Ingmar Koch | |
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Genres | Ambient techno, acid house |
Occupation(s) | Musician, Producer, Video artist |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Harvest, Force Inc, Sm:)e Communications, Mille Plateaux, Djungle Fever, Propulsion285, Telepathic Bubblebath, XXC3 |
Associated acts | Air Liquide , Khan&Walker, Asbest!, Pierrot Premier, Rei$$dorf Force, Global Electronic Network |
Ingmar Koch (also known by his pseudonym Dr. Walker) is a German musician, producer and label owner in the field of Electronic Music. He was a member of more than 50 different techno music projects, such as Air Liquide (with Cem Oral), Khan & Walker (with Can Oral), Global Electronic Network (with Can Oral), Pierrot Premier (with Thomas Thorn), Lovecore (with Wolfgang Voigt) and Rei$$dorf Force (with Jörg Burger, Freddy Fresh, M.Flux, Thee Joker, L Nino among others).
In 1991, Koch founded a recording studio in Frankfurt with Cem Oral, with whom he shortly afterwards formed the project Air Liquide with. In 1992, their first EP, titled Neue Frankfurter Elektronik Schule, was issued on the Cologne he record label Blue, the chef and together with Oral had founded the musicians Jörg Burger. In 1991, Oral, Burger and Wolfgang Voigt founded the acid techno label Structure. In 1993, Koch formed the labels XXC3 and Dj.ungle Fever.
In 1993, Jörg Burger, Wolfgang Voigt and Koch together founded the Delirium Köln, a record shop, which also serves as a music label and distributor.Later Delirium Köln was renamed into "Kompakt".
The same year and following years he recorded numerous solo releases and collaborations with artists such as Wolfgang Voigt, Biochip C., Frank Heiss, Thomas Thorn, Jörg Burger, Electric Indigo, Holger Czukay, ADSX, Wulfmanson, Mary Susan Applegate, Craig Anderton, Omsk information and Triple R. With Can Oral he published, among other monikers, as Khan & Walker and Gizz TV & Walker.