Producers
Gary B.
Soul / Electronica / Lounge
Recently number one in iTunes electronic chart Spain.
Café del Mar label, famous for their chillout compilations, Gary B is one of the few solo artists signed exclusively to the company.
Songwriter/ producer Gary Butcher has contributed to many Café del Mar albums over the last 5 years, either under his own name, that of Luminous or collaborating with Danish dance producers, Miro.
His musical history career started as a session guitarist for many artists including Robert Palmer. He went on to write and produce for Jimmy Summerville, Sonique, Definition of Sound, the Banderas and Miro.
Gary now lives and works from his studio in Ibiza and has his own unique take on the chill out genre, producing a soulful blend of well crafted songs using his own vocals or those of long time musical collaborator, Julie Harrington.
http://www.myspace.com/luminousmusic
CHAZZ
Producing: Urban (hip-hop, vocal club bangers) and pop (urban/pop and pop/rock)
ABOUT CHAZZ
SHORT AND SWEET VERSION:
CHAZZ IS ONE OF TODAY'S HOTTEST UPCOMING HIP-HOP PRODUCERS AND REMIXERS. HE IS ALSO A FOREFATHER OF LATIN RAP AND LEGEND OF THE HOUSE MUSIC AND HARD HOUSE SCENE, RELEASING HIS NO.5 BILLBOARD CHARTED HIT "A MOVER LA COLITA" ON LOGIC ECS.(U.S.)/ ARISTA RECS.(U.K) AND OVER 30 VINYL E.P.S AND 12 IN. SINGLES ON VARIOUS DANCE LABELS.
NOW HE IS TAKING OVER THE HIP-HOP MUSIC INDUSTRY ONCE AGAIN WITH HIS UNIQUE SOUND AND STYLE!!
CHAZZ IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH BIG NAMES AND INDUSTRY MOGULS FROM LABELS SUCH AS WARNER BROS., INTERSCOPE, ATLANTIC, SONY, UNIVERSAL, JUST TO NAME A FEW. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CHAZZ, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO HIT YOU WITH, FROM CLUB BANGAZ, TO WEST COAST, TO DIRTY SOUTH, TO DANCE REMIXES. CHAZZ IS DEFINETLY A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH AS A HIT PRODUCER AND ARTIST, EQUALLY AT THE TOP OF HIS LEAGUE IN BOTH HIP-HOP AND DANCE MUSIC.
LONG VERSION:
CEO of Epicenter Music Productions (artist development, production, songwriting, marketing, internet promotion, graphic artwork, web design), Self-Produced Artist, Music Producer/Remixer, Business Entreprenuer, Rap Artist, DJ, Recording Engineer and Company Visionary. He is also the creator of the first-ever Hip Hop Infomercial (Phatt Traxx Volume 1 and 2), hosted by Cat Dogg (DJ/100.3FM The Beat L.A.) which also includes performances to Chazz's beats by Lil' Rob, GBN, Somer and more.
Recently he has produced projects with artists such as Lil' Rob, David Rolas, DTTX and Queenie.
He is known as a forefather of Latin Hip Hop and considered a legend in the House/Hard House scene of the 90's. Chazz scored a No.5 Billboard Dance Chart hit with the latin house anthem "A Mover la Colita" (Arista Recs UK/Logic Recs US) in 1996, and released hundreds of dance tracks as "Chazz", "DJ Chazz", "L.A. Rebels", "Mission Control", "Da Funk Shop", and "Da Werk Shop".
Born in East L.A., raised in Whittier, Ca. Influenced by Depeche Mode, whom he calls "The Best Group Ever". He started playing keyboards with his cousins Rocky Padilla and Danny Padilla in their first music group "Sugar Style" at the young age of 11. They later became known as the Hispanic M.C.'s. In 1988, at age 16, he produced their first hit Latin Rap anthem "I Do Love You" on Thump Records Lowrider Soundtrack Vol. 3. "I Do Love You" won "Power 106's Rap Attack" for three weeks straight and it continues to be one of the label's most successful hits to date. On the same soundtrack, he released his first solo single "Feel The Rhythm" by Chaz. He shortly followed that up with his first solo production project "On A Friday Night" by Brown Pride, which became one of Familia Record's biggest hits.
He has recorded with major artists such as the legendary funkmaster Rick James, Kid Frost, Stacey Q and SSQ. He has shared the stage with many artists including Booya Tribe, Lighter Shade of Brown, South Central Cartel, Frost, Tierra, War, Stacey Q, etc., performing in front of thousands of fans at shows like Lowrider Concerts, and numerous other venues across the country. He later took on the position of producer and soon became, Head Producer at "Da Drop Shop", Long Beach, Ca. It was there were he started producing for the "Dove Shack"(2 Scoop, C-Nite and Bo Roc) which helped them get noticed by LBC local and Dr. Dre's brother, Warren G. Other groups he produced at Da Drop Shop included "Second Nature", "Wolfpac", "Lunatic", etc.
With the birth of Techno and House Music, Chaz challenged himself to conquer and dominate this new, very intriguing and completely different genre of music. He then added another "z" to his name and became "Chazz". He molded his place in the new house music and hard house scene as a dance music innovator by releasing 32 critically acclaimed vinyl records of his own on various creditable indie dance labels including Groove Daddy Records, Jasper Stone, Greedy Records, Musik Faktory, etc. In 1995 he signed with MCT Management (Moby's NY management) who signed him as "Chazz" to Arista Records (UK) / Logic Records (US) and released his international hit and Number 5 Billboard Dance Chart Hit, "A Mover la Colita" which included remixes by Armand Van Helden.
Chazz has topped charts in many major cities all over the world. He is also known to "tear it up on the turntables". Not only can Chazz shake the house down with his hot dance tracks, he can equally pack the floor with his cutting-edge, club bangin' Hip Hop Tracks.
Today, Chazz has gone back to his roots of Hip-Hop, fusing it with his unique sounds of Dance Music, and is nowbringin his hot new sound to the world on his own label Epicenter Music. His debut album "Livin' It Up" includes guest spots from hit artists such as DTTX (Lighter Shade of Brown), Kemo the Blaxican, Queenie , Somer, Jovan and more!! He also recently created the first-ever Hip Hop Infomercial (Phatt Traxx Volume 1 and 2), hosted by Cat Dogg (DJ/100.3FM The Beat L.A.) which includes performances to Chazz's beats by Lil' Rob, GBN, Somer and more.
He is currently being shopped to big labels and he also is producing some of the hottest big names and upcoming talent! Stay tuned, because Chazz is just getting started!!
www.myspace.com/chazzmusic (urban page)
www.myspace.com/chazzdance (dance remix page)
Earl Cohen
-PRODUCER/ENGINEER-
There are those who operate in the higher echelons of the music industry, and then there is Earl Cohen.
A recording and mixing engineer of the highest calibre, Cohen has worked with a veritable "who's who" of today's top artists while selling over 60 million albums worldwide.
Cohen's recent credits include Destiny's Child, Joe, Anita Baker, Will Smith, Jessica Simpson, Cyndi Lauper, Pink,Tina Turner, Nelly, Michael Bolton, and international acts Lighthouse Family (England) and Kaylan (Australia).
Cohen's story begins in 1973, where upon graduating he began mixing live rock bands in his native Connecticut and touring all over New England. Even at an early age cohen's listening tastes were expansive: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations et al, all helped to shape and define Cohen's listening spectrum.
Cohen began his career in audio engineering in 1980, while working at a studio in Connecticut doing live sound that eventually led to work throughout the early 80's with various rock bands. In the late 80's Cohen recieved a call from a friend to work with R&B singer Johnny Kemp. The project lasted 6 months, resulting in Kemp's 1 hit "Just Got Paid," which stayed at the top of the dance charts for 8 weeks. This was Cohen's first gold single and 1 smash hit, and subsequently many other R&B producers began calling on Cohen.
Cohen scored another R&B hit with Atlantic Starr's "My First Love." Cohen then worked for 6 years recording and mixing artists for producer Barry Eastmond, resulting in more top 10 hit records for the likes of Jeffrey Osbourne, Freddy Jackson and a Grammy award for Anita Bakers, "I Apologize."
Cohen then met producer Joshua Thompson, leading to work with Joe and mixing what would become the smash hit "All the things your man won't do." Around this time cohen had also worked on records by Usher and Tina Turner and Olivia. By the year 2000, Cohen was eager to get back to his rock and roll roots, taking on producing, mixing and recording more up and coming rock bands. As of 2007 Cohen, has mixed projects which are signed and slated for release in 2008. Cohen says "now i'm just looking for all sorts of acts to work with. I love the emotion and sonic development of giving a band or artist their sound and identity.
http://www.myspace.com/earlcohen
Stuart Epps
-PRODUCER/ENGINEER-
Award-winning music producer Stuart Epps has a list of credits that reads like a Who's Who of the music industry over the past four decades. You will almost certainly have some of his work in your collection.
Stuart Epps' musical career began in 1967 as a 15-year old office junior at Dick James Music. He quickly moved up the industry ladder to become Chief Engineer at DJM Studios, then later toured the USA with Elton John as personal assistant. Epps was involved from the start when Elton's producer, the late Gus Dudgeon, built The Mill Studios on the banks of the Thames, near Maidenhead. It was not long before Dudgeon asked Epps to become Chief Engineer, Studio Manager and Producer.
Some of Epps' most noteworthy clients have included Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Chris Rea, George Harrison, Mick Fleetwood, Barry White, George Michael, Mark Owen, Cliff Richard, Twisted Sister, Brian Adams, Oasis, Kiki Dee, Robbie Williams, Bill Wyman and of course Elton John. He was even the knob twiddler for the infamous Troggs Tapes.
In recent years he has continued to work with big name artists to great acclaim, as well as helping a host of promising new and up-and-coming artists to sound their best, both on demo recordings and in full studio productions.
Demos are generally recorded at his home studio in Cookham, Berks, which is easily accessible from London by road or rail. Larger projects are booked into a variety of studios around the UK and abroad, depending on the clients' needs and budget.
With decades of experienced garnered from working with the very best musicians at the top of the industry, coupled with a real love for music, Stuart has an intuitive knack for knowing just what will make each track sound most authentic, a deep understanding of musicians and their needs and a clearheaded, dedicated approach to getting the job done.
http://www.freewebs.com/stuartepps/
http://www.myspace.com/shwepp
Ralf Hildenbeutel
-PRODUCER/ENGINEER-
Through his classical education in piano and composing at the age of nine he became quite early familiar with composers such as Debussy, Bach, Chopin and Satie. Especially the picturesque "programme music" fascinated him and you can find these influences even in his early productions of the Sven Väth albums.
Since the beginning of his career he was doing regularly filmmusic, mostly affected by the electronical sound. But half-living in Paris since about seven years, whith it's lifestyle, art and movies, brought him (back) to the more classical and acoustic scoresound. He mostly preferes the rather small instrumentations in opposite to the big orchestral instrumentations of the American blockbuster productions.
In '91-'97 Ralf lived an exciting time during the "music revolting" years with techno, electronic and ambient music. With his productions of the Sven Vöth albums on the legendary EYE Q label, his own act Earth Nation, projects like Cygnus-X and an endless number of remixes for artists such as Anne Clark, Robert Palmer or Yello he was giving contribution to the most influential music movement of that time. International success, Goldmeldal award for score on the New York Filmfestivals and the VIVA Award "Comet" as best producer have been some of the highlights of this period.
1997 was the time of new directions. With the production team "Schallbau" he became one of the most succesful producers in Germany with productions and co-writes for artists such as Laith Al-Deen (5 gold albums), Simon Collins or Yvonne Catterfeld (4 gold and platinum albums). During his stayings in London between '03 and '06 he succesful did productions and co-writings for internatinal artists and projects. In the meantime he worked regularly on several scores (Mondscheintarif, Be.Angeled, Reine Formsache...).
2008, another important change. On his new own label "Rebecca & Nathan" he can combine electro and acoustic music as an artist or producer and is able to develop artists (such as Cargo City which will be released in April 2008).
www.ralfhildenbeutel.com
http://www.myspace.com/rebeccaandnathan
Mark Hill
-PRODUCER/ENGINEER-
Mark Hill co-founded Artful Dodger in the late Nineties writing hit tracks such as ‘Rewind’, “Woman Trouble” and ‘Moving Too Fast’. He nurtured the young CRAIG DAVID, writing and producing Craig’s hit Album, the massive multi-award winning and critically acclaimed ‘Born To Do It’. He is the winner of 4 Ivor Novello awards for song writing and numerous awards for production. He has had over 20 UK Top 20 hits, 2 number 1’s and amassed over 15 million sales worldwide.
http://www.myspace.com/djmarkhill
Martin Roth
a short extract - more you'll find in the press area of www.martinroth.net
Picked by DJ-Mag as the upcoming trance hottie, quoted by Paul van Dyk as one of the artists with the highest output in creativity and praised by Armin van Buuren for his modern educated grown-up electro-trance, Martin Roth is currently entertaining the masses worldwide with his more than unique style of fresh and sexy electronic dance music without borders.
In production the 32 old Frankfurt born remixed and worked together with every major star in the scene like Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren or Britpoppers Keane and can look back to a production record of more than 250 releases.
As a DJ he toured every continent from Superclubs like Godskitchen or Gallery to countless major and minor spots in Asia, Australia, North and South America as well as Europe of course.
Martin Roth’s first artist album is going to be released in autumn 2008 showing his variety and talent around the genres of electronic music as a producer and DJ.
http://www.myspace.com/martinroth
http://www.martinroth.net/
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