a-q-rat

I was born in 1973 and grow up in Bremen Germany. During the late 80’s I started listening to Mc’s like Eric B & Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, BDP, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Demon Boyz, and the legend that is Schooly D... In the mid 90’s I started DJing. Primarily Rap and Hip Hop of the 80s and 90s was my thing. However this all changed when I moved to Berlin in 1998 when I started Combining Nu-Jazz with Hip Hop, but with a turntablelist style. Adding scratches, dropping beats and generally juggling with two records. As this combination developed, I started producing Bootleg remixes from classics Hip Hop artist like the Beastie Boys, KRS ONE, Eric B. & Rakim. However, after a while, my attraction to Hip Hop lyrics was no more, and I found myself becoming more and more interested in the beats and Instrumentals. Thus moving more into the Trip Hop and Dub spectrum. After time and bit by bit, my turntables became dusty, as I was busy composing my own tunes. In 2007 I was pulled towards the Baltic Sea in Schleswig Holstein. Where my life changed... (Don’t ask why?) So…… Here I am today. Its 2010, I’m still making Hip Hop and Trip Hop tracks. I’m Backed by Brain Products and I love what I do. Apart from that what else can I say? apart from I owe a lot of my developments and thanks to two people in my life. Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Dub, Lounge, Acid Jazz, Brokenbeats.

a-q-rat

http://soundcloud.com/a-q-rat

Lübeck, Germany

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