Heavy / Strip (1998 – Confused Recordings)
REKORDER (with Stephan Bodzin)
- Rekorder 00 – Rekorder 10
H-MAN (with Stephan Bodzin)
- 51 Poland Street (Oct 2006 – Giant Wheel)
- Turbo EP (Feb 2006 – Giant Wheel)
- Mimi (Sept 2005 – Giant Wheel)
- Spacer / Rock This Place (March 2005 – Giant Wheel)
- Manga / Flip Flop (Nov. 2004 - Giant Wheel)
- Sandra (2001 – Giant Wheel)
REMIXES
- Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Melodrama (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- Extrawelt – Trümmerfeld (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- Rex The Dog – I Can See You, You Can See Me (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- Cirez D. – Teaser (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- Underworld – Crocodile (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- Chemical Brothers – Do It Again (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- 2Raumwohnung – 26 Grad (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- Depeche Mode – Everything Counts (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Remix)
- J. Mowbray & D. Ramirez – I Choose Anger (H-Man Remix)
- Yello – Oh Yeah! (H-Man Remix)
- Moonbootica – Pretty Little Angel (H-Man Remix)
- Yoshimoto – Du What U Du (H-Man Remix)
- Ascii Disko – Black Metal (Oliver Huntemann Remix)
- Coburn – Technology (H-Man Remix)
- John Dahlbäck – The Bad Giant (Huntemann RMX)
- Benni Benassi – I Know What You Do (Huntemann RMX)
- R.S.P. – Funkanoid (Huntemann RMX)
- Robbie Tronco – Fright Train (Huntemann RMX)
COMPILATIONS/MIX CDs
- PLAY! 02 live in Paris (recorded at Rex Club, Confused Recordings 2008)
- PLAY! 01 live in São Paulo (recorded at D-Edge, Confused Recordings 2007)
- Stammheim Heimfidelity 2 (Confused Recordings, 1998)
External links
- Oliver Huntemann official
- Oliver Huntemann's Ideal Audio label site
- Oliver Huntemann at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Oliver Huntemann at Myspace
- Oliver Huntemann at Twitter