Maximilian Lopp has been active in producing music professionally since 1992. In his early years he was very active in producing HipHop with local crews in the Frankfurt region. As he found it increasingly difficult to identify with that kind of music, he re-focussed on trip-hop and clubmusic. Luckily for him the mid-nineties saw the awakening of Drum'n'bass in earnest. Maximilian developed his own approach to electronic music by primarily mixing elements of these three directions.
He kicked off the project Blackfish with his first release on the Inside 02 compilation (Poets Club Records). Successful,and busy years followed. Maximilian produced Blackfish's first longplayer Pole Navigation (2001), did Remixes for Compost records , Poets club records and Wohnton (2002). He produced exclusive tracks for companies outside the usual music business, e.g. for the synthesizer giant Waldorf, which released the Zeitlos-Compialtion as a give-away-CD for the Namm-Trade in Chicago 2002. With his partner in music Andi, the other person behind Blackfish, he worked on the second album:“Hidden Shore” was released in 2004 on maxelect records/Edel.
Andreas Baßermann
producer, drummer and bassist
he started his muscial career in the late 90ies. busy with hiphop and drum´n bass tunes, he worked with different arstist from the rhein/main area and hung out at the local dirty rehersal rooms. his first break thru the surface had been happen in 1999 during the release of the underground breakdance combillation STEP TO DIZ - DIE HIP HOP FABRIK with the song dirty drums. From that point he had apperances on Hip Hop mixtapes and gigs with some live bands. During early 2000 he had his very first live experience on RADIO X Frankfurt/Germany. The same year, Max and Andi met and he joint the project blackfish a few month later.
we are inspired by...coldcut, redsnapper, dj-shadow, jamiroquai, james brown, nuspirit helsinki, amp fiddler, tm-schneider, bob marley, dj-krust, danny krivit, gilles peterson, eryka badu, jazzanova, gentleman, moloko, megashira, wei chi, police, mr. scruff, jah meek, five corners quintett, 4 heros, goldie, vikter duplaix, mosdef, stone roses, thom york, pharell, twinset, michael buble, photek, canedrive, dauler, cinematic orchestra, jah sesco, good looking records, ltj bukem, blue marten, mc conrad, future engeneers, nicky blackmarket, serious dropout, riddim wize, jah coustix, run dmc, lill kim, xavier naido, prodigy, jan delay, unique records, sven väth, glenn underground, blumfeld, dub resistance, klute, jack johnson, aphex twin, madness, n.e.r.d, future sound of london, gavin randle, kruder und dorfmeister, buena vista social club, gabriel le mar, air, peter schwalm, slop shop, beanfield, aphextwin, dj vadim, guidance records, thievery coperation, roots manuva, radiohead, soul 2 soul, aretha franklin and the old dirty one man band!
Hailing from the Frankfurt area, Blackfish is the musical output of Maximillian Lopp and Andreas Baßermann.
For more than 15 years they have been active as musicians and music producers in the local music scene. Maximillian created 'Blackfish' in 1998 using his faith and imagination of deep, atmospheric trip-hop and downbeats. He took the melancholic jazz tunes and concise beats that were in his head and set them free, making them a reality.
In 2001 the first album was released on the Konvex Konkav label. With all of his hard work, success was soon to follow. His presence on many important compilations and continuous airplay lead to world wide recognition. New opportunities arose including remixes for Beanfield and Slop Shop, as well as a contribution to the cult Walldorf compilation "Zeitlos II". With driving ambition, Max felt the need to venture out of the studio and take Blackfish from the basement to the stage.
2001 also saw the addition of Andreas, with whom he worked the songs into a live performance. The vision of playing live music brought Max and Andreas a certain intense, yet cohesive collaboration with a variety of talented musicians lending way to a new horizon, full of endless possibilities in making music.
2004 is the year of a new blackfish Album. The Album “Hidden Shore” carries collaborations with a few well known musicians like Peter Schwalm, MC Santana, Raechell Schäfer, Tricky Chris and Markus Rayford. The release was at Maxelect Records.
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Our remix is featured on the new Mr Confuse album titled "Feel The Fire: The Remixes" available digitally! Remix artists include Smoove, Lack Of Afro, Una Mas Trio, The Uptown Felaz etc..
FINALLY!!! The live video of Mr. Confuse & The Confusers playing at the Mephisto Club in Hannover Germany on 27th September 2008 is ready. It was the album release concert of the Mr. Confuse album “Feel The Fire” released on Légère Recordings as DLP, CD and digital in September 2008.
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