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OLAF HUND BIOGRAPHY
« The Jacques Tati of Electronic Music » Talents SACEM / MIDEM
« Olaf Hund confirm his mastery of non-conformist universes. » Le Monde
« Olaf Hund kicks out conventions about electro» Time Out
« The Parisian artist sounds both like satie and Aphex twin. » Spiegel
« Hund frees himself of all codes with humour to create a true hybrid » Libération
« a man breaching obligations and dogmas and who really doesn’t see any reason to put barbed wire around the field of possibilities » Les Inrockuptibles
Olaf Hund is a writer-composer and multidisciplinary performer.
Hund made his name as an Electro musician in 1999 at the beginning of the French Touch movement. Mixing humor and sadness, Hund created unclassifiable musical universes.
He went on to develop Musiques Hybrides, his own label with Virgin France, launching artists such as Alexis HK, Léonard de Léonard, Louise Vertigo, DJ Wizz, Norazia, Core-Tex Labs, Black Landlord and Nicolas Police.
Composing for the Cirque Comtemporain (Philippe Decoulfé), independent short films (Laurent Hart), haute-couture (Jean-Paul Gaultier), collaborating or producing headline musicians at the start of their careers (Musiques Hybrides’s Artists, Gonzales, Peaches, Puppet Mastaz, Taraf de Haïdouk…), he also formed a multidisciplinary collective (FreeComplex).
Hund learnt mime and integrate comedy into his work, mixing music and acting. From his solo live act to large shows, from clubs to circuses, at the keyboard or on the mic, Olaf Hund remains faithful to his reputation and promise: “Waking up the body without neglecting the brain” (Le Monde).
Music Is Dead, his new solo project is a series of EPs. Juggling absurdity, cynicism and intimatacy, Hund wakes the dead, singing a post-punk score for guitar and electronic instruments. With the memories of a boy from the old school who saw the end of the golden age, Olaf Hund defines himself as a Post-Electronic artist.
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MUSIC IS DEAD a series by Olaf Hund
Music industry, cruel reality. An absurd paradox resulting from the over-consumption of music through individual mp3 players. This pun calls for a rebirth from the over-consumption of music through individual mp3 players. This pun calls for a rebirth of the art of sound under new forms, a posthumous life far from the schemes that placed it in its coffin.
To celebrate and honour this passing and resurrection, Olaf Hund is launching a series of EPs. These three collections will be joined by remixes and videos around the singles I Wanna be your Ice Cream, We Love Electronic, Rock ‘n’ Beat, East Side, Music Is Dead, Stroll Around You, You Won’t Get Me, Can’t Press Rewind and I Don’t Feel So Sexy.
Going beyond the usual concert venues such as clubs, festivals and pubs, his live performances will start with a Cemetery Tour and different seasonal happenings…
The final bouquet, or perhaps we should call it a wreath, will be Hund’s participation in a Contemporary Art project with the same theme of wich he is also co-curator.
Let the music turn in its grave…
