Robert Babicz
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Robert Babicz is a Polish music producer, mastering engineer and live performer living in Cologne, Germany. With a career spanning nearly two decades covering genres from techno
to acid house
to minimal
, Babicz has also been known under the pseudonyms Rob Acid, Acid Warrior, Department of Dance and Sontec amongst many others. He has released a number of very well respected record labels such as Kompakt
, Treibstoff, Bedrock , Intec Digital and Steve Bug’s Audiomatique, as well his own labels, Junkfood and Babiczstyle. He is well known as a live performer, never a DJ, as he uses synths and live equipment and improvises in every set he plays.
album using his real name, Robert Babicz on Mille Plateaux
, completing another album for them only a year later.http://www.discogs.com/artist/Robert+Babicz
At the turn of the new millennium, Babicz strive to create new sound and thus began another label, Shortcut. He also began to receive requests to do sound design for hard and software companies, and he did some sound design for Native Instruments
at this time.
Babicz landmark album A Cheerful Temper was released on Systematic Recordings in 2007. The record demonstrates electronica, techno, minimal, house and classic house. He followed up this album in 2010 with Immortal Changes again on Systematic, ands described by DJ Magazine as a “marriage of organic grooves and glistening electronic melodies”.
Since Immortal Changes, Babicz has continued to release a string of singles on various labels such as Bedrock Records
, Bang Bang and Treibstoff Recordings. Perhaps the most significant event of the last couple of years has been the founding of Babicz's new label 'Babiczstyle', in his own words "I do this to have a platform with the highest possible audio quality and have a place for me and my friends to release our music" and he has thus far released 4 EPs and a compilation album of some of his earlier tracks.
He also now has his own blog at www.robertbabicz.com - the hub for all his artistic thoughts, new music and travel photography.
Babiczstyle EPs
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
to 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...
to minimal
Minimal techno
Minimal techno is a minimalist sub-genre of techno. It is characterized by a stripped-down aesthetic that exploits the use of repetition, and understated development. This style of dance music production generally adheres to the motto less is more; a principle that has been previously utilized, to...
, Babicz has also been known under the pseudonyms Rob Acid, Acid Warrior, Department of Dance and Sontec amongst many others. He has released a number of very well respected record labels such as Kompakt
Kompakt
Kompakt is a Cologne-based electronic music record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known for their Total compilation series which reached its eleventh installment in 2010.Kompakt...
, Treibstoff, Bedrock , Intec Digital and Steve Bug’s Audiomatique, as well his own labels, Junkfood and Babiczstyle. He is well known as a live performer, never a DJ, as he uses synths and live equipment and improvises in every set he plays.
Biography
Babicz moved to Germany in 1980 and began making dance music in the early 1990s, when Acid House was at its most popular peak. His first official release was as his Colone" persona with the record "Acid Science Trax in 1992. In May 1994, he founded his first label, Junkfood Records, with Michael Zosel {http://www.discogs.com/label/Junkfood+Records} and released many 12"s over the next decade. in 1999 he released his first ambientAmbient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
album using his real name, Robert Babicz on Mille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
, completing another album for them only a year later.http://www.discogs.com/artist/Robert+Babicz
At the turn of the new millennium, Babicz strive to create new sound and thus began another label, Shortcut. He also began to receive requests to do sound design for hard and software companies, and he did some sound design for Native Instruments
Native Instruments
Native Instruments is a technology company that develops software and hardware for music production and DJing. The company has originally been identified mostly with software instruments, but has also expanded to various other music equipment segments in recent years.Current products of Native...
at this time.
Babicz landmark album A Cheerful Temper was released on Systematic Recordings in 2007. The record demonstrates electronica, techno, minimal, house and classic house. He followed up this album in 2010 with Immortal Changes again on Systematic, ands described by DJ Magazine as a “marriage of organic grooves and glistening electronic melodies”.
Since Immortal Changes, Babicz has continued to release a string of singles on various labels such as Bedrock Records
Bedrock Records
thumb|200px|Bedrock RecordsBedrock Records is an English record label for trance, house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed.Its name comes from a nightclub in London that is also called Bedrock. Bedrock Records has released many singles from artists such as Astro & Glyde, Brancaccio &...
, Bang Bang and Treibstoff Recordings. Perhaps the most significant event of the last couple of years has been the founding of Babicz's new label 'Babiczstyle', in his own words "I do this to have a platform with the highest possible audio quality and have a place for me and my friends to release our music" and he has thus far released 4 EPs and a compilation album of some of his earlier tracks.
He also now has his own blog at www.robertbabicz.com - the hub for all his artistic thoughts, new music and travel photography.
Discography
Albums- "MoMente" - 1999 - Mille PlateauxMille PlateauxMille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
- "Desert" - 2000 - Mille PlateauxMille PlateauxMille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
- "Sure Sipr" - 2004 - Punkt Music
- A Cheerful Temper - 2007 - Systematic Recordings
- Immortal Changes - 2010 - Immortal Changes
- "Robert Babicz Vol 001" - 2011 - Babiczstyle
Babiczstyle EPs
- "Remote Kiss EP" - 2010
- "The Feeling EP" - 2010
- "Nectar EP" - 2011
- "What A Day EP" - 2011