Henrik Schwarz Explained

Henrik Schwarz
Birth Date:	31 May 1972
Birth Place:	Bergatreute, West Germany
Genre:	Deep house,^[1] Classical crossover

Henrik Schwarz (born 31 May 1972)^[2] is a German deep house and classical crossover producer and DJ from Bodensee,^[3] whose career began in the early 1990s.^[2] He has remixed music for numerous musicians, including Coldplay, Mary J. Blige, and Foals.^[4] In 2017, he worked with songwriter/producer Jarrah McCleary (Panama).^[5]

Music career

Since 2002, Schwarz has worked on over 100 musical projects,^[6] and in 2006, he mixed the compilation album . In 2007, he released Henrik Schwarz Live, which documented his shift from DJing to being a live laptop performer.^[6] Schwarz has partnered with !K7 to launch a new label, Between Buttons. Focusing on acoustic sounds and contemporary classical music, the label's first release was an EP from Schwarz himself, titled Works Piano,^[7] followed by an EP titled Aphorisms, by Syrian artists Khaled Kurbeh & Raman Khalaf Ensemble.^[8]

Selected discography

• (2006)
• Henrik Schwarz Live (2007)
• Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz – Duo (2011)
• Bugge Wesseltoft, Henrik Schwarz, Dan Berglund – Trialogue (2014)
• Instruments (2015)
• Works Piano (2017)
• Henrik Schwarz & Metropole Orkest – Scripted Orkestra (7k!, 2018)
• Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet – CCMYK (2019)
• Bugge Wesseltoft & Henrik Schwarz – Duo II (2022)

Notes and References

1. Web site: RA: Henrik Schwarz. Resident Advisor. 14 June 2017.
2. Web site: Henrik Schwarz – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News – BBC Music. BBC. 12 May 2018.
3. Web site: Henrik Schwarz Discography at Discogs. Discogs. 14 June 2017.
4. Web site: Biography. ravejazz.com. 14 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170628195427/http://ravejazz.com/biography/. 28 June 2017. dead.
5. Web site: Hope for Something (Remixes) EP. panama.bandcamp.com. 21 March 2018.
6. Web site: Henrik Schwarz. Loop. 12 May 2018.
7. Web site: Henrik Schwarz launches new classical label with !K7 Complete Music Update. Complete Music Update. 11 May 2018.
8. Web site: Henrik Schwarz announces new label Between Buttons and partnership with !K7. WithGuitars. 11 May 2018.