Slackwax is a German musical duo of electronic music formed in 2005 and made up of Bernd Batke and Peter Hoppe. Batke was at the same time frontman, singer and bass player of the neo-country band Smokestack Lightnin', whereas Hoppe was a
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
-based music producer. The style of the duo is electro, moody and atmospheric with elements of jazz, blues, soul, country together with contemporary beats and modern production techniques. They are signed to the German label Modernsoul.
The duo released a self-titled EP titled ''Slackwax'' in 2008, followed by EP "''Close to My Fire'' (in 2010), their best known hit and EP ''Night Out'' (2012) and are preparing for a full studio album for 2013 with "Night Out" as the first single from the release. They also released two mix EPs, ''Night Out – The Remixes'' in 2012 and ''Slackwax reworks Mousse T.'' also in 2012 offering a completely new perspective on
Mousse T.
Mustafa Gundogdu ( tr, Mustafa Gündoğdu ; born 2 October 1966), best known under his stage name Mousse T., is a German-Turkish DJ, record producer, film composer and judge on season 15 of ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German versi ...
hits with vocals from
Anna Leyne on the tracks.
Slackwax are most famous for their 2010 hit single "Close to My Fire" (written by Peter Hoppe and Anna Leyne). They have produced for Fritz Kalkbrenner, Mousse T., Bela B, The Baseballs, Oceana, Trinah, Onita Boone and others.
Modernsoul.de - Blackwax biography
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In popular culture
*Their hit "Close to My Fire" was interpreted by Beth Hart
Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single " LA Song (Out of This Town)" from her second album ''Screamin' for My Supper''. The single was a number ...
in her joint album of covers ''Seesaw
A seesaw (also known as a teeter-totter or teeterboard) is a long, narrow board supported by a single pivot point, most commonly located at the midpoint between both ends; as one end goes up, the other goes down. These are most commonly found a ...
'' in 2013.
*Band's "Spookie" track was used in a TV ad for the Mini Cooper Mini Cooper may refer to:
*Cars of the original Mini series called the "Mini Cooper", made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors 1961–1971, and 1990–2000
*Cars of the Mini (marque), including a number of different models produced ...
. Other Slackwax tunes were used for advertisements for Adidas, BMW, Mercedes Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquarter ...
*Their music also appears in the soundtrack of a number of films, such as '' Hilde'', ''Desert Flower
''Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad'' is an autobiographical book written by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller, published in 1998 about the life of Somali model, Waris Dirie.
Summary
Despite suffering female genital mutil ...
'', ''Wrecked'', ', '' Men Do What They Can'', ''Da muss Mann durch'', ''Joschka & Herr Fischer'', ''Sources of Life
''Sources of Life'' (german: link=no, Quellen des Lebens) is a 2013 German film directed by Oskar Roehler.
Cast
* Jürgen Vogel as Erich Freytag
* Moritz Bleibtreu as Klaus Freytag
* Kostja Ullmann as Young Klaus Freitag
* Meret Becker as ...
'' and '' Lulu and Jimi''.
References
External links
Official website
Facebook
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German musical duos
German record producers