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doug laurent - music profile
being influenced by frankfurt's electronic music
scene and its legendary airport club "dorian
gray", german sound mastermind DOUG LAURENT
started deejaying back in 1985.
shown on many occasions behind the turntables,
he pushed crowds worldwide to experience
a variety of emotions with his progressive but
melodic trance style.doug also established himself
as the worldwide renown producer of more than
350 released tracks, represented by over 80
international labels (both major and independents).in
1986, he founded his first digital midi recording
studio together with CHRIS HUELSBECK, who
lateron became one of the world's leading game
soundtrack composers for titles such as INDIANA
JONES, RESIDENT EVIL and STAR WARS.
risen from the underground, doug has created hit
single productions for CULTURE BEAT ("inside
out", "mr. vain recall"), LA
BOUCHE, ALPHAVILLE and YELLO
which marked his career throughout the last decade.doug
as well teamed up for collaborations with BARTHEZZ,
B.G. THE PRINCE OF RAP, BIZARRE INC,
BONEY M., FUN FACTORY, FRONT
242, HYPERLOGIC, KIM SANDERS,
KOSMONOVA, LE CLICK, LOFT,
LOVE INC., NO MERCY, PANJABI
MC, PEYOTE, PHARAO, RAUL,
SASH!, SEAN PAUL, SHAGGY,
SIN WITH SEBASTIAN, SNAP!, SPIKE,
TALLA 2XLC, THE TWINS, VALERIE
DORE, ZODIAC and many others.
after founding the "media park" with
its 10 studios in 1992 nearby frankfurt, the "hypnotic"
label in 1994 (first release "i'm rushin'")
and the "house of faith" label in 1998,
laurent has been hosting dj's and acts like ANGEL
OF DEATH, CLUB INVADERS, DESKEE,
DJ ROY DAVIS, DJ WAG & MISAR,
JAY FROG / SCOOTER, KAI TRACID,
LEGEND B, M@C & FROST, MIKADO,
MISS SHIVA, MISS THUNDERPUSSY, PRO-ACTIVE,
RAMIN, RENEGADE MASTER, STEVO,
TRANCE ACTION, VEGA, WARMDUSCHER,
YAKOOZA and Y.O.M.C.
besides going solo, doug laurent actually runs
the acts AMMONIA, DE LOREAN feat. NINA,
DEEJANE ALLSTARS, FEARSOME FOURSOME,
FUTURE SHOCK, OVERDUB, PLANET
TRAX, RAINMAKER, RECALL, SYSTEMATICS
& TAURUS.his current 2004 major label
projects are german popstars idol FABRIZIO
(universal), former sweetbox singer TINA
HARRIS (columbia), SHAHIN (featured
by the prodigy & tim deluxe) and eastern europe
supergroup COLONIA.
being very succesful in creating tribal / garage
tracks as well, doug's label "risque recordings"
is the home of all house acts like 54 feat.
LAWSON, BIZARRE, CARY AUGUST,
FAB, FANTASTIQUE, FOUNDATION,
KENNE, HACIENDA BROS., JOCELYN
BROWN, LA GUARDIA, , MINISTRY OF
FUNK, TANIA EVANS and THEA AUSTIN,
alongside productions for GLORIA GAYNOR,
MICHAEL ZAGER, MICHELLE WEEKS, NICK STRAKER BAND,
SABRINA JOHNSTON, STAXX, THE LAWYER and TONY
DI BART.
in 2002 and 2003 doug laurent gave prove of his
versatility again by releasing "TECHNO
TRANCE ESSENTIALS" and "HOUSE
ESSENTIALS" (distributed by ueberschall
/ best service), collections of each more than
2500 unique sounds from his archives, supporting
his philosophy of constant innovation.these milestones
are followed by his new sampling cd "LOOP
ESSENTIALS" in early 2004, which includes
more than 3500 amazing drum and rhythm loops.DVD projects, soundtracks and mixes in cinematic
5.1 surround sound are in progress !
doug laurent's year-long experience in licence-,
catalogue- and publishing-deals and his network
of partner offices in san francisco, montreal,
london, vienna, tokyo and sydney made him become
a supervisor for the compilation series DOUG
LAURENT IN THE MIX, PARTY ESSENTIALS,
LATINO MIX, EMPIRE, MASTERTUNES
and EL DIVINO.
as a member of the new german music producer's
association MPAG, doug and vice president
axel breitung (more than 50 chart acts incl. ace
of base, dj bobo, rednex, vanessa amorosi) came
together to create a unique international music
licensing platform, which will be presented
for the first time at midem 2004 in cannes. more to come !
click
here for licensing, booking, production and remix
requests
doug laurent mediapark companies have been contractors
for companies such as
AOL - AVENTIS
- AXEL-SPRINGER-VERLAG - BORLAND - BRAVO SCREENFUN - CELANESE - COMMERZBANK -
DEUTSCHE BAHN - DEUTSCHE BANK - DHL - DTMS - EL
DIVINO - ELECTRONIC ARTS - EMPIRE - ENDEMOL -
E-PLUS - FERRERO - FFH - HR 3 - HONDA - HUDSON
SOFT - HYATT - IN-MOTION - KELLOGG'S - KEYBOARDS
MAGAZINE - KONAMI - LANCOME - LAVAZZA - LUCAS
ARTS - MARC O'POLO - MARLBORO MUSIC - MERCHANDISING MEDIA -
MITSUBISHI - NINTENDO - OBI - OFFICER - OPEL -
PEUGEOT BANK - PRO SIEBEN - ROLAND - SEGA - SIEMENS
- SIERRA - SMIRNOFF - SOFTWARE 2000 - TENGELMANN
- TQ3 - TRESOR TV - TRIPLE M - TUI - UEBERSCHALL
/ BEST SERVICE - VIVA TV - VOLKSWAGEN - WELLA
- ZDF
doug
laurent has been working for record companies
such as
ABFAHRT RECORDS - ALA BIANCA - ALPHA MUSIC - ARCADE - AREA 51 - AVEX
- BLANCO Y NEGRO - BMG - BMG BERLIN - CAPP RECORDS
- CAUS'N EFFECT - CENTRAL STATION - CLUBBGROOVE - COLUMBIA - DISCOMANIA - DOS OR DIE - EAST WEST
- EDEL - EMI - INDEPENDENCE MUSIC - IN THA HOUSE - INTERCORD
- KONTOR - LOGIC RECORDS - MAGIX - MERCURY - MINISTRY
OF SOUND - MOTOR URBAN - MUSIC MAIL - MUSIC RESEARCH
- OVERDOSE - POLYDOR ISLAND - POLYDOR
ZEITGEIST - RCA - SCORPIO - SONY MUSIC - SPV - SUPERSTAR
RECORDINGS - TIDY TRAX - TIME - UEBERSCHALL - UNIVERSAL
- VALE MUSIC - VIRGIN - VMP - WARNER -
WATER MUSIC - WEA - WEBSTER HALL - X-IT - ZOMBA
- ZYX
doug
laurent mediapark studios have been production
home for music acts such as
54 FEAT. LAWSON - AFROTRANCE - ALPHAVILLE - ANGEL
OF DEATH - ANNABELL KAY - AYLA - B.G. THE PRINCE
OF RAP - BARTHEZZ - BBE - BIZARRE - BIZARRE INC
- BONEY M - BROOKLYN BOUNCE - CANDY - CARY AUGUST
- CHRIS HUELSBECK - CLUB INVADERS - COLONIA -
COSMIC BABY - CULTURE BEAT - DANIEL LOPES - DANY
LEMON - DE LOREAN - DEEJANE ALLSTARS - DEFCON
5 - DEPUTIES OF LOVE - DER VERFALL - DESKEE -
DIE PRINZEN - DJ ROY DAVIS - DJ TIESTO - DJ WAG
& MISAR - ELLE EKLAND - EMPIRE - FAB - FABRIZIO
- FOUNDATION - FREESTYLE FANATIC - FRONT 242 -
FUN FACTORY - FUTURE BREEZE - FUTURE SHOCK - GEORGE ACOSTA - GLORIA GAYNOR - HACIENDA
BROS. - HELENA PAUL - HYPERLOGIC - HYSTERIE -
ILLUSION - JAY FROG - JOAN FAULKNER - JOCELYN
BROWN - JON SECADA - KAI TRACID -
KENNE - KIM SANDERS - KING JUNIOR - KOSMONOVA
- LA BOUCHE - LA GUARDIA - LADY BUNNY - LE CLICK
- LE JARDIN - LEGEND B - LOFT - LOVE INC - M@C
& FROST - MAGIC AFFAIR - MARTINEZ - MASTERBOY - MELANIE THORNTON - MELLOW TRAX - MICHAEL ZAGER
- MICHELLE WEEKS - MIKADO - MINISTRY OF FUNK -
MINOU - MISS SHIVA - MISS THUNDERPUSSY - MOJITO
- MUNDSTUHL - MYSTERIA - NICK BEAT - NICK STRAKER
BAND - NICKY DAVIS - NIGHTCLUB - NIMMZWEI - NINA
- NO MERCY - ONCE AGAIN - OVERDUB - PANJABI MC
- PARTY NATION - PEARL - PEYOTE- PHARAO - PLANET
TRAX - PRO-ACTIVE - PUBLIC ART - PULSEDRIVER -
RACHEL PANAY - RAINMAKER - RAMIN - RAQUEL GOMEZ
- RATTY - RAUL - RECALL - RENEGADE MASTER - RE-QUEST
- RIO MAGIC - RISQUE - ROSIE GAINES - SABRINA
- SABRINA JOHNSTON - SASH! - SCOOTER - SEAN PAUL
- SECOND LIFE - SHAGGY - SHAHIN - SILENT EARTH
- SIN WITH SEBASTIAN - SLAM - SNAP! - SPACE FROG
- SPIKE - STAXX - STEVO - SWEETBOX - T.ONE - TALEESA
- TALLA 2XLC - TANIA EVANS - TAURUS - TECHNO TEENS
- THE CONDUCTOR - THE FREE - THE LAWYER - THE
LODGERS - THE TWINS - THEA AUSTIN - TILLMANN UHRMACHER -
TINA HARRIS - TONY DI BART - TRANCE ACTION - ULTRA
SHOCK - VALERIE DORE - VEGA - WARMDUSCHER - Y.O.M.C.
- YAKOOZA - YELLO - ZODIAC
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