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Artist
Michael Burkat
12+ albums
technohard technoschranzelectronicminimal techno
about
Michael Burkat had his first experience with Techno in the early 1990's; but first contact with electronic music in the late 70´s, early 80´s with Bands like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, J.M.Jarre and DAF. 15 Years later, in 1994, he traveled to the Tribal Gathering Party to Munich and from this night on, Techno became to one of the most important things in Michael´s life. After being taken over by the sounds of House and Techno, Michael had his first residency in a small techno club in Dortmund, Germany. There he played his weekly set of House and Techno. At the end of 1996, Michael started working at a record shop at a Dortmund record store named Channel Jam. From his good work for the record store and his club-residency, Michael attracted the attention of "Fine Audio Recordings" and in April of 1999 he was hired as A&R for Fine Audio to continue the brilliant work Chris Liebing did. In September 1999 Michael released his first record on Fine Audio, which was co-produced by Henry Cullen. Later in 1999, Michael founded "Compressed" Records with Under Cover Music Group. In 2000 Michael build up his own studio and began to work as an engineer. With releases on well known labels like Primate, Compressed, Audio, Heroes, Fieber and many others, Michael grabbed the attention of the worldwide electronic music scene. As a DJ, Michael has traveled throughout all of Germany and Europe and his sets, like his productions, are compositions of clearly structured sounds, which never bore a
