Thursday August 7th 2008

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Markus Nikolai (Perlon|Ommog|Germany)
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Suli Belarto (Power Tools|Precious|Deeper Moods)
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Darius Aleksandar (Nekter|Deeper Moods)
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Music Starts @ 6pm 21+
@ The Reef On The Water
880 Harbor Scnenic Dr.
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562)435-8013

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BIOGRAPHY
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Markus Nikolai has music in his genes. Since his initial love affair with all sounds electronic in the early eighties, he has conquered DJing and the live performance, but it is the production realm of dance music in which he has made his most significant contributions. Born in Frankfurt and raised in the city’s suburbs, Markus learned several musical instruments from his grandfather, a conductor. Though he was proficient in piano, guitar, bass, drums and other percussions, the accordion was his main interest. As a teenager in the eighties, he was exposed to nightclubs, dancing and the instrument of the era – the keyboard.

In 1982, Markus left the accordion behind to pursue more alternative sounds. One year later, joined by two like-minded friends, he launched his first live project, Whetzon Churchill. Frankfurt embraced their industrial/electronic body music (EBM) and the group performed regularly in and around the city for several years. In 1987, Whetzon Churchill became the first live act to play a small venue called No Name, home of the weekly Techno Club, one of the city’s most legendary nights. This was also the year in which his first tracks were released and a time when Markus was gaining experience behind the decks. “I DJed back in the days of 1986 and 1987,” he says. “After a while, I realized that (with DJing) I could only play music which was already complete. I wanted to produce music that didn’t exist; new sounds, which nobody had heard before.”

In 1992, Thomas Franzmann (a.k.a. Zip) joined one of Markus’ first production outfits, Bigod 20 (which also included Front 242 vocalist Jean-Luc De Meyer), a relationship that would become one of his most resourceful and symbiotic. Soon after, Los Angeles’ Sire/Reprise released their album Steelworks, from which tracks and video clips were used in the films Cape Fear and Sliver. In 1994, Markus released his second album with Zip, Supercute, also on Sire. In the mid-nineties, along with graphic artist Chris Rehberger, the trio founded the audio/visual project, Pile, an experiment in melding music, graphic design, philosophy, film and architecture. In 1997, they released the album Modern on Sony/Epic and two years later, the group toured through Europe as part of the futuristic art exhibition, Lab 0.1 for Daimler Chrysler. Later that year, Markus and Zip launched their own imprint, Perlon. “We have always wanted to keep Perlon as a family label,” says Markus. So almost all the artists (for example Ricardo Villalobos, Baby Ford, Sammy Dee etc.) are friends. In 1999, the SuPERLONgevity compilation was released; it featured “Bushes,”

In June 2000, Markus released Back, his first solo album on Perlon. In the summer of 2001, he opened his second optical store MNO (MarkusNikolaiOptic), launched his own Design/Framecompany MNE (MarkusNikolaiEyewear). 2005 Markus and Theo Krieger newly founded the label “More down than out” to release their own music. Markus, Theo Krieger and Annika Mueller de Vries also started the band “Morane”. In May 2005 the 12” “Morane - Electric Pilot Girl” was realeased. In june 2005 the album “Everyone is like you” was released.
At the moment Markus is working on new Projects with Thomas Brinkmann and Stephanie D. Chico and on his new own Album. A little glimpse can be heard on Perlons Superlongevity 4: Markus Nikolai with Stephanie D. Chico – Wheelsucker, which was released in May 2006. He continues to travel the globe diffusing his unique sound within all walks of life. Through touring his live performance, he is able to “present his own definition of house music.”

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DISCOGRAPHY
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1987 BIGOD 20 - body to body/energize
1987 P.L.U.U.T.O. - isn't it crazy?
Body & Energize 12"/MCD TDI/ZYX Records 1988
America 12"/MCD TDI/ZYX Records 1988
Acid To Body 12"/CDS TDI/ZYX Records 1988
1988 NOSTROMO DEPT. - evolution
1989 NOSTROMO DEPT. - evolution remixes
1989 UMO DETIC - fahrenheit
The Bog (Limited Promo) 12" LTD. Zoth Ommog Records 1990
The Bog (Promo) 12" Zoth Ommog Records 1990
The Bog 12"/CDS Zoth Ommog Records 1990
The Bog 12"/MCD Sire/Reprise Records 1990
Carpe Diem 12"/MCD Sire/Reprise Records 1991
Steelworks! LP/CD Zoth Ommog Records 1992
Steelworks! LP/CD Sire/Warner Bros. Records 1992
On The Run 12"/CDS Zoth Ommog Records 1992
On The Run 12"/MCD Sire/Warner Bros. Records 1992
On The Run (Promo) CDS Sire/Warner Bros. Records 1992
It's Up To You CDS Zoth Ommog/Semaphore 1993
Like A Prayer CDS Zoth Ommog/Semaphore 1993
Supercute (Promo) CD Zoth Ommog Records 1994
Supercute CD Zoth Ommog/Sire Records 1994
One MCD Zoth Ommog Records 1994
One MCD Sire Records 1994

PERL01 / Markus Nikolai / rood /12ì / 8.97
PERL03 / Hombre Ojo / manejando un caritto rapidito por santiaguito /12ì / 3.98
PERL05 / Markus Nikolai / shake! / 12ì / 5.98
PERL09 / Pile / perlipop / 12ì / 3.99
PERL10 / V.A. / superlongevity /M.Nikolai - bushes / Hombre Ojo - La Musica / 2x12ì / 4.99
PERL12 / Markus Nikolai / passion / bushes rmxs12ì / 6.99
PERL18 / Markus Nikolai / back / 2x12ì / 5.00
PERL18cd / Markus Nikolai / back / cd / 5.00
PERL23 / V.A. / superlongevity 2 / M.Nikolai - Chitchat on sunsetcliff / 2x12î / 6.01
PERL23cd / V.A. / superlongevity / M.Nikolai - Chitchat on sunsetcliff / 2xcd / 8.01
PERL34 / MORANE / THE TRICK / 12i / 7/03
PERL36 / VA / Superlongevity 3 / Markus Nikolai + Nina - Mr.Big Star / 3x 12" / 10/03
PERL36 / VA / Superlongevity 3 / Markus Nikolai + Nina - Mr.Big Star / CD / 10/03
PERL56 / VA / Superlongevity 4 / Markus Nikolai – Wheelsucker / 4x 12” / 05/06
PERL56 / VA / Superlongevity 4 / Markus Nikolai – Wheelsucker / CD / 05/06

.....and many releases on compilations all over the world, i can't tell anymore.........

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Last edited by suli.belarto on Jul-31-2008 at 18:28