Koljah

My first musical activity was beating on my parent’s pots in the kitchen as a little child. So rhythm seemed to be really important for me.
My parents should have known I wanted to play the drums, but they didn’t – and sent me to learn melodica and accordion – which I really didn’t appreciate. It made me hate music-school at least. When I was about 14 years old I had the possibility to learn the Drums at the youth center of my neighborhood. I got addicted and so finally I got my Mother to buy myself a drum set. Over the next years I played in lots of Rock and Metal Bands before I started to visit hated music – school again to get deeper into rhythm and drumming. This opened the world of Jazz and also classical music for me, and I spend lots of time in playing in several Jazz and Rock projects and also in the orchestra or just jamming with friends. My first drastic experience with electronic Music was in the early nineties at a party some friends took me when I was about 18 Years old. Since this time I wasn’t interested in Techno or similar sounds. The atmosphere and energy of the monotonic beats simply blew me away, from this time on I always thought about starting Djing. It took a long time till I bought my first turntables and started spinning records on parties I organized with a couple of friends in my hometown. It was the thing I felt really comfortable with. I finally moved to Berlin and got myself a little studio and started producing my own music. I don’t really like to describe my music as a specific genre like “minimal” or “Detroit” or something like that – for me it has always been Techno music so far and I just want to make Techno music. To think in genres is building borders and killing creativity in my opinion. Same counts for my Dj Sets which can include various styles of Techno or even House music from minimal to pounding, melodic or whatever. I just want to play the music I like and to share a good time with the audience and dancers.
I played DJ- and Live Sets at Watergate / Panorama Bar / Golden Gate Club / Club Der Visionäre / Kinzo and other locations in Berlin and over Germany…

Current releases:
“I lost my Brain in Brackstedt” / my room: phil_e 2001 (2005)
was in the charts and playlists of Ellen Alien, Magda, Richie Hawtin, Dominik Eulberg and others…. 
“Leckerkuchen EP”: Sushitech 03 (2006)
charts and playlists of Jeff Milligan, Magda, Xpansul and others….

Upcoming releases:
“Loops for Work EP”: Sushitech 05 (soon)
a Remix of Mikael Stavostrand’s “Housedays”: Sushitech 06 (soon and a bit)
a Remix of Fusiphorm’s “Hooo”: Minimood 01 (soon)