ドイツ・ハンブルグを拠点に、Midimiliz、The Delta等の名義でも知られるArne Schaffhausen & Wayan Raabeによるユニット、Extrawelt。James Holden主宰の[Border Community]からリリースしたデビューEP「Soopertrack / Zu Fuss」は、John DigweedやSven Vath、Richie Hawtin、Chris FortierといったトップDJ達のサポートを獲得。ジャンルの枠組みを超えて、一躍ダンス・ミュージック・シーン全体にその名を馳せることとなった。その後もKompass Musik、Cocoon Recordings、Traum、Wagon Repairからリリース重ね、その都度高評価を獲得。昨年は東京・名古屋・大阪・沖縄とツアーを行い、計2000人以上の動員を記録し、今やシーンの最重要アーティストの1つとしてとして、その動向には世界はもとより日本国内からも注目が集まっている。また、今年2月25日にリリースした「DistTheme」も、James HoldenやOliver Huntemann等にサポートされ話題となった。
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Extrawelt are Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Rabe, both coming from the Hamburg
rural area.
After enjoying electronic music more and more besides school, they became
record collectors and DJs in the beginning of the nineties. Through that
passion for vinyl, they also got to know each other much better.
In 1998, countless gigs and several studio collaborations later, they
conquered some borrowed equipment and a Mac, which lead to severe addiction
within short time!
Many releases and live gigs worldwide followed, under various project names
like "Midimiliz", "Spirallianz" or "The Delta" and "Downhill" with Marcus
Maichel the way to 'Extrawelt'.
Once arrived, they released the highly successful single "Soopertrack" and
"Zu Fu?" on James Holden's label Border Community in May 2005.
The album 'Schone Neue Extrawelt' was released on Cocoon in October 2008
and received worldwide acclaim. The last two years have seen a lot of
touring not only as Extrawelt but other projects as well. Expect a new
album from Extrawelt some time later this year.