Sven Väth

Sven Väth
Background information
Also known as	Astral Pilot, Barbarella
Born	(1964-10-26) 26 October 1964 Obertshausen, Germany
Genres	Techno Trance Ambient techno House
Occupations	Disc jockey Record producer
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Cocoon Recordings Warner Bros. Records (1993–1996) Virgin/EMI Records
Website	http://www.cocoon.net/

Sven Väth (born 26 October 1964, Obertshausen, Germany) is a Frankfurt-based DJ who has produced an extensive range of work since his career began in 1982. From 1985, he was part of the band OFF (acronym for Organization for Fun) which released the hit "Electrica Salsa" in 1986. He was also one of the founders of trance music labels Harthouse and the now-defunct Eye Q, as well as being among the first DJs to play trance records. In 1995 Mixmag rated his album Accident in Paradise one of the top-50 dance albums of all time.

Sven Väth is mentioned in the song Hyper Hyper by German hard dance band Scooter.

Sven is strong exponent of DJing using vinyl records and turntables. He says "a well-manufactured record, played with a good pick-up system on a good pre-amp/mixing console simply sounds better than any of its digital competitors. Vinyl is THE medium for everybody who sets high values on good sound." He is one of the few top 30 DJs to continue to use just turntables and mixer when they DJ, which he describes as his "instruments". When he heard that Technics were discontinuing manufacture of their renowned 1210 turntables he likened it to a pianist being told there would be no more grand pianos made.

Discography

Albums

• Accident in Paradise (Eye Q, 1992) (Warner Bros. Records, 1993, U.S.)
• The Harlequin, the Robot, and the Ballet Dancer (Eye Q, 1994) (Warner Bros. Records, 1995, U.S.)
• Der Kalte Finger (Eye Q, 1996; collaboration with B-Zet)
• Fusion (Virgin Records, 1998)
• Six in the Mix (The Fusion Remix Collection '99) (Virgin Records, 1999)
• Contact (Ultra Records, 2000) (also released on Virgin Records)
• Retrospective 1990-1997 (single disc version) (WEA Records, 2000)
• Retrospective 1990-1997 (two disc version) (Club Culture, 2000) (also released on Warner Music in Japan)
• Fire (Virgin Records, 2002)
• Allan Gauch (Virgin Records 1997-2002)
• DC's Hand Picked Mix Tape
• Fire Works (remixes of tracks from Fire) (Virgin Records, 2003)
• Sound of The First Season (One Disc Version 2000)
• Sound of The Second Season (Two Disc Version 2001)
• Sound of The Third Season (One Disc Version 2002)
• Sound of The Fourth Season (Two Disc Version 2003)
• Sound of The Fifth Season (One Disc Version 2004)
• Sound of The Sixth Season (Two Disc Version 2005)
• Sound of The Seventh Season (Two Disc Version 2006)
• Sound of The Eighth Season (Two Disc Version 2007)
• Sound of The Ninth Season (Two Disc Version 2008)
• Sound of The Tenth Season (Two Disc Version 2009)
• Sound of The Eleventh Season (Two Disc Version 2010)
• Sound of The Twelfth Season (Two Disc Version 2011)
• Sound of The Thirteenth Season (Two Disc Version 2012)

Singles

• "L'Esperanza" #5 Hot Dance Club Play; #63 UK (1993)
• "Ritual of Life" (Eye Q, 1993)
• "Ballet-Fusion" (Eye Q, 1994)
• "Fusion - Scorpio's Movement" (Virgin Records, 1997)
• "Breakthrough" (Virgin Records, 1998)
• "Face It" (Virgin Records, 1998)
• "Omen A.M." (Virgin Records, 1998)
• "Schubdüse" (Virgin Records, 1998)
• "Sounds Control Your Mind" (Virgin Records, 1998)
• "Augenblick" (Virgin Records, 1999)
• "Dein Schweiß" (Virgin Records, 1999)
• "Discophon" (Virgin Records, 1999)
• "Barbarella" (remix) (Club Culture, 2000)
• "L'Esperanza" (remix) (Club Culture, 2000)
• "My Name is Barbarella" (Code Blue, 2000)
• "Je t'aime... moi non plus" (featuring Miss Kittin) / Design Music (Virgin Records, 2001)
• "Strahlemann Und Söhne" (remix) (Virgin Records, 2001)
• "Mind Games" (Virgin Records, 2002)
• "Set My Heart on Fire" (Virgin Records, 2002)
• "Komm" (Cocoon Recordings, 2005)
• "Spring Love" (Datapunk, 2006)
• "The Beauty and The Beast" (Cocoon Records 2008)

External links

• Official Website
• Biography of Sven Väth at DJguide.nl
• Sven Väth discography at Discogs
• Sven Väth discography at MusicBrainz