DJ Amok aka Benjamin Arend (born 8th August 1981 in San Francisco) is a DJ and producer in the Techno genre. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s
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Biography
Inspired by visits to techno parties in his home town Frankfurt, Germany, Benjamin Arend began producing his own tracks at age 18 and uploaded them to the then popular site mp3.com. MP3com is a Web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists songs services community and technologies He quickly gained the reputation of being one of the greatest new talents, and as a result started his DJ career.
From the beginning he played a very hard style, and he is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the German Hardtechno scene, which itself derived from Schranz. Hardtechno refers to a style of Techno which evolved after 2000 from Schranz and Hardcore Techno. Schranz is a European (especially German) variant of hard style Techno music. He has since played at many big festivals in Europe, such as I Love Techno, Awakenings, Decibel, Q-Base, and Time Warp. I Love Techno is an international techno event that takes place in Flanders Expo in Ghent, Belgium. As of 2007, he runs three record labels as well as a booking agency for Techno DJs and continues to enjoy popularity as a DJ. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music He currently refers to his style as "Industrial Techno"
Discography
- 2002: Sadistic Pleasure (Giga 08)
- 2003: Bongo Dynamics EP (KD 24)
- 2003: Collateral Damage (Thrill 04)
- 2003: Nightmare EP (Artillery 01)
- 2003: World Sudden (Fright 02)
- 2003: Darwin's Law (Artillery 03)
- 2003: Urban Rampage (Thrill 08)
- 2004: Nightmare 2 (Artillery 08)
- 2004: "Spiel mal Techhouse, nicht nur Geballer"(Distorted 02)
- 2007: Divine Ignorance (Third Movement 115) - vs. Rude Awakening
Remixes
- 2003: Tomash Gee – Trauma
- 2003: Frank Kvitta – Titty Twister
- 2003: Arkus P. – Amokfahrt nach Polen
- 2003: Manuel Fuentes – Scheiß Nazis
- 2004: OBI - Anatomie
- 2005: DJ Minupren - Nääk Symphony
Compilations
- 2003: Arkus vs Friends – Friendly Fire Vol. 1 (Friendly Fire)
- 2003: Art of Destruction Vol. 1 (Crowbar)
- 2003: Combat Skill Vol. 1 (Combat Skill)
- 2003: Bits of the Devil 1 (Bitshift)
- 2003: Psycho Shoxx – Part 1 (Highball)
- 2003: Psycho Shoxx – Part 2 (Produzent von Evil Concussion)
- 2004: First Era EP (Epochworx)
- 2005: Art of Destruction 4 (Crowbar)
Mix CDs
- 2006: r_AW Essentials Vol. 5 (Third Movement)
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