Superpitcher

While house and techno are the foundation of Aksel Schaufler's output as Superpitcher, the German-born, Paris-based producer and DJ works with enough styles to justify more than his mere handful of fleeting secondary aliases. An early and key member of the Kompakt stable, Schaufler debuted as Superpitcher with a contribution to the Cologne label's Kreisel 99 series, and at the turn of the century began issuing a succession of varied 12" singles and tracks on assorted Kompakt compilations. His Kompakt affiliation peaked in the mid-aughts with Here Comes Love (2004), a vocal-based album in which he indulged his romantic side, and Today (2005), a night crawling DJ mix. Following Kilimanjaro (2010) and the So Far So Super anthology (2016), Schaufler put together The Golden Ravedays (2017), a 12-volume series of extended 12" singles released on his and Rebolledo's Hippie Dance imprint. Schaufler has subsequently found other outlets with Mule Musiq and Studio Barnhus, among other labels, most notably issuing the Pino Donaggio-inspired Hollywood (2022) on the former. All along, Schaufler has gone semi-incognito with alternate names such as Sir Positive and Richard Sadface, and he has also recorded in tandem with Michael Mayer (SuperMayer) and Rebolledo (Pachanga Boys), as well as Axel Boman, with whom he produced the colorful Tell It to the Mountain (2026). ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi