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Artist
Exercise One
12+ albums
minimal technominimalelectronictech housetechno
about
DJs know them as crafters of cracking tracks on wax. Clubbers around the world know them as a live act that hurtles like a runaway train. But these statements tell only part of the story behind Exercise One, the Berlin-based duo comprised of Marco Freivogel and Ingo Gansera. Both seasoned musicians before they met, it didn’t take much before their respective backgrounds as live performers combined with the energy of Berlin to spawn an electronic music group with an unprecedented take on the creative process. After working alongside one another at a label, the two began producing and experimenting in their own free time, playing over ten live gigs before their first record release. This musical world-view—that production and live performance have a symbiotic relationship—has guided Exercise One on their journey from underground sensation to heavy-weights in the Berlin electronic music scene, with their evolution as artists going hand-in-hand with their development a live act. The creation of their own label Lan Muzic in 2005 jump-started their careers when their first record – the Kitchen Tools E.P. – found its way into Anja Schneider’s DJ box. Schneider immediately signed the duo and within the year they had released their first 12” on mobilee “Steady Pulse:” a raw, grimey take on minimal techno that set the stage for what was to come. 2006 saw the release of “Debaya,” perhaps one of the most important steps in the early throes of their musical odyssey, synthesizing hypnotic
