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.

Hallo alle, der Arschficksong wurde aufgrund des Textes leider von Soundcloud gesperrt. Hier kann man ihn als mp3 runterladen: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iqquklgwx88kese/AAC4S8Ncmr2uLsn7cwxu0iGla

Café Del Mar Beach Club Dubai

Dubai Marina, JBR, The Walk, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Attracted by the nightlife of San Antonio, Café del Mar was the brainchild of Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea and José Les who arrived in Ibiza in 1978. They chose a location with the best sunset view on the island, overlooking the island of Conejera and complimented this spectacle with perfect background music. They then went overboard designing and decorating the location in outrageous baroque splendour. The emblematic architect they chose for their vision was the internationally renowned Catalan Luis Güell, who subsequently became famous for his unique creations of ‘space dedicated to leisure’. Much of his success stemmed from the design of the ‘Café del Mar’ with its clouds, eroticism and sensuality that combine so neatly with the sunset, the sea and the music.

Luis took barely a fortnight to come up with the inspirational design that is world renowned nearly 30 years later. From day one the bar was a huge success attracting people from all over the world as the ultimate meeting place.

The perfect sunset, accompanied by what proved to be the foundation stones of ‘ambient’ music - a fusion of classical music, blues and jazz - attracted world famous musicians intrigued by this totally di!erent style of Ibiza sound. Many later paid tribute to the ‘Café del Mar’ in their own music. Frank Zappa and Jon Andersson of ‘Yes’ and ‘Vangelis’ were often found at the bar, as was Mike Oldfield.

Ibiza, before it was the island with the liveliest nightlife on the planet, the world capital of dance sound, was the quintessential hippie universe, the lost paradise.

Ibiza invented peace before revelry, meditation before merrymaking, harmony before chaos and to being in sync with nature. The liberating Ibiza now permits the co-existence of one and the other. From the culture of noise and exhibition to that of tranquillity and relaxation, the eccentric and the concentric are all compatible.

The CdM is perhaps most known around the world for its chill-out music compilations. Demand for this ‘speciality’ sunset music pushed ‘Café del Mar’ into producing their own cassettes for eager punters, a chance for loyal customers to take a slice of CdM away with them, reminding them of the good times enjoying beautiful sunsets to the soundtrack of harmony.The creation of the Café del Mar music label was inspired – and spontaneously demanded – by the visiting public.

This was the starting point of the music label in reality in 1984. The first disc became internationally renowned and it encouraged people to enquire after this new age sanctuary. Following the great success of the first CD release in 1984, a total of 16 volumes of the main compilation series have since been published selling a total of about 9 million albums worldwide.

Music producer from Norway.


Booking North/South America: 
Joel Zimmerman  JZimmerman@wmeentertainment.com

Bookings International: 
Simon Clarkson SClarkson@wmeentertainment.com 


Management/All other inquries: 
myles@goldenharegroup.com

Press INFO:
US Press: myles@goldenharegroup.com
UK/EU Press: matt@getinpr.com

Scand: scandinavia.press@gmail.com

The Home of Chill | https://cafedelmar.com

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