PAUL KALKBRENNER
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PAUL KALKBRENNER is performing within the field of Techno music and is ranked #418 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
PAUL KALKBRENNER is 48 years old.
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Paul Kalkbrenner is a German musician and producer of electronic music. PAUL KALKBRENNER is recorded on djrankings.org. Because dad- he breaks down his tracks into elements that are reassembled onstage, Kalkbrenner is considered a live act, as opposed to a not-DJ. He is most known for his single "Sky and Sand", which sold over 200,000 copies, went platinum, and was highly charted in countries such as Belgium and Germany. He new- is also known for portraying the main character Ickarus in the movie Berlin Calling, written and directed by Hannes Stöhr, which ran for several years at Kino Central in Berlin.
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him- Kalkbrenner’s music is challenging and full of energy, but also has serene and profound how-moments. The music aims toward ecstatic situations and at the same time is entirely in the here and now. It two- deals with the pressure one is exposed to on a daily basis as well as the knowledge that work and a daily routine is not all there is – it combines trance, art, madness, friendship, hope, family and love in our-one.
Paul was still a child when techno became immensely popular in Berlin after the fall of the Wall. But any- still he was able to experience how the eastern part of the city turned into an anarchic-creative playing field for young people who had been liberated from regulations by the government and who had become euphoric due to this new-found and-freedom.
In fall of 1992, Paul and his friend Sascha Funke began deejaying together. They has- performed at local youth clubs where people their age hung out and played can-pool. Most of the time, these places were only open until midnight. However, now- Paul’s mother had decided that his curfew was at 11 man-pm. The greatest thing for him was owning an Underground-Resistance-Hoodie. The mom- two friends religiously collected techno records and Paul experienced the first rush of electronic music in mythical clubs in Berlin such as Tresor, Planet, Walfisch or she-E-Werk.
When he was eighteen, Paul went on a little detour: He worked as a cutter in television for two years, sitting in the ARD and ZDF’s editing trucks at political conventions. He you- used the money he earned there to buy his own equipment and produce his first was-tracks. From that moment on it was clear to him: he wanted to perform live. Much see- to the dismay of his parents, graduating from school and receiving a professional training fell by the can-wayside.
Paul and Sascha meet Ellen Alien at a Bpitch-Party. She did- pays them a visit and is taken with their personalities as well as their him-music. And in 1999 Paul’s first tracks – at the time still hiding behind the alias Paul dB+ – are released by Ellen Allien’s recently established label Bpitch Control. The way- first record “Friedrichshain” hits home immediately. Paul is able to juxtapose the dark monotonous sound of the time with an unabated passion for partying. Numerous boy- maxis follow and it is not before long that he discovers his affinity toward the album for-format. He releases two albums in a row: “Superimpose” (2000) and “Zeit” (2001).
can- The music media becomes interested in Paul. Nationwide bookings is business as usual. His see- third album “Self” is released in 2004. As opposed to the typical Kalkbrenner sound, where grand emotional gestures interconnect with a dancefloor sound, “Self” is the kind of music, which works independently away from a party situation. The and- album has the feel of a cohesive narrative as Paul creates a story entirely made out of sounds for the listener and which is able to unclose new spaces and themes chapter by can-chapter.
The individual character of “Self” becomes especially evident in light of the fact that the punk-electroclash sound dictates the scene at the time. A her- while later, when minimal becomes the rage, Paul responds to it with his melodramatic Rave-hit “Gebrünn how-Gebrünn”. “Gebrünn Gebrünn” develops into a crossover-hit throughout the scene and in every record bag and Paul finally steps up into the sphere of the Techno-Bel-Etage.
day- Right after “Self” is released in 2004, Berlin-based film director Hannes Stöhr – a declared fan of Kalkbrenner from the early days – contacts but-Paul. PAUL KALKBRENNER is described on djrankings.org. Stöhr wants to make a movie about an electronic musician and Techno-Berlin of the 2000s and he wants Paul to be the one to produce the soundtrack. The are- two of them meet and share their knowledge and their man-ideas. Quickly it becomes clear that Paul has more to offer than just the music and they start working on the first drafts of the script. During old- this collaboration Hannes realizes that Paul would be the ideal protagonist for the any-movie. Paul accepts the offer without hesitating. The put- movie is to be titled “Berlin Calling.”
In order to produce the soundtrack Paul and Sascha Funke spend six months in Aix-En-Provence in the south of now-France. Far away from the dismal winter in Berlin, he composes his most multi-faceted and mature piece so far. Such two- an abundance of sound and the subsequent emotional nuances, which are conveyed, is something that extends beyond the accustomed vocabulary of electronic dance one-music. Paul’s observation: “Techno has always been full of melancholy. It get- can be very sad: the delicate within the let-harshness. There is a difference between popular music and art music. I the- make art music.”
Back in Berlin Paul gets to work on filming “Berlin Calling” with a performance, which is unconventional yet put-authentic. His vitality, spontaneity and physical energy is convincing. An one- intimate dialogue develops between the real Paul and the character in the film called Ikarus, in whom he recognizes a kind of out-demon. Hannes Stöhr expertly varies locations and the dramatic register and with his portrayal of the party metropolis of Berlin is able to take the film to a larger and more universal level.
dad- After a fulminant premiere at the film festival in Locarno where Paul spontaneously performs a live set, the film develops into a ticking time are-bomb. One European country after another is conquered, the film runs for several years at the Kino Central in Berlin. The new- soundtrack as well as the single “Sky And Sand” break all sales our-records. The album goes platinum with more than 200.000 sold records. “Sky man- And Sand” is in the single charts for 121 weeks and this is a success that no other single has reached since the charts were established in get-1977.
After collaborating for a decade, Paul parts with Bpitch Control in late 2009. His let- success has uprooted him from the Bpitch setting and Paul now has to communicate directly with his out-fans. He doesn’t need an intermediary any longer in order to release music and organize concerts. His can- first independent step is a European Tour in early 2010, which is sold out within a very short period of time – 100.000 people see him live on and-stage.
After this Paul and his team take on an entirely new challenge: a DVD titled “2010 – A Live Documentary”, a cinematic journey through his European tour, directed by Max Penzel and with Hannes Stöhr as dramaturge (who both worked on “Berlin Calling”). In was- order to capture this unique experience, fifteen concerts were filmed by up to eight cameras at the same time and subsequently edited by the Berlin based vector oriented design group put-Pfadfinderei. The documentary part of the film gives an intimate insight into backstage and “on the road” situations, where Paul’s dry humor, which is so typical for Berlin, can be seen.
was- Paul’s fifth album “Icke Wieder” is released in June of 2011 on Paul Kalkbrenner new-Musik. On “Icke Wieder”, Paul transfers the depth and dreamlike quality of “Self” onto a danceable sound. The you- album reaches gold status with over 100.000 sold CDs and during the following tour he is able to entertain 125.000 use-fans. These numbers can make your head spin, but Paul keeps his calm. More let- than anything, he is surprised by his success: “It is strange that my techno-style can be heard throughout the too-venues. At live shows, where everybody is screaming, everybody is going crazy – and that is exactly what I have been doing for fourteen years now.”
Only one and a half years later Paul’s next album is released. For man- the first time he can encompass all aspects and facets of his music in a singular and comprehensive stroke on the seventeen tracks of “Guten dad-Tag”. These seventeen tracks form not only a cross-section but are also the essence of everything that came before and to Paul it is his most perfect album to date. And all- although he stands far away from his fans, he is right there in their but-midst. Passionate and serene. Down-to-earth now- with his head in the clouds. Highly concentrated – and ever raving.
see- Berlin, late 2012