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One of the many prolific German techno producers originating from Cologne, Robert Babicz released a number of dancefloor records on his Junkfood label before evolving into a truly innovative producer by the end of the '90s with a number of acclaimed, high-profile releases on Force Inc. Babicz's beginnings date back to the mid-'90s when he founded Junkfood Records, where he released a number of intense acid techno dancefloor records as Acid Warrior, Department of Dance, and Rob Acid. During this same mid- to late-'90s era, he released a series of records on Space Teddy as Dicabor with Dr. Motte. By the late '90s, he became increasingly well-known as Rob Acid, a name he continued to use upon signing with Force Inc and releasing a series of globally recognized records; other Rob Acid records appeared on London, Labworks (Colone Acid Science Trax), Important, and Generator, among other labels. During his late-'90s affiliation with Force Inc, he also released a series of more experimental, less dancefloor-orientated works under his own name; these recordings (Momente, Desert) alluded to his theoretical musique concrete roots. Then in the early 2000s he began releasing light techno with an accessible yet dancefloor-worthy feel on Force Inc as Atlon Inc., highlighted by his Main Things full-length.
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Robert Babicz (b. January 5, 1973) is a Polish music producer, mastering engineer and live performer living in Cologne, Germany. With a career spanning nearly two decades covering genres from techno to acid house to minimal, Babicz has also been known under the pseudonyms Rob Acid, Acid Warrior, Department of Dance and Sontec amongst many others. He has released a number of very well respected record labels such as Kompakt, Treibstoff, Bedrock , Intec Digital and Steve Bug’s Audiomatique, as well his own labels, Junkfood and Babiczstyle. He is well known as a live performer, never a DJ, as he uses synths and live equipment and improvises in every set he plays.
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Babicz moved to Germany in 1980 and began making dance music in the early 1990s, when Acid House was at its most popular peak. His first official release was as his Colone" persona with the record "Acid Science Trax in 1992. In May 1994, he founded his first label, Junkfood Records, with Michael Zosel {http://www.discogs.com/label/Junkfood+Records} and released many 12"s over the next decade. in 1999 he released his first ambient album using his real name, Robert Babicz on Mille Plateaux, completing another album for them only a year later.[1]
At the turn of the new millennium, Babicz strive to create new sound and thus began another label, Shortcut. He also began to receive requests to do sound design for hard and software companies, and he did some sound design for Native Instruments at this time.
Babicz landmark album A Cheerful Temper was released on Systematic Recordings in 2007. The record demonstrates electronica, techno, minimal, house and classic house. He followed up this album in 2010 with Immortal Changes again on Systematic, ands described by DJ Magazine as a “marriage of organic grooves and glistening electronic melodies”.
Since Immortal Changes, Babicz has continued to release a string of singles on various labels such as Bedrock Records, Bang Bang and Treibstoff Recordings. Perhaps the most significant event of the last couple of years has been the founding of Babicz's new label 'Babiczstyle', in his own words "I do this to have a platform with the highest possible audio quality and have a place for me and my friends to release our music" and he has thus far released 4 EPs and a compilation album of some of his earlier tracks. He also now has his own blog at www.robertbabicz.com - the hub for all his artistic thoughts, new music and travel photography.
