Axel Hilgenstöhler
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Axel "Axe" Hilgenstöhler (born August 1975) is a German record producer, mixing engineer and guitarist. He is a founding member of the band Thumb and has played guitar in many bands, including Dog Eat Dog and 50 Cent. In 2003 Afrika Islam and Hilgenstöhler founded the group The Machine.
Biography
Hilgenstöhler received musical education in his childhood. In 1993 he founded, together with Steffen Wilmking (later a member of H-Blockx), the band Thumb.
In 2007 Hilgenstöhler started to play the guitar for Dog Eat Dog.
Hilgenstöhler has worked in different areas of music production, such as musical direction (Das Wunder von Bern), audio engineering and live mixing (Simply Red Farewell Tour) or incubator (Artisto – Revolution – The Anthem at Maidan Nezalezhnosti).
Hilgenstöhler has worked with musicians and producers like Afrika Bambaataa, Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Mastermind (Public Enemy), Chuck D, Kool Keith, D-Rock (Body Count, Vernon Reed (Living Colour) and Ice-T.
Hilgenstöhler was one of the founders of United World Organisation, a charity supporting Ukraine and the Philippines, among other countries.{{cite news |first=Uli|last=Kreikebaum| title=Kölner Schauspieler in Lwiw: "Putin nennt hier fast jeder Hitler" | work=Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger | date=3 May 2022 | url=https://www.ksta.de/kultur-medien/koelner-schrieb-die-hymne-der-ukrainischen-revolution-schauspieler-rostyslav-bome-meldet-sich-aus-lemberg-185579 | language=de | access-date=17 November 2024}}
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External links
- [http://facebook.com/axe.trax AxeTrax Facebook Page], official site
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/478688-Axel-Hilgenst%C3%B6hler Axel Hilgenstöhler] at Discogs
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140305124349/http://grow.de/573.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=354&cHash=39f6cceac0d4919768ca7ed39778f73a Hilgenstöhler Interview] – Mr. X and Machine
- [https://www.u-wo.org/geschichte-uwo United World Organisation]
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Category:German male guitarists
Category:21st-century German guitarists
Category:21st-century German male musicians
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