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René Pawlowitz
Shed performing at Melt! music festivalShed performing at Melt! music festival
Background information
Born1975 (age 48–49)
OriginFrankfurt, Germany
GenresTechno, House, Breakbeat Hardcore, UK Funky
Years active1996–present
LabelsSoloaction Records, Ostgut Ton, 50 Weapons
Musical artist

René Pawlowitz (born 1975) is a German Berlin-based DJ and producer, better known under his techno moniker Shed. Pawlowitz also performs under various under aliases including WAX (techno), Hoover1 (breakbeat hardcore / jungle), Evil Fred (UK funky), and Head High (house).

Life

René Pawlowitz was born in 1975 in the East German town of Frankfurt/Oder and grew up in Schwedt/Oder. He started producing music in the 1990s.

In 2002, he moved to Berlin and founded his own label Soloaction Records, where he released his first EP Red Planet Express as Shed in 2004. His debut album Shedding the Past was named the album of the year 2008 by Resident Advisor. In 2010 the second album The Traveller was released.

Discography

  • Shedding the Past (2008)
  • Deuce (EP with Marcel Dettmann, 2009)
  • The Traveller (2010)
  • The Killer (2012)
  • The Praetorian / RQ-170 (2012)
  • The Dirt (2013)
  • Constant Power (2014)
  • Dark Planet (2015)
  • The Final Experiment (2017)
  • No Repress but Warehouse Find (2018)
  • Vertigo (2018)
  • Rigger (2019)
  • Oderbruch (2019)
  • Towards East (2022)
  • The 030-Files (2024)
  • Applications (2024)

As The Traveller

  • A100 (EP, 2012)

As Hoover1

  • Hoover1-1 (Single, 2019)
  • Hoover1-2 (Single, 2019)
  • Hoover1-3 (Single, 2019)
  • Hoover1-4 (Single, 2020)
  • Hoover1-5 (Single, 2022)
  • What You Want (EP, 2024)

As Head High

  • It's A Love Thing (Single, 2010)
  • Rave (Dirt Mix) (Single, 2012)
  • Burning (Single, 2013)
  • Mega Trap (Album, 2014)
  • Into It (EP, 2019)
  • Home. House. Hardcore. (Album, 2021)
  • Home. House. Hardcore.2 (Album, 2022)
  • Break Away (Single, 2023)

As War Easy Made

  • The Internecine Truth (Single, 2012)

As WK7

  • The Avalanche (Single, 2010)
  • Do It Yourself (Single, 2012)
  • Washer (Single, 2015)
  • Rhythm 1 (Single, 2017)

As WAX

  • WAX10001 (Single, 2008)
  • WAXX20002 (Single, 2009)
  • WAX30003 (Single, 2010)
  • WAX40004 (Single, 2011)
  • WAX50005 (Single, 2012)
  • WAX60006 (Single, 2018)
  • WAX70007 (Single, 2019)
  • WAX80008 (Single, 2022)
  • WAX90009 (Single, 2024)

As Evil Fred

  • Get On (Single, 2013)
  • The Unknown Evil EP (EP, 2021)

As EQD

  • Equalized #111 (Compilation, 2011)
  • Equalized #006 (Single, 2017)
  • Equalized #007 (Single, 2018)
  • Equalized #009 (Single, 2021)
  • Equalized #010 (Single, 2023)

References

  1. Simpson, Paul. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2008". Resident Advisor. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

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