Sky van Hoff | |
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 van Hoff in the studio in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sky Hoff |
| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
| Origin | Cologne, Germany |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Formerly of | Machinemade God |
| Website | https://www.skyvanhoff.com/ |
Sky van Hoff (born 1986) is a German record producer, songwriter and musician. He works primarily with acts in the metal and rock genres, including Rammstein, Emigrate, Till Lindemann, Sleep Token, Kreator and Electric Callboy. Before becoming a producer, van Hoff was a guitarist for metal band Machinemade God and toured extensively with the band until opening his own studio in 2008.
Career
In 2003, van Hoff joined metal band Machinemade God as a guitarist and signed his first record deal as a band member with Metal Blade Records in 2005.[1][2][3] His first album with the band, The Infinity Complex, was released the following year.[4] He wrote and produced the band's next album, Masked, released the following year.[5][6] After receiving requests to produce other German metal acts, van Hoff opened his own studio in 2008.[7][8] In the years that followed, he worked with Kreator, The Sorrow and Caliban.[9][10] In 2012, van Hoff appeared on the third season of the German version of The X Factor as a musical director for Sandra Nasić's team, where he supervised and produced the "Groups and Bands" category.[5][7] He was a producer for the folk duo Mrs. Greenbird, the winner of the season, and subsequently produced their self-titled debut album released the same year.[11][5]
In 2018, van Hoff contributed to Rammstein guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe's solo project Emigrate and their third album, A Million Degrees, with production, recording and mixing.[12][13][14] He was later brought in by Kruspe to record and edit guitar parts for Rammstein's Untitled studio album.[15][6] Following the album's release in 2019, van Hoff joined the band on their stadium tour as Kruspe's monitoring engineer.[16][6] In 2021, van Hoff produced and composed the music for Rammstein singer Till Lindemann's first solo single, "Ich Hasse Kinder", and was a producer on Emigrate's fourth studio album, The Persistence of Memory.[17] He received notable praise for his work on Lindemann's single from YouTube personality and music producer Rick Beato.[18] van Hoff rejoined Rammstein in the studio for their next studio album, Zeit, contributing guitar production, recording and editing.[17] After the album's release in 2022, van Hoff continued touring with the band as a monitoring engineer until the end of the tour the following year.[8] He again collaborated with Lindemann on the singer's debut solo album, Zunge, as a producer, songwriter and instrumentalist.[19]
Discography
With Machinemade God
Studio albums
- The Infinity Complex (2006)
- Masked (2007)
Production and writing credits
| Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
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| 2009 | Caliban | Say Hello To Tragedy | Engineer | |
| 2010 | Kreator | Terror Prevails - Live At Rock Hard Festival | Mixer | |
| Arma Gathas | Dead To This World | Composer (orchestra, synthesizer and piano parts), producer, recording engineer, mixer, arrangements | ||
| The Sorrow | The Sorrow | Co-producer, mixer | ||
| 2011 | Artwon Artown Artnow | – | "Love Rodeo" | Producer, engineer |
| "My Lawyer" | ||||
| 2012 | Kreator | Terror Prevails - Live at Rock Hard Festival, Pt. 2 | Mixer | |
| Phantom Antichrist | Recording engineer (pre-production) | |||
| The Sorrow | Misery Escape | Composer, producer, mixer | ||
| Mrs. Greenbird | Mrs. Greenbird | Producer, recording engineer, mixer | ||
| 2015 | Dikta | Easy Street | Producer, mixer | |
| Unleash The Sky | Youth | Producer, recording engineer, mixer | ||
| 2016 | Drescher | Erntezeit | Producer, mixer | |
| 2018 | Emigrate | A Million Degrees | Recording engineer, mixer | |
| Hannah Trigwell | Red | "Nobody", "Another Beautiful Mistake" | Producer, recording engineer, mixer, arrangements | |
| Hopelezz | Stories Of A War Long Forgotten | Producer | ||
| 2019 | Rammstein | Untitled | Additional producer, recording engineer | |
| Mental Cruelty | Inferis | Producer, engineer, mixer, mastering | ||
| Une Misère | Sermon | "Sermon" | Songwriter | |
| All tracks | Producer, engineer, mixer | |||
| Kassogtha | The Call | Mixer | ||
| Eskimo Callboy | Rehab | "Rehab", "Hurricane", "Disbeliever", "Made By America", "Prism" | Songwriter | |
| All tracks | Producer, mixer, arrangements | |||
| 2020 | Aborted | La Grande Mascarade | "Gloom And The Art Of Tribulation", "Serpent Of Depravity" | Recording engineer |
| Eskimo Callboy | MMXX | "Prism" | Songwriter | |
| Enslaved | Utgard | Engineer, technician | ||
| Ghøstkid | Ghøstkid | Producer, engineer, mixer, editing | ||
| Shape Of Water | Great Illusions | "Scar", "Not All The Things" | Mixer | |
| 2021 | Der Weg einer Freiheit | Der Weg einer Freiheit | Recording engineer | |
| Sleep Token | This Place Will Become Your Tomb | Mixer, editing | ||
| Emigrate | The Persistence Of Memory | Producer, recording engineer, mixer, editing | ||
| Till Lindemann | – | "Ich Hasse Kinder" | Composer, producer, engineer, mixer | |
| 2022 | Ghøstkid | – | "Ugly" | Songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer, editing |
| Rammstein | Zeit | Additional producer, recording engineer, editing | ||
| Dikta | – | "Dig Deeper" | Producer | |
| Nebelhaus | – | "Alle Jahre wieder" | Mixer | |
| 2023 | Our Hollow, Our Home | – | "Downpour" | Producer, mixer |
| Till Lindemann | Zunge | "Sport frei", "Altes Fleisch", "Du hast kein Herz", "Tanzlehrerin", "Schweiss" | Songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer | |
| 2024 | Ghøstkid | Hollywood Suicide | Producer |
Instrumental and vocal credits
| Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
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| 2006 | Caliban | The Undying Darkness | "Nothing Is Forever", "Army Of Me" | Guitar |
| 2009 | Caliban | Say Hello To Tragedy | "The Degeneration Of Humanity" | Guitar (solo) |
| 2010 | Arma Gathas | Dead To This World | Orchestra, synthesizer, piano | |
| 2012 | Kreator | Phantom Antichrist | Programming (pre-production) | |
| The Sorrow | Misery Escape | Electronics, strings | ||
| Mrs. Greenbird | Mrs. Greenbird | "Shooting Stars & Fairy Tales", "After All", "It Will Never Rain Roses" | Bass | |
| Piano | ||||
| 2015 | Unleash The Sky | Youth | "Concrete Walls" | Vocals |
| Programming, synths | ||||
| 2018 | Emigrate | A Million Degrees | Bass, synthesizer | |
| Hannah Trigwell | Red | "Nobody", "Another Beautiful Mistake" | Guitar, instruments | |
| 2019 | Une Misère | Sermon | "Sermon" | Backing vocals |
| Eskimo Callboy | Rehab | Synthesizer, electronics | ||
| 2020 | Ghøstkid | Ghøstkid | Guitar, bass, synthesizer | |
| 2021 | Sleep Token | This Place Will Become Your Tomb | Synthesizer, programming | |
| Emigrate | The Persistence Of Memory | Bass | ||
| Till Lindemann | – | "Ich Hasse Kinder" | All instruments except drums, programming | |
| 2022 | Ghøstkid | – | "Ugly" | Guitar, bass, synthesizer, programming |
| 2023 | Till Lindemann | Zunge | "Sport frei", "Altes Fleisch", "Du hast kein Herz", "Tanzlehrerin", "Schweiss" | All instruments except drums |
References
- ^ "Making Tech Work". Sound Radix. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "Machinemade God". Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ Blabbermouth (2005-11-23). "MACHINEMADE GOD Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Blabbermouth (2005-12-13). "MACHINEMADE GOD: New Album Cover, Track Listing Revealed". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ a b c Behind The Music E26: Sky Van Hoff, Headliner Radio, 2023-05-31, retrieved 2023-10-07
- ^ a b c Allikas, Katrina (2019-09-05). "Sky Van Hoff - Artist Profile". Sonarworks Blog. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ a b "Sky van Hoff". KLOTZ AIS. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ a b Protz, Adam (31 May 2023). "Sky Van Hoff: Guitarist-Turned-Producer on Reaching The Pinnacle of the German Rock Scene". Headliner Magazine. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ Blabbermouth (2011-10-25). "THE SORROW: New Video Interview, Quality Performance Footage Available". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Blabbermouth (2010-04-01). "ARMA GATHAS: New Song Available For Streaming". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "Alles zum Thema X Factor 2012". vox.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Blabbermouth (2018-10-22). "RAMMSTEIN Guitarist's EMIGRATE Project To Release 'A Million Degrees' Album Feat. TILL LINDEMANN, CARDINAL COPIA". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ "Emigrate veröffentlichen ersten Song aus A MILLION DEGREES". Metal Hammer (in German). 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
- ^ Richard Z. Kruspe talks new Emigrate Album & Rammstein, guitar Magazin, retrieved 2023-10-07
- ^ Beckner, Justin (15 December 2018). "Guitarist Richard Kruspe Reveals the Member of Rammstein He Fights With the Least". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ Waite, Jacob (10 November 2022). "Sky van Hoff trades the studio for the stage". TPi. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ a b Block, Guido (28 January 2023). "Rammstein 2022 Stadium Tour Chooses Waves Products for Guitarist Richard Kruspe's Monitor Mix". LightSoundJournal.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ Beato, Rick (2021-06-30), "Reacting to the Top 10 Metal Songs", Spotify Reviews, retrieved 2023-10-07
- ^ Hemsted, Alexander (29 September 2023). "NÆRMEST ULÆKKER TEKST: Till Lindemann offentliggør tre nye singler". GAFFA (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-10-07.
External links
Sky van Hoff discography at Discogs
Sky van Hoff at IMDb