The two faces behind Hiver & Hammer are DJ Pierre Hiver, aka Patrick Wintter, and DJ Hammer, aka Mario Hammer. Hiver is french and means Winter. That's how Hiver & Hammer got the name.
Pierre Hiver started Djing in 1986 under the Name of DJ Spice P. Before 1997 he had over 30 Releases on Labels like Frankfurt Beat, Time Unlimited, Global Ambition, Formaldehyd and many more. In 1993 he started his own Label called Voodoo Records in Cooperation with Under Cover Musicgroup. 1996 he was named Best Live Act 1996 at the Film Festival in Cannes.
Mario Hammer also had over 30 Releases on Labels like EMI records, Unsubmissive Records,etc. In 1996 he was the Man behind the Compilation called Houseverbot. Not like Pierre Hiver, who was a DJ before he started producing, Mario started producing before he became a DJ.
In the last 5 Years they both released over 40 Records under different Names on labels like: Universal Records, WEA Records, East West Records, Urban Records, Kontor, Superstar Recordings, Unsubmissive Records, Polydor Zeitgeist and many more ...
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