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It started with a C64 in Bad Nauheim, the secret
Techno capital of Germany, from which not only
Patrick Lindsey emerged, but Heiko Laux, Johannes
Heil, Pascal F.E.O.S. and Anthony Rother as
well. Lindsey even went to school together with
Rother, and both shared fascination for the
new sounds which one could elicit from home
computers. Actually Lindsey's first record release
was the very first Kanzleramt catalogue number
the label that became famous and influential
in the international Techno universe later on.
His home studio expanded: an Amiga and further
equipment joined the C64 quickly. When Lindsey's
tracks were played during "Clubnight",
a show on the Frankfurt radio station HR 3,
he was fairly stunned. Shortly afterwards he
presented his demo to the Frankfurt cult label
Harthouse, which made some of his friends laugh
at him since they wouldn't give his music any
chance. But the crew around Sven Vaeth was convinced
and signed a few tracks of which the most popular
were "Male Phonk" on the legendary
Harthouse 100 compilation and those on his "Phat
Jive" EP.
Breakthrough was managed, causing an increase
in booking requests.
Patrick Lindsey impressed the crowd by presenting
his energetic live set which made the dancefloors
of the leading German clubs of the 90es shake.
While he launched Voodooamt for his Techno productions,
he took a trip to more commercial dance fields
with his project Mel 'O' Ween whose 12"EP
"The King" became his top selling
record so far. Further Lindsey made a name for
himself as a skillful remixer (for tracks by
Hardfloor, DJ Rush, Paul Johnson and many more).
During the 'Street Parade' in Switzerland in
1996, Monika Kruse got introduced to Lindsey
in a memorable way: Just when she played his
current production "Phonk School"
the cover of which displayed his face, he stood
right in front of her by coincidence, which
she could hardly believe. They became very good
friends and started producing together from
the late 90es: The Monika Kruse@Voodoamt releases
are classics of innovative German electronic
music even today. The results of this fruitful
collaboration include a series of 12"EPs
and the collective LPs "Panorama"
and "Passengers".
After Harthouse had passed away, Lindsey, who
meanwhile is located in Viersen near Moenchengladbach,
launched his own two labels: School Records
and Trackland. Distributed by Intergroove, those
platforms constantly deliver high quality music
for the floor. Besides he released numerous
productions on Monika Kruse's label Terminal
M and some Voodooamt records on Klaus Loeschner's
Frisbee label.
Like hardly any other artist, Patrick is closely
connected to his fans. The Patrick Lindsey internet
forum is a pathbreaking form of communication
between music aficionados and the producing
artist have a look at www.patricklindsey.de
After several years of not having performed
live on stage, Lindsey is now working on a new
live set again to go on tour soon. "Playing
live is more the real thing than just DJing"
is his creed, "because you have the opportunity
to show more of your own personality to the
people, you are able to offer them a broader
spectrum. When you're just spinning records,
they sometimes don't know that you play your
own music to them." Thus, his new set will
combine Voodooamt with the TechHouse tracks
under his own name, the "free of pain"
party music of his project Bad Pimps (his collaboration
with Belgium DJ legend Stanny Franssen) as well
as with Zebra Pitch, the common project of Lindsey
and Datapunk artist Gregor Trescher.
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