My Family ( esp. my Bro Tom ), Deafny Moon, Nile Rodgers, The Beatles, Neil Young, Ween, H.van Veen, Rüdiger Nehberg, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Pavement, The Beach Boys, Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Rick Rubin, Falco, Sir John Peel, Conny Plank & Dirk Dierks, Johnny Cash, Ralf & Florian, Tim & Jeff Buckley, The Byrds, The Doors, Buthole Surfers, Slime, Gorgworld, Seider+Neuerts+Cash, Screaming Trees, Meat Puppets, Elvis, RUN DMC, Slayer, The Cure , Human League, Peter Gabriel, Bob Marley, Lee Scratch Perry and his mates, Dr. Dre+Snoop Dogg, James Brown, Iron Maiden, SST+other indies, Trio, Blumfeld, Die Sterne, Rio Reiser + TSS, Melly, Pink Floyd, Sonic Youth, Keith Richards, Hendrix, Robert Palmer, Anthrax, Jane..s Addiction, Bob Katz, Bob Moog & his mates G. Massenburg, etc pp ...Ennio Morricone, Vangelis, Bayern München, ZWW1, Walter Schmitt, legendary Heribert Sommer, Zappa, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zep, Whitesnake, Boris Becker & John McEnroe, Herbie H., the HD800 Crew, every day something new out there
You probably best know Lopazz for the quality, avant-garde club music he's produced for labels like Get Physical, Compost and London's legendary Output Recordings, but his career as a multimedia artist is far more colourful and diverse than you might've imagined.
.. Real name Stefan Eichinger, Lopazz was born in Germany in 1975, and these days is based in Berlin and Heidelberg, where he lives with his wife – the Ecuadorian artist Mariella Landivar-Garcia (who performs on several Lopazz & Alex Flatner records as Deafny Moon). His first serious involvement with music began in the early 90s; since 1995/96 he's been a part of the HD800 team ( founded by legendary DMan who also operated the HD800 club & the record label 800trak), and he started his own record label (800achtspur) and a recording studio.
Stefan runs the German multimedia label 800achtspur in Heidelberg, which has released records by Mason Mesud Stevensen, Casio Casino and of course Lopazz himself. Stefan is also renowned as a film and television composer, having written and performed more than 30 film and documentary scores over the years. Since 1999, Stefan ( with Steffen Neuert ) has been providing original compositions and productions for UNESCO's World Heritage TV documentaries and more recently he scored the Foodhunter series, produced in Asia and shown on European TV stations. With typical interest in musical process and commitment to authenticity and supported by the directors of Along Mekong Productions, Stefan travelled to China and Mongolia, recording orchestras, singers and monks in order to enrich this soundtrack. Some of his best work for film and television was collected in the 800achtspur compilation, 18 Themes for TV-Documentaries (2003).
He's always had a sense of fun, though, and his love of TV music resulted in his cheeky 2001 remixes of the classic Miami Vice and Magnum themes with Redagain P! In 2003, Lopazz's self-titled EP of off-kilter dance music was released by Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings ( prev. released on freundinnen ), followed by the singles 'Blood' (remixed by Tiefschwarz) and his first bona fide club hit 'I Need Ya'. 'I Need Ya' was licensed for a limited edition Japanese release by French fashion label Colette, and its success led to Lopazz remixing Germany's biggest pop act Xavier Nadoo, while techno legend Sven Vaeth snapped up 'I Need Ya' for his Sound of the Fourth Season mix CD. Stefan's relationship with Berlin-based Get Physical began with his remix of Chelonis R. Jones' 'I Don't Know', followed by the label's release of his own deep, twisted vocal track 'Migracion'. Physical commissioned a subsequent remix 12", featuring epic, forward-thinking versions from now firmly established Chilean superstars Luciano and Ricardo Vilallobos. Further releases for Compost Black Label, Output and Lasergun cemented Lopazz's reputation as an artist of real originality and significance.
He became an increasingly in-demand remixer: Isolée, Product 01, Matthew Dear & Alex Robotnick ( with M.A.N.D.Y. ), Alex Flatner, Richard Bartz number among his happy re-work clients to date. Since 2003 Lopazz has been performing live, most recently on an extensive Get Physical tour, and in 2007 he released a new 12" for the label, this time entitled 'Share My Rhythm'. This year sees the release of Lopazz's debut full-length artist album Kook Kook, a perfect document of his witty and avant-garde electronic funk blueprint – playful, imaginative, intimate and impossible to pigeon-hole. Restless as ever, Lopazz is currently dividing his time between the studio, where he's working on new material with M.A.N.D.Y., and his home, where enjoys a happy existence with his talented wife and two dogs. As the man himself says, "I have no message to preach – I just represent my music, and life…"
Releases & Projects 2009: LOPAZZ new Album with Casio Casino on Get Physical Music "Ambient Film Themes Vol.1", New Maxi "Credit Card Receipt", LOPAZZ Remixes for Bronnt Industries Kapital (Get Physical Music), Gus Gus ( Kompakt ), Smalltown Collective ( Bacteria & Session Deluxe ), LOPAZZ live on Tour in USA, Canada, Brazil, U.K., France, Germany, Spain, etc... Filmmusic for German & French TV "Food Hunter" , Field Recording in Ethiopia and South Africa
Lopazz live @ Watergate, Berlin, performing We Are, a track which is out on his album Kook Kook [Get Physical Music]:
Lopazz live @ We Love GPM Paris, performing Riders on the Floor, a track included on his album Kook Kook [Get Physical Music]:
Lopazz live @ Energie Festival, Azurara Portugal performing for 15.000 people on the beach, a track out on International Gigolo Records:
Lopazz's video for I Need Ya [Output Records] 2003
Lopazz's video for We are [Get Physical Music] 2008
Lopazz live in Salvador During Soundcheck July, 2008
RELEASES
Lopazz - Kook Kook [Get Physical Music] is out now!
To have a listen or to buy it, please check out Get Physical Music or Beatport. Get Physical are proud to present the debut full-length album from Stefan Eichinger, AKA Lopazz, a true landmark in the colourful, diverse and eventful musical career of a creatively insatiable and ever-ambitious multimedia artist. Kook Kook collapses Stefan's many sonic influences - from contemporary house, techno, and electronica, to latin, pop and jazz - into a dizzying, unpredictable twelve-tracker of unquestionable imagination and power.
Tracklist:
01. Volvoice 02. Discogs 03. We Are (Original) 04. Bottleneck 05. Credit Card Receipt 06. Play In My House 07. Ol'Days 08. Share My Rhythm 09. Wet Sweat 10. Wasted Days 11. 2 Fast 4 U 12. MP in Love
27/03/2010 Circle-Night @ in Darmstadt, Germany -tbc-
06/03/2010 Circle-Night @ Rote Sonne in Munich, Germany
11/02/2010 Platzhirsch-Night in Cologne, Germany
19/12/2009 UV-Klub in Heidelberg, Germany
12/12/2009 Mau Club in Rostock, Germany
28/11/2009 Live with Miguel Rendeiro on Madeira Island
27/11/2009 Molhe at Funchal Madeira Island
22/11/2009 Red Bus Studios in London, U.K.
21/11/2009 The Egg in London, U.K.
20/11/2009 Red Bus Studios in London, U.K.
19/11/2009 Red Bus Studios in London, U.K.
26/10-30/11/2009 BftW-Filmshoot in Karta-Konso, Ethiopia
24/10-25/10/2009 BftW-Filmshoot in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
18/10-24/10/2009 BftW-Filmshoot in Durban, South-Africa
26/09/2009 Circle Night at Tresor in Berlin, Germany
29/08/2009 Lopazz partying @ Azurara Festival, Portugal
DELAYED - GPM @ Cocoon Frankfurt, Germany
15/08/2009 Hotel Shanghai in Essen, Germany
31/07/2009 Lisboa, Portugal -tbc-
30/07/2009 Buddha Club in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal
18/07/2009 Beach Party in New York, USA
17/07/2009 San Francisco / Reno Open Air, USA
15/07/2009 Lies Lies Lies in Hollywood, Ca., USA
11-12/07/2009 Soundwaves Festival in Canada
11-20/07/2009 On Tour in North-America
07-09/07/2009 M.A.N.D.Y. & Lopazz Production at Studio HD
03/07/2009 Knarzklub, Ulm in Germany
01-05/07/2009 Filmmusic Production at Studio HD
22/06/2009 My new 12" Maxi Release "Make Up Your Mind" on Cocoon
26-28/06/2009 Klub D in Nicosia, Cyprus
22/06/2009 Gus Gus RMX Release "Ad this song" on Kompakt
23-24/06/2009 Becker & Lopazz Production at Studio HD
19-20/06/2009 SONAR-Festival in Barcelona Spain
12/06/2009 My Album Release "Ambient Film Themes Vol.1" on Get Physical
06/06/2009 Live As "BAD COP BAD COP" at Berghain in Berlin, Germany
05/06/2009 Douala in Ravensburg, Germany
01-05/06 Jade Production at Studio HD in Germany
31/05/2009 Happy Birthday Miguel :) in V do conde, Portugal
30/05/2009 Pedra da Couto in St. Tirso, Portugal
04-05/05/2009 Becker & Lopazz Production at Studio HD
06-21/05/2009 Filmmusic Production Along Mekong
28/04/2009 Cookies in Berlin, Germany
25/04/2009 UV-Klub in Heidelberg, Germany
24/04/2009 GPM-Labelnight @ Bataclan in Paris, France
14-23/04/2009 Filmmusic for MP1 at Studio Heidelberg
12/04/2009 10 Years Deafny & Lopazz Anniversary
01-13/04/2009 Filmmusic for Foodhunter 3 at Studio Heidelberg
27/03/2009 Cadence in London, U.K.
17-26/03/2009 On Tour in Ecuador - Not available
15/03/2009 Workshop at Goethe Institute in Porto Alegre, Brazil
14/03/2009 Neon in Porto Alegre, Brazil
13/03/2009 D-Edge in Sao Paulo, Brazil
20-23/02/2009 Live at Basement + Workshops in Beirut, Lebanon
19/02/2009 As "BAD COP BAD COP" : Live at Opera Cologne in Germany
15/02/2009 Millionaires Against Hunger Live-Rec. at Studio Heidelberg
14/02/2009 Millionaires Against Hunger Live-Rec. at Studio Heidelberg
31/01/2009 Pedro da Couto in St. Tirso, Portugal
30/01/2009 Vademecum in Vigo, Spain
29/01/2009 Detox in Vila do Conde, Portugal
28/01/2009 Vigue in Porto, Portugal
24/01/2009 Anny-Jack / Frequenz Ost 5 years Night, Jena in Germany -
January 2009 Music Production at Studio Heidelberg
21/12 - 07/01 X-Mas Off
20/12/2008 UV-Klub in Heidelberg, Germany -
December 2008 Filmmusic for Foodhunter Part 3 in China
21/11/2008 Apparillo Labelnight Nightpearls, Saarbruecken in Germany -
15/11/2008 Gare Club, Oporto in Portugal -
14/11/2008 SPOT, Guimaraes in Portugal
DELAYED TO 2009 - Shanti in Moscow, Russia
29/10/2008 Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh, U.K.
25/10/2008 Studio Martin in Bucharest, Romania
23/10/2008 Amsterdam Dance Event, Netherlands
11/10/2008 As "BAD COP BAD COP" Gewoelbe in Cologne, Germany
27/09/2008 Loft in Ludwigshafen, Germany
26/09/2008 Modernes in Bremen, Germany
20/09/2008 UV-Klub in Heidelberg, Germany
02-03/09/2008 Munich - Oliver Kahn Good Bye Celebration
30/08/2008 Energie Azurara 2008 in Vila do Conde / Porto, Portugal
16/08/2008 Supermarket in Zurich, Switzerland
09/08/2008 Sonne, Mond & Sterne Festival, Germany
02/08/2008 Circle Night in Gerona, Spain
26/07/2008 Freakzone in Heidelberg, Germany
15/07/2008 Goethe Institute in Salvador Bahia, Brasil
13/07/2008 Goethe Institute in Blumenau, Brasil
12/07/2008 Goethe Institute in Florianopolis, Brasil
11/07/2008 Vegas Club in Sao Paulo, Brasil
10-16/07/2008 Goethe Institut Tour in Brasil
05/07/2008 Fabric London, U.K.
27/06/2008 Open Air "bacardi dome" in St. Gallen, Switzerland
15-19/06/2008 - Not available -
06/06/2008 6 Years GPM at Rechenzentrum in Berlin, Germany
17/05/2008 Mission @ Pacare Pavillon in Bucharest, Romania
16/05/2008 "Booka Shade After-Party-Show" in Brussles, Belgium
26/04/2008 Be Cool in Barcelona, Spain
25/04/2008 The Plug, Sheffield, U.K.
12/04/2008 Confraria das Artes in Florianópolis, Brazil
11/04/2008 Clash Club in São Paulo, Brazil
09/04/2008 Alexandre Ribeiro in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
15/03/2008 Red Club in St. Petersburg, Russia
February 2008 - Musicproduction in Iceland with M.A.N.D.Y.- -
01/28/2008 MIDEM in Cannes, France
01/19/2008 Prinzenbar in Hamburg, Germany
01/05/2008 Robert Johnson in Frankfurt, Germany
12/08/2007 Katapult-Club in Neustadt, Germany
12/01/2007 RGH in Heidelberg, Germany
11/30/2007 Q-Club in Zurich, Switzerland
11/22/2007 Le Rex in Paris, France
11/16/2007 Mission in Leeds, U.K.
10/27/2007 Stinnes-Areal, Freiburg Germany
10/12/2007 On the Roof in Moscow, Russia
10/06/2007 Flex in Vienna, Austria
09/19/2007 Watergate in Berlin, Germany
08/23/2007 PRIVILEGE in Ibiza, Spain
08/11/2007 GPM@SUNKISSED in Oslo, Norway
07/07/2007 Q CLUB MONZA in Zurich, Switzerland
06/23/2007 Home 14 in Dusseldorf , Germany
06/22/2007 Macumba in Madrid, Spain
05/27/2007 Die Registratur in Munich, Germany
05/18/2007 Tripod in Dublin, Ireland
05/16/2007 Monza in Frankfurt, Germany
05/12/2007 We Love Get Physical in Paris, France
05/06/2007 Retox at Sosho in London, U.K.
05/05/2007 Fabric in London, U.K.
04/30/2007 Petrol in Antwerpen, Belgium
04/29/2007 Nijmwegen, Netherlands
04/28/2007 Dornrosje in The Hague, Netherlands
04/09/2007 Snowbombing Festival in Mayrhofen, Austria
02/16/2007 Rocker33 in Stuttgart, Germany
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