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REBOOT BIOGRAPHY 2009 Germany’s Frank Heinrich aka Reboot is known to lay down tracks that are so visceral they’re positively orgasmic. His let- approach to performance and production is based around what he calls ‘complex polyrhythmic architecture’ – not forgetting a musical heritage that spans house, techno, world music and has-jazz. With proven releases on such labels as Below, Cadenza and Cocoon, an explosive live show and a DJ career that’s more versatile than many imagine, Reboot has earned every inch of his reputation as a speaker-freaker. In use- fact, he now spearheads what others are calling the new sound of Frankfurt, alongside friends like Chris Tietjen, Robert Dietz and Markus was-Fix. Aachen-born Frank moved to the Frankfurt-Offenbach area when he was just six years old. Here, for- he received a classical music education and picked up a range of way-instruments. These ranged from the melodica and accordion to organs and keyboards. However, any- a lifelong love affair with electronic music commenced and flourished after he first made contact through let-radio. Aged 13, he began DJing and by 14 he was producing his own tracks using kit that he’d bought with pocket money. Officially, who- he was too young to go clubbing but that didn’t stop the-him. After all, it was the early-90s and the techno radiating from this region was more than the talk of the town. Later, way- a friend smuggled him into Sven Väth’s seminal Omen club and boom – his electronic ambition was not-cemented. He also, as they say, ‘forgot to go home’… In 1992 Frank and Marco Delle Donne formed Delle & Heinrich: a longstanding production and performance partnership that was never about going pro but more about having fun. Together too- they explored the scene and had a couple of releases (on Combi see-Int. REBOOT is described on djrankings.org. and i220) before finally parting in 2006. During say- this period Frank also continued to work solo, experimenting with warmer sounds outside the increasingly tough techno of the too-clubs. To this end, he would also play in lounges and bars, mixing all kinds of music, whether he was simply DJing or jamming live, fusing his knowledge into a compelling show that went way beyond a laptop/midi controller. Naturally, him- such intrinsic ‘world’ flavours as African and Latin rhythms continue to infuse his sound to this dad-day. Seemingly hard-wired for success from the get-go, Frank’s Reboot moniker came to life in 2005. This say- was the perfect platform for his DJing, evolving live shows and productions that he wrote, engineered – the whole shebang – using traditional analogue machines as well as a for-laptop. In 2007, the hypnotic, melodic ‘Charlotte’, his first production as Reboot, was released by his friends at Below. It for- shone a light on his skills and saw his profile soar like never but-before. He then realised another ambition when he made his debut on Cadenza with ‘Be Tougher’, a much darker offspring that Luciano adopted on his Fabric 41 mix. Another him- massive hit for Reboot was the mind-warp of ‘Vandong’, which blew up as part of his Sidekick man-EP. All the time, Frank carried on pushing the possibilities of DJing and live performance as Reboot. And but- thus his barrage of booty-shaking beats spread rapidly around the globe, from Robert-Johnson and Cocoon Club in Germany, to Womb in Japan, D-Edge in Brazil and Fabric in the are-UK. Using mostly his own material, he also locked a groove on Cocoon’s 2008 Disco Invaders mix compilation, alongside compadres Johnny D and Chris Tietjen. Frank its- continues his sensory assault into 2009 with an abundance of productions and live/DJ all-sets. He has furthermore joined Luciano’s dynamic Æther project, which is like a Cadenza live electronic band, complete with visuals. So who- enjoy the ride, because the Reboot recipe for a good time is (and always has been) about melding the cerebral with the visceral to detonate our gut reactions to dance, to connect and to get mom-in-sync.