Matthias Arfmann

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Matthias Arfmann (* 1964 in Bremen ) is a German musician and music producer from Hamburg .

biography

After studying piano and singing, Matthias Arfmann founded the Castrated Philosophers with Katrin Achinger in 1983 . Together they released nine albums with changing musicians in different genres until they disbanded the band in 1997. Already during his time with the castrated philosophers, Arfmann began producing music, first his own songs and albums, then also those of other punk and rock bands. He founded his first studio, the bone house studio in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli , in which, among other things, the early Blumfeld singles Slow Motion and Traum: 2 were recorded.

As a music producer and artist, Arfmann has published well over 150 LPs and CDs. With the beginning of the hip-hop hype at the beginning of the 1990s, Arfmann u. a. with Patrice , Jan Delay and the Absolute Beginners to one of the most sought-after music producers in this genre.

In the early 1990s, Arfmann also began working with German hip-hop bands. After taking part in productions of Advanced Chemistry , Cora E. and Fischmob , among others , Ale Sexfeind , founder of the Buback label , introduced him to Jan Delay . Arfmann produced Flashnizm , the first album by the Absolute Beginner, and a long and successful collaboration began that continues to this day. Arfmann was nominated for the production of the album Bambule for the Echo Pop 2000.

In addition to his work for Absolute Beginner and Jan Delay, Matthias Arfmann now owns a studio in the Neuenfelde district on the southwestern edge of Hamburg. The converted apple store, which is also where his apartment is located, is called Turtle Bay Country Club . Musicians of the most varied genres can record and produce here. For example, the former James Brown drummer Tony Cook recorded an album with Matthias Arfmann, as did the singer Mahmoud Gania, who is known in Morocco .

Arfmann also publishes his own recordings in the dub genre under the name Turtle Bay Country Club . The album Recomposed was released under his own name on the classic label Deutsche Grammophon in 2005 , in which he remixed old recordings by the conductor Herbert von Karajan . In 2007 he worked with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra on a live version of the Recomposed album.

In 2007 Arfmann von Recht harmonisch , the setting of the German Basic Law by Thomas Bierling , Peter Lehel and Eva Weis produced a remix with the title Dub'l G - The details regulate a federal law .

In 2016 he released the album Ballet Jeunesse , on which he reinterpreted ballet classics such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker or Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird with electronic elements.

Discography

Albums

  • 1992 Matthias Arfmann & The Naked Factory - Inner Ear (Strange Ways Records)
  • 1999 Turtle Bay Country Club (Unique Records, Groove Attack)
  • 2002 Turtle Bay Country Club - Dub Decade (Island Records, Universal)
  • 2003 Turtle Bay Country Club - Universal Monstershark (Motor, Universal)
  • 2005 Recomposed By Matthias Arfmann (Deutsche Grammophon, Universal)
  • 2007 Dub'l G - The details are regulated by a federal law (Yeotone, Bella Musica)
  • 2016: Matthias Arfmann presents Ballet Jeunesse (Decca, Universal)

Singles

  • 1999 Home Stranger
  • 1999 Hamburg High School
  • 2002 Silicon dub

Albums with castrated philosophers

  • 1985 Love Factory
  • 1986 Insomnia
  • 1987 Between shootings
  • 1988 Tyrants & Poolsharks
  • 1988 Nerves
  • 1990 Leipzig DC
  • 1991 Eskimo Summer
  • 1992 Inner Ear (M. Arfmann Solo)
  • 1994 Souldier
  • 1995 Souldier Nonstop
  • 1996 Where Did Our Love Go

Productions (selection)

as producer or co-producer:

  • 1992 Blumfeld - slow motion / dream: 2
  • 1992 The Golden Lemons & Easy Business & Eric IQ Gray - 80,000,000 hooligans
  • 1998 Absolute Beginner - Bambule
  • 1998 Diverse - Short and Painless (OST)
  • 1998 fish mob power
  • 2000 Patrice - Ancient Spirit
  • 2000 Commercial Breakup - Global Player
  • 2001 Jan Delay - Searching For The Jan Soul Rebels
  • 2006 Jan Delay - Mercedes Dance
  • 2007 Jan Delay - Searching ....... - The Dubs
  • 2009 Jan Delay - We children from Soul station
  • 2013 Jan Delay - Hammer & Michel

Participation in productions:

  • 1992 Diverse - Kill The Nation With A Groove
  • 1993 The Omniscient Billiard Ball - Polaroids From Amnesia
  • 1996 Advanced Chemistry - Advanced Chemistry
  • 2002 Schneider TM - Zoomer
  • 2002 Katrin Achinger - Jump (Without a Warning)

Radio plays

  • 2011: Susanne Amatosero : Voodoo Child and music as the fifth element - Director: Susanne Amatosero (radio play - DKultur )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography at WDR 5  ( 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.wdr5.de  
  2. ↑ Echo nominations ( memento of the original from June 20, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.echopop.de
  3. ↑ Echo from the apple store article from the taz from March 22, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Arfmann, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turtle Bay Country Club (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen