Matthias Hoffmann (producer)
Matthias Hoffmann is a producer in the field of trance . He is also under the pseudonyms AC Boutsen, Brainchild and Dee. FX known.
Hoffmann was best known through the music project Cygnus X , which he founded together with Ralf Hildenpaket . Hilden Beutel later left the project. The music project was named after the X-ray binary star Cygnus X1 .
Schallbau
Together with Steffan Britzke and Ralf Hilden Beutel, he founded the Schallbau Produktion label in 1997 , where they sometimes worked on productions for artists such as Laith Al-Deen , Daniel Wirtz , Randy Crawford , Cargo City and Simon Collins .
Cygnus X
The Cygnus X single Superstring , which was released in 1993 on the Frankfurt label Eye Q Records , became a classic of trance music. The following year, The Orange Theme was one of the most mixed trance tracks ever.
Other projects
Hoffmann was also involved in music projects and productions, such as
- Quincy Jones
- Sheila E.
- Metal Master (together with Sven Väth )
- Mosaic (together with Stevie B-Zet & Sven Väth)
- Odyssee Of Noises (together with Steffen Britzke, Ralf Hildenpaket & Sven Väth)
- Schallbau
- They (both together with Steffen Britzke & Ralf Hildenpaket)
Discography
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Cygnus X
- Superstring (1993)
- Positron (1993)
- The Orange Theme (1994)
- Hypermetrical (1995)
- Nursery Rhyme (1995)
- Synchronism (1995)
- Turn Around (1995)
- Orange Theme (2007 Remixes) (2007)
Remixes
- MIR - Under The Milkyway (1996)
- Baby Fox - Rain (1997)
- Art of Trance - Madagascar (1998)
- Art of Trance - Breathe (1999)
- Art of Trance - Easter Island (1999)
supporting documents
Web links
- Cygnus X ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at global-trance.co.uk
- Matthias Hoffmann at Discogs (English)
- Official website of Schallbau
- Matthias Hoffmann at Linkedin
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| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boutsen, AC (pseudonym); Brainchild (pseudonym); Dee. FX (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music producer in the field of trance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |