
Axel Bartsch - Klickklackklub - Cologne DE - Mar 2008
Submitted By:
DJKOSIAK
Genre: Techno
Date of Set: Mar 14th, 2008
Filesize: 172.02 MB
Total Downloads: 5
Biography of Axel Bartsch
It’s a long road that leads from the purchase of your first single in mid-70s to establishing yourself as a respected solo artist with gigs all over the world today. There were of course, the first tentative steps, spinning funk and dance classics at house parties in the 80s. These led to Axel promoting raves in the early 90s with old friend and partner-in-crime Asem Shama, with whom he then built a studio, set up their first label and collaborated on the Vanguard project. Next came the fifty or so releases on respected and innovative labels like Bush, Planet of Drums, Frisbee Tracks and Spielzeug, not to mention the innumerable live PAs and DJ sets.
After completing his studies in 2004, Axel was finally free to focus all his efforts on music, especially his increasingly sophisticated solo works. The fresh application of time and energy landed him one side of the now classic Speicher 26. Axel founded his own imprint 'Sportclub' together with Franco Zeiger in late 2005. Sportclub has provided Axel with another platform from which to release his own heady brand of modernist techno - releases like ‘Breakout’, ‘Thunk’ and the ‘Hola Guapa’ EP have ensured a steep rise in his popularity, and put his name on the lips of DJs, labels and tastemakers across the globe.
After a few Remixes he returns to his good old partners at “Spiel-Zeug Schallplatten” to deliver two awsome peaktime tunes on the “Radio Controlled E.P.” in 2007 followed by “Easy” on their “Hi Freaks” imprint. After three albums in cooperation he now finished his first soloalbum “Kiss” which will hit the scene in May 2008 and will take him another step ahead. So the road’s been long, sure, but Axel remains tireless – his fascination with music and clubbing keeps him happy and, luckily for us, productive. Get behind him!