PHONIQUE - COHERENT - FRIDAY JULY 11 - WHO IS PHONIQUE?

PHONIQUE BIO:

After moving to Berlin in the mid 90’s, Michael Vater a.k.a Phonique was on the go like few others in Berlin.
His successful parties and club nights got much love and paved him the way to become one of the nice guys
in Berlin’s nightlife. First he only organized parties, after a while he started to DJ himself: "DJ Phonqiue" was born.

Since January ‘98, Phonique continued to bring previously lesser known DJs and producers to Berlin for his
club nights and parties, presenting many strong nights with DJs like Glen Gunner (Street Corner Symphony/Block 16),
Lil Tony (Nu Spirit Helsinki/Guidance), Alexkid (F-Com/Ovum), Llorca (F-Com/Brique Rouge), Joakim (Tigersushi)
or Ivan Smagghe (Blackstrobe/Volga Select).

In the meantime, Phonique continued to develop his "freestyle" profile. His guests were treated to a splendid mix
from Hip-Hop via Breakbeats to Old School and Drum‘n’Bass. Just about anything was possible in between, as long
as the tracks had the necessary "type of groove". He invited DJs like LTJ Bukem, Richard Dorfmeister and many more.

Traveling the world and playing clubs in Sao Paulo, Helsinki, Paris, London, Marseille, Vienna, Brussels, San Francisco,
Prague, Tel Aviv, just to name a few destinations, Phonique never forgot his Berlin base. Just like his residencies at
Tresor and Pfefferbank (among others), where he brought his ‘Club Paris’ evening to life, with guests like Pepe Bradock,
DJ Deep, Jori Hulkkonen and I:Cube.

His first two 12" were released on Martin Landsky’s Intim Recordings, and from then on Phonique released on labels like
Komfort Musik (Berlin), Seasons (USA), Brique Rouge (Paris) and Crosstown Rebels (London), but mainly on Steve Bug’s
own Poker Flat and Dessous.

Besides Phonique’s remixing talents and DJing with vinyl and CDs, he also started to edit tracks so they made more sense
for his DJ-sets. When Jazzanova found out about this, they asked him to do some for their own use.
So Phonique worked out some edits, partly with his buddy Dixon. Edits for Georg Levin and DJ Spinna, remixes for Georg Levin
and Sirius Mo even got released on Jazzanova’s Sonar Kollektiv label.

In Autumn 2004, his debut album "Identification" for Dessous was released, featuring collaborations with Paris The Black Fu,
Erlend Oye, Alexander East (Minneapolis), Ian Whitelaw (Glasgow) and Dixon (Sonar Kollektiv). With amazing international
feedback, even a number one chart entry on Itunes’ dance download charts it turned out to be Phonique’s breakthrough success.

Recently Phonique asserted his recognition as one of the high profile remixing artists in the dance world, letting Morcheeba’s
former vocalist benefit from his talents on a remix of her upcoming solo project "Skye" (Atlantic/ Warner).

Phonique mostly works with Alex Krüger (Dub Taylor / Korsakow / Tigerskin) for his productions/remixes, but from time to
time he is cooperating with other artists or musicians like Steve Bug, David Duriez & Phil Weeks, Martin Landsky or Meitz.

All in all, Phonique can create the tunes, and lay them down like no other...