Santé, hailing from Berlin, is part of a new school of artists championing musicality, skillfulness and creativity over mindless loops and endless repetition.
Santé, hailing from Berlin, is part of a new school of artists championing musicality, skillfulness and creativity over mindless loops and endless repetition. His productions, like those on his record label AVOTRE, ooze character, charisma & humour, feelings so often overlooked in the realms of house music.
Looking to the year ahead, Santé’s 2018 calendar is already filling up with key events such as festival bookings throughout Europe and key Ibiza dates. Continuing to push boundaries with his electrifying live shows, Santé has become a resident for the newly launched ‘CAVE RAVE’ event concept, breaking ground at Liverpool’s Arts Club in March of 2018. Incorporating 3-D projection and an altogether deeper sound, ‘CAVE RAVE’ is set to make a return this year with a series of yet to be announced summer dates.
It all started when Santé bought an Akai MPC-2000 aged 16 and set the ball rolling for a life entrenched in electronic music. “I was totally into sampling and house”, he recalls of those early days of button bashing and experimentation. He left his hometown when he was 21 to immerse himself in the dance music mecca that is Berlin. A studio internship blossomed into a full-time career, with the emerging talent spending six years producing jingles and ad music and nurturing his passion for house music at any opportunity. Nothing was released, however, until one of his demos found its way to Matt ‘Radio Slave’ Edwards. His first ever release came out on Edwards’ acclaimed REKIDS imprint, setting the bar incredibly high and garnering him a lot of high-profile attention in the process.
The next major stepping-stone for him was meeting Tiefschwarz. “They were looking for a new engineer and hired me to oversee all projects for their label Souvenir, where I got the freedom to release my music and a platform to experiment” he explains. This fruitful, intense relationship lasted three years, a time Santé describes as being “a fantastic experience”. After working on many of Tiefschwarz’s releases, including remixes for Richie Hawtin and Grace Jones, Santé decided to fly the nest in search of new pastures. His subsequent release schedule spells out what a diverse producer he is and how far his popularity ranges - from bastions of techno like Cocoon to the kings of big room house Defected, through to underground darlings like Desolat and Supernature, all the way to acclaimed remixes for huge stars like Depeche Mode. Few producers can claim such a breadth of imprints to be associated with at any one time. When you ask Santé to describe his musical style, he says he doesn’t really know how to - which goes someway to explaining his widespread appeal.
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Santé "React" on Black-Chrome Records
Santé "Supervision" on Rekids
Santé "White" on Souvenir
&ME "F.I.R." Santé Remix on Keinemusik
Santé "Intense" on Siam
Santé "Dambalaa" on Souvenir (27.07.2009)
Santé "Vacation" on Noir
Santé & Re.You "B" on Souvenir
Adam Port "Enorelehu - Santé Remix" on Liebe*Detail Spezial
Diskographie Santé
2009
React Le Bin el mal
Supervision Rekids
You Souvenir
White Souvenir
&Me F.i.r Santé Rmx
Intense Siam
Intense Siam Gorge Rmx
Vaction Noir
Dambala Souvenir Music
Dambala Dub Souvenir Music
Kalden Bess Je Taime a Mort (Santé&Re.you Rmx)
M.in Capetown Riverboating ( Santé Rmx)
Adam Port Enoralehu LiebeDetail ( Santé Rmx)
Santé & Re.you B Souvenir Music
Santé & Rampa Aura Souvenir Music
2010
Sebastian Lutz Rangpur Suchtrefelx Santé Rmx)
Basti Grub Oma Vovo Suara ( Santé Rmx)
AdamPort & Santé Own Rockets and Ponies
AdamPort & Santé Faire des Siennes Rockets and Ponies
OnnO Chants Souvenir Music ( Santé Rmx)
Maple Island Ground Factroy
Domy Dance Bouq. (Santé Rmx)
Santé & OnnO Vannessa Souvenir Plus
Santé & Adam Port Anyway Souenir Plus
Santé & SaschaSibler CeLoca Be Chosen
Santé & SaschaSibler Loug Be Chosen
Santé & SaschaSibler Roma Be Chosen
AdamPort & Santé Own Rockets and Ponies Riva Starr Rmx
AdamPort & Santé Faire des Siennes Rockets and Ponies Mutant Clan Rmx
Amir Cadaques Trapez Ltd (Santé Rmx)
AdamPort & Santé Solano Rockets and Ponies
Mutant ClanTotally Wet Rockets and Ponies (Santé Rmx)
Ever Since Souvenir Music
Mrs. K Souvenir Music
Work It Souvenir Music
U&I Souvenir Music
Some People Souvenir Music
Lost My XXX Souvenir Music
Ruede Hagelstein Embezzle Me lebensfreude records (Santé Rmx)
Ruede Hagelstein Embezzle Me ebensfreude records (Santé Dub Rmx)
Ruhit & Dualton Black Market Be Chosen ( Santé & DosDos Rmx)
Pascal Feos Makina Level Non Zero (Santé Rmx)
2011 Upcomming
Santé & Thomilla That way Bouq.
Santé & Thomilla No Sleep Bouq.
Santé & Thomilla Got You Bouq.
Santé Com Ci Com Ca Topmodel Records
Santé Com Ci Com Ca ( Alex Dolby Rmx )Topmodel Records
Santé Backyard Topmodel Records
Santé feat, Meggy Rescue Me Souvenir Music (CD)
Santé Piccadilly Circus Bouq.
Santé Piccadilly Circus (Santos Rmx) Bouq.
Co Producer & Ghostwriter
Diskographie Tiefschwarz
2008
Emad Parandian Kamanche Souvenir Music ( Tiefschwarz Rmx)
Ruede Hagelstein The Modest Theme Souvenir Music ( Tiefschwarz Rmx)
2009
Tiefschwarz Best Inn Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz On&On Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Deininger Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Yeah Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Voodoo Viva Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Seth Troxler Trust Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Roads Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz PowPow Souvenir Plus
2010
Riz Mc Don´t Sleep Crosstownrebels (Tiefschwarz Rmx)
Tiefschwarz Fall In Cocoon Recordings
Tiefschwarz Keep On Cocoon Recordings
Fuse From our Minds To yours Plus8 (Tiefschwarz Rmx)
Daniel Steinberg Lucky Sauce Front Room (Tiefschwarz Rmx)
Tiefschwarz feat. Cassy Find Me Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Cassy Find Me (Dub) Souvenir Music
Audiofly Sweeter Than Supernature (Tiefschwarz Rmx)
Tiefschwarz 12AM Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Accordage Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz ScherbenbringenGlück Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz the wistler Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Daniel Wilde Stones Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Cassy Find Me Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Babel Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Seth Troxler Trust Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Bon Voyage Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz What you Want Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Dave Aju I can´t resist Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Black Tick Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Legends Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Kralft Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Daniel Wilde Home Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz feat. Daniel Wilde Home Intro Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Great Plains Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Release Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Hornet Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Give It To Me Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Oberton Souvenir Music
TiefschwarzPalast Souvenir Music
Tiefschwarz Phiba Souvenir Music
&me One Day Keinemusik (Tiefschwarz Rmx)
Jens Bond & Guido Schneider Youme Level Non Zero (Tiefschwarz Rmx)
Ruede Hagelstein Embezzle Me Lebensfreude (Tiefschwarz Rmx)