Peter Rauhofer

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DJ Peter Rauhofer at Hell & Heaven in Sauípe, Brazil (2010)
Peter Rauhofer's grave

Peter Rauhofer (born April 29, 1965 in Vienna ; † May 7, 2013 in New York City ) was an Austrian DJ and musician .

Rauhofer released several studio albums and was best known for his remixes for artists such as Depeche Mode , Madonna , Seal , Funky Green Dogs , Britney Spears , Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue .

biography

Rauhofer began his career at GIG Records' Artists and Repertoire Management. He achieved first successes under the name "Club 69" together with Georg Luksch and Eric Kupper. His style changed from tribal house to a more progressive direction. In the late 1990s he was best known for his remixes by international artists. He produced most of the remixes in Vienna in the studio with Georg Luksch. Rauhofer also released under names such as "House Heroes", "Danube Dance" and "Sizequeen". Together with Victor Calderone he worked together as "The Collaboration".

In 1999 he received a Grammy for "Remixer of the Year" (Non-Classical for Cher "Believe.") . In 2000 he was nominated for a Grammy for Remixer of the Year for his work on Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful".

In April 2013, Rauhofer was diagnosed with a brain tumor. In early May 2013, he died in his adopted home New York City at the age of 48. He was buried in the Oberlaa cemetery (group 14, row 2, number 55).

Discography

Albums

  • 1996: Adults Only
  • 1997: Style
  • 1997: Pimps, Pumps And Pushers (by Size Queen)
  • 1999: Re-Styled

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1992 Let Me Be Your Underwear
Adults Only 		- AT25 (5 weeks)
AT 		- UK33 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 1992
1998 Much Better
Style 		- - - UK80 (1 week)
UK 		US95 (3 weeks)
US
First release: January 1998
feat. Suzanne Palmer
Alright
re-styled 		- - - UK70 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First release: November 1998
feat. Suzanne Palmer

More singles

  • 1992: Unique (as Danube Dance feat.Kim Cooper)
  • 1993: Take A Ride

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.grammy.com/news/peter-rauhofer-dies
  2. ↑ http://www.grammy.com/news/peter-rauhofer-dies
  3. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / static.musikmachen.de
  4. ↑ Star DJ Peter Rauhofer died at the age of 48. In: derStandard.at. May 7, 2013, accessed December 12, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Famed DJ Peter Rauhofer dies at age 48 at sdgln.com, accessed on May 7, 2013
  6. ↑ Chart sources: AT UK US

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personal data
SURNAME Rauhofer, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Club 69 (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian DJ and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 2013
Place of death New York City , United States