Ben Mühlethaler

Ben Mühlethaler (2015)

Ben Mühlethaler is a Swiss composer , audio engineer , remixer and music producer .

Career

At the age of eight, Mühlethaler began taking classical piano lessons. At the age of 14 he began to be interested in recording and to compose. In 1999 he opened his first professional recording studio in Bern. Mühlethaler uses style elements from different genres and subcultures.

He is the owner of B-Note Entertainment GmbH (founded in 2000) and has published 600 publications. His works are published by SonyATV / EMI. He works with and for the artists Avesta, Aura Dione , Craig David , Jennifer Paige , Jamie Lewis, Müslüm , Manu-L , Prince , Remady , Seven , Tarja Turunen and Todd Terry .

Publications

From 2001 Mühlethaler brought his first club hits (including Remady ft. Tylene “Groovething”) and also some works in the pop / rock genre (including Tarja Turunen) as well as film music (“World on fire” and the Oscar-nominated short film “On the line ")

In 2009 he achieved the international breakthrough with No Superstar together with Remady with top chart placements in France, gold in Denmark, as well as gold and platinum in Switzerland. With Remady feat. Manu-L Give me a sign was followed by the next gold single (Switzerland) which again made it into the top 10 in France. With Remady feat. Craig David Do it on my own and Remady The way we are hit the next songs with heavy rotation in Europe. Since 2010 Ben Mühlethaler has been in the publishing department of EMI Music Publishing Germany.

In 2011 a collaboration with Aura Dione followed. The track Where The Wild Roses Grow was released on the album Dinosaurs (Gold in Austria). Together with Laidback Luke, Mühlethaler and Avesta (2011) released the song Dutchano . The second track was released by Tiësto . The track is sponsored and played by the DJs David Guetta , Benny Benassi , Tiësto.

In 2012 Mühlethaler achieved several successes. With Remady & Manu-L feat. J-Son Single Ladies , he released a 1st single for the hit album The Original . Within a few weeks, the single was awarded gold, platinum in Switzerland and was number 1 in the charts for a month. At the Eska Music Awards in Poland, the single was nominated for the "greatest international hit". The album "the Original" immediately made it to number 3 in the Swiss charts.

He also made chart entry with music comedian Müslüm . The single Süpervitamin made it into the top ten and was awarded gold, and the album of the same name, Süpervitamin , reached number 3 in the Swiss charts.

In 2012 remixes followed together with Remady of international hits like Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Shaggy Feat. Eve , Example Kick Start or Endless Summer by Oceana (Official EURO UEFA Song 2012) are among the highlights of 2012.

In 2013 Mühlethaler u. a. Productions by Prince and 3rdEyeGirl ( PlectrumElectrum ) at Paisley Park Studios. With Remady & Manu-L “Hollidays” he had his next summer hit, the single went double platinum in Switzerland. He then took part in "In my Dreams", another hit by Remady & Manu-L. In 2014, Mühlethaler worked on Seven's next albums, "Back Funk Love Soul", Müslüm "Apochalypt, and on the debut album by David Charles. A few bangers were released with Avesta in 2014. Together with newcomer Juli-Lee, the two developed their own style, which is probably most likely in the genre House is to be placed and worked as a team for Todd Terry remix.

In 2017 Ben Mühlethaler was nominated for the Grammy Awards 2017 in the category “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical” (“Best mix of an album, apart from classical”) for the Prince album HItnRUN Phase Two , but did not win. David Bowie received the award posthumously for his album Blackstar .

In 2018 various albums were produced by Ben Mühlethaler and co-composed, among others with Baze , the album "Gott" was released, with Steff la cheffe the No. 1 album "Herz Step Macherin".

Chart placements (singles) as composer and / or producer

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes, artist)					Remarks	Interpreter
		DE	AT	CH	UK	FR
2001	Grooving	-	-	CH67 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: September 9, 2001 composer / co-producer	Remady feat. Tylene
2004	Läb di Troum	-	-	CH99 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: February 16, 2004 composer / co-producer	MC Semih feat Raquel
2005	We Are On Fire!	-	-	CH29 (12 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: December 19, 2005 co-producer
2006	If ig nume only knew	-	-	CH49 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: January 27, 2006 composer / co-producer	Vanessaedita
2009	No Superstar No Superstar - The Album	-	-	CH5 gold (48 weeks)CH	UK75 (2 weeks) UK	FR8 (29 weeks) FR	First published: May 24, 2009 composer / co-producer	Remady
2010	Give Me A Sign No Superstar - The Album	DE58 (1 week) DE	AT55 (3 weeks) AT	CH11 gold (34 weeks)CH	-	FR11 (24 weeks) FR	First published: May 3rd, 2010 composer / co-producer	Remady & Manu-L
	I'm No Superstar No Superstar - The Album	DE74 (3 weeks) DE	AT61 (3 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: November 19, 2010 feat. Lumidee & Chase Manhattan
	Do It on My Own No Superstar - The Album	-	-	CH28 (14 weeks) CH	-	FR12 (8 weeks) FR	First published: December 12th 2010 feat. Manu-L & Craig David ; Composer / co-producer	Remady
2011	The Way We Are The Original	-	-	CH30th gold (14 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: June 19, 2011 feat. Manu-L; composer	Remady & Manu-L
2012	Single Ladies The Original	DE41 (15 weeks) DE	AT45 (6 weeks) AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (33 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: March 6th, 2012 feat. Manu-L & J-Son ; Composer / co-producer	Remady & Manu-L
	Doing It Right The Original	-	-	CH15 (5 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: August 17th, 2012 feat. Manu-L & Amanda Wilson; composer	Remady & Manu-L feat. Amanda Wilson
	Higher Ground The Original	-	-	CH28 (11 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: November 16, 2012 feat. Manu-L; composer	Remady & Manu-L
	Super vitamin Super vitamin	DE61 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH10 gold (19 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: May 25, 2012 composer / producer	Cereal
2013	Hollywood Ending (2k13 Remix) The Original (2k13 Edition)	-	-	CH21 (6 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 8, 2013 feat. Manu-L & J-Son; composer	Remady & Manu-L & J-Son
	It's So Easy The Original (2k13 Edition)	-	-	CH18 (1 week) CH	-	-	not released as a single with Manu-L	Remady & Manu-L
	Holidays The Original (2k13 Holiday Edition)	-	-	CH3 platinum (19 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: June 2013 with Manu-L; composer	Remady & Manu-L
2014	In My Dreams 1 + 1 = 3	-	-	CH5 (16 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: March 21, 2014 with Manu-L; composer	Remady & Manu-L
	Waiting For 1 + 1 = 3	-	-	CH10 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: October 31, 2014 with Manu-L; composer	Remady & Manu-L
	Blaui hot peppers	-	-	CH41 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: 18. April 2014 composer	Lo & Leduc
2015	Livin 'La Vida 1 + 1 = 3	-	-	CH46 (1 week) CH	-	-	First release: May 1st, 2015 with Manu-L feat. J-Son; composer	Remady & Manu-L feat. J-Son
	Together We Are One (Bring Back the Energy)	-	-	CH11 (6 weeks) CH	-	-	First release: August 14, 2015 with Manu-L feat. Culcha candela ; composer	Remady & Manu-L
	la Bambele	-	-	CH10 (15 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 6, 2015 composer / producer	Cereal
2016	Chapeau	-	-	CH43 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: July 17th, 2016 producer / mixer	Lo & Leduc / Seven
	LIFE	-	-	CH14 (13 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: November 4th, 2016 composer	Remady & Manu-L

Web links

• Ben Mühlethaler at Discogs (English)
• Ben Muhlethaler at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "If it gets too nice, it's not sexy anymore". In: derbund.ch/. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Ane Hebeisen: The little prince and the good tone. Der Bund, October 28, 2014, accessed on October 28, 2014 . 
3. ↑ musikmarkt.de: Swiss producers involved in the new Prince album Plectrumelectrum. (No longer available online.) In: musikmarkt.de. musikmarkt.de, October 9, 2014, archived from the original on October 16, 2014 ; Retrieved October 9, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ B-Note Entertainment GmbH - Official websiteB-Note Entertainment GmbH - Official website. In: www.b-note.ch. Retrieved April 26, 2016 . 
5. ↑ B. Mühlethaler. In: Discogs. Retrieved April 26, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Roland Gamp: Swiss house DJ produces for world star: Prince gets help in Winterthur. (No longer available online.) In: blickamabend.ch. October 6, 2014, archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ 59th Annual Grammy Awards Nominees. In: Grammy.com. Accessed December 27, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Ben Mühlethaler: Hit parade. In: www.hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, May 13, 2018, accessed May 18, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH1 CH2 UK FR (until 2011)
10. ↑ Hitparade.ch. The official Swiss hit parade. In: hitparade.ch. Steffen Hung, May 1, 2016, accessed on May 1, 2016 (German).