Capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf is a major cultural centre, home to famous 20th century artists like Joseph Beuys and his students Markus Lüppertz and Jörg Immendorff. Music-wise Kraftwerk are probably the city's most well-known sons, but Düsseldorf should be also noted for its influential punk and experimental scene in the early 80s, with bands like DAF, NEU!, Der Plan and Fehlfarben.
In the 90s Düsseldorf's musical legacy has been continued by acts like experimental pop group Mouse on Mars and producers like Loco Dice.
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Desolat |
At the start of the last decade teenage Dice Corleone (better known as Loco Dice) was a rapper and a hip hop DJ, playing support slots for Usher, Ice Cube, Jamiroquai, Snoop Dog and R. Kelly. The Tunisian born Loco Dice soon became a very well known...
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Andy Vaz | |||
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Yore |
Attracted by the sounds of Chicago and Detroit, Dusseldorf based DJ and producer Andy Vaz entered the stage in 1997. Long before minimal techno became a genre, Andy has already been concentrating on providing a cultural conduit for more minimal electronic...
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Matt Flores | |||
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Combination Records |
A slow but steady output over the last few years of jazzy, left-field house has seen Matt Flores productions feted by a small but vocal group of supporters. Key releases on Combination Records and Compost.
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Playing his Roland SH-101 at knee level, young and upcoming Lorenz Rhode isn't afraid of striking a pose, neither in his press shots, nor in his music. Riff-heavy 80s disco, funk and synth pop serve as inspirations for his productions, which have lately been appearing on Compost as well as Berlin new-rave outlet Exploited.
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Amontillado |
Elusive dub disco duo from Düsseldorf, whose sporadic releases have surfaced on Amontillado+Music and whose 2003 hit 'Body Dub' was licensed to Clone.
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Mouse on Mars | |||
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sonig |
Like all successful producing-duos Mouse on Mars met under dubious circumstances. According to their website they met at a health food store in 1993 in the Cologne and Düsseldorf area. Ever since Mouse on Mars managed to bridge the gap between...
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Antonelli | |||
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Italic |
For over ten years Stefan Schwander records electronic music under names like Rhythm Maker, A Rocket In Dub, Repeat Orchestra and Antonelli / Antonelli Electr., his most prominent and productive guises. Antonelli's music combines influences from minimal,...
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Hauschka | |||
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Having studied classical piano for ten years, Düsseldorf based pianist / composer Volker Bertelmann's work as Hauschka is based upon a playful exploration of the possibilities of the 'prepared' piano - an adventurous intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument simply waiting for a gifted...
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Kreidler | |||
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Kreidler was founded in 1994 by Thomas Klein, Andreas Reihse, Detlef Weinrich and Stefan Schneider on bass-guitar who was to leave Kreidler some years later in order to form To Rococo Rot; his place was taken by Alexander Paulick (now Coloma) until 2001,...
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Mapstation | |||
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The solo-project of Kreidler founding member and To Rococo Rot collaborator Stefan Schneider, Mapstation explores localised concepts of music by 'shuffling topograpies', as Schneider calls it: The production of his very own imaginary and decidedly non-authentic takes on global music styles. Mapstation's recordings have appeared on...
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One of the most influential space-rock groups of the 1970s, Cluster were originally founded by Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conrad Schnitzler under the name Kluster. When Schnitzler left the group, Moebius and Roedelius continued the band as a duo with frequently changing collaborators, such as Brian Eno, Holger...
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