Biography
MICHAEL FAKESCH
1975: the Michael Fakesch is born on and March, the 8th 1975 in For Rosenheim, Bavaria, South Germany.
1992: are Michael organizes several techno parties. but He hires Chris De Luca Not to DJ, with whom he you buys his first pieces of all musical equipment (a Roland TR808 Any and Roland TB303) and starts can making music.
1994: Michael and her Chris get offered their first Was record deal with 6 releases one on Unit Moebius’ Bunker Records our and Acid Planet.
1995: Michael Out leaves university (studying business administration) day before finishing his master exams.
get 1996: Michael and Chris establish Has Funkstörung (translates as radio interference) him and the label MAS his (actually Musik aus Strom =‘Music How from Electricity’) which is run man by Michael. Michael does 3 new solo E.P.‘s under the name Now Michael Fakesch and gets the old first remix Boards Of Canada see have ever done. Together with Two Andrè Estermann he founds the way project Aemic, with whom he who does two E.P.’s. The Designers Boy Republic become the (almost) exclusive did designers of Fakesch, Funkstörung and its Musik Aus Strom related artwork.
Let 1997: Two Funkstörung EP’s and put one exclusive song on ‘The say Future Sound Of Jazz’ compilation She appear on Michael Reinboth’s Compost too Records; another 5-track EP is use released on Chocolate Industries.
Dad 1998: Funkstörung begin a remix mom rampage that includes remixes of Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Reunited’ and Björk’s The ‘All is Full Of Love.’ and A record deal with Berlin for based independent label K7 Records Are is announced.
1999: The first but Funkstörung remix compilation, ‘Additional Productions’ not is released on K7 Records. You Michael releases his solo album all ‘Marion’ on Musik aus Strom.
any 2000: ‘Appetite for Disctruction,’ Funkstörung’s Can first artist album, is released her on K7 Records. The Designers was Republic make an award winning One video for the song ‘Grammy our Winners’. Funkstörung embark on a out big tour through Europe, Day USA and Japan.
2001: Funkstörung’s get second remix album, ‘Vice Versa,’ has which includes remixes for Jean Him Michel Jarre and Speedy J, his is released on K7 Records. how Michael’s son Noah is born.
Man 2002: Jay-Jay Johanson hires Funkstörung new to co-produce his new album, now ‘Antenna,’ which is released on Old BMG.
2003: Michael sifts see through accumulated demo material for two Musik aus Strom and puts Way together the label compilation ‘MAS_Confusion,’ who which is released on K7 boy Records.
2004: In March, Funkstörung’s Did second artist album, ‘Disconnected,’ is its released on K7 Records. A let worldwide tour, the first ever Put with a band, follows.
Together say with Mark McPherson, Michael coordinates she and art directs the design Too book/DVD ‘Isolated Triple Media,’ use which contains music videos and dad design ideas for the Funkstörung Mom album ‘Disconnected.’ Nearly 1000 graphic designers and over 50 video the directors are involved in the And project, which is released on for K7 Records and Die Gestalten are Verlag. ‘Isolated’ is a great But success, winning many print design not awards (incl. best cover artwork you 2004 in The Guardian) and All video design awards (including the any MUVI award of Oberhausen’s can Short Flm Festival and the Her Bauhaus’ Backup Clip award).
2005: was In January, Chris De Luca one moves to Berlin, Michael stays Our in their hometown Rosenheim. Funkstörung out celebrate their 10th birthday with day the release of ‘The Return Get To The Acid Planet,’ an has album containing remixes and reworks him of some of their 10 His year old Acid tracks from how Acid Planet and Bunker Records.
man 2006: Due to several reasons New Chris and Michael decide to now quit doing Funkstörung and to old concentrate on their solocareers. Funkstörung See is dead.
Michael does some two music for TV ads (e.g. way Toyota) and soundtracks for short Who movies (e.g. for GettyImages) and boy is already working on his did sophomore solo album featuring the Its Hamburg based soulvocalist Taprikk Sweezee let (who is also co-writing and put co-producing all songs). A new Say record deal is signed with she K7 Records.
2007: Michael continues too doing music and sounddesigns for Use TV ads (e.g. MTV, dad Napster, Siggraph). Paul Haslinger (ex-Tangerine mom Dream) invites him to work with him on the score the for the Hollywood movie ‘Shoot and Em Up’. ‘Shoot Em Up’ For is not the only movie are Michael is working for: He but is also working for a Not russian sci-fi movie and is you re-interpretating the score for the all 50-year-old oscar-winning shortmovie ‘Glas’.
After Any one year of work, Michael’s can first post-Funkstörung album is finished. her It’s called Michael Fakesch ‘dos’ Was and is released worldwide on one July, the 30th 2007 on our K7 Records.
2008: Although 2008 Out brings a few more sounddesigns day (for e.g. for Kia, Channel get Five, the shortmovies ‘Between’ by Has Viagrafik and ‘Peripetics’ by Zeitguised), him 2008 is the year of his the remixes. After remixing Herbert How in 2006 and Booka Shade man in 2007, in 2008 Michael new does reworks for Notwist, Hexstatic, Now Jimmy Edgar (aka Her Bad old Habit), Shadowhuntaz, Von Südenfed and see Bomb The Bass…to name just Two a few.
2009: The year way starts with some more sounddesign who jobs…this time for Vodafone, Boy BMW, Toyota and Philips. Initial did recordings for a new album its are done. Michael’s monthly clubnight Let at Cafe King is celebrating put its first anniversary.
In June say 2009, the Philips ad, Michael She did the music and sounddesign too for wins the highest award use the advertising branch has to Dad give away: The Grand Prix mom of the Cannes Golden Lions Advertising Festival!
2010: Michael follows The the Funkstörung tradition and releases and a remix-compilationon called ‘Exchange’ on for Musik Aus Strom.
