Alexander Kowalski
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Alexander Kowalski is a popular German techno music artist.
, Germany
, and was raised in Grimmen
. In 1986 he moved with his family to Berlin
, where he began his musical career. Early influences on his work were Joey Beltram
and Synewave, though he was limited to using cheap instruments to emulate them. He performed his first live gig at the Tresor Club in Berlin, and soon thereafter got in contact with Pacou and Sender Berlin, eventually releasing his first track on Proton Records in 1999. That same year, Kowalski and collaborator Stassy from Sender Berlin debuted as the techno team Double X.
Kowalski released his much acclaimed debut record Echoes in 2001, on the Kanzleramt label. He quickly produced a follow-up, Progress (early 2002), which brought him much greater notability in the electronic music scene.
A year and a half after his breakthrough second album, he released Response, including the single "Belo Horizonte
". He was nominated twice for the German dance award in 2003. After a break of three years, he switched record label
s from Kanzleramt to Different.
Aliases: DisX3, D Func, Double X (with Torsten Litschko).
Career
Kowalski was born in 1978 in GreifswaldGreifswald
Greifswald , officially, the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and was raised in Grimmen
Grimmen
Grimmen is the capital of Vorpommern-Rügen, a district in the Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-Geography:Grimmen is located in southeastern Nordvorpommern on the banks of the river Trebel, about 30 km south of Stralsund and 30 km west of Greifswald. The town is connected to...
. In 1986 he moved with his family to Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, where he began his musical career. Early influences on his work were Joey Beltram
Joey Beltram
Joey Beltram is an American DJ and record producer, best-known for the pioneering recordings "Energy Flash" and "Mentasm"....
and Synewave, though he was limited to using cheap instruments to emulate them. He performed his first live gig at the Tresor Club in Berlin, and soon thereafter got in contact with Pacou and Sender Berlin, eventually releasing his first track on Proton Records in 1999. That same year, Kowalski and collaborator Stassy from Sender Berlin debuted as the techno team Double X.
Kowalski released his much acclaimed debut record Echoes in 2001, on the Kanzleramt label. He quickly produced a follow-up, Progress (early 2002), which brought him much greater notability in the electronic music scene.
A year and a half after his breakthrough second album, he released Response, including the single "Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
". He was nominated twice for the German dance award in 2003. After a break of three years, he switched record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
s from Kanzleramt to Different.
Discography
- Can't Hold Me Back (Album Mix) Alexander Kowalski & Funk D'Void
- Changes (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- Your Affection (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- House Of Hell (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- My Truth (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- She's Worth It (Album Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- So Pure (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- Start Chasing me (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- The Path To Zero (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
- What U Gonna Do (Original Mix) Alexander Kowalski
Aliases: DisX3, D Func, Double X (with Torsten Litschko).
Singles (Solo)
- 1999 Auto Cycles EP (as DisX3)
- 2000 Functones (as D Func)
- 2000 Dark Soul
- 2000 Live
- 2001 Echoes / Phasis
- 2001 Progress
- 2001 Art Of Function (as DisX3)
- 2002 Waves Vol. 1 (as DisX3)
- 2002 All I Got To Know
- 2002 Hot Spot/Delicious
- 2003 Waves Vol. 2 (as DisX3)
- 2003 Belo Horizonte
- 2004 Lock Me Up
- 2004 You Think You Know
Albums (Solo)
- 1999 Brothers In Mind (as DisX3)
- 1999 Sequenzed Function (as DisX3)
- 1999 Untitled (as DisX3)
- 2001 Chaos Space Marines (as DisX3) (with BanduluBanduluBandulu are a British electronic music group consisting of Jamie Bissmire, John O'Connell & Lucien Thompson. The music often relies heavily on techno and dub elements. Releasing their first two albums on Creation Records sublabel Infonet, the group has also released albums on Blanco y Negro,...
) - 2001 Echoes
- 2002 Progress
- 2003 Response
- 2006 Changes
Co-Production
- Double X (with Torsten Litschko)
- 1999 Strain One's Ears (album)
- 1999 unGleich 1
- 2000 UnGleich in Exile (album)
- 2003 Charis
- 2004 A:LIVE (album)
- 2004 Flashbacks