Can Oral

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Can Oral (* 1965 in Frankfurt am Main ), also known by his pseudonyms Khan , Bizz OD , Gizz TV and 4E , is a German musician from the field of electronic music as well as label operator and DJ .

Life

Oral was born in Frankfurt am Main to a Turkish father and a Finnish mother. His brother Cem Oral (aka Jammin 'Unit ) is also a musician.

In 1982 he founded the punk band Mut zum Schlag with two drummers . He later bought an Atari computer and a Prophet 2000 sampler, with which he produced, among other things, pieces of music for German and Austrian television stations.

In the late 1980s he had first contacts to the Cologne techno scene and produced electronic pieces of music with his brother Cem as well as musicians such as Ingmar Koch , Jörg Burger and Roger Cobernus .

From 1992 he lived with Jimi Tenor in a shared apartment in New York City . In 1994 he founded in Manhattan record store Temple Records Soho . In addition, he worked for the German animation studio Dingo Pictures until 1996 . During the New York years Oral also founded the record label Temple Records NYC Inc. (from 1995), Super 8 (from 1996) and El Turco Loco (from 1997). In the mid-1990s, he increasingly turned to the production of ambient records. Projects like HEAD (with Roger Cobernus), Global Electronic Network and Radiowaves (both with Ingmar Koch) followed. Under the pseudonym 4E he produced from 1994 futuristic Acid - hip-hop , the on labels such as Force Inc. Music Works and Mille Plateaux published. Together with his brother he produced the house singles Bad Computa and You Make Me Function under the project name Cube 40 in 1995, which became small hits in the New York house scene. In 1997 the hardcore album The First Nuclearpsychotronic Sampler , produced by Oral and Jimi Tenor, was released under the project name Toys'r'us . With Paul Bonomo alias Snax he founded the project Captain Comatose in 2000 , which was best known for the disco trash pieces $ 100 and Up In Flames on Playhouse . He also worked with the musicians Diamanda Galás , Julee Cruise , Kid Congo Powers and Brigitte Fontaine . With Mark Boombastik and Boris Bergmann he founded his project Khan of Finland in 2009 .

In 2003 and 2004, Oral, together with Christian Jendreiko , accompanied Little Annie on the album Little Annie & The Legally Jammin ' and the follow- up album Mixed Up Little Annie . In 2015 Oral contributed the vocals to some pieces of the Tiefschwarz album Left .

After a short stay in Mexico , Oral has lived and worked in Berlin since 2002 .

Solo discography (selection)

Albums

  • 1996: 4E - Blue Note (Home Entertainment)
  • 1996: Khan - I Don't Wanna Say Anything ( Harvest )
  • 1996: Khan - Electricity (Harvest)
  • 1997: Khan - Silentmoviesilverscreen (Caipirinha Productions)
  • 1997: Khan - Orgies I-IV (El Turco Loco)
  • 1998: 4E Introducing DJ Snax - 4E4ME4YOU ( Mille Plateaux )
  • 1998: Khan & Lary 7 - Black Sabbath Riot Milwaukee 1980 (El Turco Loco)
  • 1999: Khan - Passport ( Matador )
  • 1999: Khan - 1-900-Get-Khan (Matador)
  • 1999: Khan - Blue Pool (Super 8)
  • 2001: Khan - No Comprendo (Matador)
  • 2007: Khan - Who Never Rests ( Tomlab )
  • 2014: Khan - The Enlightenment Machine (album label)

Singles & EPs

  • 1993: Madonna 303 & Gizz TV - Untitled (Mass-Turbator)
  • 1994: 4E - Temple Traxx (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1994: Bizz OD - I'm Coming Out Of Your Speakers (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1994: Gizz TV - Saure Gurken (DJ.Ungle Fever)
  • 1994: Gizz TV - Acid Ninjas Part I (DJ.Ungle Fever)
  • 1994: Khan & Gill-Mann - Ear Goggles (XXC3)
  • 1994: Khan - Sweet Pink Lemonade (Mille Plateaux)
  • 1994: Khan - More EP (Direct Drive Limited)
  • 1994: Khan - Silver Satellite Pt. 1 (Eat Raw)
  • 1995: 4E - Don't Fuck With Nails (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1995: Bizz OD - Cranked / Loveshack (DJ.Ungle Fever USA)
  • 1995: Bizz OD - Suzanne Goes Shopping (DJ.Ungle Fever USA)
  • 1995: Bizz OD + Jimi Tenor - Traffic EP (OZON)
  • 1995: Bizz OD - Get Up / Go Bizz, Go (Sm:) e Communications)
  • 1995: Bizz OD - Black Jack EP (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1995: Bizz OD - Disco Trash (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1995: Gizz TV Meetz DX-13 - Atomic Plastic (DJ.Ungle Fever)
  • 1995: Gizz TV - Little Shop Of Acid (DJ.Ungle Fever)
  • 1995: Khan - Turkish Bath (XXC3)
  • 1996: 4E - Blue Note (Home Entertainment)
  • 1996: 4E - 4E (Pharma)
  • 1996: 4E - The Gentle Killer EP (Sockett Records USA)
  • 1996: Bizz OD - Bones (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1996: Bizz OD - Bells & Bones (Tekhed)
  • 1996: Khan - Trail Of Lost Souls (Temple Records NYC Inc.)
  • 1996: Khan - Silent Movie (Electro Bunker Cologne)
  • 1997: Bizz OD - You May Be Hardcore But ... (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1998: Bizz OD - Bass 'N' Beans (Force Inc. Music Works)
  • 1998: Gizz TV - Shakar (Temple Records NYC Inc.)
  • 1998: Khan - Silver Satellite Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 (Eat Raw)
  • 2000: Khan - Karaoke Remixes Pt. 1 & Pt. 2 (matador)
  • 2002: Khan feat. Julee Cruise - Say Goodbye (Remixes) (Playhouse)
  • 2003: Khan - Ride Me (Cheap)
  • 2007: Khan - Strip Down (Tomlab)
  • 2009: Brigitte Fontaine & Khan - Fine Mouche Remixes (I'm Single)
  • 2010: Khan - Candygirl (I'm Single)
  • 2012: Khan - Disconazi (I'm Single)

Works

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bio at khanoffinland.com, accessed on August 4, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c Khan Biography ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at matadorrecords.com, accessed August 4, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.matadorrecords.com
  3. ↑ a b Khan - El Turco Loco Music in De.Bug 03/2000
personal data
SURNAME Oral, Can
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Khan (pseudonym); 4E (pseudonym); Bizz OD (pseudonym); Gizz TV (pseudonym); El Turco Loco (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, label owner and DJ
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main , Germany