H O M E / B L O G / I N F O / L I V E / C O N T A C T< -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oli Rubow (born 30 January 1972) uniquely combines the repetitive and cool sound aesthetics of German club culture with his very own personal touch and the soul of jazz and soul! He passionately moves between the various electronic styles of DJ and club culture, loving the aesthetics of electrified beats and handmade improvised music in equal measure. In addition to his long-standing collaboration with bass legend Hellmut Hattler (since 2000) and the lounge pioneers of De Phazz (since 2003), he has also made guest appearances with Turntablerocker, Fantastischen Vier, Cro, Henrik Schwarz and Jazzanova. Rubow, who has been playing drums since the age of ten, completed the Popkurs in Hamburg in 1993. Since the late 1990s, he has been intensively engaged with the rhythmic aesthetics of electronic and programmed genres. He is dedicated to the task of translating the rhythmic appeal of DJ culture onto the drums, i.e. realising originally programmed grooves in a stage setting. To this end, acoustic drums are either prepared or enhanced with various types of electronics (sequencers, computers, electronic drums, effects devices). In addition, the rhythm design of the patterns is based on the formative production tools (e.g. drum computers and sampling CDs), the studio techniques used by producers (e.g. sound blending, dynamics, processing) and the working methods of DJs (e.g. club-compatible tension curve). Rubow's textbook on these topics (e-Beats on Drumset) was published in 2007 together with an accompanying weblog (e-beats.net). Four more books have followed to date. He has also worked as a workshop author for the German drumming magazine drums&percussion, regularly leads workshops and teaches at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. In 2020, he was voted ‘E-Drummer of the Year’ by the readers of the Australian magazine digitalDrummer. Further information and insights can be found: there p+c oli rubow 2025