Martin Buttrich is famously as fluent behind a mixing console as in front of a virtual drum kit. That technical prowess, combined with a fascination for music of every shape, has resulted in outstanding releases on influential labels such as Planet E, Four:Twenty, Cocoon, Poker Flat, Nervous and Desolat. He’s also put his sonic thumbprint on many big ticket artists, notably receiving a Grammy nomination for a Tori Amos remix in 2003. Such diverse musical horizons are rare. While other prolific artists may have slowly watered down their music, Buttrich’s star has risen in diametric opposition. His vision has become more and more condensed, more and more crystallised. Flipping and puncturing grooves in a live setting is a snap for him, and he’s entranced audiences at festivals like Time Warp and Creamfields, at temples of boom such as Fabric (London), Womb (Tokyo), Cocoon (Frankfurt), Panorama Bar (Berlin) and Amnesia (Ibiza) and at worldwide Desolat Experience parties with Loco Dice.

Buttrich’s journey into electronic music began in clubs in Berlin and Hannover at the dawn of the ‘90s, when post-Summer of Love-Europe began to swing to its own hypnotic, machine-like groove. At 18 years old he began experimenting with production as X-Rotation (with Daniel Bross), which led to the projects Rhythm Assault, Sounds of Life and Phunk Diggazs (with engineer Andy Bolleshon).

Buttrich began a notorious collaboration with his then co-worker at Peppermint Jam distribution, Timo Maas, in the mid-‘90s (they worked the telephones together). After setting up his first studio in the basement of the Peppermint Park studio building, the partnership led to over 100 co-productions and remixes that included Madonna, Muse, Fatboy Slim. Josh Wink and Green Velvet. Buttrich has produced funk legend Bootsy Collins, while switching the patterns for artists including Tom Jones, Kelis, Moloko, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Yello, War and Roger Sanchez. His Azzido Da Bass “Dooms Night” remix with Timo Maas hit the UK top ten charts.
 
All the while he created an impressive library of beats and collected an arsenal of music production equipment for his studio in Timetools, a studio complex founded in 1997 in Hannover with a group of musicians. Buttrich is happy with the subtle crunch of an SP-12 sampler and the ‘smoky’ vibe of his analog mixing desk – adding a bass guitar or other instrument when necessary. But he’s not above having fun with a laptop either: approaching music programs as if they were video games. He doesn’t rely on any one machine or music composition technique, and his array of outboard gear is mouth-wateringly state of the art.
But he never loses touch with the gritty, human side of music, and the environments that it is played in.

Another key musical partnership, with Loco Dice, begun in 2002, undoubtedly inspired Buttrich to delve deeper into the musical histories that first lured him towards after-dark melodies. In a short space of time they’d built up a deep discography creating an era-defining sound in the process. They spent more than half a year living in New York in 2006/2007, with half of Buttrich’s studio set up in a rickety hideaway in Brooklyn that looked out over Manhattan’s vistas. Between late night production sessions and snowstorms, their Desolat label came to life.

Having his debut solo album Crash Test released on Desolat in early 2010, Martin Buttrich is taking his vision to the road, fusing wild imagination with solid musical architecture, cherry-picked inspiration with true perfection of his musical craft. 

Since then constantly on tour, in 2011 Martin Buttrich still has dropped a remarkable collection of music - productions like “Fire Files” EP on Desolat or remixes for Marco Carola and Lee Curtis amongst others.

Currently based in LA, Martin Buttrich is working on his second artist album and a jazz project called The Stoned Autopilot.

Stay tuned.

james@sweatlodgeagency.com 

Art Imitating Life

Tone Depth has been redefining his sound and putting the melody back into his music. Now, fluidity and simplicity reign. With Tone Depth’s focus on music at an all-time high, there is a newfound desire to innovate with the raw, live-recorded elements that are the keystone to a sweeping new sound. 

This progression means less polish and more soul. Less deconstruction and more organic growth. “I want my music to invade your mind and provide a journey where you can travel the globe with your ears open and eyes closed. Music has the unique ability to suspend belief, and my goal is to paint a scene with sound.”

Techno/House DJ since 1996... 
Producing my Tracks since 2000

DATES:
08.06.2014 – Zurück zu den Wurzeln Festival - Berlin
26.04.2014 - Zenit - Schwerin
29.03.2014 – Magdalena – Berlin
22.03.2014 – Klangkulisse - Jesendorf
15.03.2014 – BM Club – Havelberg
01.02.2014 – Necs Club – Perleberg
25.01.2014 – Zenit – Schwerin
11.01.2014 – Zenit – Schwerin
21.12.2013 – Fabrik - Wöbbelin
16.12.2013 – Magdalena - Berlin
02.11.2013 – Pioneer Alpha - Schwerin
11.10.2013 – Zenit - Schwerin
28.09.2013 – M.A.U. Club - Rostock
22.09.2013 – tbc - Hamburg
21.09.2013 - 3RaumKlang - Lenzen
14.09.2013 - Nachteulen - Rostock
31.08.2013 - Zenit - Schwerin
10.08.2013 - ForRest-Explosion - OA MV
04.08.2013 - TechnoSchwalben OA MV
20.07.2013 - Cirquit - Basel, Switzerland
21.06.2013 - PÜTNITZ FESTIVAL
08.06.2013 - Speicher - Salzwedel   
01.06.2013 - SandSternStunden Open Air - Zapel
18.05.2013 - Zenit - Schwerin
12.04.2013 - Beatclub - Emden
09.02.2013 - M.A.U. Club - Rostock
19.01.2013 - SnowBeat
15.12.2012 - tbc
08.12.2012 - Kuhstall - Dargelütz
17.11.2012 - Perleberg
15.09.2012 - Zenit - Schwerin / Ger 
21.07.2012 - Diversion Festival - Vologda / Russia
17.05.2012 – Und draußen tanzt der Bär OA – Schwerin
17.05.2012 – Wiesenbeats – Börzow
07.04.2012 – Podium – Güstrow
25.02.2012 – Zenit – Schwerin
04.02.2012 – BLOCK17 – Wismar
19.11.2011 – mpu Club – Perleberg
04.11.2011 – Karussell – Leer
30.10.2011 – Zenit – Schwerin
24.09.2011 – 3 Raumklang – Lenzen
16.07.2011 – Airbeat One Festival – Neustadt-Glewe
28.05.2011 – 3 Jahre Zenit – Schwerin
16.04.2011 – ЖLONDON Club – Zhlobin / BELARUS
15.04.2011 – Alpha Centauri Club – Grodno / BELARUS
26.03.2011 – EA Spornitz
07.03.2011 – Divertion Festival – Vologda / Russian Federation
11.02.2011 – Alhambra – Oldenburg
04.02.2011 – Dixon-Night – Erfurt – verschoben
31.12.2010 – Zenit – Schwerin
18.12.2010 – MPU Club – Perleberg
06.11.2010 – Bunker – Spornitz
16.10.2010 – Zenit – Schwerin
25.09.2010 – Zenit – Schwerin
24.09.2010 – Alhambra – Oldenburg
28.08.2010 – TBA – OA
21.08.2010 – Zenit – Schwerin
17.07.2010 – Airbeat One Festival
23.05.2010 – 2 Years Zenit – Schwerin
10.04.2010 – Zenit – Schwerin
09.04.2010 – Arena Club – Berlin
05.04.2010 – Sport und Kongresshalle – Schwerin
06.03.2010 – Sophie´s Club by Diversita – Bayreuth
06.02.2010 – Sport und Kongresshalle – Schwerin
07.11.2009 – PIONEER alpha Festival – Schwerin
21.10.2009 – Centrum – Erfurth
18.10.2009 – Zenit – Schwerin
10.10.2009 – One Year Damm Records – Eventarena
19.07.2009 – Klick Klack Open Air
18.07.2009 – Airbeat One Festival
11.07.2009 – Burning Summer
20.06.2009 – Zenit – Schwerin
30.05.2009 – DT64 Lounge – Wismar
12.04.2009 – Sport- u. Kongresshalle – Schwerin
31.12.2008 – LaLiLa – Karo
08.11.2008 – Kangkulisse – Jesendorf
01.11.2008 – PIONEER alpha Festival – Schwerin
31.10.2008 – MusikTheater – Neubrandenburg
18.10.2008 – Made in Schwerin – Schwerin (Zenit)
04.10.2008 – alpha on Tour – Schwerin (Zenit)
03.10.2008 – alpha on Tour – Neubrandenburg (Schlachterei)
26.07.2008 – Airbeat One
05.04.2008 – PSY AGENCY PROJECT
14.03.2008 – Salon Roter Oktober in Town @ M8
05.05.2007 – audiopunkz (live) @ dance of black sheeps Open Air
08.04.2007 – audiopunkz (live) @ Salon Roter Oktober – Schwerin
31.12.2006 – ROTER OKTOBER Silvester
25.12.2006 – Kinder dieser Stadt – Schwerin
08.12.2006 – audiopunkz-Night @ Snobs-Club – Schwerin
02.12.2006 – Dance of black Sheeps – Grabon
10.11.2006 – audiopunkz-Night @ Snobs-Club – Schwerin
08.10.2006 – Fabrik (Neustadt Glewe)
22.08.2006 – popkomm (labelcamp) – Berlin
11.08.2006 – Snobs Schwerin
25.06.2006 – Orange Sun Open Air
24.05.2006 – Zenit der Freiheit (DjSet)
01.04.2006 – Fabrik (Neustadt Gleve)
11.03.2006 – Zenit der Freiheit (Schwerin)
11.02.2006 – G70 (Grebs)
04.02.2006 – Mexx Club (Stralsund)
31.12.2005 – M8 (Schwerin)
25.12.2005 – M8 (Schwerin)
09.12.2005 – Snobs Schwerin
26.11.2005 – Bunker Spornitz
30.09.2005 – Bunker Spornitz
27.10.2001 – alpha Festival – Schwerin

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