One man. Three facets: ME. MYSELF. LIVE.
Paul Brtschitsch is no new comer to dance music, he has been
releasing exceptional records for over a decade, recording for the likes of Plus 8, Music Man and Ostgut-Ton. He is rated as one of the best electronic live acts out there, falling into Groove magazine’s top 10 live acts for 2008 and when he’s not recording or performing he can be found producing for others, including Anja Schneider for whom he co-produced the massively successful ‘Beyond the Valley’ album last year.
‘Me, Myself and Live’ is Brtschitsch’s fifth artist album and is a beautiful amalgam of musical elements that displays his obvious love and understanding of electronic music. From the warm pulsating groove of opening cut ‘Three Weeks’ to the ethereal ending that is ‘Extend’ it is clear that this is an emotive and deeply personal album that draws on Paul’s wealth of experience.
The album’s title reflects the importance that live performance plays in Brtschitsch’s musical life and the album itself draws on the energy of his live sets whilst simultaneously providing the fuel for his current stage appearances.
It is hard to pick specific high points from ‘Me, Myself and Live’ as the quality of each piece is truly exceptional. Cuts like ‘Rude Knox’ with its stripped yet powerful techno edge are bound to find huge favour with DJ’s and clubbers alike whilst the melancholic strains of ‘Sugar’ highlight the production talent of Brtschitsch to great effect.
All in all this is a truly standout album from one of electronic music’s most exciting producers. Paul Brtschitsch is a name that is set to become ever more familiar and with the release of ‘Me, Myself and Live’ it looks like 2009 just might be his year.
Bio
Paul Brtschitsch was born in Berlin where he lived until the age of 10 and than moved to Frankfurt/Main. Stamped by the early times of the legendary OMEN/Frankfurt he discovered his love for electronic music.
He established his own Label Taksi along with André Galluzzi. In 2000 Richie Hawtin licensed their track “Schneesturm” (Taksi 07) for his label Plus 8 and published the maxi with his own remix in 2001.
His first album 'Surftronic' appeared in February 2000. One year later his second longplayer named “Venex” was released. Paul completed his album trilogy with 'Memory' on Frisbee Tracks.
Meanwhile he kept on performing LIVE ACTs in Europe, Japan, Russia and USA.
Since 2003 Brtschitsch has also started to leave behind the confinements of Techno by producing material verging on TripHop and Pop. In the summer of 2006 he moved to Berlin and celebrated his dancefloor comeback with „Twirl/Under“ on Ostgut Ton.
In the following year Paul founded his own label Rootknox with the philosophy of an interactive developing tree.
In 2008 Paul co-produced Anja Schneider’s first album “Beyond the Valley”. He also left his mark on Cologne’s Karmarouge label; together with Gabriel Ananda he contributed the track “Morning glory” to the label’s latest compilation.
Pauls last release " Bridge Itch " was released on the Dutch label Wolfskuil in September 2008. Now he teams up with Cio D’or on their fantastic 'Aroma EP' with three stunningly beautiful, atmospheric tracks, released on Broque.
