Aksel Schaufler better known by his stage name

Stage name

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 Superpitcher, is a German producer affiliated with Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

's 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...

 music label.

Background

Superpitcher made his first appearance on Kompakt's Total 2 compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 in 2000 with the song "Shadows". In 2001, he contributed a track to Kompakt's first Speicher 12" and released Heroin, a three-track 12" with three different sounds; "Tomorrow" was later included on that year's Total 3. On 2002's Total 4 there was another track by Schaufler, an electro-pop cover of Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

's "Baby's on Fire". Soon after that, Schaufler released his second 12", Yesterday, which featured re-workings of the songs "Tomorrow" and "Heroin". He also made another appearance that year on Kompakt's fourth Speicher 12".

Since stepping out, Schaufler has done steady remixing work for the likes of Dntel

Dntel

James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello, more commonly known as Dntel , is an electronic music artist. He is sometimes cited as James Figurine, the co-programmer and vocalist for the electropop outfit Figurine. Other projects include Strictly Ballroom, Headset and The Postal Service. Tamborello has...

, Carsten Jost and several others. In early 2004, Superpitcher released Here Comes Love. A year later, he released a mix album for Kompakt called Today

Today (Superpitcher album)

Today is a mix album made by German electronic music artist Superpitcher. It was released in 2005 on the Kompakt music label.-Track listing:# "Spark" – 7:24# "Let's Help Me" – 4:59...

.

Superpitcher and Michael Mayer

Michael Mayer (musician)

Michael Mayer is one of the key figures of Cologne, Germany's electronic music scene. Mayer is a remixer, DJ, and producer, and has released a small handful of his own singles on the Kompakt music label that he helps run with founder Wolfgang Voigt...

 have collaborated under the pseudonym Supermayer. Their debut album, Save The World

Save the World

Save the World is the third national release by gospel singer Yolanda Adams.- Track listing :#This Joy #The Battle Is The Lord's #Real Love #Ye Of Little Faith #Let Us Worship Him #Save The World...

, was released on September the 17th 2007 in Europe and September the 25th in the USA. The duo performed under the pseudonym at the 2008 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

The Festival Internacional de Benicàssim is an annual music festival which takes place in the village of Benicàssim, province of Castelló, Valencian Community in Spain. It focuses mainly on pop, rock and electronica artists, as well as having other elements besides music like short films,...

 and at Copenhagen Distortion

Copenhagen Distortion

Copenhagen Distortion is a middle-size festival for party/club culture, taking place in the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, and in dozens of unusual locations around city, every year during the week of the first Saturday in June...

 in 2009.

Albums

• Here Comes Love (2004)
• Today
  Today (Superpitcher album)
  Today is a mix album made by German electronic music artist Superpitcher. It was released in 2005 on the Kompakt music label.-Track listing:# "Spark" – 7:24# "Let's Help Me" – 4:59...
  
  Mix CD (2005)
• Kilimanjaro (2010)

Singles

• Softmachine / Let's Cruise (1999)
• Grounded / Dubbin' In A Smoky Room (as Sir Positive)
• Pure Luck (as Sir Positive) (2003)
• Heroin (2001)
• Yesterday (2002)
• Happiness (2004)
• Baby's on Fire
  Baby's on Fire
  "Baby's on Fire" is the third track on English musician Brian Eno's 1973 debut album, Here Come the Warm Jets. It is an example of the predominantly glam/art rock style Eno employed at the time, praised for its guitar solo by King Crimson founder Robert Fripp.-Writing and recording:Eno recorded...
  
  (2004)
• Say I'm Your Number One (2008)

Remixes

• Phantom/Ghost - Nothing is written
• Tocotronic
  Tocotronic
  Tocotronic is a German rock band founded in 1993 . Similar to Blumfeld or Die Sterne they are considered a part of the Hamburger Schule movement...
  
   - Hi Freaks
• Carsten Jost - Krokus
• Lullabies In The Dark - Iridium

External links

• [ Superpitcher] at Allmusic Interview Superpitcher - Actualites Electroniques Interview Superpitcher - Actualites Electroniques