Phace

Phace (born March 7 , bourgeois Florian Harres) is a German music producer , DJ , film / video game scorer and label owner from Hamburg , who works as Phace primarily in the styles of drum and bass and neurofunk / techstep as well as in the Genres Halftempo / Beats / Bass and as a neo signal in the genre Electro / Techno is active.

He is known for his state of the art, futuristic and distinctive sound design and songwriting, which was created by artists and bands such as B. Kraftwerk , Tangerine Dream , The Prodigy , Photek , Thomas Bangalter and Konflict. Phace produces with analog as well as digital equipment in his studio in Hamburg Altona and gained through publications on music labels such as Subtitles Music by TeeBee , Renegade Hardware, Virus Recordings by Ed Rush & Optical, OWSLA by Skrillex , Mau5trap by Deadmau5 , Kitsuné , Vision and Division from Noisia , as well as on his two own labels Neosignal and NËU worldwide.

In 2006 he was voted "Best Drum & Bass DJ & Producer in Germany" at the Future Music Awards . His debut album PSYCHO , published in 2007 on Subtitles Music , was named Album of the Month by Mixmag Magazine. His 2018 album BETWEEN also achieved this title. To date, Phace has released 5 albums, tours internationally, represented by agencies in London and Los Angeles, and has played club shows at numerous music festivals such as EDC, Beyond Wonderland, Let it Roll, UAF, Outlook, Dour, Fusion, Boomtown.

In addition to numerous collaborations under the LINKED SERIES banner, Phace has released several singles since 2019, as well as a new solo EP entitled 'CAGED' on Noisia's Vision Recordings in 2020

history

The Phace project was founded in 2000 by Florian Harres and Nicolas Ruoff in Saarbrücken. From 2003 to 2007 Florian Harres lived in Cologne and Düsseldorf, Nicolas Ruoff in Luxembourg. Ruoff left the duo in 2007 and Harres has been the sole producer since then and lives in Hamburg.

Neosignal & NËU

In 2008, Phace founded the music label Neosignal Recordings together with the Stuttgart music producer and DJ Misanthrop (real name Michael Bräuninger) , which mainly sells its own music productions.

After years of collaboration as drum and bass producers, Phace and Misanthrop decided in 2011 to also perform as a duo under the name Neosignal . This collaboration provides the duo with a publishing platform with a wider range of electronic music. In March 2013, the project debuted its audio-visual live show (based on Ableton Live ) at the renowned London Fabric Club.

At the end of 2017, the second joint label was founded under the name NËU MUSIC , which serves as a platform primarily to promote young talent and cross-genre music productions.

Discography

Albums and EPs

NOW & Tomorrow EP (2005, Subtitles Music)
Psycho LP (2007, Subtitles Music)
From Deep Space LP (2010, Neosignal Recordings), with Misanthrop
Energy EP (2011, Neosignal Recordings), with Misanthrop
Motor EP series (2013, Neosignal Recordings), with misanthropy, broken down into motor and waveform
Vitreous EP (2013, Neosignal Recordings)
Shape The Random LP (2015, Neosignal Recordings)
Phace & Friends EP (2016, Critical Music)
Plastic Acid EP (2017, Blackout Music)
Wastemen EP (2017, Neosignal Recordings)
Between LP (2018, Neosignal Recordings)
Caged EP (2020, Vision Recordings)

Singles

Blacksmoker (2004, .shadybrain Music)
Fraxion (2004, Protogen), A-side (Subsystem Remix, original by Typecell) by Subwave
Dead Air (2005, Renegade Hardware), With Noisia and Stu from Cause 4 Concern , A-side (Sacrifice) from The Upbeats and Noisia
Brainwave / Polymers (2005, Subtitles Music)
Hot Rock / Moore's Law (2005, Subtitles)
Cavity (2006, Syndrome Audio), with N.Phect, B-side (No Escape) by Mindscape
Confront (2006, Fullforce Recordings), with N.Phect, B-side (Bruteforce) by N.Phect and Dizplay
Deep Throat (2006, Basswerk), with N.Phect and Dizplay, B-side (MoFo) by N.Phect and Complex
Lost (2006, Renegade Hardware), part of Carpe Diem - Part 1: Abysuss
Homeworld / Outsource (2006, Citrus Recordings), with Noisia
Unveil (2006, Virus Recordings), with Noisia, A-side (End Game) by Noisia
Crocker (2007, Syndrome Audio), B-side (The Zodiac) by Catacomb
Love Sex Pain (2007, Full Force Recordings), with Mayhem, B-side (Quantum Leap) from State of Mind
Off Center (2007, Shadow Law Recordings), with Misanthrope, B-side (Descend) by Chook
Krunk Time (2007, Renegade Hardware), part of Above The Game
Cannonball / Levitation (2007 Vision Recordings), with Noisia, part of the Collision EP
Animal / Zeitgeist (2008, Shadow Law Recordings)
Cold Champagne / Astral Projection (2008, Neosignal Recordings)
Fortune / Hyzer (2008, Subtitles Music)
Hot Rock (VIP) / Brainwave (VIP) (2008, Subtitles Music)
Life Goes On / Stretch Pack (2008, Subtitles Music), with Rawtekk and Eisblume
Sculptured / Frozen (2008, Full Force Recordings), with Chook
Alive (2008, Subtitles Music), A-side (Viperfish VIP) by Misanthrop
Dying Off The Light (2008, Lifted Music), with Spor , part of the From The Inside Out EP
Mammoth / Sore Point (2009, Neosignal Recordings), A-side with Misanthrope, B-side with Noisia
Absurd / Vintage (2010, Neosignal Recordings)
Desert Orgy / Stagger (2010, Neosignal Recordings), A-side with Misanthrope, B-side with Noisia
Floating Zero (2010, Invisible Recordings), with Noisia, part of the Floating Zero EP
Strange Science (2010, Shogun Audio / Ram Records), part of Evolution EP Series - Volume 1 or Andy C - Nightlife 5
Freedom of Filth (2011, Critical Music), part of the Sequence EP Volume 1
Lightyears Apart (2011, Shadowlaw Recordings), with Mayhem, B-side (Shibuya) by Mayhem
Program (2011, Vision Recordings), with Noisia, B-side (Regurgitate) by Noisia
Teufelswerk (2011, Neodigital), B-side (Hammerfaust) by Misanthrop
Basic Memory (2011, Neosignal Recordings). B-side (Y) of Misanthrope
Imperial (2012, Vision Recordings), with Noisia, part of the Imperial EP
Rat Race (2012, Hospital Records), with Rockwell, part of Hospitality: Drum & Bass 2012
Stress test (2012, Neosignal Recordings), B-side (Ballbag) by Alix Perez and Rockwell
Progression / Système Mécanique (2012, Neosignal Recordings), A-side with misanthrope
Sex Sells / Nordwand (2014, Neosignal Recordings), with Misanthrope
Consonance / Locust (2018, NËU Music), with Signal

Neo signal

Albums and EPs

Raum und Zeit LP (2013, Division Recordings)
Space Gsus EP (2014, Division Recordings)

Singles and Remixes

Stigma (Neosignal Remix) (2012, Mau5trap Recordings), original by Noisia, music label by Deadmau5
Childhood Memories (Neosignal Remix) (2012, Shogun Audio), original by Rockwell
Eastern Thug (Neosignal Remix) (2012, OWSLA ), original by KOAN Sound, record label by Skrillex
Planet Online / Angst (2013, Division Recordings)
Aeropolis (Neosignal Remix) (2013, Kitsuné Music ), original by Beataucue
Incarnation (Neosignal Remix) (2014, Mau5trap Recordings), original by Le Castle Vania

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.bassrush.com/qa-in-the-lab-with-phace/
↑ http://dnb2day.ru/en/interview-phace-tells-everything-about-the-album-psycho/
↑ future-music.net . Interview with Phace and Misanthrop - From Deep Space. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
↑ De: Bug Magazine . Neosignal: Established at the start. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
^ Fabric London . Neosignal interview. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
↑ future-music.net . Interview with Phace - Psycho LP. Retrieved May 30, 2013.

personal data
SURNAME	Phace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Harres, Florian (real name); Neosignal (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German drum and bass producer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 7th 20th century

[1] ttp://www.bassrush.com/qa-in-the-lab-with-phace/

[2] ttp://dnb2day.ru/en/interview-phace-tells-everything-about-the-album-psycho/

[3] uture-music.net . Interview with Phace and Misanthrop - From Deep Space. Retrieved May 30, 2013.

[4] De: Bug Magazine . Neosignal: Established at the start. Retrieved May 30, 2013.

[5] Fabric London . Neosignal interview. Retrieved May 30, 2013.

[6] uture-music.net . Interview with Phace - Psycho LP. Retrieved May 30, 2013.