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.

dates:

26.12.2015 berghain, berlin
18.12.2015 ubu, rennes
13.12.2015 jolene, kopenhagen
12.12.2015 kontra, malmoe
11.12.2015 under bron, stockholm
04.12.2015 jaeger, oslo
28.11.2015 conne island. leipzig
21.11.2015 closer, kiev
20.11.2015 robert johnson, ffm
13.11.2015 bassiani, tiblisi
07.11.2015 hinterhof, basel
25.10.2015 pal, hamburg
24.10.2015 la mashine, paris
15.10.2015 ADE
10.10.2015 Philadelphia
09.10.2015 new york
03.10.2015 san francisco
02.10.2015 los angeles
27.09.2015 seattle
25.09.2015 chicago
20.09.2015 chinastraat, ghent
07.09.2015 dc 10, ibiza
30.08.2015 dimensions
24.08.2015 plötzlich
23.08.2015 berghain, berlin 
01.08.2015 nachtigital
27.07.2015 dc10, ibiza
25.07.2015 nitsa, barcelona
24.07.2015 lux, lisabon
11.07.2015 kong, münchen
27.06.2015 fusion festival
17.06.2015 razzmatazz, barcelona 
13.06.2015 corsica studios, london
12.06.2015 toffler, rotterdam
05.06.2015 gewölbe, köln
30.05.2015 lighthouse festival
29.05.2015 hinterhof, basel
23.05.2015 harvey, kopenhagen
22.05.2015 xoyo, london
16.05.2015 philadelphia
15.05.2015 new york
14.05.2015 chicago
09.05.2015 seattle
08.05.2015 portland
02.05.2015 los angeles
01.05.2015 san fransisco
28.04.2015 air, tokyo
25.04.2015 organik, taiwan
17.04.2015 mystik, seoul
08.04.2015 sahara, marocco
28.03.2015 burdekin, sydney
27.03.2015 capulet, brisbane
21.03.2015 citipower, melbourne
07.03.2015 tba, london
06.03.2015 rike,  tbilisi
28.02.2015 tba, warsaw
27.02.2015 wosk, poznan
21.02.2015 stubnitz, hamburg
20.02.2015 rex, paris
15.02.2015 pal, hamburg
13.02.2015 stur, münster
07.02.2015 berghain, berlin
30.01.2015 lux, lisboa
22.01.2015 tba, tulum
31.12.2014 tresor, berlin
13.12.2014 alchemy, rom
12.12.2014 robert johnson, ffm
06.12.2014 ifz, leipzig
29.11.2014 manga, jena
28.11.2014 lärm, budapest
21.11.2014 heinz gaul, köln
14.11.2014 watergate, berlin
08.11.2014 stadtbad, berlin
31.10.2014 hinterhof, basel
25.10.2014 ms stubnitz, hamburg
23.10.2014 loft lambrate, milano
11.10.2014 cita puse, riga
10.10.2014 ulme, tallinn
27.09.2014 bunker ltd, new york
25.09.2014 lost society, washington
19.09.2014 tba, montreal
12.09.2014 tba, detroit
06.09.2014 tba, chicago
30.08.2014 underground kult, stockholm
23.08.2014 fuchsbau festival
22.08.2014 dance tunnel, london
15.08.2014 dockville, hamburg
25.07.2014 panoramabar, berlin
19.07.2014 melt, ferropolis
12.07.2014 prater unser, wien
28.06.2014 fusion, lärz
14.06.2014 nsdm, amsterdam
28.05.2014 mapping festival, geneva
23.05.2014 dora, ffm
03.05.2014 louver, tokyo
26.04.2014 organik festival, taiwan
05.04.2014 ladybar, basel
22.03.2014 westwerk, leipzig
01.03.2014 berghain, berlin
31.01.2014 fab05, stockholm
04.01.2014 la mashine, paris
23.11.2013 cross club, prag
22.11.2013 kabinet muz, brno
09.11.2013 conne island, leipzig
05.10.2013 live house galaxy, yokohama
04.10.2013 seco bar, tokyo
03.10.2013 dommune, tokyo
26.09.2013 casual agent, montreal
22.09.2013 output, new york
19.09.3013 lost society, washington dc
17.08.2013 dockville
03.08.2013 nachtigital
13.07.2013 batofar openair, paris
20.07.2013 henk amsterdam
28.06.2013 fusion festival
11.05.2013 rex, paris
01.05.2013 monasterio, moskau
27.04.2013 berghain, berlin
05.04.2013 blpck 66, kopenhagen


Booking Agent:
antonia@altaragency.com
https://www.altaragency.com/artist#/samuel-kerridge

 
Record Labels: Downwards Records · Kick To Kill · Contort · Blueprint · Horizontal Ground

Collaborations: Death Disco // UF

Planningtorock is a Berlin based music producer, video director and founder of the music label HUMAN LEVEL.

8.4. Berghain (Kantine)
3.2. Rome Tevere Art Gallery
6.2. Deutschtes Theater Berlin
14.2. Thalia Theater Hamburg

Tour dates:
https://www.facebook.com/Kotelett.Zadak/app_123966167614127

Booking: heiko@kotelett.info

Where the two actually originate, nobody knows for sure. Rumors have it that they once had a common love for sprat fishing and point their fateful meeting to somewhere on the North German Coast.
If you believe the various rumors, Zadak lost his pants in a raid by the Department of Fish and Game, while Kotelett, due to an overdose of moonshine, lost his Boating License. Both lost their Fishing Licenses and, whoops!, there went their livelihood...
What was left for them to do but abscond to the interior, a bleary-eyed and shady escape to where no one knew them by name. "From now on ...." one of the two is said to have mumbled into his beard; which one is still not known. All in all it was a perfectly logical development, since the nights were rough anyway and the lamest things always ended up in the Net...if all catfish are gray.
And so, control rod was quickly exchanged with controller, stroke side with backspin, and fog horn with fog machine. What was formerly filleted, is now being filtered, what was being caught, is now pitched. Since then they have never again scrubbed the decks, but instead record from them.
Now, wherever they drop their anchor: there blows a strong bass-breeze, sound waves rise and no shot glass remains dry. Every Mermaid has exchanged her ingenue for a good pair of dance shoes and goes crazy from the unmistakable sound of the two self-acclaimed Club- Irish. Whosoever doesn't hold tight to the bar will be swept away like the sprats in the net.
Even after days-long sets and a potently boozy fee, a glance into the crowd of faces, tanned by the thick club air, reveals all: Kotelett and Zadak remain uncompromised and bring together that which belongs together - music and magic moments.
(The Department of Fish and Game would like to add: "We are simply happy to be rid of them.")

Katermukke isn’t just a label; it’s an evolving sonic odyssey. Each release adds to its dynamic narrative, showcasing a relentless quest for musical innovation. The label seamlessly blends diverse electronic genres—from the hypnotic depths of melodic house and the driving pulse of techno to the dreamy realms of electronica and the infectious beats of indie dance.

Founded in 2011 by the visionary Dirty Doering and Sascha Cawa, Katermukke emerged from Berlin’s vibrant electronic scene as a sanctuary where music breaks boundaries and invites endless exploration.

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