Axel "Axe" Hilgenstöhler (born August 1975) is a German record producer, mixing engineer and

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. He is a founding member of the band

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and has played guitar in many bands, including Dog Eat Dog and 50 Cent. In 2003

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and Hilgenstöhler founded the group The Machine.

Biography

Hilgenstöhler received musical education in his childhood. In 1993 he founded, together with Steffen Wilmking (later a member of

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), the band

. In 2007 Hilgenstöhler started to play the guitar for Dog Eat Dog. Hilgenstöhler has worked in different areas of music production, such as musical direction ( Das Wunder von Bern), audio engineering and live mixing (''

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Farewell Tour'') or incubator (Artisto – ''Revolution'' – The Anthem at

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). Hilgenstöhler has worked with musicians and producers like

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, Flea (

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), Mastermind (

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, D-Rock (

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, Vernon Reed (

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) and

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. Hilgenstöhler was one of the founders of United World Organisation, a charity supporting

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and the

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, among other countries.

References

External links

AxeTrax Facebook Page
official site
Axel Hilgenstöhler
at Discogs

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