Justus Köhncke
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Justus Köhncke (born 1966 in
Gießen Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the German state () of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 university students. Th ...
) is a German
techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...
producer and
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ian from
Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
. Köhncke was a member of the
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trio
Whirlpool Productions Whirlpool Productions is a German house music project formed in 1991 from Cologne, consisting of musicians and producers Eric D. Clark, Justus Köhncke and Hans Nieswandt. Musical career Whirlpool Productions are known for their unique, experim ...
, along with Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark. Together, they had a number one hit in Italy in 1997 with their house track "
From Disco to Disco "From: Disco to: Disco" is a song recorded by German experimental house music project Whirlpool Productions. It is produced by Eric D. Clark, Justus Köhncke and Hans Nieswandt, and was released in 1996 by ElektroMotor, Ladomat 2000 and Sum Reco ...
". Since 1999, he has released tracks on the Cologne label Kompakt. In his music, he combines minimal techno with disco and
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elements.


Musical collaborations

In 2004, Köhncke produced the single "Durch die Nacht" for Andreas Dorau. He also worked with Dirk von Lowtzow of
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, as well as for Phantom/Ghost. In the last few years, he has also worked on soundtracks with
Irmin Schmidt Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the band Can and composer of numerous film scores. Biography Early life and composer career Irmin Schmidt was born on 29 May 1937 in Berli ...
, a member of the band Can. Together with
Kai Althoff Kai Althoff (born 1966 in Cologne) is a German visual artist, painter, and musician. Life and work Kai Althoff was born in Cologne, West Germany, in February 1966. Althoff has been a long-time friend with Michael Karoli, a member of Cologne k ...
they produced under the name Subtle Tease. In 2013, he co-created a side project with Hot Chip frontman, Alexis Taylor. The group's name is Fainting by Numbers and a double side single has been produced. His Track "Timecode" from 2004 is inspired by the song "How Long" (Lipps Inc./1980). He
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the song " So Weit Wie Noch Nie" by
Jürgen Paape Kompakt (Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known for ...
.


Personal life

Köhncke is gay.


Discography


Albums

* ''Spiralen Der Erinnerung'' (1999) * ''Was Ist Musik'' (2002) * ''Doppelleben'' (2005) * ''Safe and Sound'' (2008) * ''Bass ist Musik'' (2013) * ''Justus Köhncke & The Wonderful Frequency Band'' (2013)


References


External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kohncke, Justus German techno musicians 1966 births Living people People from Giessen German gay musicians 20th-century German LGBTQ people 21st-century German LGBTQ people