Dr. Walker (Ingmar Koch) has been a huge influence on the underground scene in Germany, particularly Cologne. His fame comes from his career as a solo artist, as part of the groups Air Liquide (with Cem Oral, which this year celebrated its 14th anniversary), Helden Der Revolution (with Yapacc from frankfurt) and Rei$$dorf Force, as the main promoter of the acclaimed Battery Park & Electro Bunker festivals, and as club owner of the legendary... Read moreDr. Walker, who is this guy ?
Dr. Walker (Ingmar Koch) has been a huge influence on the underground scene in Germany, particularly Cologne. His fame comes from his career as a solo artist, as part of the groups Air Liquide (with Cem Oral, which this year celebrated its 14th anniversary), Helden Der Revolution (with Yapacc from frankfurt) and Rei$$dorf Force, as the main promoter of the acclaimed Battery Park & Electro Bunker festivals, and as club owner of the legendary Liquid Sky club and currently, Club Camouflage of Cologne.
He´s "discovered" many acts, encouraged others, and forged partnerships with musicians as diverse as Holger Czukay (founding member of Can), avant-gardist FM Einheit, and electronic music guru Craig Anderton.
Over the years, Walker has produced more than 700 different records, CDs, and experimental movies, as well as written for magazines like Keyboards, Recording, and Computer (Germany), and EQ (United States).
He keeps a breakneck pace: He´s working on a new solo album Escape From Cologne – part II, a new album with L Nino (keyboard player for The Sisters of Mercy), the latest Helden Der Revolution album, some release on the labels Djungle Fever / Molecular Funk Guerilla / Binary Bassline and Monotone ("constructed to destroy the dancefloor," says Walker), a DVD "Acid Burned my TV Set", which consists of experimental acid movies in 5.1 sound, released on the Molecular Funk Guerilla label.
And that´s just the tip of the iceberg. He´s even done soundtracks for the Discovery Channel, and for independent films like Christo´s Reichstags Verhuellung, Synthetic Pleasures, Riffdancers, ...
Walker´s specialty is beats´n bass - anyone who doesn´t start moving their bodies five minutes into a Walker set should probably check to make sure they still have a pulse.
Able to move from heavy and hard to psychedelic and chilling, part of the reason for the freshness and immediacy of Walker´s music is that he constantly seeks out equipment that provides the most direct link from inspiration to sounds blasting out of a speaker and shaking the dance floor.
Walker´s imposing presence on stage is matched only by the ferocity of the music and his dedication to getting his fans shaking to the beat. A firm advocate of real time performance, hardware-based sounds, collaboration with humans rather than computers, and the need to continuously push the sonic envelope to find sounds that have never been heard before, a Walker concert isn´t just music but an event that takes his ardent fans to new places, and makes converts out of those who haven´t heard him before.Show less
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