Stigmata

André Walter started his career as a producer in the early eighties. Influenced by bands like Skinny Puppy, Cabaret Voltaire, Nitzer Ebb and the artist Isao Tomita, André started to to experimentalize with his first audio tools (Atari 1040ST) and tracks. During that period, he made the acquaintance of folks from Giessen like Toni Rios, Marco Cannata and Tommy Bingel, the director of the record store Downtown Records. From that time on he evolved to a frequently requested producer supporting various musicians, dj's and artists. Andrés first releases were published on the famous labels Harthouse (as 'Holocube"), Eye-Q (as 'Aquaform"), Kick Down, Fucking Loud and Universal Prime Breaks.

In 1994 André ran into Chris Liebing at the popular record store Downtown Records in Giessen, where famous dj's and acts had their meetingpoint. Visitors during that period of time were Pascal F.E.O.S., Toni Rios, Frank Lorber and several other namable acts. From that day on, every Chris Liebing Release was influenced and produced by André Walter. To create a stage for his own tracks and productions, André Walter, Tommy Bingel, Toni Rios and Chris Liebing launched their own label SOAP Records. Andrés pseudonyms were 'Noosa Heads" (in cooperation with Chris Liebing) and 'E.H.R." (featuring Chris Liebing and Toni Rios). Besides the well working cooperation with Chris Liebing, André also produced tracks with Monika Kruse, Thomas Krome, Moguai, Umek, Marshall Jefferson, Massimo, Gayle San, Al Faris, Marco Cannata and Frank Lorber. In 1998 André began to intensify the coproduction with Chris Liebing besides the SOAP project. Within a short period of time the newly created labels AUDIO, CLR and CLAU advanced to 'most-wanted-brands" and global players like Primate, Intec or Ground were hiring the duo to produce songs and remixes for several artists. André's disposition for the deep and gloomy and his passion for horrormovies had a deep impact on the AUDIO follow-up-project STIGMATA, which has played a major role in the development of modern techno. With STIGMATA André could not only show his almost endless pool of creativity, but also his passion for myth and cabalistic writing.

The extraordinary prolific cooperation with Chris Liebing resulted in the winning of the 'Best Producer Award" at the German Dance Awards 2001, followed by countless successful productions like the conceptual Chris Liebing record 'Evolution", Remixes of 'Blood Angel" by John Starlight, 'Sunglasses at Night" by Tiga, 'Breakthru" by Sven Väth and 'Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes, to name but a few. André always breaks new ground and puts innovation into practice. With his release 'Dark Listening" André created a dark and mystical journey of spherical sounds and effects, comparable to the famous literary work 'Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" by Edgar Allen Poe.

Besides his intense cooperation with Toni Rios nowadays, André also takes care of several up-and-coming talents like Chris Hope and Bug Phunk Deluxe, to push their individual careers through joint efforts and productions. Together with Chris Hope he releases tracks on Planet Rhythm and Perc Trax, which could be found in several playlists and dance-charts of famous techno acts, e.g. Dubfire. At the end of 2008 André and Toni Rios reactivated the label SOAP Records, as well as the formally famous label AUDIO, where André works as the A&R-manager.