Sky van Hoff | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Sky Hoff |
Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
Origin | Cologne, Germany |
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Years active | 2003–present |
Formerly of | Machinemade God |
Website | https://www.skyvanhoff.com/ |
Sky van Hoff (born 1986) is a German record producer, songwriter and musician. He works primarily with acts in the metal and rock genres, including Rammstein, Emigrate, Till Lindemann, Sleep Token, Kreator and Electric Callboy. Before becoming a producer, van Hoff was a guitarist for metal band Machinemade God and toured extensively with the band until opening his own studio in 2008.
In 2003, van Hoff joined metal band Machinemade God as a guitarist and signed his first record deal as a band member with Metal Blade Records in 2005. [1] [2] [3] His first album with the band, The Infinity Complex, was released the following year. [4] He wrote and produced the band's next album, Masked, released the following year. [5] [6] After receiving requests to produce other German metal acts, van Hoff opened his own studio in 2008. [7] [8] In the years that followed, he worked with Kreator, The Sorrow and Caliban. [9] [10] In 2012, van Hoff appeared on the third season of the German version of The X Factor as a musical director for Sandra Nasić's team, where he supervised and produced the "Groups and Bands" category. [5] [7] He was a producer for the folk duo Mrs. Greenbird, the winner of the season, and subsequently produced their self-titled debut album released the same year. [11] [5]
In 2018, van Hoff contributed to Rammstein guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe's solo project Emigrate and their third album, A Million Degrees, with production, recording and mixing. [12] [13] [14] He was later brought in by Kruspe to record and edit guitar parts for Rammstein's Untitled studio album. [15] [6] Following the album's release in 2019, van Hoff joined the band on their stadium tour as Kruspe's monitoring engineer. [16] [6] In 2021, van Hoff produced and composed the music for Rammstein singer Till Lindemann's first solo single, "Ich Hasse Kinder", and was a producer on Emigrate's fourth studio album, The Persistence of Memory. [17] He received notable praise for his work on Lindemann's single from YouTube personality and music producer Rick Beato. [18] van Hoff rejoined Rammstein in the studio for their next studio album, Zeit, contributing guitar production, recording and editing. [17] After the album's release in 2022, van Hoff continued touring with the band as a monitoring engineer until the end of the tour the following year. [8] He again collaborated with Lindemann on the singer's debut solo album, Zunge, as a producer, songwriter and instrumentalist. [19]
Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
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2009 | Caliban | Say Hello To Tragedy | Engineer | |
2010 | Kreator | Terror Prevails - Live At Rock Hard Festival | Mixer | |
Arma Gathas | Dead To This World | Composer (orchestra, synthesizer and piano parts), producer, recording engineer, mixer, arrangements | ||
The Sorrow | The Sorrow | Co-producer, mixer | ||
2011 | Artwon Artown Artnow | – | "Love Rodeo" | Producer, engineer |
"My Lawyer" | ||||
2012 | Kreator | Terror Prevails - Live at Rock Hard Festival, Pt. 2 | Mixer | |
Phantom Antichrist | Recording engineer (pre-production) | |||
The Sorrow | Misery Escape | Composer, producer, mixer | ||
Mrs. Greenbird | Mrs. Greenbird | Producer, recording engineer, mixer | ||
2015 | Dikta | Easy Street | Producer, mixer | |
Unleash The Sky | Youth | Producer, recording engineer, mixer | ||
2016 | Drescher | Erntezeit | Producer, mixer | |
2018 | Emigrate | A Million Degrees | Recording engineer, mixer | |
Hannah Trigwell | Red | "Nobody", "Another Beautiful Mistake" | Producer, recording engineer, mixer, arrangements | |
Hopelezz | Stories Of A War Long Forgotten | Producer | ||
2019 | Rammstein | Untitled | Additional producer, recording engineer | |
Mental Cruelty | Inferis | Producer, engineer, mixer, mastering | ||
Une Misère | Sermon | "Sermon" | Songwriter | |
All tracks | Producer, engineer, mixer | |||
Kassogtha | The Call | Mixer | ||
Eskimo Callboy | Rehab | "Rehab", "Hurricane", "Disbeliever", "Made By America", "Prism" | Songwriter | |
All tracks | Producer, mixer, arrangements | |||
2020 | Aborted | La Grande Mascarade | "Gloom And The Art Of Tribulation", "Serpent Of Depravity" | Recording engineer |
Eskimo Callboy | MMXX | "Prism" | Songwriter | |
Enslaved | Utgard | Engineer, technician | ||
Ghøstkid | Ghøstkid | Producer, engineer, mixer, editing | ||
Shape Of Water | Great Illusions | "Scar", "Not All The Things" | Mixer | |
2021 | Der Weg einer Freiheit | Der Weg einer Freiheit | Recording engineer | |
Sleep Token | This Place Will Become Your Tomb | Mixer, editing | ||
Emigrate | The Persistence Of Memory | Producer, recording engineer, mixer, editing | ||
Till Lindemann | – | "Ich Hasse Kinder" | Composer, producer, engineer, mixer | |
2022 | Ghøstkid | – | "Ugly" | Songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer, editing |
Rammstein | Zeit | Additional producer, recording engineer, editing | ||
Dikta | – | "Dig Deeper" | Producer | |
Nebelhaus | – | "Alle Jahre wieder" | Mixer | |
2023 | Our Hollow, Our Home | – | "Downpour" | Producer, mixer |
Till Lindemann | Zunge | "Sport frei", "Altes Fleisch", "Du hast kein Herz", "Tanzlehrerin", "Schweiss" | Songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer | |
2024 | Ghøstkid | Hollywood Suicide | Producer |
Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
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2006 | Caliban | The Undying Darkness | "Nothing Is Forever", "Army Of Me" | Guitar |
2009 | Say Hello To Tragedy | "The Degeneration Of Humanity" | Guitar (solo) | |
2010 | Arma Gathas | Dead To This World | Orchestra, synthesizer, piano | |
2012 | Kreator | Phantom Antichrist | Programming (pre-production) | |
The Sorrow | Misery Escape | Electronics, strings | ||
Mrs. Greenbird | Mrs. Greenbird | "Shooting Stars & Fairy Tales", "After All", "It Will Never Rain Roses" | Bass | |
Piano | ||||
2015 | Unleash The Sky | Youth | "Concrete Walls" | Vocals |
Programming, synths | ||||
2018 | Emigrate | A Million Degrees | Bass, synthesizer | |
Hannah Trigwell | Red | "Nobody", "Another Beautiful Mistake" | Guitar, instruments | |
2019 | Une Misère | Sermon | "Sermon" | Backing vocals |
Eskimo Callboy | Rehab | Synthesizer, electronics | ||
2020 | Ghøstkid | Ghøstkid | Guitar, bass, synthesizer | |
2021 | Sleep Token | This Place Will Become Your Tomb | Synthesizer, programming | |
Emigrate | The Persistence Of Memory | Bass | ||
Till Lindemann | – | "Ich Hasse Kinder" | All instruments except drums, programming | |
2022 | Ghøstkid | – | "Ugly" | Guitar, bass, synthesizer, programming |
2023 | Till Lindemann | Zunge | "Sport frei", "Altes Fleisch", "Du hast kein Herz", "Tanzlehrerin", "Schweiss" | All instruments except drums |
Sky van Hoff | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Sky Hoff |
Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
Origin | Cologne, Germany |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) |
|
Instrument(s) |
|
Years active | 2003–present |
Formerly of | Machinemade God |
Website | https://www.skyvanhoff.com/ |
Sky van Hoff (born 1986) is a German record producer, songwriter and musician. He works primarily with acts in the metal and rock genres, including Rammstein, Emigrate, Till Lindemann, Sleep Token, Kreator and Electric Callboy. Before becoming a producer, van Hoff was a guitarist for metal band Machinemade God and toured extensively with the band until opening his own studio in 2008.
In 2003, van Hoff joined metal band Machinemade God as a guitarist and signed his first record deal as a band member with Metal Blade Records in 2005. [1] [2] [3] His first album with the band, The Infinity Complex, was released the following year. [4] He wrote and produced the band's next album, Masked, released the following year. [5] [6] After receiving requests to produce other German metal acts, van Hoff opened his own studio in 2008. [7] [8] In the years that followed, he worked with Kreator, The Sorrow and Caliban. [9] [10] In 2012, van Hoff appeared on the third season of the German version of The X Factor as a musical director for Sandra Nasić's team, where he supervised and produced the "Groups and Bands" category. [5] [7] He was a producer for the folk duo Mrs. Greenbird, the winner of the season, and subsequently produced their self-titled debut album released the same year. [11] [5]
In 2018, van Hoff contributed to Rammstein guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe's solo project Emigrate and their third album, A Million Degrees, with production, recording and mixing. [12] [13] [14] He was later brought in by Kruspe to record and edit guitar parts for Rammstein's Untitled studio album. [15] [6] Following the album's release in 2019, van Hoff joined the band on their stadium tour as Kruspe's monitoring engineer. [16] [6] In 2021, van Hoff produced and composed the music for Rammstein singer Till Lindemann's first solo single, "Ich Hasse Kinder", and was a producer on Emigrate's fourth studio album, The Persistence of Memory. [17] He received notable praise for his work on Lindemann's single from YouTube personality and music producer Rick Beato. [18] van Hoff rejoined Rammstein in the studio for their next studio album, Zeit, contributing guitar production, recording and editing. [17] After the album's release in 2022, van Hoff continued touring with the band as a monitoring engineer until the end of the tour the following year. [8] He again collaborated with Lindemann on the singer's debut solo album, Zunge, as a producer, songwriter and instrumentalist. [19]
Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
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2009 | Caliban | Say Hello To Tragedy | Engineer | |
2010 | Kreator | Terror Prevails - Live At Rock Hard Festival | Mixer | |
Arma Gathas | Dead To This World | Composer (orchestra, synthesizer and piano parts), producer, recording engineer, mixer, arrangements | ||
The Sorrow | The Sorrow | Co-producer, mixer | ||
2011 | Artwon Artown Artnow | – | "Love Rodeo" | Producer, engineer |
"My Lawyer" | ||||
2012 | Kreator | Terror Prevails - Live at Rock Hard Festival, Pt. 2 | Mixer | |
Phantom Antichrist | Recording engineer (pre-production) | |||
The Sorrow | Misery Escape | Composer, producer, mixer | ||
Mrs. Greenbird | Mrs. Greenbird | Producer, recording engineer, mixer | ||
2015 | Dikta | Easy Street | Producer, mixer | |
Unleash The Sky | Youth | Producer, recording engineer, mixer | ||
2016 | Drescher | Erntezeit | Producer, mixer | |
2018 | Emigrate | A Million Degrees | Recording engineer, mixer | |
Hannah Trigwell | Red | "Nobody", "Another Beautiful Mistake" | Producer, recording engineer, mixer, arrangements | |
Hopelezz | Stories Of A War Long Forgotten | Producer | ||
2019 | Rammstein | Untitled | Additional producer, recording engineer | |
Mental Cruelty | Inferis | Producer, engineer, mixer, mastering | ||
Une Misère | Sermon | "Sermon" | Songwriter | |
All tracks | Producer, engineer, mixer | |||
Kassogtha | The Call | Mixer | ||
Eskimo Callboy | Rehab | "Rehab", "Hurricane", "Disbeliever", "Made By America", "Prism" | Songwriter | |
All tracks | Producer, mixer, arrangements | |||
2020 | Aborted | La Grande Mascarade | "Gloom And The Art Of Tribulation", "Serpent Of Depravity" | Recording engineer |
Eskimo Callboy | MMXX | "Prism" | Songwriter | |
Enslaved | Utgard | Engineer, technician | ||
Ghøstkid | Ghøstkid | Producer, engineer, mixer, editing | ||
Shape Of Water | Great Illusions | "Scar", "Not All The Things" | Mixer | |
2021 | Der Weg einer Freiheit | Der Weg einer Freiheit | Recording engineer | |
Sleep Token | This Place Will Become Your Tomb | Mixer, editing | ||
Emigrate | The Persistence Of Memory | Producer, recording engineer, mixer, editing | ||
Till Lindemann | – | "Ich Hasse Kinder" | Composer, producer, engineer, mixer | |
2022 | Ghøstkid | – | "Ugly" | Songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer, editing |
Rammstein | Zeit | Additional producer, recording engineer, editing | ||
Dikta | – | "Dig Deeper" | Producer | |
Nebelhaus | – | "Alle Jahre wieder" | Mixer | |
2023 | Our Hollow, Our Home | – | "Downpour" | Producer, mixer |
Till Lindemann | Zunge | "Sport frei", "Altes Fleisch", "Du hast kein Herz", "Tanzlehrerin", "Schweiss" | Songwriter, producer, engineer, mixer | |
2024 | Ghøstkid | Hollywood Suicide | Producer |
Year | Artist | Title | Song(s) | Notes |
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2006 | Caliban | The Undying Darkness | "Nothing Is Forever", "Army Of Me" | Guitar |
2009 | Say Hello To Tragedy | "The Degeneration Of Humanity" | Guitar (solo) | |
2010 | Arma Gathas | Dead To This World | Orchestra, synthesizer, piano | |
2012 | Kreator | Phantom Antichrist | Programming (pre-production) | |
The Sorrow | Misery Escape | Electronics, strings | ||
Mrs. Greenbird | Mrs. Greenbird | "Shooting Stars & Fairy Tales", "After All", "It Will Never Rain Roses" | Bass | |
Piano | ||||
2015 | Unleash The Sky | Youth | "Concrete Walls" | Vocals |
Programming, synths | ||||
2018 | Emigrate | A Million Degrees | Bass, synthesizer | |
Hannah Trigwell | Red | "Nobody", "Another Beautiful Mistake" | Guitar, instruments | |
2019 | Une Misère | Sermon | "Sermon" | Backing vocals |
Eskimo Callboy | Rehab | Synthesizer, electronics | ||
2020 | Ghøstkid | Ghøstkid | Guitar, bass, synthesizer | |
2021 | Sleep Token | This Place Will Become Your Tomb | Synthesizer, programming | |
Emigrate | The Persistence Of Memory | Bass | ||
Till Lindemann | – | "Ich Hasse Kinder" | All instruments except drums, programming | |
2022 | Ghøstkid | – | "Ugly" | Guitar, bass, synthesizer, programming |
2023 | Till Lindemann | Zunge | "Sport frei", "Altes Fleisch", "Du hast kein Herz", "Tanzlehrerin", "Schweiss" | All instruments except drums |