Paul Kalkbrenner was born on 11 June 1977 and is a German musician, producer of electronic music and actor.
20 Facts About Paul Kalkbrenner
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Paul Kalkbrenner is most known for his single "Sky and Sand", which sold over 200,000 copies, went platinum, and was highly charted in countries such as Belgium and Germany.
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Paul Kalkbrenner is known for portraying the main character Ickarus in the movie Berlin Calling, written and directed by Hannes Stohr, which ran for several years at Kino Central in Berlin.
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Paul Kalkbrenner grew up in Lichtenberg, Berlin, which was deep in the eastern sector of the city before the Berlin Wall came down.
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At the time of the Reunification of Germany, Paul Kalkbrenner was only thirteen years old.
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Paul Kalkbrenner played together with his good friend Sascha Funke, who he met at his school and discovered that they both shared a common interest in techno.
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Paul Kalkbrenner is a keen football fan and an avid supporter of FC Bayern Munich.
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In 1995, at the age of eighteen, Paul Kalkbrenner worked for two years as a cutter in the television industry to fund the equipment he bought for production.
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Paul Kalkbrenner released six albums and ten EPs with BPitch Control, until his amicable departure in 2008.
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Paul Kalkbrenner accepted the offer and they decided to title the film Berlin Calling.
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Ickarus is a representation of who Paul Kalkbrenner did not want to become.
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Paul Kalkbrenner believed that the label did not have what it took to support his artist growth, to propel him forward.
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That same summer, Paul Kalkbrenner came to Ibiza for the first time to speak at the International Music Summit and play at one of Ibiza's renowned clubs, Amnesia.
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Paul Kalkbrenner explains in this article how the Florian episodes came to be.
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In July 2016 Paul Kalkbrenner dropped a three-volume mix series that chronicled the arrival of techno in Berlin in the early 1990s.
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On 18 May 2018 Paul Kalkbrenner released a new album called Parts of Life, that is his latest and 8th album overall.
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Parts of Life features 15 tracks named with the file numbers Paul Kalkbrenner used during production.
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Paul Kalkbrenner revealed three tracks as a special premiere for launching his album.
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Paul Kalkbrenner uses software synthesizers, sequencer in combination with MIDI controllers, hardware synthesizers and drum machines for his live shows.
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Paul Kalkbrenner is a grandson of the East German artist Fritz Eisel and older brother of music producer Fritz Kalkbrenner.