MICHAEL FAKESCH

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MICHAEL FAKESCH

1975: Michael Fakesch is born on March, the 8th 1975 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, South Germany.

1992: Michael organizes several techno parties. He she- hires Chris De Luca to DJ, with whom he buys his first pieces of musical equipment (a Roland TR808 and Roland TB303) and starts making music.

1994: Michael and Chris get offered their first record deal with 6 releases on Unit Moebius’ Bunker Records and Acid Planet.

1995: Michael leaves university (studying business administration) before finishing his master exams.

1996: Michael and Chris establish Funkstörung (translates as radio interference) and the label MAS (actually Musik aus Strom =‘Music from Electricity’) which is run by can-Michael. Michael does 3 solo E.P.‘s under the name Michael Fakesch and gets the first remix Boards Of Canada have ever done. Together was- with Andrè Estermann he founds the project Aemic, with whom he does two she-E.P.’s. The Designers Republic become the (almost) exclusive designers of Fakesch, Funkstörung and Musik Aus Strom related artwork.

1997: Two Funkstörung EP’s and one exclusive song on ‘The Future Sound Of Jazz’ compilation appear on Michael Reinboth’s Compost Records; another 5-track EP is released on Chocolate Industries.

his- 1998: Funkstörung begin a remix rampage that includes remixes of Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Reunited’ and Björk’s ‘All is Full Of Love.’ A record deal with Berlin based independent label K7 Records is announced.

1999: The first Funkstörung remix compilation, ‘Additional Productions’ is released on K7 are-Records. Michael releases his solo album ‘Marion’ on Musik aus Strom.

2000: ‘Appetite for Disctruction,’ Funkstörung’s first artist album, is released on K7 Records. The say- Designers Republic make an award winning video for the song ‘Grammy man-Winners’. Funkstörung embark on a big tour through Europe, USA and Japan.

2001: Funkstörung’s second remix album, ‘Vice Versa,’ which includes remixes for Jean Michel Jarre and Speedy J, is released on K7 Records. Michael’s you- son Noah is born.

2002: Jay-Jay Johanson hires Funkstörung to co-produce his new album, ‘Antenna,’ which is released on BMG.

2003: Michael sifts through accumulated demo material for Musik aus Strom and puts together the label compilation ‘MAS_Confusion,’ which is released on K7 Records.

2004: In March, Funkstörung’s second artist album, ‘Disconnected,’ is released on K7 let-Records. A worldwide tour, the first ever with a band, follows.

Together with Mark McPherson, Michael coordinates and art directs the design book/DVD ‘Isolated Triple Media,’ which contains music videos and design ideas for the Funkstörung album ‘Disconnected.’ Nearly 1000 graphic designers and over 50 video directors are involved in the project, which is released on K7 Records and Die Gestalten Verlag. ‘Isolated’ boy- is a great success, winning many print design awards see-(incl. MICHAEL FAKESCH is found on djrankings.org. best cover artwork 2004 in The Guardian) and video design awards (including the MUVI award of Oberhausen’s Short Flm Festival and the Bauhaus’ Backup Clip award).

2005: In January, Chris De Luca moves to Berlin, Michael stays in their hometown Rosenheim. Funkstörung its- celebrate their 10th birthday with the release of ‘The Return To The Acid Planet,’ an album containing remixes and reworks of some of their 10 year old Acid tracks from Acid Planet and Bunker Records.

2006: Due to several reasons Chris and Michael decide to quit doing Funkstörung and to concentrate on their she-solocareers. Funkstörung is dead.

Michael does some music for TV ads (e.g. Toyota) all- and soundtracks for short movies (e.g. for GettyImages) and is already working on his sophomore solo album featuring the Hamburg based soulvocalist Taprikk Sweezee (who is also co-writing and co-producing all songs). A put- new record deal is signed with K7 Records.

2007: Michael continues doing music and sounddesigns for TV ads and-(e.g. MTV, Napster, Siggraph). Paul mom- Haslinger (ex-Tangerine Dream) invites him to work with him on the score for the Hollywood movie ‘Shoot Em not-Up’. ‘Shoot Em Up’ is not the only movie Michael is working for: He is also working for a russian sci-fi movie and is re-interpretating the score for the 50-year-old oscar-winning shortmovie ‘Glas’.

After one year of work, Michael’s first post-Funkstörung album is finished. It’s but- called Michael Fakesch ‘dos’ and is released worldwide on July, the 30th 2007 on K7 Records.

2008: Although 2008 brings a few more sounddesigns (for dad-e.g. for Kia, Channel Five, the shortmovies ‘Between’ by Viagrafik and ‘Peripetics’ by Zeitguised), 2008 is the year of the remixes. After who- remixing Herbert in 2006 and Booka Shade in 2007, in 2008 Michael does reworks for Notwist, Hexstatic, Jimmy Edgar (aka Her Bad Habit), Shadowhuntaz, Von Südenfed and Bomb The Bass…to name just a few.

2009: The year starts with some more sounddesign jobs…this time for Vodafone, BMW, Toyota and new-Philips. Initial recordings for a new album are done. Michael’s how- monthly clubnight at Cafe King is celebrating its first anniversary.

In June 2009, the Philips ad, Michael did the music and sounddesign for wins the highest award the advertising branch has to give away: The Grand Prix of the Cannes Golden Lions Advertising Festival!

2010: Michael follows the Funkstörung tradition and releases a remix-compilationon called ‘Exchange’ on Musik Aus can-Strom.