Country: Switzerland
Genre: Electronic
Style: Future Jazz, Drum n Bass, Downtempo, Bossanova,
Ragga HipHop, Broken Beat
Minus 8 – мастер создания и сведения Electro House, Downbeat, Nu-Jazz и так далее. Мир знает только несколько диджеев, продюсеров и музыкантов из Швейцарии. Роберт Мейер AKA Minus 8 один из них. Его имя фигурирует среди других не менее популярных Alex Attias (aka Beatless/Mustang/Catalyst/Bel Air Project) и Straight Ahead label.
Роберт является братом известного промоутера, организатора громких рейвов Swiss.
Robert начал писать музыку в конце 80-х. А в 90-х запустил свой личный проект (Minus8), который стал дружеским медленным ответом на Plus 8 бешенной скорости, которая превалировала в то время.
С 1993 года Minus8 начал диджействовать, играя преимущественно Acid Jazz, Rare Groove, Funk и Hip-Hop. Только после этого Роберт стал соответствовать культуре Swiss клуба. И как следствие начал заниматься ремиксами.
Но всего этого оказалось недостаточно, и он нашел время для выпуска серии уникальных компиляций – «Science Fiction Jazz».
В 1997 году вышел первый альбом Роберта «Beyond» на лейбле Inflammable и получил прекрасные отзывы. Дальше было продолжение, альбом под названием «Beyond Beyond», вышедший под лейблом Higher Ground. Английская Trip-Hop и Drum’n’bass сцена пополнилась двумя сногшибательными альбомами.
А в 2006 году был запущен его собственный лейбл Kiska Records.
Beyond 1997
Tracklist
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1 A Midsummernight's Dream 4:59
2 Look To The Sky 5:09
3 Beyond 8:34
4 Recently At The Opera 5:09
5 The Sweetest Sounds 6:14
6 Zero G 7:24
7 4 AM 6:39
8 Whiplash 5:35
9 Interlude 1:02
10 My Angel 5:38
11 Look To The Sky (In Cold Blood Remix) 9:30
12 Rita's Song 5:37
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01:11:32
Credits
Artwork By [Sleeve Design] — Manetta-Scott
Effects [Dubeffects] — Dan D.N.A. (tracks: 11)
Mixed By [At Red Range Studios, Zurich] — Dan D.N.A. , Minus 8
Vocals — Tanja Birri (tracks: 1 to 3, 11)
Written-By, Producer, Arranged By — Robert Jan Meyer
Beyond Beyond 1998
Tracklist
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1 Zero G 7:27
2 The Tempest 5:40
3 Surpass The Power 6:02
Vocals [Hidden] — Sven Riddemflirt
4 Faye Done Away 4:18
5 A Midsummernight's Dream 4:32
6 Airbourne 5:10
7 Carnival Of Souls 4:52
8 Recently At The Opera 5:09
9 D.R.L.S. 7:40
10 A Touch Of Evil 5:10
11 In The Spirit Of Vampiros Lesbos 5:02
12 Cruisin' 5:43
Saxophone — Philipp Mall
Vocals — Shoeny
13 In The Spirit Of Vampiros Lesbos (DJ Cam Remix) 4:16
Remix, Producer [Additional] — DJ Cam
14 In Cold Blood 4:12
15 Outro 1:13
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01:16:37
Credits
Vocals — Rita Tarnover (tracks: 10, 11, 13) , Tanja Birri (tracks: 5 to 7)
Written-By, Producer — Robert Jan Meyer
Elysian Fields 2000
Tracklist
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1 Elysian Fields 4:33
2 Neverland 5:26
Saxophone — Philipp Mall
3 Circles Blurring 4:51
Saxophone — Philipp Mall
4 Breathe 4:49
Vocals — Tanja Birri
5 Driven 4:23
6 Mondo Boppp 5:34
7 Sarug & Terah 4:21
8 Starstruck 5:17
9 Snowblind 6:17
10 Beyond Material 5:22
11 Cold Fusion 4:21
Guitar Fx — Domenico Ferrari
12 Nonhuman 1:19
13 Badman & Throbin' 4:57
Rhodes — Firat
14 Sellafield 3:44
Scratches — Le Wax
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01:09:26
Credits
Guitar — Mike Baum (tracks: 2, 3, 8)
Rhodes, Hammond — Chris Wiesendanger (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11) , Tamas Szöllösy (tracks: 5, 9, 10)
Vocals — Billie (tracks: 9, 11, 13)
Minuit 2002
Tracklist
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1 The Sun 5:36
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond] — Tamas Szöllösy
Flute — Philipp Gubelmann
Guitar — Domenico Ferrari
Vocals, Lyrics By [Songline] — Jillene Luce
2 At The Beach 3:36
Flute — Rodrigo Botter Maio
Guitar — Mike Baum
Vocals — Mike Baum , Roberto , Rodrigo Botter Maio
Written By — Robert Jan Meyer & Mike Baum
Written-By — Mike Baum
3 White 5:13
Electric Piano [Rhodes] — Tamas Szöllösy
4 Badman & Throbin' (Gabor Deutsch Lovely Vocal Remix) 5:17
Electric Piano [Rhodes Solo] — Firat
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] — Gabor Deutsch
Vocals, Lyrics By — Billie
5 Starlight 5:55
Flute — Rodrigo Botter Maio
Saxophone — Roland Graf
Vocals, Lyrics By — Darren Butlin
6 Theia 4:52
Piano — Tamas Szöllösy
Saxophone — Roland Graf
7 Come Along, Again 6:05
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] — Chris Wiesendanger
Vocals — Darren Butlin
8 Snowblind (The Amalgamation Of Soundz Out Of Mind Mix) 5:22
Electric Piano [Rhodes] — Tamas Szöllösy
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] — Amalgamation Of Soundz, The
Vocals [Featuring], Lyrics By — Billie
9 Runaway 4:46
Organ [Hammond] — Chris Wiesendanger
Vocals [Featuring], Lyrics By — Billie
10 Bossanova Feelin' 4:36
Flute — Philipp Gubelmann
Guitar, Electric Piano [Rhodes] — Mike Baum
Vocals — Tanya Birri
11 Do It The Way 4:29
Electric Piano [Rhodes] — Chris Wiesendanger
Vocals, Lyrics By [Songline] — Jillene Luce
12 Sometimes (Compost Original Edit) 4:27
Organ [Hammond Solo] — Chris Wiesendanger
Vocals [Featuring], Lyrics By — Billie
13 A Concha Cor De Rosa 4:17
Organ [Hammond Solo] — Chris Wiesendanger
Vocals — Morena
14 Cold Fusion (Doctor Rockit's Sweaty Dutch Vest Mix) 4:32
Electric Piano [Rhodes] — Matthew Herbert
Remix — Doctor Rockit
Remix [Credited To] — Matthew "Pelion" Herbert
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01:11:59
Credits
Artwork By — Andrew Arnold
Artwork By [Cover Photo] — Jörg Koopmann
Mastered By [@ Calyx Mastering] — Bo
Written-By, Producer — Robert Jan Meyer
Eclectica 2004
Tracklist
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01 Soverato 2:56
Vibes — Kurt Weil
Vocals — Darren Butlin
02 Acapulco 60 4:33
03 Daylight 4:36
04 Hard 2 Survive 3:47
Vocals — Dread Event
05 Pussycat 3:45
Minimoog — Alex Vögele
06 Go:Disco 4:18
Vocals — Michael Morris
07 MKultra 4:25
08 What Happened (Interlude No.1) 1:08
09 Mistaken Identity 3:28
Vocals — A.M.A.D.
10 Capriccio 3:33
11 So Fine 4:46
Bass — Ramun Knapp
Flute — Philipp Gubelmann
Guitar — Alex Vögele
Vocals — Ras Charmer
12 Brave & Bold 5:34
Vocals — Ras Charmer
13 We Are One 4:33
Vocals — Cali P.
14 Heaven Knows (Interlude No.2) 3:56
15 Montreux 4:01
16 Soverato 5:16
Vibes — Kurt Weil
Vocals — Darren Butlin
17 Quaylude Slumber 7:10
Vocals — Ras Theo
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01:11:59
Credits
Guitar, Trombone — Loris Peloso (tracks: 3, 5, 11, 12, 15)
Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond, Keyboard — Tamas Szöllösy (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 13, 15)
Vocals — Sharon Harris (tracks: 2, 5, 10, 13) , Sitta (tracks: 1, 3, 15)
Slow Motion 2009
Tracklist
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01 Slow Motion
02 Winter Tales
Featuring — Virag
03 Let It Go
Featuring — Virag
04 Soverato '09
05 Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
Featuring — Virag
Written-By — James Warren
06 Last Nite
07 Give It Back
Featuring — Virag
08 Enigma Of A Summer Afternoon
09 We're Waiting
Featuring — Virag
10 Close Your Eyes
Featuring — Virag
11 Juy
Featuring — Rachel Montana
12 Wonderland
Featuring — Miriam Schweizer
13 Hustler
Featuring — Jabere
14 Make Your Day
Featuring — Miriam Schweizer
15 Gymnopédie No. 1
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58:59
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