Mathias Schaffhäuser

Groove Magazine 109, Nov/Dec 2007 about:
Mathias Schaffhäuser - Gott ist tot / God Is Dead (Ware 75)
“...minimal burner with high recognition factor. The original pushes, pumps and peeps. The radio play like sequence about God’s death in the middle section will sweep the people on the dance floor off their feet.” XO
...and some friendly statements to Ware 75:
Thanks for this great record! Music and concept are excellent. I’ve always been all for an evaluation and revitalization of the enlightenment process :-) Congrats! Electric Indogo
Nice! Finally got it and both tracks are very cool. Funky original, sexy remix - well done - will play both for sure! Congrats on your 75th! DJ Good Groove (Multicolor/Frisbee Tracks)
Fucking great track! Benno blome (sender rec.)
First of all, grandiose minimal rave hymn... and to phrase it like a movie fan: Great show!!! markus guentner
Your words and texts from the book sound really interesting and direct. Congratulations on your work. Jaume Pagès (Regular Rec.)
...WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE...
Mathias Schaffhäuser's around in the techno and house scene since 1994 and has released tracks on Definitive Records (house sub-label of Plus-8), Blaou Sounds, Force Inc., Multicolor, Frisbee Tracks, Lebensfreude + Neopren. In 1997 he started his own record label WARE which released 75 twelve inches until now (as of January 2008).
2001 saw his club hit "Hey Little Girl", 2002 "Musik ohne Bass" entered the clubs (Force Inc.). In April 2005 he released his album "Coincidance" (Ware CD 14/Ware 52). The title track was remixed by Trentemöller and by Dapayk (Mo's Ferry Productions, Dapayk & Padberg/Ware 54). December 2005 saw his 12" "Lost Vox" with a remix by Pan-Pot, in febuary 2006 the next remix 12" "more alternatives" was released with a mix by Audio Werner.
Also released in 2006: remixes for Renato Figoli (Gumption) and Crane A.K. (Force Tracks).
2007 Mathias released his 2nd remix album "RE:2" on Multicolor Records with exclusiv mixes for Pan-Pot, Dapayk & Padberg and DJ Good Groove. In April the "Go To Hell/Go Further EP" followed on Lebensfreude Records (Berlin), in June time was right for "Love Is A Trip" on Neopren (Switzerland), and the year was closed by Mathias' long time project "God Is Dead", inspired by the “Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism” ("Das Manifest des evolutionären Humanismus"), written by german author Michael Schmidt-Salomon. Electric Indigo says “Thanks for this great record! Music and concept are excellent. I’ve always been all for an evaluation and revitalization of the enlightenment process :-) Congrats!”
On the 24th of January this year Mathias' next EP called "LIfe" with a remix by Mathias Kaden (Vakant Rec.) will be released on WIR Records, and on the 11. of Febuary our jubilee EP "10 Jahre Ware" / "10 Years Of Ware" appears on the scene with 2 epic tracks, one by Ziggy Kinder and the other by Mathias. Both tracks reflect the Ware history by using samples of the the label's past 10 years + fit them together with new + unique ideas to 2 new exciting monster tunes.
Also in stores at the beginning of Febuary: Mathias' remix for [a]pendics.shuffel's "No Reduction" on Adjunct Rec.
Mathias has also produced remixes for Goldfrapp (Twist, Mute Rec.), Steve Bug (Lover Boy, Poker Flat Rec.), Misc. (The Magic Number, Sender Rec.), Frankie (False Start, Frankie Rec.), J.C.A. (I Begin To Wonder), Luomo (Tessio, Force Tracks/Force Inc.), Sieg über die Sonne (Im Not A Sound, Multicolor), Raz Ohara (Thisa Beautiful Day, Ware), Faust (T-Électronique, Klangbad), etc.
Schaffhäuser's motto at the turntables is: Purism sucks and stereotypes are for squares. The quality of the music is what's important, not sheer functionality and a perfect mix. That is: at times his sets can be rather varied from Ware-style music to thumping techno. His current favourites still come from labels such as Mobilee, Vakant, Gumption, Cargo Edition, Num, Circus Company or Cynosure.
PS: “Music is and will always be political.” (Ed in De:Bug 09/07, p. 70)
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