The Modernist
Under the monikers Burger Industries, the Bionaut, and the Modernist, Cologne, Germanys Jorg Burger has proven himself one of the citys most prominent and influential techno producers and composers. Burgers collaborations with fellow Cologne native Wolfgang Voigt (aka Mike Ink) shaped their individual careers as well. Initially inspired by the pop scene in London, where both Burger and Voigt resided in the early 80s, the pair became acid techno converts when they returned to Germany.\r
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By 1988, they were recording electronic music influenced by both pop and acid techno, though Voigts music had a minimal, rhythmic bent while Burgers was warmer and more melodic. Two of Burgers early tracks appeared on the 1989 compilation Teutonic Beats, which was produced by Thomas Fehlmann. Two years later, Burger and Voigt formed their first label, Trance Atlantic, on which Burger released Burger Industries: Vol. 1. In 1993, after a move to Frankfurt to wo...