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Ralf Hildenbeutel

A key and pioneering influence on the Frankfurt techno and trance scene of the early '90s, the classically trained, limelight-shunning Ralf Hildenbeutel is also an established composer of film and TV soundtracks. Early success came as a writer and producer for nearby Offenberg's iconic Eye Q Records. Work as a background kingpin on Sven Väth's solo projects led to Hildenbeutel sticking his head above the parapet for inventive live appearances as part of Earth Nation. When Eye Q's stock fell in 1997, he co-founded the production company Schallbau, creating pop hits for the likes of Yvonne Catterfeld and Laith Al-Deen. With time, his primary concern became soundtrack composition, a noteworthy springboard being his gold medal win at the 1996 New York Film Festival for work on Ralf Schmerberg's Hommage à Noir. In later years, there were notable solo albums, such as 2015's string-laden Moods, before his production on late-career records by Chris Liebing -- including 2021's Another Day and its remix companion Another Night -- showed that club sounds were still close to his heart. Born in Frankfurt in 1969, Hildenbeutel received thorough early training in both classical performance and theory. He began to learn the piano at nine years old and soon developed eclectic tastes, becoming a big jazz fan. Electronic music entered his radar by the time he'd turned 14, and acts such as Jean-Michel Jarre and Kraftwerk inspired him to experiment with keyboards and multi-track tape recordings. Simultaneously, he learned guitar and drums, playing in local bands that were indebted to synth-heavy rock groups of the time. After leaving school, he played in a funk band with Steffen Britzke and Matthias Hoffmann while balancing various studios jobs. Around this time, Hildenbeutel composed his first soundtrack for an ARD film at just 17 years old. Hoffmann co-founded Eye Q in 1990, immediately calling on Hildenbeutel to contribute production and songwriting for some of their earliest releases. The pair soon joined forces with Britzke to form Odysee of Noises. Next, Väth and Hildenbeutel collaborated on a series of 12" releases inspired by Roger Vadim's 1968 film Barbarella. They continued to work together on Väth's initial run of four solo albums, beginning with 1992's Accident in Paradise. In 1994, Hildenbeutel founded Earth Nation with the guitarist Marcus Deml and performed at that year's Montreux Jazz Festival. They released four albums in as many years, but it is their groundbreaking use of guitar in a live techno environment for which they are remembered. When Eye Q moved to Berlin in 1997, Hildenbeutel stayed behind and founded Schallbau with Hoffmann and Britzke, enjoying a decade of work in the pop sphere. By 2008, after Schallbau folded, alongside sporadic solo work, soundtrack music became Hildenbeutel's primary focus, and over the next decade he worked on no fewer than 30 different productions. His multi-award-winning score for Boris Seewald's 2014 short film Momentum was a highlight, before Liebing tempted him back to electronic music production for two albums on Mute, 2019's Burn Slow and 2021's Another Day. The latter's remix companion, Another Night, appeared in 2022.
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