KRAUTOK 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Autotune is the techno-boy-group with house-appeal, that acts like the T-1000 killerbot in “Terminator 2″: Formed by Adel Dior and Fabian Feyerabendt the project exploded, after a harsh conflict about the house-cleaning. In comes Jan-Eric Scholz, Autotune is complete again and ready to rumble big time. And sometimes there´s some Alexander Gerlach added: Autotune transforms to Die Raketen.

KRAUTOK 2007, 2008, 2009
ONZE is our after-hour king. More info about ONZE if you click on his name…

KRAUTOK 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009

Since discovering an early variety of ringtone-dub on his Commodore 64 in 1982 Anton Waldt was trapped in electronic music ever since. Waldt has been part of the Toktok-Crew for most of the 90ties until Nerk and Feyerabendt found out that he is a no-brainer and kicked him out. 2006 Anton Waldt suddenly was back on the scene playing ringtone-dub on a single XBase.

KRAUTOK 2007, 2008 & 2009

Feed walks the line. Feed is the famous office opussum at De:Bug magazine. Since Mitte Karaoke split Feed was playing solo live acts until he discovered his new dream partner at last year´s Krautok. Will this year see another Waldt-goes-drumcrazy-to-Feeds-Drums-and-Blimps?

KRAUTOK 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009

ODD is an electro-dance music project by Daisuke PAK and stands for electro-sound with live japanese singing. The lyrics are full of irony, dealing with everyday-life phenomena from Japanese culture and society. ODD‘s sounds and rhythms are made by manipulating the sound of the japanese language. By now, he is a seasoned Krautok-veteran.

ODD Liveset from Krautok 2008:

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KRAUTOK 2008 & 2009

Mia is neither to be confused with the Grime hype from the UK, nor the cheesy german rock band. The original Mia first takes her place behind the turntables in the mid-90′s in Cologne. In 2000 she founded her Label Sub Static, which she is running together with Falko Brocksieper since. Releasing stuff on others Labels like Traum Schallplatten and Trapez as well she moved to Berlin in 2004. In 2007 Mia’s second album “Bittersuess” turns out to be her greatest success up to the now of Krautok.

Mia: Krautokset from Krautok 2008

KRAUTOK 2009

Pacou ist ein echtes Berliner Gewächs, nach ersten Gehversuchen an Decks wurde Mitte der 90er Jahre der Tresor seine Homebase. Neben Tresor Records erschienen Pacous Produktionen unter anderem auf Djax-Up-Beats, Music Man und Konsequent Records. Mit LL Records betreibt Pacou zudem seit 1998 sein erstes eigenes Label, 2005 folgte Cache Records. Pacou tritt Techno-Arsch!

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KRAUTOK 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009

Well-travelled Muscovite Dasha Rush has spent time in Paris, London and Japan, combining her music with work in fashion to create multi-artistic collaborations alongside artists and dancers. Her first live performances formed part of gallery exhibitions, using sound installations and theatre performances to explore the emotional and technological aspects of electronic music. She now runs her own label Fullpanda Dasha Rush mostly performs live acts: Crazy shit at Krautok 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. As they say : All you need is ears.

Dasha Rush: On The Road

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KRAUTOK 2008, KRAUTOK 2009

suspect has been making music and playing live in australia and abroad for many years. both as part of seminal underground group dark network and solo as suspect, T has released a number of single tracks and full length releases on vinyl, cd and through open source for record labels such as clan analogue, blatant propaganda, deluxe mood series, if? and melbourne underground konsortium.
the sound of suspect is metamorphic – from soundtrack work through to dancefloor techno, changing beats and melodies from ambient to deep bass hard techno and everything in between. having played in a wide variety of contexts such as art galleries, outdoor parties, nightclubs, festivals and sound art events, the music that fits under the suspect umbrella is varied.

suspect: aston

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KRAUTOK 2008, KRAUTOK 2009

Producer, vocalist, songwriter, performer, musician, international dj the list goes on, our Bozzwell first appeared on the radar as one of The All Seeing I ‘s tentacles, back in the day, wowing the crowds with his exeptionally high pitched ball clenching false etto, his funky bass lines and keyboard wizardry, and who could forget that legendary Top of The Pops appearance dressed as some kind of space aged bandit. Since then he´s gone on to produce some very fine records indeed for some of the undergrounds most establised imprints including releases through Crosstown Rebels and Eskimo as Hiem, with his partner in Electro crime Nick Eastwood, he also seems to be turning feet and heads with his solo “Bozzwell “ releases which so far have hit the racks through Eskimo’s sister label Suicide and also more recently a brand new spanking killer 12” “The Fionas Song ep “ via Firm records Cologne, who sit comfortably under the Kompakt umberella, this release has been causing a stir amongst the cooler pages of the music press with rave reviews everywhere, so with all these releases and all the superstar producer remixes from Justus Koehnke, Dirk Leyers, Konrad Black and Mathew Johnson all tucked under his belt theres plenty more to come from this sheffield hairy bear of a man. Next sees the release of the first Hiem full long player where bozzwell has been collaberating with all sorts of pop and dance royalty including Roots Manuva, Kate Jackson (The Long Blondes) and of course the Sheffield Electro pop hero of our times Sir Phil Oakey of the Human Leauge, the album is expected to hit the shops around december, early 2009 with single releases from september through sheffield uber cool Society records.

Marlenes Eyes

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KRAUTOK 2008, KRAUTOK 2009

Canadian electronic producer Aschka aka Debbie Lo made her first appearances in her adoptive country Belgium, where she played live at various locations and later held a residency at the local downtown hotspot Zebra. Now based in Berlin, her tracks have appeared on De’fchild and Firm, revealing a style which combines harmony and melodies with experimental sounds.

Aschka : Mirage

KRAUTOK 2008, KRAUTOK 2009

Roger Kerosene started his musical career in the late eighties in Frankfurt / Germany as a rock-drummer and turned to producing electronic music in the early nineties. In 1991 he released his first 12″ on Delirium records, which was followed by a series of solo releases as Kerosene (on Hard Hands UK, Force Inc, Mille Plateaux, Caipirinha u.s.) as well as projects like Ultrahigh (together with Jammin’ Unit on Sony Music, Force. Inc.), Cracked (together with Dr.Scissors on Superstition) or h.e.a.d. (together with Khan on Blue and Emi Harvest). With Jammin’ Unit he started the Pharma label in 1995, which released 30 catalogue numbers until 1999. As Zulutronic he did a remix for the Wu-Tang-Clan in 1998, later that year he moved to berlin. In 2000 kerosene produced the soundtrack for the expo-2000-exhibition of Daimler Chrysler. In 2001 he released his first tracks on Fumakilla (“Tulasonic” together with Adel Dior from Autotune, followed in 2003 by a new Utrahigh 12″). In 2004 he remixed tracks for Nine Inch Nails and Gwen Stefani. In summer 2006 he went on tour in greece with his live act “The Pressure”.In january 2008 Kerosene launched his new techhouse label “Athletikk” on which he has released two 12″s so far.

Kerosene: Like A Ghost

KRAUTOK 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Stefan Küchenmeister made his mark as DJ in the midnineties, both in his hometown Kassel as an Aufschwung Ost/Stammheim-resident and in Berlin-clubs like Tresor, Suicide or Electric Ballroom. Since 1999 Küchenmeister mainly published as producer for the Toktok-universe [V-Records, Zokzok, Toktok-Records], complementing with EPs and releases on the label Hörspielmusik [Stammheim surrounding]. On the wheels of steel Küchenmeister is meanwhile well known from Russia to Japan. His last album was Anti Age on Bomzh / Toktok Records.

Anti Age:

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KRAUTOK 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Robotnik appeared in the early 90ties, trashing Acid-Beats inspired by the everlasting live-sets of the infamous Spiral Tribe collective. Robotnik ran the label Parsec, and was an original Krautok-Artist back in ´95. In between Robtonik disappeared from the stage for nearly ten years. To everyones surprise Robotnik made a comeback trashing Acid-Beats at Krautok 2006 and has been a constant and ever since. Watch out for his superior machine- rocking techniques!

KRAUTOK 2007, 2008, 2009

Jammin’ Unit aka Cem Oral, born as a son of a Turkish father, a Finnish mother and with German citizenship, startet his musical carrer as a teenager with 4-track-recorders and synthesizers. Since then he released tons of records and remixes, not only as “Jammin’ Unit” but in numerous cooperations like Air Liquide, Ultrahigh, Madonna 303 etc. Jammin’ Unit is not: Khan, that´s his brother. In 2007 he established his very own mastering studio Jammin Masters which we can only recommend for its superb work.

KRAUTOK 2009

Haito got hooked by the eclectic early DJ-work of Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark, well-trained on Berlin’s Loveparade vehicles, pressed into vinyl by most different labels such as Kickboxer, Malatoid, Spagat, Boxer Recordings or Acker Records. His first album Fiat Lux on Boxer Recordings will be released on the 14th of september, so you can expect some tracks from it in his liveset.

KRAUTOK 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009

Toktok was founded in 1994, emerging out of the prosperous free party scene at that time where the numerous Toktok members organized Parties – mainly in squads. From the beginning on, Toktok focused on playing techno mostly live, plugging the whole studio in at the party location and going for a wild jam. Since then Toktok has slimmed down to the artists Nerk and Fabian Feyerabendt, released 26 records, and played in clubs around the globe. Their latest release is Bullet in the Head Vol.1 on Toktok Records (TTR13).

Jack MD

KRAUTOK 2009

M-Piper stands for extroverted electronic music. The three boys (Chris Sonaxx, Carl Carlson and Rob Medina) have a deep understanding of what gets a crowd moving successfully, using a diverse but danceable range of tracks. Mainly due to the use of analogue sound engines the audience are treated to a superb audible performance which is coupled with a unique visual experience. The sound of M-Piper is most appropriately described as a mixture of pure, deep techno and raw electro sound. Their initial 2005 offering on Hilltribe Records proves that the boys can produce as well as perform.

M-Piper: Kweak

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KRAUTOK 2009

AUDDIE is a new berliner techno project from one of the most interesting performers of the french electronic scene. 10 maxi vinyls and 2 albums under the name STALKER, Auddie has come back to true techno, with a very personal style. He plays with machines, no computer on stage. That makes the difference: he can create a very particular relationship with the public, with many parts of improvisations, voices, and a unique energy. Most of his work is live act-based, to be really adapted to the serious dance rules.

AUDDIE: Ein Bergamotte

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KRAUTOK 2009

Erase has been producing and performing all kinds of electronic music since the early 90s under different pseudonyms. Sound Designer, Producer, DJ and Music Gear Expert from the Aaland Islands between Sweden and Finland now living in Gothenburg and working at ELEKTRON MUSIC MACHINES MAV AB. When not in the studio cooking up the strangest sounds from a vast array of some incredibly hard to find hardware synthesizers, drummachines and effects. A broad range of influences but always nodding to the original creators of the groove and sticking to what matters most, rhythm and sound.

Erase liveset recorded in Ghent:

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KRAUTOK 2008, KRAUTOK 2009

Sebastian Preller started playing electronic music in 1996. In 1999 and 2000 he released together with a friend two records on Authentic Music, a small label from Cologne. In summer 2000 he moved to Berlin and spent some years in learning soldering and electronics. Now his son is 15 months old, so he has time again to make some music.

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KRAUTOK 2008

Chris Sonaxx started as resident in Neu-Ulms ClubCafé 1997 an ever since he hit the floors with diverse sets from electro to techno and minimal. Chris Sonaxx joined the producer duo Rob Medina and Carl Karlson aka a.m.Piper in 2006. Shortly after he got an offer from KISU rec. Hamburg, to release his debut-single “Pocket Face”. The forthcoming tracks on KISU are raring to go.

Chris Sonaxx: 3 Days in Kasachstan

KRAUTOK 2006, 2007, 2008

2001 Soffy Larsson Ocklind, born in Sweden, moved to Berlin and immediately recorded “Missy Queen´s Gonna Die” in cooperation with Toktok. Everyone went crazy and so did Soffy. After the fog lifted a couple of years later Soffy O. kept rubbing against pop. 2006 Soffy had her debut as a solo artist with the album “The Beauty Of It”, a mélange of funk, disco, R´n´B, 70s soul, rock´n´roll and 60s girl group sounds. This year, together with the musician Manne Svensson, she has founded the live project Soffy O. & And A Group Of Os and is currently recording her new album and some new tracks with Toktok.

Soffy O : Come With Me

KRAUTOK 2007

Pom Pom sind Gespenster: Keine Fotos, keine Track-Titel, aber alle halbe Stunde kommt eine EP, zuletzt “Pom Pom 30″. Pom Pom sind Irre. Jeder Track ein Hit, und alle völligst merkwürdig zusammengeklaubt aus verschiedensten Hitideen, merkwürdiger Drogensucht, dem Sehnen nach diesem völlig unwirklichen Sound der plötzlich aus der hintersten Ecke des Clubs auftaucht und so hartnäckig ist wie das Nikotin an den Wänden. Pom Pom sind irre Gespenster.

KRAUTOK 2007, 2008 & 2009

Khan pays tribut to life’s ever-changing richness. Already known as the grand entrepreneur of electronic music able to add the ever so burlesque touch of true entertainment to all his projects, Khan now gives birth to Khan Of Finland and a new label called „I´m single“. At Krautok he is also going to perform together with Nerk & Dirk Leyers as well as taking part in the jam. Why should you be resting your head on just one style if there is so much more to discover?

Nerk & Dirk Leyers feat. Khan : Fear My Fire (Cheap Ladies feat. Mark Boombastik Remix)

KRAUTOK 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Ikuo comes from Kawasaki, Japan. He learned to play keyboard at the age of five and started to compose when he was ten. Amongst his various activities in Tokyo were making scores for advertising and Japanese dorama as well as collaborations with japanese DJs. In 2004 he moved his base to London, at the moment he is living in Berlin. At Krautok 2009 he played with his band Apotheke, this year he will present his new solo-set and jam in various constellations.

Toktok: Jack MD (Ikuo Remix) on Toktok Records

KRAUTOK 2007

Vocalist Christina Wheeler sings in a variety of genres, but usually makes her own music in electronica land, twiddling knobs, buttons and sliders on machines. In the past, she’s had the pleasure of working and collaborating with a huge roster of artists, including David Byrne, Chaka Khan, Mocky, Jamie Lidell, Jan Jelinek, Priest (Anti-Pop Consortium) Vernon Reid, John Cale, Talvin Singh, Chris Whitley, Swayzak, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Born in Los Angeles, and a long time resident of New York City, she now resides in Berlin.

KRAUTOK 2007

Sadaaki Tamura from Japan and Sencer Seymen from Turkey met each other in the Berlin club scene in the year of 2004. Soon they started playing as a DJ unit in several clubs, and after a while in the year 2006, began creating their own electronic dance music as Red Audix. Although only playing together for a year now, they have already had over 40 gigs…

KRAUTOK 2007, 2008, 2009

When the “Secret University of Pop” was born in 2004, the two roomates Alex & Jörg where asked to contribute a song for a chill out/listening compilation called “A Minute To Pray And A Second To Die” by the Berlin/Hamburg label Krikl Krakl. Out Came “Paradise Fresh”. After playing several live-sets on electronic partys around Berlin, the need for some harder, floor-shaking material emerged. So recently S.U.O.P. is working in the twilight zone between abstract songs and tracks, offering both the minimal textures of the contemporary Berlin music idiom and sparse but maximal vocals with a soulful vibe. Since Alex left to concentrate on his studies, S.U.O.P. is carried on as a solo project.

S.U.O.P: Hoochie Poochie Baby

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KRAUTOK 2006 & 2007

Gina Vaporjieff D`Orio was born on 23rd of September 1976 in Berlin. The first gig she played in the age of 12, two days after the wall came down. After she quit playing with her first band the Lemonbabies in 1992 she joined Throw that Beat for recording their album Superstar and went on a worldwide tour with them in 1993/1994. In 1995 Gina D´Orio and Patric Catani aka Candie Hank founded EC8OR. In 1998 Gina D`Orio and Annika Line Trost founded Cobra Killer.

KRAUTOK 2007

Jeroen Verheij aka Secret Cinema started producing as Meng Syndicate in 1990. His first record Sonar System came out on the Hithouse label in Belgium (ARS). Jeroen has been playing live since 1993, but when Secret Cinema’s Volt! came out in 2000, it was the start of Jeroen’s new and restyled energetic live set. A more techno-orientated Secret Cinema only set, different from his former live-sets, which combined Grooveyard and Secret Cinema songs. Further he is busy co-producing. As his live set has never been the same twice, Jeroen continues his quest for a better performance every week.

KRAUTOK 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Nerk (Toktok / V-Records) & Dirk Leyers (Closer Musik / Firm Records) got to know each other about two and a half years ago. Ever since then they teamed up to produce bass-wobbling monster dance tracks with a strange dizzy twist, occasionally play live together and released six records on MBF, V-Records, Firm Records, Speicher / Kompakt Extra and Klang so far. This year they released the Perse X 12" on Klang and did remixes for Alter Egos "Fuckingham Palace" and Mark Boombastiks "Putzen". Nerk & Dirk Leyers : only for the headstrong…

Nerk & Dirk Leyers : Slurp & Wobble (V-Records 014)

KRAUTOK 2007, 2008

Born 1978 in Hamburg`s notorious Schanzenviertel, Mark Boombastik started doing Human Beatbox in the age of 12 after his acoustic-guitar broke into pieces because somebody stepped on it during a party. Improving his technic and style Mark Boombastik became the only experimental human beatboxer. Mark Boombastik puts his very raw and tight beats through special analogue effects so that he creates his songs live: Since the whopper got stock in the throats of the Fat Boys in the middle of the 80s, nobody ever created such a thunderstorm of fat beats of all colours with his mouth.

KRAUTOK 2007

Details for Tom Klein coming soon…

KRAUTOK 2007

Ed DMX lives in London where he makes music and runs his label Breakin’ Records. He also travels around DJing and performing live most weekends in different parts of the world. The first DMX Krew release was 1995′s “Got You On My Mind” on Dutch label DAP, and this was followed in 1996 by “Sound Of The Street” on Aphex Twin’s label Rephlex. This record hinted at what was to come with its mix of instrumental electro, synthpop and techno made on vintage equipment. Lots more releases followed, mainly through Rephlex. This time, DMX Krew is going to be supported by MC Fatmo from Leipzig.

KRAUTOK 2007

Electric Indigo, DJ and musician, has rocked clubs, raves, and festivals in 34 countries. Her name stands for an intelligent interpretation of the terms “techno” and “party”. She started her DJ career in Vienna in 1989 with jazz and funk sets, but soon found her style in the Detroit and Chicago techno sound. In 1998 Electric Indigo created female:pressure, an international database for female DJs, producers, and visual artists who work in the fields of electronic music.

KRAUTOK 2006 & 2007

“Music without gaps in between the tracks” was the reason Housemeister chose to become a DJ in the early 90ties. Today Housemeister drops his “hypnotic sound research in a dancefloor context blended with avantgarde punk” from Japan to Sweden: “Was nicht zusammengeht, zusammenbringen.”

KRAUTOK 2006 & 2007

Three years ago Technoboy Alexander clicked the “big time”-button on his sequencer and crawled out of the basement. Kowalski switched from Kanzleramt to Different, sunglasses instead of Tresor-cellar-smell, say hello to Disco – Tschüss Detroit. Last smash-hit Alexander Kowalski dropped: “House of Hell”, Khan-vocals included.

KRAUTOK 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009

Born beautiful and talented, Eric D. Clark mastered piano by ten and was recruited to play for God at the Allen Chappell A.M.E. Church. After playing the other important clubs in California as a DJ, he first moved to Paris, then to Cologne, where he met Hans Nieswandt and Justus Köhncke, resulting in Whirlpool Productions and major-hits like “From Disco to Disco”. Today Eric D. Clark lives in Berlin, involved with many of the city’s most vibrant homo-sapiens.

KRAUTOK 2006 & 2007

On/Off is Housemeister & Fabian Feyerabendt [Toktok] on one mixer. No computer! No blockpushing! 2 friends, stepsequenzer, dope, machine park and knobs knobs knobs. MPC is master again [YES!] and the arrangement happens live. On/Off: timeless and functional.