electronic dance music has dominated urban club culture for more than a decade. through its many highs and lows, techno music has proven that it is here to stay. the same cannot be said of very many techno artists. hamburg-based recording artist and dj oliver huntemann is, without doubt, one of the few activists from the early days still holding the torch. brought up in the funky northern german countryside, he soon found himself heavily infected by the fascinating world of music. he started taping radio shows, buying vinyl and experimenting with his first set of turntables - all due to the massive wave of innovative american youth culture and music that pervaded europe from the late seventies onwards. in practical terms: rap music, breakdancing and graffiti as featured in movies like beat street and wildstyle or recorded by the likes of africa bambata, grandmaster flash, kurtis blow or whodini. it didn't take long until huntemann began spinning records at parties and realizing that this is what he wanted to do with his life - yeah, right oliver .. heard that before, so you're going to be a big ass dj touring the world and so on... somebody bring me an espresso please...

to placate his parents, oliver sought out a "proper education" and spent 6 years with the german naval forces learning how to be an electronics technician - aye aye sir!

no amount of military drills or discipline, however, could keep him from spending all of his money on records and going to parties.

when acid house took germany by storm in the late eighties, oliver immediately knew that this was his thing - he was electrified! he started organizing his own techno parties and got to know gerret frerichs, who worked in a club and ran a small recording studio, which is where they created the humate project, together with the jazz musician h.g. schmidt ! their first record was released in 1992 on the cult label mfs... >>fast forward>>

through a trillion records and a wealth of projects - from the foundation of the successful dance labels confused and dance electric to huntemann and h-man releases, via the highly profilic concept series rekorder with stephan bodzin on labels like cocoon, gigolo or giant wheel, not forgetting those on his own labels, to the many dj gigs around the world and, last but not least, building the super 8 studio - oliver huntemann has yet to grow tired of serving up state of the art music! his instinctive awareness that, in terms of styles and influences, electronic dance music is - and always will be - about renewal, has allowed him to maintain a unique freshness and keep his special touch very much alive.

his latest coup is a new label: ideal. ideal is totally dedicated to fresh electronic music, primarily in the form of his own productions. releasing tracks as oliver huntemann is a perfect reflection of his personal approach to the label.

following remixes for some of the biggest names in electronic music such as depeche mode, underworld, chemical brothers and a successful collaboration with dubfire (deep dish), oliver is still one of the hottest producers on the scene.

so keep on watching out for oliver huntemann, on the scene for over a decade without losing his connection to the underground.

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