Olaf Gutbrod aka OHM-G was fascinated by the music as far as his thoughts go back. Music was and is magic for him.
Olaf got his first guitar when he was 9 years old. From this moment on he knew that music was his life.
OHM-G started travelling at the age of 19, when he made his first big trip to South America and then on to India. He also visited other countries like Africa and many more - always studying the music of the people there in his unique way.
When he turned 21 years old, OHM-G met Joe Mubare. Working with Joe had a very strong influence on his music. At the same time OHM-G started with his first recordings on a 4 Track Tape Recorder. In the late 80s and early 90s Gutbrod often played live with German legendary bands, like: Embryo, Chris Karrer, Amon Duell and his own band "Gutbrod Attack".
OHM-G became more and more interested in studio productions, so he built his first studio "Red Light Studio" in Munich where he also lived. There he started experimenting with sounds. This became much more exciting for him, rather than playing in a band. He received many offers to produce soundtracks for movies and the theatre.
In 1996, Kenny Smith ( Manager of Eurithmics ) called him to work with several artists in London, like: William Henshall ( London Beat ), Tim Bran ( Dread Zone ), Jon Porter ( Roxy Music ). During this time Olaf Gutbrod also wrote a song for Vaya Con Dios ( Paradise ).
In 1997, he came back to Munich and made a project with the Performance Artist FLATZ. At the same time he again started DJing based on his own productions.
In the beginning of 2000 OHM-G produced a Sample CD called “Spiritual Voices", which he made purely with tribal voices. To do this project he travelled to Africa and the North of India. This Sample CD has been a big success until now and many known artists work with his recordings.
In 2001, Jubilee Recordings released his first record "Future Ballads" under his Artist name OHM-G. Many tracks of this album are compiled on famous CDs like Café del Mar, Café Abstrait, Chillin Voices, Sounds of the Magic Island, Sofa Beat and many more. Through this influence, OHM-G decided to move to Ibiza in April 2002 to work and live on the island. His second album "Pop-Art" was released in the same year with Blue Flame.
OHM-G then got an offer to remix "Love Theme" from Vangelis (from the Bladerunner soundtrack). This track was released under his surname Gutbrod.
OHM-G started a new project with Bruno from Ibiza ( Resident DJ of Café del Mar ). In 2004 Gutbrod started a project with Chris Zippel ( GENUINE ), a well known producer from Berlin. This project is music for the floor-first release of “MOMENTS” (Spring 2005). "Moments" is the 3rd OHM-G album.
OHM-G has produced a lot of new material to chill and dance, and to play within his own DJ-Set.
It is very important for him not to repeat himself within his music. As he says: “Music is a journey into changing emotions." |