Rick J. Jordan ( born Rick J. Jordan , real name Hendrik Stedler ; born January 1, 1968 , Hanover , Germany ) is a former member and co-founder of the German techno group Scooter . For 20 years, since 1993 until 2014, he was mainly engaged in creating music for the group, sound design, sounding and announced his departure from the group in October 2013. The last Scooter concert with Jordan took place in Hamburg on January 24, 2014 [1] [2] [3] .
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| Birth name | Hendrick Stedler |
| Full name | Rick Jay Jordan |
| Date of Birth | January 1, 1968 (51 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Hanover , Germany |
| A country |  Germany |
| Professions | composer , musician , sound engineer , producer |
| Instruments | and |
| Genres | trans, hard trans |
| Collectives | Scooter , Raytchev & Jordan, Leichtmatrose |
| www.scootertechno.com | |
Biography
Jordan learned to play the piano at the age of 5, then he continued his musical education, including engaging in mixing compositions. In 1986, he created the Celebrate the Nun team with H.P. Baxter .
Rick Jordan was responsible for all aspects of Scooter sound. As an experienced musician who knows the theory of classical music, he even created a virtual symphony orchestra . The diversity of Jordan allowed the Scooter group to experiment in various musical genres, mixing rock , classical music , Celtic motifs and much more with dance music. In addition, the voice of Rick in a pitched version can be heard in many hits of the group.
Regarding the creative process at Scooter, Rick speaks as follows:
He ( H.P. Baxter ) comes up with crazy ideas, and then we look at how you can build a joint composition. I try to sort out “creative chaos” and add my own ideas to the production process.
Original textHe comes up with the maddest ideas and then we have to see how we can build a song together. I try to sort the creative chaos and add in my own ideas into the production process.
Rick also created his own project in 1995 ("Nu Love") and released his single.
Jordan currently resides in Hamburg . Rick has been married since 1997 to the former singer of the Crown of Creation Hannover group Nicole (maiden name Zukar, the abbreviated name is Nikk), whose voice can be heard in several famous Scooter compositions, both without processing and the fed version ("Jigga Jigga", “Nessaja” or “Friends”).
According to Rick: “A man can achieve everything if he really wants it”
On August 21, 2007, a daughter was born to Rick and Nicole, who was named Keira.
Leaving Scooter
On October 15, 2013, Rick Jordan announced his retirement from the Scooter group [4] . This became known thanks to the official press release of the group. Rick played his final concert with the former Scooter on January 24, 2014 as part of the Scooter anniversary tour dedicated to the band's 20th anniversary. In the recording of the new album of Scooter, which was recorded during 2013 and is expected in the spring of 2014, did not participate.
Here's how Rick himself said about his departure from the group:
After twenty fantastic years of hardcore, I realized that it was time for me to try something new in music, and I also want to spend more time with my family and friends.
Original textAfter 20 fantastic hardcore years, I've come to realize that now is the time for me to try something new, to take a new musical direction and also to spend a bit more time with my family and friends.
After the farewell anniversary tour of the Scooter group, at the end of January 2014, in one interview, he admitted that leaving the group was connected not only for family reasons. He decided to leave due to the fact that Jens Tele together with H. P dictated his rules to him, and he does not see the future with the Scooter group. He is no longer going to write commercial music and wants to do more interesting directions for him. In particular, to write something alternative rock or chill out, and also wants to try himself in writing advertisements for television. He has nothing against modern dance music, but new trends in the dance culture do not inspire him to create his own compositions.
On stage, he uses Roland equipment, in particular the main synthesizer Roland Fantom X 8, drum machines Akai, as well as Apple laptops. Assembles classic analog equipment. Recently, he worked in the studio in the program Ableton Live [5] .
Creativity after 2014
Since 2016, Rick Jordan created a joint project with composer and pianist Alexander Raichev , a native of Bulgaria, living in Hamburg. In their work, the authors combine elements of classical and electronic music. Also, to create compositions, they attract other performers of classical music [6] . In 2017, their joint album Postclassicalelectro [7] was released .
Solo Discography
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
The single " Can You Feel The Love Tonight " was released in 1995 . The song was written and performed by Elton John in the soundtrack to the cartoon The Lion King .
- Single
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight? - Radio edit (3:59)
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight? - Extended Version (6:44)
- Agony (6:00)
- Vinyl
- A1. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? - Extended Version (6:44)
- B1. Agony (6:00)
SAX (1991)
Rick Stedler, Katarina Novi and Tom Kroge took part [8] [9] .
Single - "Marrakesh"
- Marrakesh - Re-Mix (4:17)
- Marrakesh - Radio-Mix (3:29)
- Marrakesh - Long version (5:37)
- Amnesia (3:28)
Literature
- Matthias Blazek ( German: Matthias Blazek ): Das Niedersächsische Bandkompendium 1963-2003 - Daten und Fakten von 100 Rockgruppen aus Niedersachsen . Celle 2006 ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0
- Max Dax mit Robert Defcon. Always Hardcore. - Hamburg : Edel Books, 2013 .-- 224 p. - ISBN 978-3-8419-0243-6 .
Notes
- ↑ Rick J. Jordan to give final show with Scooter . Deutsche Welle (January 24, 2014). Date of treatment January 26, 2014.
- ↑ Scooter feiern Abschied von Rick J. Jordan (German) . t-online.de (January 25, 2014). Date of treatment January 26, 2014.
- ↑ Britta Kollenbroich. Ein Scooter-Urgestein feiert Abschied (German) . Sächsische Zeitung (January 25, 2014). Date of treatment January 26, 2014.
- ↑ Scooter will perform for the last time in St. Petersburg with the founding keyboard player . RIA Novosti (October 19, 2013). Date of treatment October 26, 2013.
- ↑ Interview on YouTube
- ↑ Münster: Livemusik-Konzert im Planetarium (German) . westfalium.de (18. Januar 2018). Date of treatment July 26, 2019.
- ↑ Debüt im Mojo Club - Raytchev & Jordan mit nie zuvor dagewesener, magischer Klangsymbiose - postclassicalelectro (German) . ganz-hamburg.de (13. Dezember 2017). Date of treatment July 27, 2019.
- ↑ SAX on the Discogs website
- ↑ SAX - Marrakesh on Discogs
Links
- Rick Jordan at Discogs
- Rick J. Jordan Internet Movie Database .
- Rick J. Jordan Facebook .
- German biography
- Biography in Russian
- Rick Jordan's solo projects