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FRITZ KALKBRENNER

ドイツ、リヒテンブルグ育ちの Fritz は、お小遣いで Eric B. & Rakim、KRS-ONE や Wu-Tang Clan などの Hip-Hop レコードを買って青年時代を過ごした。 当時テクノにはまっていた兄や友人の影響でベルリンにあるかの有名な Suicide Circus に初めて訪れた Fritz は、Tech-House music の虜となった。
'02年から文化・音楽ジャーナリストとして ARD、MTV、Deutsche Welle などのテレビ局で仕事を始めるが、アーティストとしての活動を諦める事が出来ず、1年後 Sascha Funke のデビューアルバム "Bravo" にボーカリストとして参加。同アルバムのファーストシングル "Forms and Shapes" はその夏のアンセムとなった。その後も Zky、Alexander Kowalski、Monika Kruse らとのコラボレーションを通しシンガーとしての評価を得ながらプロダクションの技術を学び、自身のサウンドを築き上げ'08年に兄 Paul と共に制作した "Sky and Sand" をリリースし、ヨーロッパのチャートに名を挙げた。
'09年、ライブツアー中に Chopstick & Johnjon からの誘いで彼らが主宰するレーベル Suol と契約を果たす。'10年にリリースした "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" は洗練されたアルバムに仕上がり、'11年にリリースした "Facing The Sun" はテクノでありながらジャンルレスな要素を含んだアルバムとして高い評価を得ている。

Fritz grew up in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg. Month by month Fritz spent all of his little pocket money on spray cans and dusty old Hip-Hop vinyls eg. Eric B. & Rakim, KRS-ONE and Wu-Tang Clan, and later becomes a big fan of Tech-House music.
Having to choose what his future in music might be, he decides to turn his second passion into a profession. As a cultural and music journalist, he worked since '02 for various TV stations such as ARD, MTV and the Deutsche Welle, but the artist life keept haunting him and one year later he teamed up with Sascha Funke to perform a track as a vocalist on Sascha's debut album "Bravo". The first single from Sascha's abum is the result and "Forms and Shapes" becomes one of the essential tracks that summer.
Fritz keeps building his reputation as a singer by collaborating with Zky, Alexander Kowalski and Monika Kruse. Besides that he was working on his own production skills, he was always looking for his very own sound. Then in autumn '08 "Sky and Sand" is released, a musical family reunion with his brother Paul which raised the feeling from the first day on that this could be a big one. And it was. "Sky and Sand" didn't just become an underground anthem, but also reached peak in many european chart positions.
In 09, Fritz was convinced by Chopstick & Johnjon to sign on to their label Suol, and releases "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" in the following year. "Facing The Sun" that Fritz released in '11 is a polished techno album, which truly exhibits his end-less ability, high sense and deep knowledge in music.