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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 multi platinum 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. As of now he's earned 14x platinum and 8x gold certified album productions. 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.
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 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]
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 |
Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
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2006 | Caliban | The Undying Darkness | "Nothing Is Forever", "Army Of Me" | Guitar |
2009 | 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 |
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Zeit is the eighth studio album by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, released on 29 April 2022 through Universal Music. Produced by the band with Olsen Involtini, the album was unplanned and recorded as a result of the band's tour being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the band, the enforced lockdowns due to the pandemic spurred the band's creativity, resulting in spontaneous writing and recording sessions. Rammstein recorded the album in late 2020 and early 2021 at La Fabrique Studios in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, where they recorded their previous album. The album's title track was released as the lead single on 10 March 2022.