Oliver Koletzki

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Oliver Koletzki
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Koletzki in 2014
Background information
Born (1974-10-05) 5 October 1974 (age 49)
Origin Braunschweig, Germany
Occupation(s)DJ, music producer
Website www.oliver-koletzki.de

Oliver Koletzki (born in Braunschweig on 5 October 1974) is a German dance and house music producer and DJ. He is currently based in Berlin, Germany. [1]

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Koletzki rose to international fame with his track "Der Mückenschwarm" (meaning "the mosquito swarm"), which appeared on the Cocoon Recordings label. [2] Many DJs played his track and thus introduced Koletzki to the charts. "Der Mückenschwarm" was remixed and covered by artists such as Pig & Dan and Dominik Eulberg, which led to worldwide bookings and further releases, notably on Martin Eyerer's Kling Klong. Koletzki founded his own label, Stil vor Talent (Style over Talent) in September 2005. His debut album, Get Wasted, was released in 2007, followed by Großstadtmärchen in 2009, the most successful Lovestoned in 2010 with Fran, [3] [4] Großstadtmärchen 2 in 2012 and I Am OK in 2014.

Awards

Koletzki was chosen as the Best Newcomer 2005 in the reader's poll of Groove Magazine , and "Der Mückenschwarm" was chosen as the Track of the Year 2005 by reader's polls in Groove and in Raveline magazine.

Discography

Albums

YearTitleLabelPeak chart positions
GER
[5]
SWI
[6]
2007Get WastedStil vor Talent
2009Großstadtmärchen
2010Lovestoned
(Oliver Koletzki & Fran)
87
2012Großstadtmärchen 21982
2014I Am OK2525s
2017The Arc of Tension8694
2018Noordhoek
(Oliver Koletzki & Niko Schwind)
2019Fire in the Jungle
(Oliver Koletzki)
2021Made of Wood
(Oliver Koletzki)

Singles and EPs

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Mix-CDs

Remixes

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References

  1. "Oliver Koletzki in The Lab NYC". Mixmag. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. Xflo.net Oliver, der große Koletzki (German)
  3. TimeClash.de: Oliver Koletzki meldet sich mit Videopremiere von „Arrow and Bow“ zurück Archived 10 September 2013 at archive.today (German)
  4. Musicline.de Oliver Koletzki & Fran discography
  5. "Germany Charts: Top 100 Albums & Top 100 Singles". Media Control Charts. charts.de. Retrieved 9 September 2013.[ dead link ]
  6. "Swiss Charts Oliver Koletzki discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2013.