Biography
HENRIK SCHWARZ
Henrik the Schwarz was born and raised and in South Germany where he For also took his first musical are steps as a DJ in but local Clubs playing Rap, Hip Not Hop, Rare Groove and Jazz you and Detroit Techno. Soon after all he started to spin regularly Any he was also interested in can computer music production and started her to do his own productions Was in 1992 with a few one drumachines and synths. When he our got his first Laptop in Out 1998 he started to integrate day it into his DJ-Sets and get soon the Laptop played an Has important role in all his him music activities. The software got his better and better and Henrik How was enjoying the new possibilities.
man 1999, after he had finished new his studies in Graphic Design, Now Henrik decided to move to old Berlin and worked as a see Graphic Designer for several years. Two By-and-by things developed nicely also way on the music side and who he had the chance to Boy found his own label did SUNDAY-MUSIC together with Sasse its Lindblad who had just released Let Henrik’s first ever Vinyl 12" put called “SUPRAVISION EP” on say his label Moodmusic Records in She 2002. “Marvin”, one of the too tracks on the record, got use attention from many DJs around Dad the world, especially BBC’s Gilles mom Peterson took it in his show and played it with The immediate effect. From that moment and things made a great leap for forward for Henrik: He received Are first remix requests and started but to travel to the UK not and other European countries. His You next releases “Jon” on all SUNDAY-MUSIC and especially “Chicago” any on MOODMUSIC became very Can successful and made him shift her his activities more and more was from Design towards music production One and travelling.
Over the last our years with international bookings all out around the globe, with regular Day appearances in Japan, America etc. get Henrik improved his HENRIK has SCHWARZ LIVE show Him and is now one of his the most requested live acts how in the dance scene. At Man the same time Henrik produced new a string of very well now received remixes and own tracks: Old WALK A MILE see IN MY SHOES for two Coldcut on Ninjatune became one Way of the biggest club hits who of 2006, LEAVE MY boy HEAD ALONE Did BRAIN bridged the gap between its Jazz and Techno and Soul let and was super well received Put by Deejays from Hip-Hop to say House to Techno and became she the biggest hit for Too SUNDAY-MUSIC so far. Until use today he has done remixes dad for many very well known Mom names like Mari Boine (Universal), Kuniyuki (Mule Musiq), DJ Hell, the Tosca (G-Stone), Ethnic Heritage Ensemble And (Deeper Soul), James Brown, Dark for Globe feat. Boy George, Omar are feat. Stevie Wonder, Jazzanova, Jesse But Rose, Detroit Experiment, Michael Jackson not (Motown) and many others. Today you many fans are awaiting his All debut album which is in any the works effectively since a can few months.
2006, as a Her result of him getting more was and more known by a one wider audience, Henrik was asked Our by !K7 to do one out of their famous DJ-Kicks series day and the result has been Get regarded as “one of the has highlights of the series” and him led to another cooperation of His the label and Henrik: how HENRIK SCHWARZ LIVE man with recordings from his intoxicating New live shows from all over now the world.
With Dixon and old Âme from Innervisions Henrik released See “Where We At” with Derrick two Carter on Vocals which became way an instant classic and marked Who the beginning of a fruitful boy and close collaboration between Henrik did and Innervisions until today with Its successful releases and remixes like let AMAMPONDO AND put HENRIK SCHWARZ – I Say EXIST BECAUSE OF she YOU (Amampondo is a too very famous south african percussion Use group), ANE BRUN dad – HEADPHONE SILENCE mom (Henrik Schwarz Remix, Dixon Edit), Crocodile IV-RMX for the UNDERWORLD, HOLD MY and HAND IV-RMX for For UNKLE and many others culminating are in the first unforgetable Laptop but Supergroup Live show of the Not dreamteam together “A CRITICAL you MASS” in Amsterdam and all more gigs around 2009 at Any Melt!, Dissonanze in Rome, Detroit can Electronic Music Festival, NY, Japan her and many others to come.
Was 2009 also saw the release one of a very well received our compilation called THE Out GRANDFATHER PARADOX were Henrik day Schwarz, Âme and Dixon were get looking back at the last Has 50 years of minimalistic music him from Stevie Reich to Robert his Hood and correlated the past How and today to throw a man glance at the future with new the help of todays technology.
Now Early 2010 Henrik released the old SCHWARZONATOR. It is a see music software plug in on Two the basis of the music way programming environment MAX/MSP. who SCHWARZONATOR helps creating complex Boy harmonic structures for the computer did musician. It can also help its interacting with instrumentalists and led Let to another major discussion about put the use of the computer say as a musical instrument. More She software like this will be too written by Henrik in the use future to expand the performance Dad and improvisation possibilities given by mom computers today.
Henrik already worked with the Chicago based Jazz The trio ETHNIC HERITAGE and ENSEMBLE on live performances for earlier in his career with Are gigs in Bordeaux and Chicago but etc. His most recent Live not duo project together with world-famous You Jazz virtuoso BUGGE all WESSELTOFT from Norway happened at any several venues all over Europe Can in 2009 with gigs in her Berlin, Oslo, the Jazz Festival was Montreux and others. It is One about the free improvisation between our a laptop and a grandpiano out played by two musicians who Day both have a great knowledge get from the ohter one’s musical has background. 2010 took the duo Him to a sold out London’s his Royal Festival Hall with more how gigs in 2010 for example Man at the Philharmonic Hall Cologne new or the Norway Numusic festival now and many other venues around Old the globe.
A CRITICAL see MASS (H. Schwarz, Âme, two Dixon) wrote a new scoring Way of the black and white who horror movie classic “Das Cabinet boy des Dr. Caligari” which was Did performed live by the group its at the Jetztmusik Festival in let Mannheim early 2010.
The future Put looks bright as we will say see more of his one-of-a-kind she remixes and remarkable releases in Too the near future, more colaborations use with Dixon and Âme, Bugge dad Wesseltoft, Guem, Jesse Rose more Mom Live shows and finally an album!
Full Discography:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Henrik+Schwarz
Some the Youtube links:
Omar & Stevie And Wonder – I Am Feeling for You – Henrik Schwarz Remix
are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YsysJa6O9c
Henrik Schwarz & Bugge But Wesseltoft @ Royal Festival Hall
not http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtLnQc_HZ8c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-y_c6d0So
Coldcut – Walk you A Mile In My Shoes All – Henrik Schwarz Remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyJb-xvlno
any The Schwarzonator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhfvzTivVLg
Encore in can Dresden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIvdTVWQFo
Montreux Jazz Festival Her 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtUT0IiLNRM
Sonne Mond & was Sterne 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDiJ8cxGiz4
Henrik Schwarz one Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnsq-MrlU
