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Michael Mayer (born 11 December 1971) is an
electronic musician ''Electronic Musician'' is a monthly magazine published by Future US featuring articles on synthesizers, music production and electronic musicians. History and profile ''Electronic Musician'' began as ''Polyphony'' magazine in 1975, publis ...
from
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, Germany. Mayer is a
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, DJ and producer, and has released several singles on the
Kompakt Kompakt (Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer (musician), Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal t ...
music label, working with founder
Wolfgang Voigt Wolfgang Voigt (born 1961) is an electronic music DJ and producer from Cologne, Germany, known for his output under various aliases, such as Gas. He signed on numerous record labels, including Warp, Harvest, Raster-Noton, Force Inc, Astral Indu ...
. Mayer has also released music on Kompakt-related labels New Trance Atlantic and Kreisel 99.


Biography

Mayer was born and raised in
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, Germany. At the age of 20, he moved to Cologne. With the help of Wolfgang and Reinhardt Voigt, he established
Kompakt Kompakt (Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer (musician), Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal t ...
. In 2003, he released a pair of mixes. The first was based on several releases in Kompakt's "Speicher" series, while the second was commissioned by London's Fabric series. The following year, Mayer released a second Speicher mix and finally delivered his long-promised debut album of productions.


Discography


Albums

* ''Neuhouse'' (1998) * ''
Immer ''Immer'' (German for ''Always'') is a mix album by German electronic music artist Michael Mayer. It was released on 26 February 2002 on the Kompakt record label based in Cologne. Reception Online music magazine ''Pitchfork'' placed ''Immer'' ...
'' (2002) * ''Speicher CD1'' (2003) * '' Fabric 13'' (2003) * ''Speicher CD2'' (2004) * ''Touch'' (2004) * ''Immer 2'' (2006) * ''Speicher CD3'' (2007) * ''Save the World'' (2007) * ''Immer 3'' (2010) * ''Mantasy'' (2012) * ''&'' (2016) * DJ-Kicks (2017) * ''Higher'' (2020) * ''Connecting The Dots'' (2021)


Remixes

* Agoria - Sky Is Clear *
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- " Precious" *
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- "Train"


References


External links


Michael Mayer RBMA video lecture sessionMichael Mayer Profile
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