For info on the TUNES IN THE PLAYER , check the blog above!
AT THIS TIME...
- the debut album "Guaranteed Niceness" by SONARKOLLEKTIV
ORCHESTER (produced by me) will be available in the stores may
19th. You can also purchase it on i-tunes since beginning of may.
SK- Orchester is an all star band consisting of members from different
acts of the SK label, playing new & classic tunes from their back
catalogue. 15 musicians including horns, strings, rhythm section plus 3
vocals
- playing with PAT APPLETON , front lady of DePhazz, whose solo debut "What's Next" came out in 2007.
- playing with CLARA HILLs side project Folkwaves
- just finished mixing a longplayer by INA FRERICHS QUARTETT , including Ina (voc/p), her husband Rainer Winch (dr), Dirk Homuth (g) and Ralph Graessler (b); special guest Christian Kappe (tr/fg). Great vocal Jazz, and not the mainstream type!
- another MEITZ longplayer is being envisioned for 2008, to be out on Infracom... (please bear with me Jan!)
GENERAL INFO
I'm a KEYBOARDER and PRODUCER , mainly active in the genres encompassed between Club/Electronica and Jazz.
Before my first serious release on Sonarkollektiv in 1999, I did around 100 tunes on that little computer COMMODORE C64, back in the late 80's / early 90's; they were circulating in the scene under my nickname PRI.
Check my DISCOGRAPHY blog for most of the releases I've been involved with.
MEITZ LIVE - I used to have an 8 piece live band! 2x vocals, sax / flute, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, & myself ..s. Always was great fun!! Sadly, no-one seems to be willing to pay for all those musicians anymore (unless your name is... oh well.) ;-/
NAMEDROPPING ...
in case anyone absolutely does need some, here you go:
I was a member of "Analog Freestyle" (one of the first German
Drum'n'Bass live bands), played with Alexander O'Neal, Richard
Street & The Temptations, Carl Douglas, Gloria Scott, Ann Sexton,
Pat Appleton (DePhazz), Della Miles (Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder).
In the studio, I've worked with Esther Cowens (Sam Ragga Band,
Greenissimo, Soulounge), Jerôme Bugnon (Seeed), Jazzanova, Patrick
Majer (Wir sind Helden/Rosenstolz), Jazz Indeed & Michael Schiefel,
Georg Levin / Dixon / Clara Hill (Sonarkollektiv), Phonique
(Dessous/Pokerflat Rec.)...
Check www.infracom.de and www.sonarkollektiv.de for more Meitz tunes and info!