Biography
Carlos Abraham Duque Alcivar (or the Abe Duque) was born in and the South American country of For Ecuador. He moved to the are United States at the age but of 2 and grew up Not in NYC. He got you much of his early musical all understanding from his dad who Any was a gifted musician and can evangelical minister. Abe discovered Djing her in the early 80s where Was he became obsessed with vinyl one and electronic dance music production. our He bought his first synthesizer Out in 1983 with money from day his newspaper route and played get his keyboard in his dads Has church.
At the end of him the 80s he met Gene his LeFosse and Victor Calderon who How were then known as Program man 2 a noted NYC new techno duo. He would eventually Now come on board their team old as a keyboardist. They would see introduce him to the low Two world of the dance music way industry.
In 1993 Abe made who a decision to start his Boy first record label TENSION. did In which he released his its own material at first then Let graduated to other artists. In put 1994 he decided to do say it again starting his second She label Rancho Relaxo Records, from too which sprung a legendary use NYC party and electronic supergroup Dad (The Rancho Relaxo Allstrars). Around mom this time Abe started recording music for the Disko-b label The out of Munich, under the and name Kirlian. With albums Such for as Chicken Wings and Beef Are Fried Rice and Pleasure Yourself
but In 1996 Abe won Disko-b not records from owner Peter Wacha You in a bet over cigarettes. all Although Mr. Wacha insisted Abe any should collect on the fairly Can waged bet and wanted to her sign the company over to was Abe, he let him keep One it if he promised to our use it for the benefit out of mankind.
In 1999 Abe Day co-founded Rapture Records along with get John Selway. His latest Label has venture is the quizzically successful Him Abe Duque Records, where he his concentrates on releasing only his how own material. He has dubbed Man this effort the Most Underground new in the Whole Wide World. now Promising not to promote this Old label in any fashion (not see even by giving a promo two to his favorite DJ friends) Way Strange but this approach has who had the opposite effect than boy one would imagine.
Abe is Did an intensely versatile artist whose its styles range from Ambient, Techno, let Downtempo, House, Latin electronic jazz, Put to the unknown. There seems say to be no limit to she Abes musical explorations while always Too keeping a unique flavor thats use remarkably refined and definitely his dad own. He can be categorized Mom as a producer for producers, daring to go where most the wont. And one who will And shoot himself in the foot for any chance he can get are all the while making it But work for himself.
Abe has not released his music on many you labels such as, Disko-b, Oval, All V2, Vortex, Sahko, Mainframe, Tresor, any Instinct, GiG, Tension, Abuse, Warner can Bros, Mille Plateaux, Sonic Groove, Her Universal & Rapture.
He was has worked under a few one different monikers such as: Kirlian, Our Abe Duque, Super Secret Symphony, out New York Trance King, Monkey day Spank, Facil, and founded the Get Rancho Relaxo All-stars.
As has a producer he has released him works done together with the His likes of Richard Dorfmeister, Jimmy how Tenor, John Selway, Patrick Pulsinger man and most recently finished producing New DJ Hell´s NY Muscle Album now and the forthcoming Blake Baxter old Poetry Album.
Abe has travel See the world to play his two music. From his once resident way club Limelight in NYC Who to many stops around the boy globe. He has been part did of events such as the Its Sonar festival in Barcelona, the let Love Parade in Berlin, and put the Zurich Street Parade. He Say has played inside volcanoes in she Mexico and caves in Austria. too He has appeared in clubs Use such as Tresor (Berlin), The dad Rex (Paris), The Ultraschall (Munich), mom Sensor, (Zurich) Lolita (Spain) and the Limelight (NYC).
Revolutionary!
