INGO VOGELMANN | BIOGRAPHY

INGO AT WORK

Ingo — born an raised in the early 70's in Germany's famous Ruhr Area — was introduced into making music at the early age of seven, inspired by the progressive Rock and first-step electronic music of this time. Thereby he got in touch with several instruments but he was mostly fascinated by playing the drums, which he was than classical educated in.

In the following years he easily became more and more familar with the way in which professional electronic studio production works. In 1993 his first dance music production found its successful way into the clubs. With his feeling for rhythm and knowledge about how music floats and works on people, he also turned out to be a talented DJ. He has put the needle on vinyl in some of Europe's famous clubs, always driving the crowd crazy with strong and deep sets.

Ingo spins regularly on the most successful radio station on the internet — friskyRadio — with his own shows LIGHTWORKS and TIME OUT and presents the Release Promo Hype Chart Essentials. Plus, he serves international clubs with his breathtaking epic sets as a demanded Progressive House, Tech House, Deep House or even Ambient/Chillout DJ. As A&R Manager at friskyRecords and label founder of L2 MUSIC he's always after discovering new and outstanding talent.

Ingo has established himself as one of the most influential figures in the field of progressive dance music over the recent years as both a DJ, and a producer. In his gigs, he is blurring the line between DJing and live performance engineering for a more full-featured club experience more akin to a concert than a standard night out at a dance club. On-the-fly remixes and compositions are just some of the capabilities of this performance method.

He's not only an extraordinary DJ, but also a workhorse in his studio. 7 albums and over 120 singles mark his way. Not to mention the countless, successful remixes he did. He currently resides in Western Germany's Ruhr Area — very countryside — near his birthplace. He spends an inordinate amount of time in his studio to work on his countless projects when he's not touring. This man has just cracked the surface of his love for music and it can only lead him — and those who are fortunate enough to hear his work — to higher places ...

(Josh Abrams & Bernhard Wöstheinrich)

A DIFFERENT VIEW

1973	Birth. Very confused.
1980	First TAMA Swingstar drum kit and lessons. Addicted since. Loves the Progressive Rock music of that time. Still confused.
1985	First CD player. Dire Straits' "Brothers In Arms" leads to the decision to become a rock star.
1988	First BOSS Dr. Rhythm drum computer. Fascinated. Song-writing and producing begins.
1989	Drummer in one Pop and one Metal band. Plays some Jazz on his own. First band gig in front of 2000 people. More confused.
1992	Discovers Technics MKII 1210 and a mixer. First productions with the help of a computer. Decision from 1985 corrected from rock star to DJ and producer. Also first DJ gigs.
2001	Work for superstar acts DJ Sammy and Loona (Universal). Music sells 10+ million copies worldwide. Maximum confused.
2003	Mallorca. Encounters with mentors Markus Reuter and Marc Mitchell, thankful for lifetime. Production of first solo artist album. Publishing deal with EMI, founding of own label L2 MUSIC. Not confused anymore.
2005	Back in Germany. Work on 4-hour epos "GOD" begins. L2 Music very successful, joins friskyRadio. LIGHTWORKS show launches.
2006	Release of "GOD", TIME OUT show launches, first Chillout/Ambient show on friskyRadio. LIGHTWORKS show gets extended to 8 hours.
2009	Birth of "getFrisky!" parties in Germany.
2009	Plays several "getFrisky!" parties.
2010	More "getFrisky!" including one at WMC in Miami. Launch of the RELEASE PROMO HYPE CHART ESSENTIALS show on friskyRadio.
2011	New studio, work on a new album begins.
2012	Prediction: World doesn't collapse as expected. First time in life no idea what to do. Lost, but frisky.
2013	40. Lost again.
2020	Spaceship explodes during a trip back from a (very successful) gig on Mars. Ingo Vogelmann found dead and not good but very frisky looking on a ring of Saturn, headphones still on. His family blames promoters for booking RyanAir.

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