Claus Pieper came into contact with electronic sounds in the mid 80s, when acts like Depeche Mode and New Order were doing their pioneer work, influences from projects like Massive Attack, Portishead or Moloko had opened his way to electronic music. ..
At that time, electronic music sounded totally different from anything he had ever heard before, he was deeply impressed by this extraordinary sound...
Claus Pieper continued with professional sound recording and at the beginning of the 90s, when techno emerged and a whole new world opened in terms of music, founded his project GENLOG and the leading techno and house magazin RAVELINE...
He performed together with top-acts like Prodigy, Hardfloor, Westbam, Sven Väth, da Hool, Marusha, Paul van Djk and many other well-known top-acts...Projects like Kemiri ( Downbeat ) The Bleachers ( BigBeat ) Atropin Project ( Techno und House ) followed, and he had some great and outstanding performances and released a couple of albums and more than 40 singles..
Close friends Claus Pieper and Werner Balzuweit collaborated in 2003, for the first time since the 80s, and put their hands on the machines to produce their first common EIGENART production “Boyz” which was just released on ZYX sampler DEEP TRANCE Vol.4...
Another 2 years had passed as Claus Pieper introduced Werner Balzuweit to music production and this was the beginning of the common EIGENART project of Claus Pieper, Werner Balzuweit and Lars Holzapfel. In 2006, their first Album “ Cityhopper “ at Zyx Music, followed 2007 “ MALIA “ and 2009 "Artefakt" at DAREDO Music. In june 2011 Eigenart release there new longplayer "Schwebezustand" on 4MPO Music.
Germany's own Claus Pieper moves away from the comfort of producing with his group Eigenart, exploring for a second time the terrain of a solo artist . . . and finds that he's just at home here. Fitting for an artist whose name takes us back to the place (affectionately known as "Kohlenpott") where this boy ("junge") was born.
Pottjunge's first release - Gattaca Identify - released on TriBoro Affair (New York) Oct. 2011- is as catchy as it is smart. An infectious mix of electro beats and subtle deep house grooves lay the perfect foundation for the snarky observations of one man who's heard too much of the same cock-and-bull story. An industrial-leaning remix by Mr. M & Mad Trakker give added bite to the already sharp vocals; a mellow chill remix by HP Hoeger and a minimal tech remix by Barbaros are both brilliantly effective in their understatement.
So stay tuned ... the next releases are on the way!!!!
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