Kai Hawaii

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Kai Hawaii

Kai Hawaii (born October 23, 1968 in Langenhagen ) is a German musician, DJ, manager and music journalist. He is considered one of the most famous DJs on the black scene and a key figure in promoting the wave and independent scene, which he supported with over 1000 events, particularly in the Hanover / Lower Saxony area . The “Festival of Darkness 1-6” series of events, one of the first of its kind, and the “New Wave Night” (1990 to today) are the figureheads of his career.

history

His DJ career began in Hawaii in 1983. From 1985 to 1988 he was resident DJ at the “Palace” disco in Hanover. From 1989 he moderated for a few years articles for radio ffn in cooperation with Ecki Stieg in the radio ffn “ Grenzwellen ”. During this time, Hawaii lent its “ghost voice” to the ffn comedy troupe Frühstyxradio with Oliver Kalkofe , Dietmar Wischmeyer and Sabine Bulthaup for numerous contributions.

At the same time he continued his DJ work in the discotheque “Index” (1989 to 1994) and from 1992 to 1995 he took on the role of editor-in-chief of the music magazine “Inquisita”, in which inter alia interview articles about renowned artists such as Depeche Mode , OMD and David Bowie have been published.

Hawaii founded a large number of bands, such as Rapit Cateract and Un-4-Scene, produced by Time Tools director Andy Bolleshon, and in 1993, together with pianist Alexander Röder, laid the foundation stone for the band Stigmata . One year later he started the Synthetic Symphony label and took over the management of the “Twilight” discotheque in Hanover. During this time he supported bands such as Welle: Erdball and z. B. And One the first appearance in front of a large audience.

In 1999, together with his wife Arielle, he founded the company "NeWave Music", which specializes in events, management and music and organizes concerts such as in the "Capitol" Hanover.

In 2000 a collaboration with the band Ravelab followed . Ravelab made a remake of the Invincible Spirit song "Push", for which Hawaii provided the vocals. “Push” took third place in the German dance charts for two weeks and was also well received by MTV and Viva.

Together with Nils Ruzicka, platinum remixer of the Bellini hit “Samba de Janeiro”, and Marian Gold from Alphaville , Kai Hawaii wrote the soundtrack for the multiplayer online game Dark Age of Camelot in 2004 for the song “Für Dich”. On August 30, 2004, Alphaville-Hawaii presented “Für Dich” live in Berlin in the tipi tent at the Chancellery on the occasion of Alphaville's 20th anniversary.

Discography

Albums, singles

  • 1995: Stigmata - Sophie's Dreams
  • 1995: Stigmata - Deadline Album
  • 2001: Ravelab feat. Kai Hawaii - Push
  • 2001: Ravelab feat. Kai Hawaii - Push (Progressive Club Mix Vinyl)
  • 2001: Ravelab feat. Kai Hawaii - Push (Club Culture Vinyl)
  • 2005: Dark Age of Camelot meets Alphaville / Hawaii - Für Dich (Music Fan Edition, 2000 copies)

Compilations

  • 1994: Un-4-Scene - "Fade to Gray" and "Walk on the Wild Side" on Scanning Volume 1
  • 1994: Stigmata - "Sweet Dreams" on Scanning Volume 2
  • 1995: Stigmata - "To The Damned" on Zoom The Story So Far
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on One Year Of Culture
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on club rotation 13
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on Time X Vol. 7
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on Chartware Vol. 3
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on Future Trance Vol. 14
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on Technodrome 8
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on Adrenaline Vol. 4
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on EDM Last Minute PopKomm
  • 2001: Ravelab Feat. Kai Hawaii "Push" on Chartmix Vol. 9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger: The Gothic and Dark Wave Lexicon. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-522-8 , p. 264
  2. ↑ Ari Hawaii: Festival of Darkness Historie  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kaihawaii.de   . on: Homepage . 10, 2007.
  3. ↑ Kai Hawaii: ffn original sound  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kaihawaii.de   . on: Homepage . 4, 2007.
  4. ↑ Kai Hawaii: Inquisita Scans  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kaihawaii.de   . on: Homepage . 10, 2007.
  5. ↑ Synthetic Symphony / SPV: Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . on: SPV . 2, 2002.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spv.de
  6. ↑ Ecki Stieg: Welle Erdball Interview . on: boundary waves . 2, 2002.
  7. ↑ Ecki Stieg: And One Interview . on: boundary waves . 9, 1998.
  8. ↑ MTV: MTV / And One Bio  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mtv.de   . on: MTV homepage . 2, 2002.
  9. ↑ Alphaville Golden Feeling: Alphaville News . on: alphaville.nu . 8, 2005.
  10. ↑ Alphaville Golden Feeling: Alphaville News . on: alphaville.nu . 8, 2004.

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personal data
SURNAME Hawaii, wharf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, DJ and music journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenhagen