Real name: Marcel Gschwend

Effective period / Period of releases: 2004 - 2020

Born and raised in St.Gallen, Bit-Tuner works and lives in Zürich today. He's been producing electronic music with computers, mpcs, synthesizers, bass guitars and a fleet of analogue effect gear. He has a fondness for samples from old records, movies and has also been discovering field recording lately. Bit-Tuner works with heavy beats, blown up bass sounds, gloomy athmospheres, acid-driven melodies and uproaring soundscapes. His musical field of expression reaches from Hip Hop Beats to Electronica, Noise, theatre productions and film soundtracks.

Bit-Tuner has collaborated with various artists and rapper like Dani Göldin (Göldin & Bit-tuner), !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Anna (kuenschtli.ch),
Audio88 (Berlin), Bleubird (Florida) or Sensational (WordSound/NYC).
Remixes: Oddateee (Deadverse Rec.), Sole (Ex-Anticon), Filewile / Tim & Puma Mimi (Mouthwatering Rec.), Jeans for Jesus, Palko!Muski, Velvet Two Stripes, Flieder, …

In his energy-driven concerts, Bit-Tuner oscillates between Downbeats, Electronica and Post-Dubstep, while he pulls his tracks together to become a gloomy, but still euphoric bass monster. Live he has shared the stages with Acts like Kelpe, Jon Hopkins, Otto von Schirach, Ben Frost, Jimi Tenor, Modeselektor, Shackleton, Actress, The Haxan Cloak, Zomby,…