Format: B Biography
Format:B are Franziskus and Jakob.
Jakob is a Berliner, from Kreuzberg to be exact. As all good parents do, his wanted him to play an instrument. After years of successfully dodging music lessons and his parents wishes, he finally at the subtle age of 15 decided that he desperately needed a bass guitar, which then through diligent practice manoeuvred him from hardcore bands to funk and jazz bands. But suddenly, there was a small problem: he liked Techno parties much better than rock concerts.
So, as one does, he began buying the odd techno maxi here and there until one day little Jakob thought to himself: Why heck, I can do that too!
So off he went and bought himself an overpriced Atari St40 and a cheap synthesizer, only to realize that oops those guys from Detroit really do know what theyre doing and that it wasnt that easy after all. Well, that is basically where Jacobs ambitiously planned out life suddenly took a screeching of the wheels turn in another direction.
Franziskus is from Erfurt, a small and rural part of Germanys quite rough and wild East, which didnt stop him from starting piano lessons at the innocent age of 6. His musical interests took him from the usual suspects like Michael Jackson and The Pet Shop Boys through to Hardcore (obviously not on the piano). But then one day, or night to be exact similar to Jakob, all was to suddenly change.. A fortuitous night out at the legendary E-Werk in 1993, made this young mans heartbeat skip from Chopin over to a 4/4 beat where it was to remain, probably forever.
Three years later Franziskus took up residency at the infamous Sub ground Lighthouse After hour, resulting in numerous further bookings.
The paths of these two young men crossed whilst they were both studying to be sound engineers. Seeing as all the other students in there year were long haired Metal heads it was only a matter of time until their paths crossed. So, after spending a few long Berlin party nights together they decided to see if they could start a project together.
And so the story ends or better yet, begins with Format:B...........................
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FORMAT:B DISCOGRAPHY
EP’s:
„Slaps“ /EP 12“ / Highgrade Records No 22/ Word and Sound/ January 2005
“Like A Techmachine” /EP 12”/ Highgrade Records No 30/
Word and Sound/ February 2006
“Gunface EP” /EP 12”/ Stil Vor Talent Records No 07/
Word and Sound/ June 2006
“Cosanostra Funk” /EP 12”/ Opossum Records No 09/
Word and Sound/ August 2006
„Bronson Road“ /EP 12"/ Highgrade Records No 39/ Word and Sound/ April 2007
“Vivian Wheeler” /EP 12”/ Stil Vor Talent No 15/ Word and Sound/
August 2007
“Split Pot” /EP 12”/ Opossum Records No 12/
Word and Sound/ December 2007
Remixes
“Magnetic Base - Mad Racket Remixes”/ Ep 12” Format:B RMX/
Highgrade Records / Word and Sound No 29/ November 2005/
“Funkwerkstatt - Hitkompass Nummer Zwei EP“ /EP 12"/ Windrose (Format:B Remix)/ Superfancy Recordings No 11/ Februar 2007
“Ptoile - Bird EP“ / EP 12"/ Return Of The Birds (Format:B Remix/ Trenton Records No 19/ May 2007
“Dave Shokh & Jaxon - Itzsamna EP” /EP 12"/ Itzsamna (Format:B Remix) Dipolter No 04/ August 2007
“Rainer Weichhold Bamboo - Very Nice” /EP 12”/ Bamboo (Format B Remix)/ Great Stuff Recordings No 0556/ October 2007
“David Keno - Pattex” / EP 12”/ Format:B Remix/ Keno Records 06/
Straight Distribution/ March 2008/
“Philipp Wolgast - Rudimental / EP 12” / Rudimental Format:B Rudemix/ Alpaca Records 02/ June 2008
„Marco Esse - Istanbul (Format B Remix)” / “Wood EP 12" / Material Series /November 2008
“Butch – Amelie (Format:B Remix)” /EP12” / Great Stuff Records / March 2009
Album
“Steam Circuit”/ 2x12”/ Highgrade Records No. 54/ Word and Sound/ September 2008
Various Artists Highgrade Compilation Various Artists Vol. 2/ Track “Deep Doodoo”/ VA Double 12”/ Highgrade Records No. 25/ Word and Sound/ Juli 2005
2 VARIOUS - People Like Us/ VA 12”/Trenton Records No 15/ Word and Sound/ September 2006
H2O Club - Electro Feelings (2xCD) Knarzer Roller Babaorum Records 2006
Private Fiction - DJ Adriano Presents Freak Show (CD) Cosa Nostra Funk Universal Music (Switzerland) 2006
Street Parade 2006 Underground Mix (2xCD) Isaac Newton Was Wrong EMI Music (Switzerland) 2006
Trax Sampler 092 (CD, Smplr) Like A Techmachine Trax Sampler 2006
Ibiza 07 With M.A.N.D.Y. (CD) 69 Bronson Road Mixmag 2007 Karotte's Kitchen Vol. 1 (CD) 69 Bronson Road Alphabet City 2007 Minimal Techno (2xCD) Gunface ZYX Music 2007
My Electro Generation (File, MP3) Cosa Nostra Funk Laka-Tosh-Music
2007
Sub Culture - Electronic Clubtunes Vol.3 (2xCD) 69 Bronsen Road ZYX Music 2007
Private Fiction 6 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Full House Universal Music (Switzerland) 2007
Highgrade Presents Our Things (2x12") 2Quite Highgrade Records 2008
3 Years Stil Vor Talent Part Two (12", W/Lbl, Promo) Jawohl Stil Vor Talent 2008
Beatport 5 Year Anniversary Tour (File, MP3) Si Pero No Beatport Promotion 2008
City Lights - Vol. 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Full House (Dub Taylor... Progress Tunes 2008
Headliners (2xCD, Mixed, Comp, Dig) Flat Call Diamond Records (6) 2008
Komisch Elektronisch The Mix Compilation (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Vivian Wheeler Musicismusic 2008
La Terrrazza - Atmospherical Fun Club - Mixed By Anderson Noise And Sergio Patricio (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Sex Drive Circle Music 2008
Recommends Volume Six (File, MP3, Comp) Bootcut Not On Label (The End Club Series) 2008
What We Did & What We Do Two (12") Jawohl Stil Vor Talent 2008
WinterWorld 2009 (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Rabbit Hunt (Moritz Pi... Toptrax Recordings 2009
guten tag die herren,endlich kommt ihr (jakob) mal wieder in den süden von deutschland.wird bestimmt wieder ne hammer session .also bis morgen im douala!
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