Otto von Schirach (born March 10, 1978 in Miami, Florida) is an American
IDM and
breakcore
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musician. Of Cuban and German heritage, he grew up in the
Little Havana
Little Havana ( es, Pequeña Habana) is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. Home to many Cuban exiles, as well as many immigrants from Central and South America, Little Havana is named after Havana, the capital and largest city i ...
neighborhood of Miami and heavily incorporates elements of
Miami bass
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into his music. He started out DJing at house parties in the 1990s and began composing his own music. In 2001 he released his first album, ''8000 B.C.'', on his own Triangle Earth label.
Von Schirach has a son who was born in 2016.
Discography
Albums
* 2001: ''8000 B.C.'' (Triangle Earth/Schematic)
* 2001: ''Escalo Frio'' (Schematic)
* 2004: ''Global Speaker Fisting'' (Schematic)
* 2006: ''Maxipad Detention'' (Ipecac Recordings)
* 2006: ''Pimps of Gore''
(collaborative album with Gut) (Supreme Chaos, 2006)
* 2008: ''Oozing Bass Spasms'' (Cock Rock Disco)
* 2009: ''Magic Triangle''
* 2012: ''Supermeng'' (Monkeytown)
Singles and EPs
* 2002: ''Boombonic Plague'' (Schematic)
* 2002: ''Chopped Zombie Fungus Vol 2 Pelican Moondance'' (Schematic)
* 2003: ''Sduisant Lollipop'' / ''Swimming Is Great If You Aren't Drowning'' (Imputor?)
* 2003: ''El Golpe Avisa'' (Rice And Beans)
* 2006: ''Pukology'' (Imputor?)
* 2009: ''Bass Low'' / ''Bass Galactica 8'' (Basshead)
* 2018: ''Draculo'' (Monkeytown)
* 2021: ''Ottobrus'' (with Qebrus) (Triangle Earth)
References
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American electronic musicians