The 30-year old producer and label owner from Offenbach (Frankfurt) obviously knows what hes talking about when calling a compilation In Electro We Trust as he did not so long ago. For over 17 years, he has been working, playing, living and representing electro. Always believing in this kind of music, Rother went through all its ups and downs. With his club label Datapunk he has been transforming the aesthetics of electro into todays music for over a couple of years now. Some extraordinary successful maxis, like productions for Sven Väths Cocoon label, and Rothers fifth studio album "Popkiller" prove the timelessness of his sound. Not only was "Popkiller" on top of all the 2004 charts but also it was crowned album of the year by the Raveline Magazine readers. All in all, enough proof of how up-todate electro still is today. Anthony Rothers career started in the late eighties. His first record releases were strongly inspired by the spherical sound collage of director and composer John Carpenter ("Die Klapperschlange", "The End"). From 1994 on, Rother was one of the most important producers of Heiko Lauxs Kanzleramt label, which, at that time, was located in rural Hessen and has remained one of the few German labels releasing techno on a qualitatively high level. Three years later, a sub label of Kanzleramt was founded especially for Rothers long player "Sex with the machines", Kanzeleramts first artist album to be released. It added a long lasting dynamic to Rothers career. With "Sex with the machines" Rother realised for the first time the synergy of clubbing expectation and the intensity of electro beats typical for his sound. "The unbelievable feedback from different people was the first proof for me of how much energy I can get out of my music and all of a sudden, everything was clear to me! The success I had later on has confirmed me on what I am doing and has shown me my way to better understand myself as an artist." As a consequence, Rother started to go his own way in 1998 and founded his own label PSI49NET, an artistic platform to release his own productions as well as a variety of collaborations with fellow producers and innovative musicians for whom PSI49NET represented the right medium. It was this label on which celebrated albums like "Simulationszeitalter" (2000), "Little Computer People" (2001) and "Hacker" (2002) were released. Not only were these records musical statements, but they also convinced with their critical vocals which are rather unusual in electronic music. Over the years, a musical friendship with Frankfurts legendary DJ Sven Väth resulting in several common productions has developed. Rother produced the two Sven Väth albums "Contact" und "Fire" as well as several other collaborations, like "Komm" and "Magie", for Väths Cocoon label under the name of Väth & Rother. Recently, he produced their remix of Nenas chart hit "Willst Du mit mir gehen?". Other artists he worked with are Thomas Schumacher and Karl Bartos from Kraftwerk as well as this years collaborations/remixes with Miss Kittin, Erick Morillo and DJ Hell. An important aspect for Rothers musical career are his celebrated live acts which have made him and his vast equipment a popular guest in clubs and on festivals around the world. "Going live is just an unbelievable physical experience for me. When Im on stage I have to be in constant move, play all the keyboards and synthesizers, sing live and arrange everything in real time. For this, Im willing to accept the logistic challenges." The last artistic link in the chain is his newly founded label Stahl on which Rothers album "Art Is A Technology" was the first record to be released. With this record, Rother freed himself from the stylistic expectations of the club format in order to cultivate sound experiments in the style of earlier releases for the ambient label Fax +49-69/450464. Here, Rothers last piece has fallen into place: he has arrived where he started about twenty years ago.
about data punk:
At the beginning of 2004, Anthony Rother started an ongoing music revolution with his label Datapunk, which is heavily based on the values of freedom and futurism. Datapunk should not be associated with the punk definition No Future from the late 1970s but rather is to be seen as a separate creation of a new music orientation.
Datapunk appreciates the further development of the Electro beat as well as artistic freedom. Straightforward in its elements, fused with the techno sound and, with the synthesis and instruments used, creating a pure intensive club sound.
Melodious, danceable, straight - Datapunk exports the Electro feeling into established clubs throughout the world.
Nevertheless, the label manages to maintain the certain freedom not to limit its spectrum and, as well as powerful sounds such as German Body Machine, it also delivers trance-inspired pieces from Gregor Tresher's album NEON as well as Electro pop from Berlin's unknown artists.
The further development from Anthony Rother's successful album Popkiller (2004) to the new disc Super Space Model (2006).was also of great consequence. Anyone who has only listened to the tiniest bit of the latest Baby Rothers will notice that the Datapunk sound has benefited greatly from personal and musical experiences throughout the course of this year and will see that the label is enjoying a radiant status in modern Electro music.
The releases from the Datapunk house are in no way mass commodities. The tracks radiate with character and are inspired by the visions of well known artists such as Sven Väth, Johannes Heil, or DJ Hell, and emphasize the concept of Datapunk. This is the ongoing development of the Electro sound.
Retro is dead, were living Electro.
Send your demos to:
Datapunk - Anthony Rother Production
Berliner Str.257
63067 Offenbach am Main.
We only accept demos on Audio-CD with full contact data and telephone/email-contact on both CD and package or MP3 links to: timo@datapunk.de
Thank you.
Send your questions to:
timo@datapunk.de
punks@datapunk.de
For booking contact:
sarah@datapunk.de
