What else can you say, its Pacou. Pacou is Pacou!
Biography
Born in Berlin 1972, where he cites his earliest musical inspirations from Pop
radio during the 80´s; Pet Shop Boys, Art of Noise, Depeche Mode, etc. Some
specialist radio shows, like Kiss FM (Berlin) and Studio 89 featured mix tapes
fresh out of New York combining Disco, House, Miami Bass and Pop: mindblowing to
say the least at that time.
During 1990 and 1991, the new European club subculture was suddenly underway
and the first sounds of Techno gripped Berlin like no other. Studying
engineering and economics by day, Pacou indulged in the nocturnal acid/techno
circuit in the early Berlin clubs Quartier, Planet, and Tresor, hearing the
likes of Underground
Resistance, Todd Terry and local legends Basic Channel from Hard Wax. Pacou
started buying records in 1991, developing a fierce vinyl appetite that turned
into equipment purchases by 1993. His occassional Tresor club spot turned into a
DJ residency in 1995, maintaining an intense Tresor club night called
Headquarters: the weekly showcase for Berlins lesser-known but quality
underground DJs.
Simultaneously working on his own productions suddenly gave way to the vague
series of Pacou dubplates and white labels filtering through the club. Catching
the ear of the Tresor Record label: the next step in the relationship became
Pacous "Reel Techno"-entitled debut EP in late 1996. Live performance and DJ
obligations allowed Pacou to continue his work with the Headquarters night until
1997 which marked the release of his debut album, "Symbolic Language".
This opened the floodgates for a slew of subsequent releases by Pacou, his a.k.a
"agent cooper", and "The X-Men Berlin"; the amorphous Berliner project of which
Pacou was amain force within. In a town where virtually everybody seems to be a
producer or DJ, Pacou followed up the popularity of his Tresor debut with his
second full-length album "No Computer Involved". A deeper focus within his sound
and ideas, it broke from the traditional'banging eight-track" format, to be
understood as a soundtrack for the present Berlin Technoscene. Each track was
created with entirely different studio setups, and without the aid of a
computer.
"Break the rules of the environment, build up the network."
Having by this time entirely broken away from the illusion of the typical
ob/paycheck
cycle, Pacou launched LL Records in 1998 to supplement his flood of output and
demand abroad. Spending extensive time on tour in South America, Japan,
Australia and both Western/Eastern Europe widened Pacou's vision to the global
scenes, both modern and primitve, and inspired his "A Universal Movement" EP of
February 1999. A little less than a year later, Pacou's career third album is
due out. Entitled "State of Mind", it will reflect a much more
dancefloor-oriented work than "No Computer Involved". Seeking to escape the
temporary anddisposable DJ-tool stereotypes, and return to more timeless and
song-based structures, "State of Mind" jams the standards with straightup
sophistication and simultaneously kickdown Techno.
excerp: http://www.tresorberlin.de/america/index.html
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Struck by that amazing label that is Vertical Form, I have been on a mission
> to uncover the identity of the mysery artist Agent Cooper, from VF 002
> Rapaciolli/ Agent Cooper split. I know for sure there is a connection to the
> character in David Lynch's Twin Peaks, but my private investigators have
> informed me that this producer also records under the guise of Pacou of
> Tresor fame. Can anyone who has some undercover information shed more light
> on this.? The clue may be in the latest LL release on the UK label called
> Breaks.
>
> A_Zed
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