Jens Oettrich

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Jens Oettrich (born March 6, 1968 in Steinfurt ) is a German musician , songwriter and music producer . He lives and works in Berlin.

Life

During his school days, Jens Oettrich played in the band Silent Amaze , with whom he won a young talent competition in Steinfurt in 1985 and recorded the first album in Steffi Stephan's studio in 1986 . In 1990 he began studying musicology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . From 1992 he did a commercial apprenticeship in the record store Das Ohr (Echogewinner 1992) and from 1993 worked in the “Principal Studios” in Münster, where he worked with Wolfgang Proppe and Vincent Sorg ( Erdmöbel , music collective Eigelstein), among others .

In 1994 he founded the electronic project Dune with Oliver Froning alias "DJ Raw" , for which he wrote and produced a number of chart hits. Tim Renner's first album, Dune , was released by Motor Music in Hamburg. The released singles Hardcore Vibes and Can't Stop Raving each achieved gold status in Germany. In 1996 Jens Oettrich recorded the album Forever with his bandmates as well as Will Malone and Gavin Wright in London's Abbey Road Studios , which reached gold status in 1997 (450,000 records sold). The accompanying single Who Wants to Live Forever achieved platinum status (over 500,000 records sold).

In 2000 and 2001 he worked in New York and wrote and produced for US artists, a. a. Crystal Waters ( Gypsy Woman ).

He has lived in Berlin since 2002 and works as a freelance composer, musician and producer for artists such as Diane Weigmann , Nachlader , Rich and Kool and MitteKill .

He has been composing film music since 2006 , for the 2nd season of the ARD series Die Stein und Heiter bis tödlich and for the RTL series Doc meets Dorf (2013), Der Knastarzt (2014) and Männer! - Everything at the beginning (2014). In 2015 he created u. a. the music for Disney's Binny and the Spirit as well as for the VOX series Club der rote Bänder , which won the German Television Prize 2016 a . a. was nominated in the category "Best Music". Oettrich also wrote the music for the ZDF series Professor T. (2017–2020).

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personal data
SURNAME Oettrich, Jens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clark, Pete (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, songwriter and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinfurt , Germany