Haujobb

Haujobb is a German musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to IDM and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro into the mainstream industrial music world.

History

Haujobb was formed in 1993 by Daniel Myer, Dejan Samardzic, and Björn Junemann, pulling the name from the Blade Runner translation of "skin job". They were soon signed to Off Beat, and began distributing their music in North America via Pendragon Records. 1995 saw the departure of band mate Björn, and the lineup has consisted of Daniel and Dejan ever since. After Metropolis Records acquired Pendragon, the two musicians have been able to spread their music to a larger fanbase in North America, and have remained continuously popular in the European industrial music scene.

Over course of their subsequent releases in the 1990s, they wove increasing amounts of drum'n'bass and IDM influence into their sound. 1999's 'NinetyNine' was a sparse, downtempo collection of ambient electronic compositions. They have since reintroduced some of the more rhythmic elements back into their sound on their more recent albums, but have continued to experiment, drawing concepts from a wide variety of musical styles.

According to the official website, Haujobb are currently working on a new album with the working title "New World March" which will involve the use of more hardware, guitars, drums, and sound recordings compared to software based Vertical Theory of 2003. No release date has been announced however previews of the album in the form of loops and snippets are available for free download on the band's official site.

Projects

Today, both Daniel Myer and Dejan Samardzic continue to record music under the name Haujobb - the duo also briefly recorded as 'Dots+Dashes'. Myer has several other projects of his own, including Architect, Clear Vision (initially a collaboration with Thorsten Meier) as well as a number of other short-lived electronic projects. Myer, along with Claire Voyant's Victoria Lloyd, form HMB, whilst Newt is a collaboration with Andreas Meyer of Forma Tadre. The most recent of Myer's side-projects is 'Destroid', also featuring Rinaldo Ribi Bite and Sebastian Ullmann.

Discography

As Haujobb

• Drift Wheeler, 1993, CS (out of print)
• Homes and Gardens, 1993, CD
• Eye Over You, 1994, CDS
• Freeze Frame Reality, 1995, CD
• Frames: The Remix Album, 1996, EP
• Remix Wars Part One (vs. Wumpscut), 1996, EP
• Solutions for a Small Planet, 1996, CD
• From Homes to Planets, 1997, CD (best of)
• Matrix, 1997, 2CD
• Ninetynine, 1999, CD
• Ninetynine Remixes, 1999, CD
• Polarity, 2001, CD
• Penetration, 2002, EP
• Vertical Theory, 2003, CD
• Vertical Remixes, 2005, CD

As Cleaner/Cleen/Clear Vision

• See separate article

As Destroid

• Future Prophecies CD (2004)
• Loudspeaker CD (2007)

As Architect

• Galactic Supermarket CD (1998)
• Galactic Edge 12" (1998)
• I Went Out Shopping To Get Some Noise CD (2003)
• Noise Is Out Of Stock 12" (2005)
• The Analysis Of Noise Trading CD (2005)
• Lower Lip Interface CD (2007)

As h_m_b

• Great Industrial Love Affairs CD (2001)

As Newt

• -273C CD (1997)
• Phaseshifting EP (1998)
• 37C CD (1998)

As Dots+Dashes

• Aircutter EP (1997)
• Dots & Dashes CD (1998)
• Selected Drum Works Vol 1 EP (1998)

As Aktivist

• Ein Abend Mit Mir... 12" (1998)

As S'Apex

• Out There Back On 12" (1998)
• Audiodesign CD (1999)
• Henryk Remixes (2000)

As Hexer

• R:A Vs. Hexer: Compress (1998)
• Hexer Vs. Omega Men (1998)
• Hexer vs. Crunch (1999)
• Paradoxon I & II (1999)

As Myer

• Contra Technique (1998)
• Style 12" (1997)
• Pressure Drop (1998)
• Leavin' Space (1998)

Trivia

• In early Haujobb liner notes and credits, Daniel was listed as D. Meier, however in more recent liner notes he is listed as Daniel Myer.
• Daniel Meyer created the soundtrack for the Xbox game "Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus"
• The name Haujobb originates from the film Blade Runner. In the film, skin-job is a slang term for replicants. In the German version of the film, this was translated to haut-job.^[1]

See also

• List of industrial music bands

References

1. ^ Haujobb - Name abuse ?

External links

• D. Myer official website