As „very charming minimal house with Black Forest funk“ a reviewer from theUnited States once assessed the first publication of Joachim Spieth, born1979 who – as nice as the misty-eyed gaze from overseas may be – doesn’tcome from the solitude of the Black Forest, but from a contemplativehicktown near Stuttgart.
“Abi 99”(“Abi” is the general qualification for university entrance)appeared in 1999 -as the title already suggests – at the freshlyestablished label “Kompakt”, which combined the outrider labels of Germanminimal Techno, “Profan” and “Studio 1”, which up to that point had neverfeatured any artist outside of Colognes naturally grown former Deliriumposse of Cologne. When the exceptional british DJ and cult presenter JohnPeel played the Maxi shortly after its release in his legendary radio show,it became clear that the five years of research with synths and drummachines had been worth while.
Inspired by the public interest, Spieth remixed Egoexpress on Ladomatduring the following year, and added “You Don’t Fool Me”, the follow up-12inch on “Kompakt” and – on the side -published his debut album“Fluchtpunkt” at the Cologne-Stuttgart label “onitor”.
With the help of his ability to present a constant variable and diversemusical performance, he quickly was able to win new listeners within thedance music scene, his preferred terrain actually being somewhere betweenthe intersection of minimal Technoscapes, grim sounding Techhouse andplayful Ambient. A blend of influences that probably aren’t found in theback catalogue of WARP without reason.
In 2003 The Orb-Mastermind Dr. Alex Patterson takes the track “You Don’tFool Me” onto his “Back to Mine” compilation, as Joachim deals with theeighth part of the “Speicher” series on the side of “Kompakt” CEO MichaelMayer, and moves forward with the track “Under Pressure” in the bestCologne-stripped-Techno-style. Even Sven Väth notes the benevolent on hisplaylist. He stays true to this more robust style immediately, as “Schlagauf Schlag” on the “Kompakt” sublabel “Auftrieb” is born the same year.
Miscellaneous Remixes follow (for Michael Mayer, Reinhard Voigt, Einmusik,Ego Express, Process, Apoll, Bjoern Stoplmann, Pigeon Funk, WolfgangHagedorn, etc.), as well as several compilation licensing, one furthersuccessful 12 inch on “Speicher” and a number of engagements as a DJ -aside of Joachim Spieth that not very many knew about until then. In thepast two or three years that has drastically changed. He’s travelled inGermany and Europe, where he usually chose the narrow path between harsherHouse and rather minimalistic Techno, with which he succeeded well. “A setmust be multifunctional (…) build up and break down pressure”, he explains
– a statement that - especially in times of inflationary minimalisation -is not only very courageous, but musically also offers a constant welcomechange.
Even if the latest productions and DJ-Sets are less noisy, Joachim hasalways kept his weakness for massive beats and basses, for the felt beat –precisely for the one which makes people go nuts.
Joachim Spieth - Kompakt in the Mix 21-11-2007
Joachim Spieth - Dj Set at Session Deluxe on SSL 04-03-2007
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Showroom on Proton Radio 09-02-2007
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Showroom on Proton Radio 19-01-2007
Joachim Spieth - Live at Panoptikum 15-11-2008
Joachim Spieth - Live at Plattenleger on Das Ding 21-09-2008
Joachim Spieth - Showroom on Proton Radio 12-09-2008
Joachim Spieth - Live at Showroom on Proton Radio 11-07-2008
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Showroom on Proton Radio 13-06-2008
Joachim Spieth - Live at Showroom on Proton Radio 09-05-2008
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Plattenleger 13-04-2008
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Showroom on Proton Radio 11-04-2008
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Showroom on Proton Radio 14-03-2008
Joachim Spieth - Live at Session Deluxe on SSL Radio 10-02-2008
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Affin on Proton Radio 11-12-2009
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Galaktika Podcast 28-11-2009
Joachim Spieth - Affin on Proton Radio 11-09-2009
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Plattenleger 19-04-2009
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Get Affin on Proton Radio 13-02-2009
Joachim Spieth - DJ Set at Affin on Proton Radio 09-01-2009
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