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Biography Since early 1993 Yapacc has composed, performed and produced electronic music under various pseudonyms. His music is well known for meandering through the body in a very particular way and preferably from all sides simultaneously. So no wonder that both your head and legs will start dancing and moving around when his sounds are sweeping through your body. Yapaccs organic live sound describes a wide bow hitting minmal funk and melodic techno at one time, we call it techhouse flavoured by a funky-melodic charakter. 'I have a hybrid working method, using computer programs, analog synths, live keyboards, also guitar and microphone. An interactive visual show including self-shot clips, pics and a live video camera shall entrap and seduce the audience further...' says Yapacc. Back into 1993. After a long period of playing in several bands Yapacc founded the project Elektrasmus with Holger Schmidt and launched the ’Weisskirchener Electronic Festival’. After having taken extensive live and studio session excursions, they finally signed to Maelstrom Records in 1997. In the same year Elektrasmus was one of the Techno acts to pioneer internet live streaming (at ’Dokumenta X’, Kassel/D). A release on Poets Club Recording ('Inside 02' w/Brian Eno, Peter Schwalm, Funkstoerung, Shantel, among others) followed in 1998 using the psydonym 'The Dragonfly'. Around 1999 he launched a net art label and produced film scores for expressionistic silent movie classics, three CDs are released. In 2001 Yapacc founded Voiceheads in conjunction with Jürgen Klumpe, a duo interweaving guitar drones and textures with vocoded voice, blending Downbeat Techno structures with Hippiespace Psychedelics on a high intensity level. During that period Yapacc met Dr. Walker of Air Liquide with whom he cultivates a steady friendship and both founded the production team Helden der Revolution with any releases until today. Subsequently Yapacc became a steady member of James Dean Brown’s notorious Narcotic Syntax on the popular Perlon label. The guys had many releases on Perlon and the Cologne based We in Rhythm (WIR) label. They took part at Brain Enos Quiet Club at Luminale Frankfurt 2004. A Japan tour followed in 2007, where the double EP 'Provocative Percussion' (WIR005) was a big success. In 2004 Yapacc also syndicated Studiogemeinschaft together with the inspirational Franklin de Costa to create their own sound, described as 'SuperfunkyAbstractHouse'. Followed by several releases on Trapez ltd in 2004 and on Multicolor in early 2006, their EP 'Want 2 Shake with You', relased on Treibstoff in fall 2006 finally chartered the Groove Charts in late 2006. After having met in Summer 2005, the amicable climate between Good Groove, one of Germany’s DJ institutions, and Yapacc is reflected in common music productions on multiColor Recordings, Frisbee and Tresor. In the past they appeared with remixes for Pascal Feos, Ricardo Villalobos, Alka Rex and 2Raumwohnung. Since early 2006 Yapacc is out with a range of solo releases on labels like Neutonmusic, Green Empire, WIR and Sender Records. In January 2006 he joined Neuton Music, his first solo EP 'Floating' on Neuton Music was a huge success and as well big in Japan, followed by the 12inch Boutique Minimal introducing the Swiss poetry artist Betti Synclar (voc, lyr). No less than Ricarcdo Villalobos heavily played this record. His latest record on Neutonmusic was the 12inch 'N!ce' released in 2008. Based in Berlin up to today Yapacc and Franklin de Costa founded the label Green Empire, a collaboration with the DJs Miriam Schulte and Bo Irion, intended to organize common partys and radio shows. In Summer 2007 Yapacc and Franklin de Costa released their debut EP 'Morgenlast/Atemlos'. In the same year he appeared on Colognes label WIR with 'Second Life' and on Sender Records with 'Take this Way', for Yapacc definitively a step into a new soundlevel. Nowadays he we can expect fresh new stuff on WIR (Karma of Battlefield) and last but not least his latest remix for 2raumwohnung. |