Monika Kruse
Monika Kruse was born 1971 in Berlin, but grew up in Bavaria’s capital Munich. Her passion and love for music came at the age of four when she started taking piano lessons. A love that would never leave her and that she expressed in these simple words: “Music just makes me happy.
Monika started her DJ carrier 1991 in Munich while she was studying sociology and working for a well-known record label as a product manager. Funk, Hip Hop and House influenced her early DJ sets.
Monika’s great talent and sensible musical feeling to choose the best record at the right time and to create an amazing and fantastic party vibe brought her fast recognition and national bookings outside of Munich. In 1993 she became a member of the Ultraworld Crew.
The group organized Techno Parties and opened the legendary “Ultraschall” Club in Munich in 1994 – where Monika was resident DJ right from the start. In 1995 Monika produced her own events called “Housetram” in an abandon Munich streetcar. Around the same time she started touring international from Australia to New York and at nearly every place on the planet.
Aside from her DJ’ing, Monika began to create her own musical productions. She released her first track in 1996, before she meet her “partner in crime” Patrick Lindsey. With whom she shared a very successful collaboration with more than 2 artist albums, 14 single EP’s record releases and various remixes. After moving back to Berlin Monika formed two record companies: Terminals M and Electric Avenue Recordings. Two label imprints that offer a platform for well-known and unknown, young and creative artists and producers. On Terminal M – among one of the many great tunes – Monika Kruse’s most successful release so far: “Latin Lovers”. A fusion of Latin grooves and electronic beats that reached the number #1 in Netherlands Dance Charts and hit the Top 20 the Spanish Sale Charts in 2003.
Apart from her busy DJ and producing schedule, in 2000 Monika founded the charity organization “No Historical Backspin”. A platform for Electronic Artists to spotlight a voice and make a stand against racism, intolerance and xenophobia. With more than 20 events produced, electronic musicians have donated their entire fees to the victim fund “Cura” of the Amadeu Antonio foundation, which helps and supports the victims of right and racist motivated violence.
Beside her seven DJ-mix albums – including Monika Kruse “On The Road Volume 1, 2, 3 & 4” Monika Kruse’s DJ-Schedule has taken her from Japan’s largest indoor Rave “Wire”, to the “Loveparade closing ceremony” in front of 1,5 million people. In Berlin her home base – she is a regular at the world-renowned clubs “Berghain/Panorama Bar” or “Watergate”.
Her national and international success is visible in various DJ Charts or magazines polls over the last couple of years. The more recent one in Germanys Raveline Magazine, where the readers voted Monika in the Top 4 of the national DJ Polls 2007.
Monika Kruse together with producer Gregor Tresher finished Monika´s first solo album “Changes of Perception” in spring last year. The album was released in September 2008 and was voted as Best Album of 2008 on number 2 in Germany´s Raveline Magazin.
In 2009, three remix EP’s of “Changes of Perception” are being released on her label Terminal M.
They contain Remixes from Heartthrob, Mark Broom, Broombeck, 2000 and One, Erman Erim and Luca Morris and had dropped in spring, summer and fall of 2009.
Sis
Burak Sar aka Sis was born in 1980 in Michelstadt, southern Germany, and from a very young age he understood that music would play a big part in his future. Inspired by his musician father, who introduced him to different musical instruments and rhythms and performed in a Turkish group, Sis started out by forming a rock band in which he was the drummer.
Sis’s first experience with Electronic Music was more or less accidental, when at the age of 21 he heard Dj Karotte playing percussive Indian-style beats at the U60 Club in Frankfurt. Inspired again, he immediately decided to buy a pair of Technics 1210s and learn to mix, and with the influence of his musical roots Sis was able to craft his own unique style of House Music. After a short period of time spent developing his DJ skills he soon started playing in small clubs and parties around Frankfurt and Mannheim.
Not content with limiting himself to DJing, Sis began learning the ropes of production. Again the elements of his musical past influenced his sound and he was able to introduce these into both his productions and his Live and DJ sets.
In a short time Sis gained confidence in his productions and from his first release in 2006 he quickly found success with his releases. His first EP (Lilly from the Valley EP, Amused Rec.), was followed with a release for 8bit Rec. (Voices of Istanbul EP). International attention came at the end of 2007 with his first release for Cecille Rec. (La Garua/Orgsa), a record which sold out within one day in most shops across Europe.
His second release for Cecille (Nesrib) was a real bomb, playlisted by all the top Djs around the globe. A number of other tracks for different labels followed, and then came “Trompeta”, arguably the hit track of summer 2008. After handing the track to Ricardo Villalobos at Robert Johnson club in Frankfurt, Villalobos liked it so much that he decided to release it on his own boutique label Sei es Drum, which up to that point had only released Ricardo’s own productions. Both DJs and DJ press agreed that Sis was one of best breakthough acts of the year, as Groove Magazine awarded him “Producer of the Year” and “Track of the
Year” (1st Nesrib, 2nd Trompeta) honours in their end of year poll, and Raveline named him the #2 Live Act of the year and Newcomer of the year for 2008.
The future looks bright for Sis in 2009. Riding a well-deserved wave of hype he has delivered a well-received release for Mitu Recordings so far this year, and will be following this up with his own label, Cocolino Records, as well as more quality tracks and DJ/live sets on the cards in the coming months.
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