Florian Kruse

There aren’t many people that can say that they have devotedtheir entire life to electronic music, Florian is most certainly oneof them. DJ, producer, lecturer, plus label owner? Yes, Kruse hasticked all the boxes. His passion for music began in his hometown in Northern Germany. An avid reader of Frontline magazine, and later theRaveline, his love for electronic music was born at 14, when he bought his first turntable. Early influences included legends such as Moodyman, Herbert and Steve Bug. At 16, Kruse invested in his first sampler, a mixer and a keyboard. With music in mind, he made the natural migration to Hamburg in 2002, where he studied Audio Engineering, and later taught at SAE. Long time in the game, he started his music career in 2007, withhis first vinyl release on Stokholms, Heya Hifi. Since then, Kruse has only grown as both a producer and a DJ. With StelVasiloudis and Nils Nuernberg, he became project Wiretappeur, with releases on Bedrock and a remix for label head honchoJohn Digweed. Nils Nuernberg quickly became his partner in crime, and together became the production duo Kruse & Nuernberg, their hypnotic Deep House sound makingappearances on Liebe*Detail, Exploited, and Rejected. In 2008 they started their own label, Save Room Recordings. A focus now on his own productions, Kruse plunged into a solo career with a release on Anjunadeep, working together with hisolder brother Vincenzo and one of his long time idols Lisa Shaw. Followed by releases on Light My Fire, Noir Music, Poker Flat Recordings, Joris Voorn’s GREEN imprint, Suara, Selador andremixes by Noir, Eagles & Butterflies, Joris Voorn, Pleasurekraft, Coyu, David Morales and the list of releases andremixes goes on. After a couple of feature tracks with singer / songwriter Hendrik Burkhard Florian and Hendrik just started a new LIVE project presenting ‘TheGround’ with an albumupcoming this autumn. With long time passion for house that dates back to the earlyyears, Kruse is first and foremost a DJ, taking his signaturesound to world renowned clubs. Now settled in the German capital, Berlin, a true hub for electronic music, with regular DJ appearances at the city's infamous underground clubs.