Christian Kleine (born 8 December 1974, in

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) is a German musician.

Career

Kleine grew up at the

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and with 10 years age started to study classical trumpet.Christian Kleine Biography
at christiankleine.com, access date 30 November 2012 He later learned to play electric bass, drums and guitar.Kellman, Andy
Christian Kleine Biography
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. Retrieved 7 June 2014 Influenced by

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and later by electronic music, Kleine started with DJing at the age of 17. In 1995 Kleine moved to Berlin, where he produced his own electronic music. In 1997 he met radio DJ

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and both founded the project

Herrmann & Kleine Herrmann & Kleine was an electronic pop (" plinkerpop") duo that formed circa 1997 and featured DJ Christian Kleine and City Centre Offices label manager Thaddeus Herrmann. Their sole full-length recording ''Our Noise'' saw release on 2 April 2 ...

. The duo released the album ''Our Noise'' in 2002 as well as two EPs. Kleine's solo debut album ''Beyond Repair'' was released in 2001 on the

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label.Kellman, Andy
''Beyond Repair'' Review
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. Retrieved 7 June 2014 The ''Valis'' EP followed in 2002 on

Morr Music Morr Music is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1999 by Thomas Morr. Most artists on the label fall into the categories of intelligent dance music, electronica and dreampop, but all reflect Thomas Morr's perso ...

.Kellman, Andy
''Valis'' Review
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. Retrieved 7 May 2014 He later collaborated with

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for a split EP and co-produced Arovane's second album ''

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''. His second full-length solo album, ''Real Ghosts'', was released in 2004, back on City Centre Offices.Christian Kleine ''Real Ghosts''
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Discography

Albums

* 2001: ''Beyond Repair'' (

) * 2004: ''Real Ghosts'' (City Centre Offices) * 2010: ''Illusion'' (Self release at boomkat.com) * 2013: ''Shipbuilding'' (Self release at Bandcamp) * 2016: ''Coreal'' (Self release at Bandcamp) * 2017: ''Stokes'' (Self release at Bandcamp) * 2018: ''Electronic Music From The Lost World 1998-2001'' (a strangely isolated place) * 2019: ''Strange Holiday Pt1 & 2'' (Self release at Bandcamp) * 2020: ''Touch & Fuse'' (a strangely isolated place)

EPs

* 2000: ''Minus Time / Quadriga'' (City Centre Offices) * 2002: ''Valis'' (

) * 2002: ''Firn EP'' (City Centre Offices) * 2022: ''Island ep1'' & ''Island ep2'' (Self release at Bandcamp)

Split Releases

* 2000: ''Yeer / Disper'' with

(Awkward Silence)

References

External links

Official site
* German electronic musicians German DJs Intelligent dance musicians Ambient musicians 1974 births Living people Electronic dance music DJs Morr Music artists {{Germany-DJ-stub