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2011.01.07 [SF] SPUNDAE | Wippenberg @ Ruby Skye
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| DaveT |
Click on flyer for tickets...
Ruby Skye & Spundae Present
WIPPENBERG
Friday, January 7
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.
n 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!’ |
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| DaveT |
It's your lucky day...
http://www.spundae.com/community/campaign/20110107-wippenberg.php
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| Mhubert420 |
| I'm moving into San Francisco on Thursday, so hopefully I'll have enough energy to come to this on Friday! |
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| nick_mc |
Since he's sharing the night with Syd Gris, is it safe to assume he'll most likely play 12-2 and Syd Gris plays the 2-4 slot? Or will we be lucky enough to see a longer set from Wippenberg?
This will be the fourth time I've seen him at Ruby Skye, and frankly I've thoroughly enjoyed every single of one of his sets. He's always produced great blends of house, techno, and electro, and all of his singles have filled me with joy. He's really gotten better about offering teases and bits and pieces of various hot tracks before mixing into his workhorse pieces.
I'd love to hear a good three hour set! |
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| DaveT |
| I imagine that mainly refers to Syd being the opener. I don't know how long Wippenberg will play, though. Syd might be opening and closing |
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| jonmitz |
it's my unlucky day because im retarded at its 6:01 LMAO :)
shoulda checked back yesterday, damn |
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| INXCESS |
| hahha Jon, i just checked this thread as well. retarded at 7:14pm .. I wanna go check him out.Maybe I shld buy the tiks. |
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| INXCESS |
| Btw Link of flyer doesnt work. |
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| jonmitz |
It's weird because I never sign up for any promoter emails but I constantly get them (I filtered them out to my spam folder since unsubscribing didnt stop them)
It's too bad i get like 500 million emails a week because it would be really nice to just get the useful emails :( |
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| schuey99 |
| Any reports on Wippenberg's set? |
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