DR. WALKER: THE PASSION OF SONIC MAYHEM

Dr. Walker (Ingmar Koch) has been a huge influence on the underground
scene in Germany, particularly Cologne. His fame comes from his career as
a solo artist, as part of the groups Air Liquide (with Cem Oral, which
this year celebrated its 14th anniversary), Helden Der Revolution (with
Yapacc from frankfurt) and Rei$$dorf Force, as the main promoter of the
acclaimed Battery Park & Electro Bunker festivals, and as club owner of
the legendary Liquid Sky club and the famous underground techno club "Club
Camouflage" in cologne. He's "discovered" many acts, encouraged others,
and forged partnerships with musicians as diverse as Holger Czukay
(founding member of Can), avant-gardist and "Einstuerzende Neubauten"
member FM Einheit, Kraftwerk foundation- & !NEU- member Michael Rother and
electronic music guru Craig Anderton.

Over the years, Walker has produced more than 700 different records, CDs,
and experimental movies, as well as written for magazines like Keyboards,
Recording, and Computer (Germany), and EQ (United States). And he keeps a
breakneck pace: He's working on a new solo album Escape From Cologne –
part II, a new album with L Nino (keyboard player for The Sisters of
Mercy), the latest Helden Der Revolution album, some release on the labels
Djungle Fever / Molecular Funk Guerilla / Force Inc / Dropbass Network /
Binary Bassline and Monotone ("constructed to destroy the dancefloor,"
says Walker), a DVD Acid Burned my TV Set, which consists of experimental
acid movies in 5.1, released on the Molecular Funk Guerilla label. And
that's just the tip of the iceberg. He’s even done soundtracks for the
Discovery Channel, and for independent films like Christo´s Reichstags
Verhuellung, Synthetic Pleasures, Riffdancers, ...

Walker's specialty is beats´n bass - anyone who doesn't start moving their
bodies five minutes into a Walker set should probably check to make sure
they still have a pulse. Able to move from heavy and hard to psychedelic
and chilling, part of the reason for the freshness and immediacy of
Walker's music is that he constantly seeks out equipment that provides the
most direct link from inspiration to sounds blasting out of a speaker and
shaking the dance floor.

Walker’s imposing presence on stage is matched only by the ferocity of the
music and his dedication to getting his fans shaking to the beat. A firm
advocate of real time performance, hardware-based sounds, collaboration
with humans rather than computers, and the need to continuously push the
sonic envelope to find sounds that have never been heard before, a Walker
concert isn’t just music — but an event that takes his ardent fans to new
places, and makes converts out of those who haven’t heard him before.

Dr Walker booking:
claudi – good groove bookings: info@good-groove-music.de
www.good-groove-music.de

takis pagonis – imp-artists (for greece and special events):
info@imp-artists.com
www.imp-artists.com