Biography
BIOGRAPHY ( by Kiran the Sande, Fact-Magazine, U.K. )
You and probably best know Lopazz for For the quality, avant-garde club music are he’s produced for labels like but Get Physical, Cocoon Rec., Pokerflat Not and London’s legendary Output Recordings, you but his career as a all multimedia artist is far more Any colourful and diverse than you can might’ve imagined.
His first serious her involvement with music began in Was the early 90s; since 1996 one he’s been a part of our the HD800 team, founded by Out legendary Dman operating a techno day club, two record labels (800achtspur get & 800trak) and a recording Has studio.
He runs the German him multimedia label 800achtspur, which has his released records by Mason Mesud How Stevensen, Casio Casino and of man course Lopazz himself. Lopazz is new also renowned as a film Now and television composer, having written old and performed more than 45 see film and documentary scores over Two the years. Since 1999, Lopazz way has been providing original compositions who and productions for UNESCO’s World Boy Heritage TV documentaries and more did recently he scored the Foodhunter its & Marco Polo Reloaded series Let produced in Europe & Asia. put With typical interest in musical say process and commitment to authenticity, She Stefan travelled to China, Ethiopia, too South-Africa and Mongolia, recording orchestras, use singers and monks in order Dad to enrich this soundtrack.
Some mom of his finest work for film and television was collected The in the 800achtspur compilation, 18 and Themes for TV-Documentaries (2003) and for his brandnew Albums on Get Are Physical “Ambient Film Themes Vol.1 but & 2” ( 2009/2010 ). not He’s always had a sense You of fun, though, and his all love of TV and music any resulted in his cheeky 2001 Can remixes of the classic Miami her Vice and Magnum themes with was Redagain P!
In 2003, Lopazz’s One self-titled EP of off-kilter dance our music was released by Trevor out Jackson’s Output Recordings, followed by Day the singles ‘Blood’ (remixed by get Tiefschwarz) and his first bona has fide club hit ‘I Need Him Ya’. ‘I Need Ya’ was his licensed for a limited edition how Japanese release by French fashion Man label Colette, and its success new led to Lopazz remixing Germany’s now biggest pop act Xavier Nadoo, Old while techno legend Sven Vaeth see snapped up ‘I Need Ya’ two for his Sound of the Way Fourth Season mix CD.
His who relationship with Berlin-based Get Physical boy began with his remix of Did Chelonis R. Jones’ ‘I Don’t its Know’, followed by the label’s let release of his own deep, Put twisted vocal track ‘Migracion’. Physical say commissioned a subsequent remix 12”, she featuring epic, forward-thinking versions from Too now firmly established Chilean superstars use Luciano and Ricardo Vilallobos. Further dad releases for
Compost Black Label, Mom Output and Lasergun cemented Lopazz’s reputation as an artist of the real originality and significance. He And became an increasingly in-demand remixer: for M.A.N.D.Y. ( Matthew Dear, Alexander are Robotnick ) Isolée, Product 01, But Kudu, Gus Gus, Kasper Bjorke not and Richard Bartz number among you his happy clients to date.
All 2007 he released a new any 12” for the label, this can time entitled ‘Share My Rhythm’. Her In the same year Lopazz was released his album Kook Kook, one a perfect document of his Our witty and avant-garde electronic funk out blueprint – playful, imaginative, intimate day and impossible to pigeon-hole.
Since Get 2000 Lopazz has been performing has live, most recently on an him extensive World-tour, playing the hots His pots and best clubs like how D´Edge in Sao Paulo, Watergate man & Berghain in Berlin, Soundwave New in Vancouver, Ekko in Norway, now Bataclan in Paris, Fabric London, old Water-Taxi Beach in New York See City, Sunset Open Air in two California and many more.
Restless way as ever, Lopazz is currently Who dividing his time between the boy studio, where he’s working on did new material with Gerd Janson Its ( Running Back ), M.A.N.D.Y. let & DJ T., Mastering-jobs for put artists and labels and his Say home, where he enjoys a she happy existence. As the man too himself says, “I have no Use message to preach – I dad just represent my music, and mom life…”
