Haujobb

Founding Members: Daniel Myer, Dejan Samardzic, Björn Jünemann.
Biography:
Founded in 1993 in, Haujobb began life as a Germany EBM band skill for generating driving dance music with dark, experimental edge. Taking their name from the slag term for replicant in the film Blade Runner, Haujobb loosely translates to mean “skinjob” in German.*

After the release of a cassette-only album named Drift Wheeler, Haujobb signed to Off Beat Records and in 1993 released a proper debut, Homes and Gardens. The trio toured Germany and issued the album in the States, but said farewell to Junemann in 1995, just after the release of Freeze Frame Reality. A split release with :wumpscut: titled The Remix Wars, Strike 1 appeared one year later, and Haujobb also contributed remixes to Front Line Assembly and Download; cEvin Key returned the favor on the Frames remix EP.

By their third studio album, Solution for a Small Planet, Haujobb’s expanded their range by adding elements of techno and noise into their songs. A trend that would continue in their subsequent releases in the 1990s, as they wove increasing amounts of drum & bass and IDM influence into their sound. 1999’s NinetyNine was a sparse, downtempo collection of ambient electronic compositions. They have since reintroduced some of the more rhythmic elements back into their sound on their more recent albums, but have continued to experiment, drawing concepts from a wide variety of musical styles.

In 2011 Haujobb released a new album with the title New World March which according to the band uses more hardware, guitars, drums, and sound recordings compared to software based Vertical Theory of 2003.

In 2013 Haujobb created their own production label, Basic Unit Productions, and began releasing other artists such as Div|ider, Blush Response, and Black Nail Cabaret. Basic Unit Productions also released two compilations under the title Frost. In September 2015, Haujobb released the minimal-wave influenced, Blendwerk on Basic Unit Productions in Germany and on Negative Gain Productions in the United States. In early Haujobb liner notes and credits, Daniel was listed as D. Meier, however in more recent liner notes he is listed as Daniel Myer.

Albums:
• Homes and Gardens (1993)
• Freeze Frame Reality (1995)
• Solutions for a Small Planet (1996)
• Matrix (1997) 2CD
• Ninetynine (1999)
• Polarity (2001)
• Vertical Theory (2003)
• New World March November 11, 2011,[5]
• Blendwerk (2015)

EPs:
• Frames: The Remix Album (1996)
• Remix Wars Part One (vs. Wumpscut) (1996)
• Ninetynine Remixes (1999)
• Penetration (2002)
• Vertical Mixes (2005)
• Smack My Bitch Up (2007)
• Dead Market (2011)
• Let’s Drop Bombs (2012)