Capital of Germany's largest federal state Bavaria, home of the world's biggest beer festival (Oktoberfest) and other idiosyncratic traditions. It's days of disco are the stuff of legend and since the early 90s Munich is known for its lively electronic music scene. It is represented by labels like Disko B, Gomma or International Deejay Gigolo Records (before their move to Berlin), clubs like Ultraschall and Rote Sonne and artist such as DJ Hell, Richard Bartz, Monika Kruse and Zombie Nation.
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International Deejay Gigolo Records |
An unequivocal industry visionary, DJ Hell's career has embodied and then transcended his many guises: Anti-Superstar DJ, International DeeJay Gigolo Label Boss, GQ Man of the Year, Playboy, Jetsetter, Bon Viveur, Munich Machine, New York Muscle. Seeing,...
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UKW Records |
Zombie Nation started as a project by Munich based DJs Splank! (Florian Senfter) and Mooner. Its first release on DJ Hell's International Deejay Gigolo Records label in 1999 contained the surprise hit 'Kernkraft 400' (which used a sample of an old...
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Munich-boy Richard Bartz swapped the graffiti- for the techno-scene during the early 90s and has remained one of Germany's most highly regarded producers ever since. His early productions as Acid Scout (remember 1994's high-speed techno anthem 'Balance'), Horn or Richie have put Bartz into the limelight, and his many years of...
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Gomma |
Mastermind behind Munk is Mathias Modica, who runs Munich's Gomma label together with Jonas Imbery a.k.a. Telonius. Munk's first album 'Aperitivo' was released in 2004 and defined the funked-up disco punk sound that features heavily on Gomma. Since then,...
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Compost Records |
Ben Mono - ambitious multi-player, producer, remixer and in demand DJ from Munich - has built himself a solid reputation in the world of advanced diskotainment during the past years. His debut album Dual saved him a solid spot in the world's circus and...
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Platform B |
Munich-based producer operating in the field between minimal, rave-compatible techno and pop. Had a huge hit in 2008 with '3 Tage Wach' ('3 Days Awake').
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Hailing from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Munich, Germany, Jay Denham a.k.a. DJ Vice has been fixture on the global techno circuit since the mid-90s, as a recording artist for labels like Transmat, Disko B, as well as his own imprint Black Nation Records.
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Morr Music |
Originally founded by Valerie Trebeljahr as a solo project after the break-up of her previous band L.B. Page in 1998, Lali Puna's line-up was soon expanded to include Notwist guitarist Markus Acher, drummer Christoph Brandner (of the Tied & Tickled Trio)...
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Erkrankung Durch Musique |
Mooner stepped into the limelight as part of Zombie Nation, whose 1999 smash hit 'Kernkraft 400' was signed to DJ Hell's Gigolo label and earned worldwide chart success. As one of the most knowledgeable experts in obscure vintage electronic music, Mooner...
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Alien Transistor |
Formed near Munich as a hardcore punk band in the 80's, The Notwist gradually began to embrace a synthesis of classic '80s indie-pop songwriting and dirty electronic backings by way of their respect for artists like for Oval and Autechre. The band,...
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Permanent Vacation |
Being a piano and bass player, singer and composer has made Polina Lapkovskaya the ideal collaborator for artists like Hans Platzgummer or long-time partner Dr. Mooner in the past. With releases for Mooner's Erkrankung and Love in C Minor labels, as well...
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!K7 |
Best known as part of the Trueby Trio, Fauna Flash or Peter Kruder's Voom:Voom project, Christian Prommer, a trained jazz drummer, has had a major influence on the development of lounge related music. He currently reactivated his old drum-kit going back...
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The self-proclaimed 'ping of kop', Jichael Mackson is Munich's idiosyncratic house music producer Boris Steffen, known for his quirky, experimental and minimalistic techno style, showcased on his releases for labels such as Hartchef Discos or Canadian imprint Musique Risquée.
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Ilian Tape |
Dario Zenker has grown in the course of the time into an inherent part in matter of innovative, electronic music. The inhabitant of Munich is active in the scene for many years and a full blood musician. What confused us in the legendary and musically...
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