Faderhead

Faderhead
Origin	Hamburg, Germany
Genres	Electronic
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Accession Records, L-Tracks
Website	www.faderhead.com
Members
Sami Mark Yahya Alex Montana Marco Visconti
Past members
Christine LaGivrée Dr. T Shaolyn Chandler XL Shawn Mierez

Faderhead is a German electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany.

History

After releasing the track "The Protagonist" as a one-off compilation entry on the Advanced Electronics Vol. 3, Faderhead received a deal with Accession Records/Indigo to release his debut album FH1 in 2006. Positive reviews made FH1 an instant debut-success with standout tracks like "The Protagonist", "Vanish" and "O/H Scavenger". The year progressed and saw Faderhead play shows alongside bands like Diary Of Dreams, SITD, Painbastard and others.

2007 saw the release of the FH2 CD which featured the club hit "Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois". Faderhead released a music video for the track "Girly Show" and played festivals like Wave-Gotik-Treffen (Germany) and Infest (UK) among other shows.

2008 started with the departure from Accession Records and the signing to L-Tracks Recordings. This decision led to serious speculation regarding the future of Faderhead by press and fans, but the free song/video release of the piano ballad "Exit Ghost" revealed that the project would continue. Only a few months later the club anthem "TZDV" was released, and on October 10, the highly-anticipated FH3 album was released and again gathered top reviews from media and fans alike - FH3's darker mood and more aggressive tones showing once again an evolution from the previous recordings.

In 2009 Faderhead played the M'era Luna Festival (Germany), the Exit Festival (Serbia) as well as shows in Holland, Italy, Greece, Great Britain, Belgium and Mexico. In October 2009 Faderhead released the "Horizon Born" EP, which was very well received, despite featuring five ballads - which was a stylistic departure from his well-known club music.

Faderhead's live shows are currently supported by either Marco Visconti (XP8) or Daniel and Joe Meyer (Project SAM) on keyboards and backing vocals. The Hamburg producer/vocalist uses different musicians for live backings and so far has played with Alex Montana (drums/percussion) and Christine LaGivrée, Dr. T, Shaolyn, Chandler XL, Judith Dorn and Shawn Mierez.

Discography

Studio Albums

• 2006: FH1 (Accession Records)
• 2007: FH2 (Accession Records)
• 2008: FH3 (L-Tracks Recordings)
• 2010: Black Friday (L-Tracks Recordings)
• 2012: World of Faderhead (L-Tracks Recordings)

Compilations

• 2010: Trilogy (L-Tracks Recordings)

EP Releases

• 2009: Horizon Born (L-Tracks Recordings)
• 2011: The Way to Fuck Clubs (L-Tracks Recordings)

Single Releases

• 2004: "The Protagonist"
• 2006: "OH Scavenger vs. the Protagonist"
• 2006: "Bassgod"
• 2008: "Exit Ghost"
• 2010: "69 Freaks Per Minute"

Music Videos

• Girly Show
• Exit Ghost
• Tanz Zwo Drei Vier
• Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois [ft. Ultimate MC]
• Horizon Born (Electric Paradise Club Edit)
• Black Friday (Short Movie)
• The Way to Fuck God

MP3 Releases

• Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois (N64 Remix)
• Going Home Alone (DDT Version)
• In Bloom (Nirvana Cover)
• Sexyback (Justin Timberlake Cover)
• The Protagonist (Doctor Retroid's B-Movie Ride of Doom)
• White Wedding (Billy Idol Cover)
• White Room (Cream Cover)
• Living With Lions (Demo)

Compilation Releases

• 2006: Accession Records Volume Three (Bassgod)
• 2006: Bestie:Mensch (Dirtygrrrls Dirtybois (Remix By [:SITD:]) )
• 2007: Extreme Sündenfall 6 (Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois (Modulate Remix) )
• 2007: Fxxk the Mainstream Vol. 1 (Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois (Electro For the Masses Remix) )
• 2009: Extreme Sündenfall 8 (TZDV (Club Version) )
• 2009: Extreme Sündenfall 9 (Horizon Born (Electric Paradise Club Edit) )
• 2010: Kinetik Festival Volume Three (69 Freaks Per Minute )

References

10^Review of Black Friday on NXLive.co.uk

External links

• faderhead.com − official website