Representative Songs: "Hot on the Heels of Love," "Allerseelen," "My Life Is Hell"
Biography
DJ Hell (or simply Hell) has balanced Detroit minimalism and Chicago acid-house as well as more spacious German trance and hardcore. Beginning his mixing career while still a teenager, Hell moved through punk and new wave to electro, house and hip-hop by the mid-'80s. His DJing gradually led to the start of his production career, and one of his first singles "My Definition of House Music" became a large club hit when reissued by Belgium's R&S Records in 1992. He moved to Berlin to work with Hardwax Records during 1993-94, and also spent time in New York before moving back to his native Munich. Besides releasing his album debut Geteert und Gefedert on Disko B in 1994, DJ Hell recorded a volume in the Studio !K7 mix series X-Mix. His second full-length, Munich Machine, also appeared on Disko B -- though credited simply to Hell. Besides continuing to DJ around the world, he also ran the International Deejay Gigolos label, which released tracks by Jeff Mills, Christopher Just and David Carretta, among others. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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Helmut Josef Geier, professionally known as DJ Hell (born September 6, 1962 in Altenmarkt an der Alz) is a Germanhouse-technoDJ. He is the label boss of International DeeJay Gigolo Records and has been responsible for many of the big records to come out of the electroclash that emerged in Berlin in the mid-nineties. He is seen as the musical initiator of the 80's revival movement later known as electroclash popularizing the music from his hometown Munich from the mid to late 90's.
DJ Hell's hit single "Keep On Waiting" released as a 12" as Gigolo 122 reference with a remix by Thomas Anderson and a cover designed by French graphic artist Laurent Fetis was produced using samples as a basic track from a song titled "Blurb" by a New York based group known as Intense Molecular Activity. IMAs 4 track EP was released in 1980 on an independent label.
In September 2009, DJ Hell was at the centre of controversy when Felix Da Housecat announced that DJ Hell's track "The DJ Ft. P Diddy", from the album Teufelswerk, used content taken without the permission of Felix Da Housecat or P Diddy.[2]
Discography
DJ Hell live at Autioriver Festival, Płock, August 8, 2009.
Geteert & Gefedert (Disko B)
Mixes Of Gary Numan Vol. 2 (Random Records)
Repassion (International Deejay Gigolo Records)
My Definition Of House Music (R&S)
Red Bull From Hell EP (Disko B)
Sprung Aus Den Wolken / Butter Säure (Kickin Records)
Three Degrees Kelvin / Like That! (Magnetic North)
Ultraworld EP Vol. 1 (Disko B)
Allerseelen (Disko B)
Albino EP (Disko B)
Original Street Techno (Disko B)
Totmacher (Disko B)
Totmacher Interpretationen (Disko B)
Munich Machine (V2 Records, Inc.)
Suicide Commando (V2 Records, Inc.)
Copa (Disko B)
Rock My Body To The Beat (International Deejay Gigolo Records)
Keep On Waiting (International Deejay Gigolo Records)
N.Y. Muscle (Motor Music) 2003 Gigolo 130
Listen To The Hiss feat. Alan Vega (International Deejay Gigolo Records) 124
Je regrette Everything feat. Billy Ray MartinInternational Deejay Gigolo Records) 124
Best of Hell (International Deejay Gigolo Records)
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