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Saksalainen Wippenberg on tehnyt taattua jälkeä musiikkillisella rintamalla ja vihdoinkin hän saapuu ensimmäistä kertaa Colorssiin soittamaan... ‘PONG!’

Wippenberg(ger)
http://www.myspace.com/wippenberg

BIOGRAPHY 2009

Genre-warping electronic music adventurer Wippenberg (a.k.a. Olaf Dieckmann) has been supplying the world’s dancefloors with audio titans for close to 15 years. Most recently renowned for his productions including the neo-classic ‘Chakalaka’, ‘Drumster’, and his ‘Wippenberg presents Sphaera’ releases ‘Front’ & ‘Back’, his music hazes the multiple boundaries of house, electro, trance and techno. This unique composite electronic blend is now spun by the widest imaginable cross-section of DJs… He’s championed as much by Eric Prydz, Angelo & Ingrosso, Tocadisco and Pete Tong in 2009, as he is by Tiësto and Armin Van Buuren. This casts Wippenberg as one of, if not, the most diverse DJ/producer in today’s EDM universe.

In 2004 Olaf released the two ‘Elemental EPs’, which included the tracks ‘Fire’, ‘Water’, ‘Earth’ and ‘Air’. They drew strong support from the highest echelons of the DJ hierarchy and pushed the Wippenberg name firmly into the headlines. The EPs release prompted close associates Cosmic Gate to collaborate with Dieckmann on their ‘Earth Mover’ album with the track ‘Guess Who’. Around the same time Olaf completed work on his next single ‘Promised Land’, and with it came a new label relationship with Dutch heavyweight independent High Contrast Records. The track (which featured the vocals of Tiff Lacey and was remixed by Nic Chagall) beat the drum hard for what was to prove Olaf’s renaissance record. In 2008 ‘Chakalaka’ (partnered by the B-side ‘Drumster’) exploded into the clubbing consciousness, thanks in no small part to major 3 monthlong floor and radio hammering from Tiësto and Armin Van Buuren. As was always Olaf’s desire the tracks started to chip away at the stylistic borders of dance and came to enjoy heavy deck support from Angello & Ingrosso, Eric Prydz, Eric Morillo and Dirty South, amongst a multitude of others. The track maintained a grip on the No.1 chart position on Beatport for an incredible 12 weeks. Late that year and branching further out still, Olaf launched a new nom-de-plume Sphaera. The tracks ‘Front & ‘Back’ were released on Tiësto’s Black Hole Records to, once again, broad DJ acclaim.

Famously, Olaf carved his name deep into the heart of the mid-90s dancefloor with his very first track - the unforgettable, speaker-assaulting ‘Neurodancer’. Released on Hyper Hype, it became an import smash and was picked up by Hooj Choons off-shoot Prolekult. To this day ‘Neurodancer’ rests as one of the hardest-to-find and most in-demand pieces of dance vinyl in the world - regularly changing hands for many times its original price.

No Wippenberg biography would be complete without mention of Dieckmann's remix and spinning work. Behind the decks his characteristic musical tastes and spinning style have started to generate huge demand. It has seen him blaze a trail at 2009’s Trance Energy, rock the German leg of ASOT400 & deliver deck damage at Dance Planet Russia, as well as dozens of other, clubs, festivals and tent-poles events.

At the remix end of the mixing desk, Olaf has refashioned tracks for a number of A-List production outfits, including Tiësto, Above & Beyond, Cosmic Gate, Gabriel & Dresden and Super8 & Tab. Most recently his remix of Rank 1’s Trance Energy 2009 anthem ‘L.E.D. There Be Light’ became the focus of many DJs playlists.

On the immediate horizon Olaf has just finished new remixes of tracks for Paul Van Dyk & Riva as well as Ingrosso's MGMT ‘Kids’ sampling ‘Laktos’. He’s also set to release the hotter than hot new Wippenberg single… ‘PONG!’

http://www.myspace.com/wippenberg

The Singles:

10/2009 Wippenberg Pong High, Contrast
10/2008 Wippenberg Chakalaka, High Contrast
06/2008 Wippenberg pres. Sphaera, Front/Back Black Hole Rec
01/2007 Wippenberg Promisedland (feat. Tiff Lacey), High Contrast
10/2006 Wippenberg vs. Cosmic Gate Guess Who?, Black Hole/Maelstrom Rec
09/2005 Wippenberg Elemental EP 2/2 (Earth and Air), Touched By Sound
05/2004 Wippenberg Elemental EP 1/2 (Fire and Water,) Touched By Sound
03/1995 Wippenberg Neurodancer, Hyper Hype/Prole Cult

The Remixes

Paul Van Dyk Home ,Vandit
07/2009 Sebastian Ingrosso, Laktos Refune
05/2009 Riva For How Long, Garuda
04/2009 Umek Is It ,Coldharbour Rec
02/2009 Rank 1 L.E.D. There Be Light, High Contrast
02/2008 Markus Schulz Cause You Know, Coldharbour Rec
unreleased Gabriel & Dresden Tracking Treasure Down (131 Rmx), Universal UK
unreleased Gabriel & Dresden Tracking Treasure Down (128 Rmx), Universal UK
10/2007 Above & Beyond Home, Anjunabeats
10/2007 Dogzilla Frozen, Maelstrom Rec
09/2007 Ernesto vs. Bastian Unchained Melod,y High Contrast
03/2007 Super8 & Tab Needs To Feel, Anjunabeats
09/2006 Cosmic Gate Shouldfve Known, Black Hole/Maelstrom Rec
2004 Angels Angels Theme (G-Aria), Avex Trax, Japan
2004 Seashells Fallinf Under, Sirup Music
2003 Ayu Naturally Avex Trax, Japan
2003 Cyber X Little Flower Avex Trax, Japan
2003 NBG Universal Love, E-Cutz/Spinning Records
2002 Echoes Of Sound Need Somebody, Warner/Wea
2002 Osiris Oneness With, The Universe Media Records
2002 Green Court Silent Heart Logport Recordings/Drizzly Music
2002 Fragma Embrace Me Gang, Go
2002 Marc Et Claude ft. Tony Headly Feel Me Alphabet City
2001 DJ Tiesto Urban Train, Black Hole/Dos Or Die
2001 Dance Nation Sunshine, Zomba/Dos Or Die
2001 Tukan Light A Rainbow, Zomba/Dos Or Die
2001 Airheadz Stanley (Here I Am), Zomba/Dos Or Die
2000 Blank & Jones Nightclubbing, Gang Go
2000 ATB Let You Go, Kontor
1999 Ian Van Dahl Castles In The Sky, Dos Or Die
1999 The Dukes Start The Game, Dos Or Die
1999 Rubix Cube Zauberwu.rfel, King Size Records
1998 Fiocco The Spirit, Dos Or Die
1998 Plastic Voice Welcome To The Jungle Urban, Tracks/Universal
1998 Pointed Push!, Dos Or Die
1997 Kadoc Rock The Bells, Dos Or Die
1996 Kadoc The Nighttrain, Dos Or Die
1996 Akkersson This Is Acid, Dos Or Die
1996 DJ Thoka What Is ... ? Rough Technology
1996 Whizzkid I Control The Party, Dos Or Die
1995 Gamma Loop Urban Kiddies, Hyper Hype
1995 DJ Thoka You Make Me Feel So Good Rough, Technology
1995 Brainvibe Itfs Hot Up, Beat Record