Holeg Spies

Holeg Spies
Background information
Origin	Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Composer, Music Producer, Transmedia Creator
Years active	1973–present
Website	spies.tv

Holeg Spies^[1] is a French-born composer and music producer^[2] best known for his collaboration in film music with Patrick Savage^[1] as Savage & Spies notably for the cult horror film The Human Centipede (First Sequence), James Caan's thriller The Outsider and Raindance Film Festival award winning true story drama Selling Isobel by Rudolf Buitendach.

Since 1993, Spies is recognized as a leader and pioneer in the fusion of musical styles in the indie-music world. Headliner DJ of the first official electronic music tour in India he then joined the Out Soon booking agency alongside stars Jeff Mills and Carl Cox. Experienced in international collaborations, Holeg Spies has constantly explored cultures and sound-worlds to forge his own unique and unconventional style. From indie-rock to electronica/techno throughout ancient/world and orchestral music, Holeg worked with major record companies such as Universal Japan, BMG and Polygram. Holeg Spies has composed and produced a massive amount of music pieces under several names: Holeg Spies,^[3] Spies,^[4] Savage & Spies, Olowex, Spies Under Von Magnet Influence,^[5] The Star Shrink Shooters^[6] and Kore kosmou. Jon Klein (Siouxsie and the Banshees), East Bay Ray (Dead Kennedys). Holeg also produced for numerous artists and labels in more than 20 countries such as Anne Clark,^[7] Citizen aka Vitalic,^[8] Von Magnet ^[9] among others.

Trained at the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), Holeg created the avant-garde, transmedia "Spies"^[10] project in the mid 90's with Thierry Saint-Paul and Alexandra Mercier. Together, they have created the notinism art movement throughout the installation and transmedia art-concept, "Notinism.org".^[11] In the continuity, Holeg has developed multisensory and pluridisciplinary art pieces merging music, ballet, cinema, painting and various digital art forms. American curator David d'Heilly ^[12] wrote: "SPIES' work transmits a vast rosetta stone facilitating communication between the world of ancient thaumaturgical wisdom and our current network society".

In Japan where he toured and provided art installations frequently over a 10-year period (1997-2007) having been introduced by Mike Maguire (Juno Reactor), he met director Miike Takashi in 2002. SPIES scored an exclusive 4' trailer for his award-winning movie Ichi the Killer ^[13] and decided then to concentrate his musical composition for films. Holeg got started in the American film industry with his contribution to the theatrical trailer of Michael Bay's Hitcher. In 2006, he met Patrick Savage and together created the Savage & Spies composer-duo. From 2011 to 2014, Holeg Spies joined ICM Partners alongside a stable of film luminaries that includes Ennio Morricone, Al Pacino as well as music superstars Beyoncé, Eminem and Lou Reed.

Filmography

• Selling Isobel
• Le Chemin des Juifs
• The Road to Freedom Peak
• The Outsider
• Dead End aka Hard Shoulder
• Stolen Light
• American Maniacs
• Holy Monks
• Se vende Perro que habla, 10 euros
• Asylum 108
• Jack of Diamonds
• LA, I hate you
• Ichi the Killer
• Hitcher
• The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
• Shadowland
• The Ugly File
• I Do
• Peekers
• Notinism.org

Discography

Albums

• Kore Kosmou: Japanese Deluxe Edition (Wakyo Inc. - 2016), Japan ^[14]
• Savage & Spies: The Outsider/Dead End Original Scores (Howlin'Wolf records – 2015), USA^[15]
• Kore Kosmou: American Deluxe CD Edition (Howlin'Wolf records – 2015), USA ^[15]
• The Star Shrink Shooters: Tanz-Demokratur (Mechanical Dragon – 2007), Hong Kong/France^[6]
• Spies Under Von Magnet Influence: SUVMI (Celestial Dragon/Cinetiks – 2006), Hong Kong/France^[5]
• Spies: Notinism re-edition and remixes (Wirikuta – 2003), Austria^[16]
• Holeg & The Spies: Reality Drift (Wirikuta – 2003), Austria^[16]
• Spies: Notinism (TechnoFlux/Flatline/Antzen – 2000/01), Japan/Germany^[17]

Singles and Remixes

• Vedama & Spies: Photonic (Dat Records - 2015), Italy^[18]
• Holeg Spies: Toxic (Horns and Hoofs – 2009), Russia^[19]
• Holeg Spies: Interleaved remix for Midimiliz/Extrawelt (Boshke Beats – 2008), Spain^[20]
• Spies: Escape the 80's remix for Signal Electrique (Expressillon – 2006), France^[21]
• Spies: Shape your Shade (Celestial Dragon/Cinetiks – 2006), Hong Kong/France^[5]
• Holeg Spies: Lost in Darkness feat. BakXIII (Citizen Records – 2005), France^[8]
• Spies: Surface Tension remix for Implant/Anne Clark (Alfa Matrix – 2005), Belgium^[7]
• Spies: Morirme remix for Von Magnet (Von Magnet – 2004), France^[22]
• Holeg & The Spies: God is not Goth (Aurinko – 2003), Germany^[23]
• Spies: Nine remix for Implant (Flatline – 2001), Germany^[24]
• Spies: Notinista (Flatline – 2001), Germany^[25]
• Spies: Notinism (TechnoFlux – 2000), Japan^[25]
• Spies: Wide Shot (Aurinko – 1999), Germany^[26]
• Spies: Psychosis (Organic – 1998), UK^[27]
• Spies: Re-Struct remix for EON Project (Transient – 1998), UK^[28]
• Spies: Ceremoniak (Transient – 1997), UK^[29]
• Karmic Energies: Equal & Surpass, Born to be wild, Bonobo (Vivid Underground – 1996)^[30]
• Holeg & LorenX: Holegator (Trans'Pact – 1994), France^[31]

Exclusive releases

• Holeg Spies & Osho: Leaving the streets of L.A (Cinetiks – 2007), France^[32]
• Holeg Spies & Osho: Hands of Time (Cinetiks – 2007), France^[32]
• Spies & Tim Schuldt: Living Entity (Sonic Motion – 2006), France^[33]
• The Star Shrink Shooters: LIS (Mechanical Dragon – 2006), Hong Kong^[34]
• Holeg Spies: Lost in Darkness (Boshke Beats – 2005), Spain^[35]
• Holeg & MJ12: Artificial Paradise (Maniac IQ – 2005), Japan^[36]
• Spies & Red Eyes Express: Sogno d'oro (Tempest – 2004), Australia^[37]
• Spies: Flore in Love (D-Side – 2004), France^[38]
• Spies: Flore in Love (Psy-Harmonics – 2004), Australia^[39]
• Spies: Reminiscence (Eros Music – 2003), Greece^[40]
• Holeg & The Spies: God is not Goth (Music of the Sphere/Universal – 2003), Japan^[41]
• Spies: Instead Of (Tempest 2003), Australia^[42]
• Spies: Instead Of (Thisco – 2002), Portugal^[43]
• Spies: Les Ailes du désir (Flatline – 2001), Germany^[44]
• Spies: Les Ailes du désir (Etnicanet – 2001), South Africa^[45]
• Spies: Nine (Psy-Harmonics – 2001), Australia^[46]
• Spies: Inorganic Being (D-Side 2000), France^[47]
• Spies: Spiratual (Aurinko – 2000), Germany^[48]
• Spies: Inorganic Being (Atomic – 1998), UK^[49]
• Puma-Tron: Cat Scan (Divine – 1997), UK
• Karmic Energies: Psychosis (Omnisonus/BMG – 1997), France^[50]
• Karmic Energies: No Compromise (Omnisonus/BMG – 1997), France^[50]
• Karmic Energies: Bonobo (Omnisonus/BMG – 1996), France^[51]
• Karmic Energies: Born to be wild (Omnisonus/BMG – 1996), France^[51]
• Karmic Energies: Equal & Surpass (Omnisonus/BMG – 1996), France^[51]
• Karmic Energies: Tapovan (Fairway/Javelin – 1995), UK^[52]
• Karmic Energies: MCPA (Omnisonus/Polygram – 1995), France^[53]
• Karmic Energies: Tapovan (Omnisonus/Polygram – 1995), France^[53]

References

External links

• Holeg & The Spies Discography