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, Germany. Snax became well known as a member of electro-pop duo Captain Comatose and subsequently for his solo single "Honeymoon's Over," the remix of which by Konrad Black was an underground club hit in 2007. He has collaborated and toured with several artists including

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and

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. Snax is proficient on keyboards and also plays guitar, bass and drums. He performs most instruments and vocals himself on his releases.

Career

Snax founded the art-rock homopunk band Fagbash, who were active in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. After moving to New York City, he was one half of the lo-fi hip hop act Bedroom Productions. Snax began collaborating with Khan and toured as keyboardist with

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. Together with Khan he formed the disco-pop band Captain Comatose, eventually releasing two albums, the first featuring the hit "$100". In support of his first solo album ''From The Rocking Chair to the Stage'', Snax embarked on a one-man-show tour of Europe in winter 2004. Subsequently, he collaborated with the likes of Kaos,

and Soffy O. Fall 2006 brought Snax's second album, ''Love Pollution''. The Konrad Black tech-house remix for the single "Honeymoon's Over" became popular in 2007 In support of his second album Snax performed in the US with Jamie Lidell and as support act for

through Europe. In 2010 Snax released his third album ''Special Guest Star'' and in 2014 the EP ''Up and Coming Children''. The year 2017 saw the release of Snax's fourth long player, ''Shady Lights''."Snax announces ‘Shady Lights’ LP"
''Data Transmission'', Oct 25, 2017 These were all released on his own label Random Records.

Influences

Snax grew up on rock radio and discovered

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and

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in his teens. His music is influenced by artists such as

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as well as the genres of

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and lo-fi

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Discography

Albums

*2004: ''From The Rocking Chair to the Stage'' (Mental Groove) *2006: ''Love Pollution'' (TNT/

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) *2010: ''Special Guest Star'' (Random) *2017: ''Shady Lights'' (Random)

EPs

*2002: ''No Dancing'' (Freund) *2004: ''Pornosoundtracks'' (Freundinnen) *2008: ''Trouble'' (defDrive) *2009: ''Out of Trouble'' (defDrive) *2014: ''Up and Coming Children'' (Random) *2019: ''Loose Beats'' (Random Records)

Singles

*2004: "No Dancing" (Mental Groove) *2005: "Hat Trick-US remixes" (Mental Groove) *2005: "Hat Trick-Swiss remixes" (Mental Groove) *2006: "It Ain't Love-Fill Me Up" as Snax and Ianeq (

Get Physical Get Physical Music is a Berlin-based electronic music record label founded in 2002 by M.A.N.D.Y. (Patrick Bodmer & Philipp Jung), DJ T (Thomas Koch) and Booka Shade (Walter Merziger, Arno Kammermeier & Peter Hayo). They were DJ Magazine's "Label o ...

) *2006: "Immer So" (TNT/Four Music) *2007: "Honeymoon's Over" (TNT/Four Music) *2011: "Special Guest Remix" (Random Records) *2017: "Turn It (feat. Mavin)" (Random Records) *2018: "Hands Dirty" (Random Records)

With Captain Comatose

*2003: ''Going Out'' (Playhouse) *2005: ''Up in Flames'' (Playhouse)

As Tony Amherst

*2008: "Rush" (Random Records)

As Box Office Poison

*2016: "One Good Thing feat.

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" (Random Records)

Collaborations

*2006: Shapemod feat. Snax – ''Love's Too Much'' (Suicide) *2009: Nu Frequency feat. Snax – ''Passage of Time'' (Rebirth) *2010: Lorenz Rhode feat. Snax – ''Something Hot'' (Exploited) *2010: Maximillian Skiba feat. Snax – ''One To Pray To'' (Exploited) *2011:

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feat. Snax – "It's Time To Get Paid", (''The Most Wanted'', Fanatic Recordings) *2011: Chaim feat. Snax – ''Wish'' (

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) *2012: Terranova feat. Snax – "Ain't No Thing" (''Hotel Amour'',

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) *2012: Rimshooters vs. Snax – ''Pledge Allegiance'' (Her Majesty's Ship) *2013: Manhooker and Snax – ''Based on Misunderstandings 7'' (

Sonar Kollektiv Sonar Kollektiv is a German record label founded in the late 1990s by the DJ and producer team Jazzanova(Claas Brieler, Roskow Kretschmann, Stefan Leisering, Axel Reinemer). The label specializes in downtempo music. The intention was to create an i ...

) *2015: Hotel Motel feat. Snax – ''The Fall'' (

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) *2016: Guiddo feat. Jamie Lidell and Snax – ''Walked Out'' (LuvShack Records)