Jürgen Engler (musician)

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Jürgen Engler (2007)

Jürgen Engler (born October 12, 1960 in Düsseldorf-Bilk ) is a musician and producer . He was a co-founder of the German punk band Male and the later band Die Krupps . Engler is an American citizen and lives in Austin , Texas .

Life

Engler grew up in Düsseldorf-Bilk. He attended Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium , which he left shortly before graduating from high school without a degree. He then earned his living by doing odd jobs and playing in various music groups. In 1976 he founded the punk band Male. After years as a musician with Die Krupps and Dkay.com , he emigrated to the USA in the mid-1990s , where he initially lived in Austin and New York for ten years as the holder of a green card . He took citizenship of the United States and dropped German citizenship in the 2000s . Engler has lived with his partner in Austin since the late 2000s, where he works as a salaried producer for Cleopatra Records . In November 2018, Engler founded the supergroup Die Klute together with Dino Cazares ( Fear Factory ) and Claus Larsen ( Leather Strip ) .

Act

In addition to his work as a musician, Engler works as a producer for the groups mentioned as well as for other national and international artists. Little is known that in 1996 he organized jam sessions with Dieter Moebius from Cluster and Mani Neumeier from Guru Guru , which led to the founding of the group Space Explosion in 1997 . As part of his employment at Cleopatra Records, he worked with musicians such as Iggy Pop , Trapt , Ministry , Stabbing Westward and Sly Stone and was involved in various dubstep , kraut and space rock projects.

Discography

with male
with Die Krupps
with Die Klute
with The Robo Sapiens
  • Vicious circle / dance with the robot feat. JG and the Robots (2018)
  • Kaltes Klares Wasser feat. Leather Strip, Malaria! -Cover (2020)
with Dkay.com
  • Hell is Heaven ( single , 2000)
  • Decaydenz (2000)
  • Deeper into the Heart of Dysfunction (2002)
Collaborations
  • Moebius, Neumeier & Engler: Other Places (1996)
  • Space Explosion: Space Explosion (1997)
  • Amon Guru: The Krautrock Explosion (2007)

literature

Web links

Commons : Jürgen Engler (musican)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ^ A b Marcus Schleutermann: Chatterbox: Jürgen Engler . In: Rock Hard . No. 327 , August 2014, p. 14-16 .
personal data
SURNAME Engler, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, music producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Düsseldorf-Bilk