Phace (real name Florian Harres; born 7 March) is a German
music producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...
,
DJ and label owner living in Hamburg, Germany. Influenced by bands and artists such as
Kraftwerk,
Tangerine Dream,
The Prodigy,
Photek, Thomas Bangalter, Miles Davis, Optical and Konflict, he is known for his state of the art, futuristic, and distinct sound-design and songwriting. He records music both with analog and digital equipment in his studio in Hamburg Altona.
He produces a wide variety of music, mainly drum and bass, but also techno, electro, halftempo, bass and beats and scores music for film and videogames. He also remixed many pieces of music and co-owns two record labels: ''Neosignal'' and ''NËU'', and has released on several other labels including
Skrillex
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's ''OWSLA'',
Zeds Dead's ''DEADBEATS''
Deadmau5's ''Mau5trap'', ''Kitsuné'', Noisia's 'Vision' and ''Division'' and has performed at international music festivals such as ''EDC, Beyond Wonderland, Let it Roll, Frequency, UAF, Outlook, Dour, Fusion, Boomtown'' etc.
He is also one half of the German electronic band project Neosignal (together with Michael Bräuninger/Misanthrop). They debuted their electro audio-visual live show (based on
Ableton Live) at London's legendary
Fabric Night Club in 2013.
At the start of his international career he was voted Germany's "Best Drum and Bass DJ & Producer" at the ''Future Music Awards'' in 2006. His debut album ''PSYCHO'', released in 2007 on ''Subtitles Music'' imprint, was voted Album of the Month in the British ''Mixmag Magazine''. To the present he released 5 full-length studio albums and is regarded as a ground breaking figure of bass-focused electronic music. His 2018 album ''BETWEEN'',
released on his own label ''Neosignal Recordings'', was again listed Album of the Month in ''Mixmag Magazine'' in August 2018.
In 2019 Phace released a series of collaborations with other artists under the LINKED banner on Neosignal, and released a new solo EP entitled ''CAGED'' on Noisia's Vision Recordings in 2020. In 2021, he reinstated the LINKED series with twelve new singles to date, and released the mini-album ''System Irrelevant'' on Neosignal Recordings.
In 2024 he released his most recent album in form of ''EVERYDAY'' on North American label ''DEADBEATS''.
Discography
Albums
As Phace
* Psycho (2007)
* From Deep Space (2009)
* Shape The Random (2015)
* Between (2018)
* System Irrelevant (2021)
* Everyday (2024)
As Neosignal
* Raum und Zeit (2013)
Singles and extended plays
As Phace
* Fraxion (2003)
* Hot Rock / Moore's Law (2005)
* Dead Air (2005)
* Brainwave / Polymers (2005)*
* Now & Tomorrow (2005)
* Cavity (2006)
* Confront (2006)
* Homeworld / Outsource (2006)
* Psycho (Album Sampler) (2006)
* Deep Throat (2006)
* Off Center (2007)
* Crocker (2007)
* Love Sex Pain (2007)
* Hot Rock (VIP) / Brainwave (VIP) (2008)
* Strech Pack / Life Goes (2008)
* Animal / Zeitgeist (2008)
* Sculptured / Frozen (2008)
* Cold Champagne / Astral Projection (2008)
* Mammoth / Sore Point (2009)
* Alive (2008)
* Fortune / Hyzer (2008)
* CCTV (2009)
* Desert Orgy / Stagger (2010)
* Absurd (2010)
* Energie EP Part I + II + III (2011)
* Lightyears Apart (2011)
* Program (2011)
* Basic Memory (2011)
* Stresstest (2012)
* Progression / Système Mécanique (2012)
* Motor EP Part I + II (2013)
* Vitreous EP (2013)
* Sex Sells (2014)
* Impuls(2014)
* Phace And Friends EP (2015)
* Shape The Random / Album Sampler Part I+ II (2015)
* So Excited / Lit Up (2016)
* Plastic Acid (2017)
* Wastemen (2017)
* Consonance / Locust (2018)
* FMS (2018)
* Das Techno (2018)
* Downgrade (2018)
* Isolated (2018)
* Deep Down
(with Noisia) (2018)
* Ruhestoerung / Nervenkitzel
(with Mefjus) (2019)
* Non-Responsive
(with Noisia) (2019)
* For Good / Oh Dear
(with Subtension) (2020)
* Caged (2020)
* Ghettoshit (with Submarine) (2021)
* MODE 101 (with Kemal) (2021)
* IDLE (with Buunshin) (2021)
* PLAISIR PLAISIR (with Affe Maria) (2021)
* МЕХАНИЗМ (with Synergy) (2021)
As Neosignal
* Planet Online (2013)
* Sequenz (2013)
* 1000 Volt (2014)
* Space Gsus (2014)
Miscellaneous
* Blacksmoker (2004)
* Teufelswerk (2011)
As Phace
* Cyb Org - Final Transmission (2005)
* Cern - Satellites (2008)
* Proktah - Labyrinth (2007)
* Cause 4 Concern - Phatcap (2008)
* The Green Man - Berlin (2009)
* Hadouken! - M.A.D. (2009)
* Jade - Cryptic (2009)
* Panic Girl - Burn And Rise (2011)
* Pilotpriest - Bodydouble (2011)
* Black Sun Empire - B'Negative (2013)
* Rawtekk - Photone Recruits (2014)
* I Am Legion - Warp Speed Thuggin' (2014)
* Icicle - Dreadnaught (2015)
* Program VIP (2016)
* Noisia - Miniatures (2017)
* Culprate - Helter (2020)
As Neosignal
* Rockwell - Childhood Memories (2012)
* Noisia - Stigma (2012)
* Koan Sound - Eastern Thug (2012)
* Beataucue - Aeropolis (2013)
* Le Castle Vania - Prophication Remixes (2014)
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
German record producers
Musicians from Hamburg
German electronic dance music DJs