On Friday, April 15th Sound In Motion presents...

WOLFGANG GARTNER
www.WolfgangGartner.com

Wolfgang Gartner is making his way back to Minneapolis! Wolfgang has been a busy person over the year and a half since his last appearance in the Twin Cities. He's climbed up the djmag.com top 100 and is now ranked at #70 and he had some of the biggest tunes of 2010! Don't miss this show!



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Did you catch Wolfgang the first time he was in Minneapolis on July 31st, 2009 at Envy Nightclub? If not then check these photos and relive the night > http://www.flickr.com/photos/simmpl...57621918010628/

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MySpace.com/djWolfgangGartner
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Twitter.com/WolfgangGartner

Also featuring:

HARVARD BASS - Facebook.com/HarvardBass
BEN CLEAR - Facebook.com/Ben.Clear

TC Dubstep smoking lounge featuring:
Toffler - Facebook.com/TCDubstep
sMILOdon - Facebook.com/sMILOdon
Oblivion - Facebook.com/DJOblivi0n

Friday, April 15th
Epic Event Center
110 North Fifth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55403
www.EpicMpls.com

18+ to enter, 21+ to drink
Doors @ 10:00 PM
Bottle service: 612-327-2897

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Who is Wolfgang Gartner?

Check out these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sqDYYQWNvo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm8xzUOmjY0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2GrmADEDPQ

The name Wolfgang is synonymous with greatness. Name your baby Wolfgang, and he may grow up to be one of the world’s leading chefs, or a member of a seminal band like Kraftwerk or Van Halen. In keeping with that tradition, in less than three years the producer and DJ known as Wolfgang Gartner has gone from strength to strength, with eight #1 tracks on Beatport (including the site’s best-selling track of 2009) and remixes for A-list artists (Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, Britney Spears), all lauded by peers such as David Guetta, Tïesto, and Pete Tong.

No, with the forename Wolfgang, Gartner’s success shouldn’t surprise anyone. And yet it does. Because that is his stock in trade: surprising listeners. “Right now, I feel like I have a responsibility to advance the genre,” he says. “I have to come up with something completely new, that’s never been done before.” Just study a couple of Gartner’s smashes to understand how rapidly his game keeps changing. The melody of “Undertaker” is composed from an encyclopedia array of electronic timbres, chopped into succinct, rapid-fire bits, yet solid hooks anchor the whole track; while the record is instantly recognizable, it packs so much information into its grooves it’s impossible for the brain to become overly-familiar with it. “Firepower” opens with a neo-classical melody, gives way to a brief passage of glistening arpeggios reminiscent of Vangelis or Tangerine Dream, then throws down an array of beats that explode in patterned bursts like Chinese New Year.

Yet Gartner isn’t simply an underground sensation. He has played before thousands at events like Coachella and Ultra Music Festival. Black Eyed Peas main man will.i.am has already tapped him for collaborations, he was recently nominated for a grammy, and legendary record executive Jimmy Iovine—who has nurtured the careers of icons ranging from Eminem to Stevie Nicks—has displayed a strong interest in Gartner. The number of requests he gets to remix other artists’ tracks has reached a point where he elects to decline ninety-nine percent of them (“I generally only work with artists for whom I have great respect and admiration”).

Gartner is meticulous in his approach to crafting new tracks in the studio, contemplating how they’ll sound in different venues and new ways to pitch curveballs at the dance music cognoscenti—without using gratuitous gimmicks. Whereas many producers start with a rhythm track, Gartner is more likely to begin with a melody and a concept, and experiment… and experiment and experiment… until the pieces begin to click. “Music doesn’t just come out of thin air,” he admits. “Inspiration is a natural process.” And it can’t be forced.

As he moves forward, Gartner doesn’t want to just advance his art form—he also wants to put a fresh twist on Top 40 fare. “I definitely want to work with pop and rap artists as a producer.” So long as his identity and integrity remain intact: “I want to make what I like making, and if a rapper can rap on it, then great.” With numerous new projects in the pipeline, he still appreciates the distinction between world domination and overexposure. “I’m definitely about quality over quantity,” he concludes. With Wolfgang Gartner, only one thing is certain: his next move is always a surprise.