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Michael Burkat had his first experience with Techno in the early 90's; but first contact with electronic music in the 70`s and 80`s with Bands like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, J.M.Jarre, Joy Division and DAF. A few years later, in 1994, he traveled to the Tribal Gathering Party to Munich and from this night on, Techno became to one of the most important things in Michael's life. After being taken over by the sounds of House and Techno, Michael had his first residency in a small techno club in Dortmund, Germany. There he played his weekly set of House and Techno. At the end of 1996, Michael started working at the Dortmund based record store named Channel Jam. From his good work for the record store and his club-residency, Michael attracted the attention of "Undercover Music Group" and in April of 1999 he was hired as A&R for Fine Audio Recordings to continue the brilliant work Chris Liebing did.
Later in 1999 , Michael founded Compressed to create a platform for new talents and well known producers as well.
September brought Michael`s first release on Fine Audio. He teamed up with London based Marco Lenzi (Molecular) for his first 12inch on Fine Audio, which was engineered by Henry Cullen. Michael worked together with Henry Cullen for a few releases and in early 2000, Michael built up his own Studio and began to work as an engineer.
After a successful 3 ½ years work as A&R of the UCMG labels Fine Audio, Touch Tone and Compressed, Michael decides to take his own path and separate from UCMG Germany in December 2002. He's continued developing his production and Dj-skills over the years and is now successful in his own work with his very own labels Bound, Temper and Goodfellas.
Michael Burkat has grown in stature over the last 10 years and have been produced quality techno with support from DJs around the world. With releases on well known labels like Primate, Planet Rhythm,Fine Audio, Heroes, Contrast, Patterns, Bound and many others, he is still a part of the worldwide techno scene. This scene has seen many producers come and go but Michael has mutated his distinct sound over the years to keep listeners interested. As a DJ, Michael has traveled throughout all of Germany and Europe and his sets, like his productions, are compositions of clearly structured sounds, which never bore any dance floor.