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Seelenluft (born July 8, 1971 as Beat Solèr in Wil SG ) is a Swiss musician. He is known as a producer of electronic music and is at home in different styles of music.

career

Beat Solèr began his musical career as a guitarist at the age of seven. From 1986 to 1992 he played guitar in various new wave and indie bands such as The Nightmare, Hamlets Fish and Neros Dinner, was a member of the Halle K artist group and attended the St.Gallen jazz school. From 1987 to 1991 he studied graphic design. His first solo album under the name Seelenluft the flame of acapulco was published in 1991 in the form of a small edition of audio cassettes and was created with the help of drum computers, synthesizers, guitar, bass and his own voice. Copies of this cassette are extremely rare.

In 1992 Beat Solèr moved to Zurich . In the course of the following years he was drawn more and more to electronic music and he finally released his first official album "Bellatrax" in 1996 on the Danish label Hypnotic Records . The album was strongly influenced by the drum and bass wave of that time, but also contained easy listening elements, animal voices and guitar solos.

In 2000 the album the rise and fall of silvercity-bob was released on the Viennese label Klein Records . The album was a collage of samples from his 40s-60s record collection, enriched with electronic beats and synthesizer elements. In 2001 the album Synchronschwimmer-EP, Silvercity-Bob meets Acapulco 11 was released . This album was the commissioned music for the synchronized swimming project Acapulco 11 , which was performed three times in 2001 in Lake Zurich. Christian Candid from Klein Records heard the music and decided to make an album out of it on his label. The album sounded like Nu Jazz paired with cinematic elements in the style of the films of the 1930s by Busby Berkeley, which were characterized by synchronized swimming and synchronized choreography . The album was very well received in the NuJazz scene worldwide.

In 2002 the album out of the woods was released , which Beat Solèr produced in Los Angeles . The now electro-pop- heavy songs contained song structures for the first time. The album was sung by people who usually didn't sing, whom Beat Solèr had picked up on the street in his former residence in Los Angeles. For example Lara Stuart, who only became a singer for one song ("Aircondition"), a fanatical pastor who Beat had recorded on his car radio with his MiniDisc or the twelve-year-old Michael Smith from the gangster district of Compton . The latter then also sang Manila , which was the album's first release. Manila became an overnight hit and landed on the official UK and Australian charts . The song also made it to number 1 in the club charts in France, Germany and Austria.

After this success, Seelenluft toured the world as a DJ or live act and produced many remixes for artists such as Stefan Eicher / Grauzone , Moonbootica , Tipsy , Waldorf etc. In 2003 his fourth album was released for Klein Records, the way we go . This album was his most commercial work to date, sung by Olivera Stanimirov and for I can see clearly now veteran Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain . The singles were remixed by producers such as Joakim , Tiga or MANDY. For this album he put together a live band that toured Europe in 2005. He also worked as a producer for the Stereo MCs .

Life

In addition to his career as a soul , Beat Solèr worked on film, theater and advertising music. For 10 years he ran his own graphic studio soler-international.com in Zurich, where he single-handedly realized graphics for the club scene and around 15 of his own low-budget video clips. In addition, he worked as an art director on a freelance basis in Zurich's advertising agencies. He has lived and worked in Berlin since 2004 .

Discography

  • The flame of Acapulco (1991)
  • Bellatrax (1997)
  • The Rise and Fall of Silvercity Bob (2000)
  • Synchronized Swimmer (2001)
  • Out of the Woods (2002)
  • Way We Go (2004)
  • Birds And Plants And Rocks And Things (2008)

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personal data
SURNAME Soul air
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solèr, Beat (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Wil SG