Lützenkirchen
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Lützenkirchen is a German
DJ and producer
. He is specialized in techno
and electro, and is best known for having created the 2008 song "3 Tage Wach" which reached the German Top 40 Charts.
Lützenkirchen's roots in music go back to 1992, when he first appeared on record as a singer. He subsequently worked as a promoter in Ibiza
in 1995, worked as a professional background vocalist and songwriter on some projects from 1996 to 1999, before moving to the house and techno scene. It wasn't until 2006 he began his DJ career, and adopted Lützenkirchen as his professional name. By 2008 he had switched to performing pure live sets.
The single "3 Tage wach" ("awake for three days") was the 60th best-selling single of 2008 in Germany. As summarized by Spiegel Online
, the vocoder lyrics describe "how it feels to party for three days without sleep, ingesting lots of alcohol and drugs". Lützenkirchen has described them as satire and as a humorous "mirror of the [Techno] scene", and rejected claims that it was advocating drug use. He has been stipulating in contracts that flyers and posters must not mention "3 Tage wach", being concerned that the hit would define his image too much.
Germany
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DJ and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. He is specialized in techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
and electro, and is best known for having created the 2008 song "3 Tage Wach" which reached the German Top 40 Charts.
Lützenkirchen's roots in music go back to 1992, when he first appeared on record as a singer. He subsequently worked as a promoter in Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
in 1995, worked as a professional background vocalist and songwriter on some projects from 1996 to 1999, before moving to the house and techno scene. It wasn't until 2006 he began his DJ career, and adopted Lützenkirchen as his professional name. By 2008 he had switched to performing pure live sets.
The single "3 Tage wach" ("awake for three days") was the 60th best-selling single of 2008 in Germany. As summarized by Spiegel Online
Spiegel Online
Spiegel Online , the online version of German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, is one the most visited news websites written in the German language.- Company :...
, the vocoder lyrics describe "how it feels to party for three days without sleep, ingesting lots of alcohol and drugs". Lützenkirchen has described them as satire and as a humorous "mirror of the [Techno] scene", and rejected claims that it was advocating drug use. He has been stipulating in contracts that flyers and posters must not mention "3 Tage wach", being concerned that the hit would define his image too much.