Tiefchwarz and Ben Watt return to Melbourne for a night of quality electronic sounds.
Tiefschwarz
Tiefschwarz formed in 1996. Peter Hoff, who runs the Benztown studios in Stuttgart, joined later, and completes the Tiefschwarz production team. Their name means 'deep black' in German, and is a combination of the brothers' surnames, and their love of deep house. Their earliest productions were released on the Continuemusics label
in 1997, and their first taste of a well-respected label was with their Music track on Francois Kevorkian's Wave Music label in 1999. The team released their first album, RAL9005 on the Four Music label in 2001, which was later licensed to Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon's Classic Recordings label. Tiefschwarz continued to release on Classic until its untimely demise in 2005, as well as releasing on labels such as Fine and International Deejay Gigolos. Many of their tracks have been licensed to compilations, from the Stereo Sushi series, to compilations for Bugged Out!, Get Physical and Renaissance, and in 2006, they released a mix of their own for the Fabric (London) mix series. Their sound is considered, at least by those who have followed the boys from their Classic days, to have changed somewhat over the last few years.
Instead of their original deep, mellow house, Tiefschwarz now represent a gritty and edgy electro house sound, their more recent
tracks gaining recognition from the likes of Ivan Smagghe, Touché, Sasha and Danny Howells. Ali and Basti Schwarz have been travelling Europe as DJs since 1995, playing at major events and popular clubs all over Germany and Switzerland, as well as cities as far afield as Miami, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Amsterdam, Sarajevo, London, Antwerp and Stockholm, as well as appearances in Ibiza. Tiefschwarz have recently composed remixes for Madonna's Get Together, Missy Elliott's "Teary Eyed" and Depeche Mode's single, John the Revelator.
Get ready as Tiefchwarz's Ali hits Melbourne for an exclusive show !
Ben Watt
Hot on the heels of his latest mix compilation, Buzzin Fly Volume 4, Ben Watt is easily one of the in demand vistors to our shores at the minute.
Half of multi-million selling duo Everything But The Girl and with a career spanning more than twenty years, Ben Watt's route to international DJ-producer status came after EBTG's superb interpretations of electronica in the mid-nineties (Missing, Walking Wounded, Protection with Massive Attack, Temperamental).
Encouraged by DJ-producer Howie B to start spinning he cut his teeth in London in 1995 mixing freestyle sets of jazz, drum n bass and deep house. Guest sets followed at top London nights such as James Lavelle's Dusted, Movement, Fabio's Swerve and Howie B's own westside Sunday parties. US DJ dates followed in 1996-7 for Giant Step in NYC as well as numerous after-hours parties during EBTG's world tour for their acclaimed 'Walking Wounded' album.
In 1998 he established the seminal London deep house Sunday club and compilation series, Lazy Dog, with Jay Hannan. Moving away from EBTG's mainstream eclecticism and effortlessly into club-oriented dance music production, he also turned out an accompanying string of acclaimed dancefloor remixes including 5-star re-rubs for Sade, Sunshine Anderson, Zero 7, Maxwell, Meshell Ndegeocello and Sandy Rivera. Lazy Dog folded at the top after five untouchable years of sell-out shows around the world and compilation sales of 100,000.
Now a central figure on London's club scene he DJs regularly in the capital as well as all over Europe, Australia and North America
with regular sell-out shows in NYC, San Francisco and LA. 2005 saw him extensively on the festival circuit (Good Vibrations, Homelands, Coachella, Lovebox Weekender, Electric Picnic) and he currently fronts Buzzin’ Fly’s two new London residencies – monthly underground Sundays at Plastic People, and quarterly events at The End.
Support:
Phil K, Mike Callander, Declan Lee (Sydney), Rollin Connection + MORE TBA !
Venue:
Brown Alley, Cnr of King & Lonsdale St, City
For more info: [email protected]
Tickets: $45 + B/F
Tickets available here
http://www.inthemix.com.au/whatson/even ... z_Ben_Watt
Or here
http://brownalley.eventix.com.au/displa ... entid=2506
or behind the bar at Brown Alley / DMC Records , Sth Yarra
