Rick J. Jordan | |
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Rick J. Jordan in May 2007.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Hendrik Stedler |
Born | 1 January 1968 |
Origin | Hanover, West Germany |
Genres | EDM |
Occupation(s) | Musician, sound designer, audio engineer composer |
Instruments | Computer engineering, keyboard, guitar |
Years active | 1983–2014 |
Associated acts |
Celebrate the Nun (1985–1992) The Loop! (1993–1998) Scooter (1993–2014) Ratty (1998–) |
Website | www.scootertechno.com |
Rick J. Jordan (born Hendrik Stedler, 1 January 1968) is a sound designer, audio engineer and song composer who is most well known for his work in the German band Scooter.
On stage, Rick's main instruments are the Access Virus TI and a Roland Fantom X8.
Rick Jordan learned to play the piano at age five, and in adulthood completed his studies as a sound mixer.
Before Scooter, Rick founded the band Celebrate the Nun, together with H.P. Baxxter. He also played keyboards in the Hanover bands Laser, Megabyte, Die Matzingers and Never Delay.
Rick Jordan was responsible for the sound design aspects and melodic production elements for Scooter until the beginning of 2014.
Jordan left Scooter around late 2013–early 2014, and his last concert with the band was on 24 January 2014 in Hamburg.
List of productions outside of Scooter and Celebrate the Nun:
Rick is married to Nikk (Nicole Sukar), who has also occasionally performed for Scooter with her natural voice, as well as „pitched" both on stage and some songs like „Jigga Jigga", „Nessaja" or „Friends". Nikk was the former singer of Crown of Creation from Hanover.
They had a daughter born on 21 August 2007, named Keira.
Jordan lives in Hamburg.