Kris Menace (born Christoph Hoeffel) is a

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History

Christophe Hoeffel began to work as a producer and writer in the mid-1990s for different projects and started using the pseudonym "Kris Menace" in 2005. Menace's debut single "Discopolis" (in collaboration with his friend Lifelike) was released on

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's label

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in 2005. "Discopolis" was later picked up by

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and re-released with various remixes (such as that of

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) and a video directed by Seb Janiak. It became a huge hit in late 2006, reaching #10 in Finland and #89 in the UK Singles Chart. Menace later formed his label Compuphonic and continued to release singles under its imprint. In 2006, Kris also started DJing with

, who was part of "Stardust" with

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from

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, and together they released the single "Lumberjack" in June 2007 on Vulture Music. In 2008, he teamed up with the UK band

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to release the track "Stereophonic", as well as with

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to produce the house anthem "Artificial". and

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to produce "POW!". His

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remix was featured on Kylie Minogue's ''

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'' special edition album. His remix of LCD Soundsystem's " North American Scum" became part of their album ''

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'' in different territories such as

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. His remix for Monarchy's "The Phoenix Alive" was used in the ''

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soundtrack. In November 2010, Kris did a minimix on

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's Radio1 show and broke the record of number of used singles with 240 tracks played within five minutes. From May 2009 to August 2010, Kris Menace had a weekly radio residency at

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in Paris. Kris Menace released his debut album ''Idiosyncrasies'' in May 2009 on three CDs, followed by the singles "Metropolis" and "Idiosyncrasy". Later, UK pop singer Emil resung the samples from "The Dream" and the song became released as "Walking on the Moon". It entered the US Billboard Hot Dance Chart at #8. In September 2010, Kris released his ''Masquerade EP'' on

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's SIZE Label, which was followed up by his "Phoenix & Triangle" release in January 2011 as well as "Alpha Omega" with acid house founder

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. Kris is also part of different projects and released under a number of aliases, including Cut Glass (with Maxwell Cooke), Stars on 33 (with Lawrence "LT" Thompson, Love on Laserdisc (with Ludovic Bordas), Jaunt and Black Van (DFA) and owns different record labels like Compuphonic or Work It Baby, where he nurtured artists such as Lifelike,

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and others. The first release of his project Black Van, together with koweSix from

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, was released on LCD Soundsystem's DFA label and became nominated for the Nu-disco Track of the Year 2009 based on sales. "Black Van"'s follow up single "Moments of Excellence / The Calling (feat.

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)" was released in November 2010 on the label Permanent Vacation and "Inside", which entered the Hypem Charts at #1. In November 2012, Kris released his album ''Features''. The first single and video was "Hide", a collaboration with

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that received a

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Staff Pick. The video for the single "Lone Runner" was presented by

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on 21 December 2012, followed by "Trusting Me" in February 2013,Trusting Me on Youtube.com
"Voodoo Dilate" in March and "Waiting for You" in April.

Discography

Albums

*''Idiosyncrasies'' (April 2009) *''Selected'' (April 2009) (

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Only) *''Idiosyncrasies'' (Special Edition) (April 2010) *''Electric Horizon'' (April 2012) *''Features'' (November 2012) *''Electric Horizon - Live In Barcelona'' (April 2013) *''The Entirety of Matter'' (November 2013) *''Sun, Moon & Stars'' (January 2014) (as Menace and Lord)

Singles

* Lifelike & Kris Menace – "Discopolis" (Vulture / 2005) * Kris Menace – "Voyage" ( Compuphonic / 2005) * Lifelike & Kris Menace – "Discopolis (Remixes)" (Vulture /

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/ 2006) * Kris Menace – "Jupiter" (Compuphonic / 2006) * Kris Menace feat.

– "Fairlight" (Compuphonic / 2007) *

& Kris Menace – "Lumberjack" (Vulture / 2007) * Kris Menace – "Steamroller" (Compuphonic / 2008) * Kris Menace &

– "Stereophonic" (Compuphonic / 2008) * Kris Menace &

– "Artificial" (Compuphonic /2008) * Kris Menace – "Scaler" (Compuphonic / 2009) * Black Van – "Yearning" ( DFA / 2010) * Kris Menace & Douze – "Lockhead" (''Masquerede EP'') (Size / 2010) * Kris Menace – "Swarm" (''Masquerade EP'') (

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/ 2010) * Menace – "Hz vs Tones" (Blood Music / 2010) * Kris Menace – "Walking on the Moon" (U-Tern Bootleg)" (2010) * Kris Menace – "Phoenix / Triangle" (''Phoenix EP'') (Size / 2010) * Black Van – "Moments of Excellence" (Permanent Vacation / 2011) * Black Van – "Moments of Excellence vs.

" (Permanent Vacation / 2011) * Kris Menace & DJ Pierre – "Crank" (Different / Pias 2011) * Menace & Tracid – "Buchla 200e" (Compuphonic / 2011) *

& Kris Menace – "POW!" (Compuphonic / 2011) * Adam Shaw & Kris Menace – "Starchild EP" (Compuphonic / 2011) * Kris Menace – ''eLove EP'' (4 tracks) (Compuphonic / 2011) * Kris Menace & Douze – "Hexo / Overflow" (Compuphonic / 2011) * Stars on 33 – "Let the Music Guide You EP" (5 tracks) (

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/ 2011) * Kris Menace – "Falling Star" (Compuphonic / 2012) * Kris Menace – "eFeel" (Compuphonic / 2012) * The Kiki Twins & Kris Menace – "We Are" (Compuphonic / 2012) * Black Van – "Inside" (Excellent Music / 2012) * Kris Menace feat.

– "Hide" (Remixes) (Compuphonic / 2012) * Kris Menace feat. Unai – "Lone Runner" (Remixes) (Compuphonic / 2012) * Kris Menace feat. Robert Owens – "Trusting Me" (Remixes) (Compuphonic / 2013) * Kris Menace feat. Chelonis R. Jones – "Voodoo Dilate" (SAMO)" (Remixes) (Compuphonic / 2013) * Kris Menace feat.

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– "2Nite4U" (Compuphonic / 2013) * Kris Menace feat. Black Hills – "Waiting for You" (Remixes) (Compuphonic / Ego Music Italy / 2013) * Kris Menace & Lifelike – "Ready 4 Love" (Computer Science / 2015) * Kris Menace & Lifelike – "Ecstasy" ( Spinnin' / 2016) * Kris Menace & Lifelike – "What Time Is Love" (Spinnin' / 2016) * Kris Menace & Simon Lord – "Feel Alive" (Better Music / 2016)

References

External links

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Kris Menace on Soundcloud
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