DJ Rok

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DJ Rok (born: Jürgen Rokitta * 1963 ) is a German techno - DJ and - musicians .

Life

Party in the Berlin club Sternradio with the DJs Tanith and Rok, 2006

Rokitta, who comes from Bavaria , gained his first experience as a DJ during his school days. In the mid-1980s he moved to Berlin, where he was active in the Berlin techno scene as a DJ from 1989 , initially under the name Rokki . Among other things, he played as a resident DJ in Berlin's first acid house club, the UFO . In the early 1990s, Rok worked for the Berlin scene record store Hard Wax .

Since 1991, Rok has been one of the first resident DJs of the newly opened Tresor club, alongside Tanith and Jonzon . This was followed by national appearances, including at Mayday .

With Peter Votava , Rok produced an EP under the project name Steel in 1994 on the Austrian label Loop Records. From 1996 onwards he also made his own records on labels such as International Deejay Gigolo Records , Müller Records and Tresor . In 2002 Rok founded the Defender Records label .

After having suspended his activity as a DJ for several years, he performed at the Suicide Circus in Berlin at Easter 2013 and at Berghain in September 2019

Discography (selection)

Albums and DJ mixes

  • 1999: Globus Mix Vol. 3 - Sturm Und Drang (DJ Mix, Tresor)
  • 2000: Defender (Müller Records)
  • 2001: Essential Underground Vol. 03: Berlin / Detroit (DJ Mix, with Claude Young , DJ-sets.com)

Singles & EPs

  • 1996: Club Berlin (with Jonzon , International Deejay Gigolo Records)
  • 1997: Electronic Discussion (Remix) (with Beroshima , Müller Records)
  • 1998: Silky (Low Sense)
  • 1999: Key External EP (Müller Records)
  • 2000: Cycle Sluts (Claude Young Rmx) (Müller Records)
  • 2002: Defender 1 EP (Defender Records)
  • 2003: Defender 2 EP (Defender Records)
  • 2004: Defender 3 EP (Defender Records)
  • 2007: Jack Your Ass (with Mijk van Dijk , International Deejay Gigolo Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Felix Denk, Sven von Thülen: The sound of the family: Berlin, techno and the turn. Suhrkamp Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3518463208 , page 410
  2. ↑ a b c Topic of the Week 155: DJ Rok at tanith.org, accessed April 23, 2013
  3. ↑ Suicide Easter Special with DJ Rok ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at bln.fm, accessed on April 23, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bln.fm
personal data
SURNAME DJ Rok
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rokitta, Jürgen (real name); Rokki (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German techno DJ and musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1963