NUDE175: HOF

DJ and producer HOF has served as an indispensable talent across the dance music spectrum in his 25 year-long career. Having previously chartered released via leading labels Sony Music, Atlantic Records and Spinnin’, more recently, the Frankfurt native has been honouring his techno roots and building a back-catalogue of cuts that nod to Germany’s golden era of dance music.

This growing collection of records combine classic acid sounds with clever melodies and driving basslines in a modern guise, and as such, are championed by many top-tier artists, the likes of Adam Beyer, Wehbba, Hi-Lo, Umek and I Hate Models.

Initiating this newfound perspective on techno with immediate success, HOF’s debut releases “The Return” and “Dark Passenger” (2021) for Fe Chrome received worldwide acclaim and assumed their respective #20 and #1 positions in Beatport’s Peak-Time Driving Techno Chart, with the latter rounding out the year as #12 on the best-selling techno releases. Returning to the imprint his latest single, “Contact” has surpassed over 300,000 streams on Spotify. At the end of 2023, HOF achieved a significant milestone by winning the Drumcode Demo Contest. A collaboration with Bart Skils is scheduled for a release on Drumcode in early 2024.

Shaped by Frankfurt’s legendary clubs OMEN and Dorian Gray, as well as the city’s long-standing sentiment for techno, HOF’s DJing career has seen him perform at ULTRA Europe, and Umagination Festival, as well as securing residencies and club spots at Frankfurt’s premier techno event series, “Move.”, former Cocoon Club Frankfurt or Bootshaus Cologne. Next to the upcoming release on Drumcode, he looks ahead to round out 2023 with his release on Fe Chrome joined by ASY*S and his fans can expect to see him featured on club and festival lineups throughout the next year.

Today, he joins the NUDE Techno podcast, with an hour of Techno. Listen to it below on SoundCloud & Mixcloud. If you are feeling this series, then please consider supporting it on Mixcloud Select and Drumcode: Bart Skils & HOF ’New Life’ is out now on Drumcode: https://drumcode.ffm.to/dcx009

Sum up this podcast in 10 words…
A mixture of driving beats with a shot of acid

What’s your personal favourite track on it?
Besides my current single with Bart Skils, probably Adam’s “Let’s Begin”. I like this dark sound. But it’s tough to choose just one from the list. They all have something special.

What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
I always try to build up a certain level of tension in my sets and continuously raise the energy level.

Tell us about your next EP? 
I’m currently focussing on the release of “New Life”, which only recently came out and is currently developing very well. The response has been overwhelming since the first teaser. Next up is my collab with “Dark Chanell“. It’s the techno alias of my old friend Laidback Luke. I’m also really looking forward to this release.

What have you got coming up?
I’m currently working on a more raw/hypnotic EP and will certainly return to Fe Chrome soon. I also have a few festivals coming up in Germany this summer.

And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
Never Stop dreaming!

Tracklist

1. Eli Brown – Fading to Black (Bart Skils Remix)
2. Pablo Say – Outta Space
3. Popof – Rough N Raw
4. Victor Ruiz & Wehbba – Silo
5. HOF – Sägewerk
6. Ignacio Arfeli – Love Is Not Infinite
7. Bart Skils x HOF – New Life
8. HOF – Contact
9. HOF, Dark Chanell – Phuture Is Now
10. Adam Beyer – Let’s Begin
11. HOF – ID
12. Deus Deserto – Explode
13. ASY*S, HOF – La Revolution