Master Kruger

Nowadays Master Kruger is considered by right one of the most professional disk jockey (if not the best one) in Ukraine working in techno, house, d’n’b and other styles. Kruger has also shown himself as the most brilliant and unordinary personality, who doesn’t waste his talent performing only on the best concert stages and in the most popular clubs of Ukraine. Master Kruger began his musical career in 1999 with the best-known disk jockey group in Ukraine ‘DJ’s Afterwork’. He acquired disk jockey skills in the disk jockey school ‘Back 2 School’ and also got there his disk jockey education together with DJ Vitya Shmell, DJ Slavicoff, DJ Tonique (THM Kongo). Kruger’s musical development began from trip-hop, down-temp, acid-jazz, art-core jungle, atmospheric D’N’B, intelligent jungle music. Some time later, falling under influence of direct techno rhythms he had already devoted himself entirely to techno style music at the same time remembering about jungle but working on the broken rhythm under the pseudonym of DJ Kruchkov.From the summer 2000, Kruger began to teach disk jockey technique in his already native school ‘Back 2 School’ together with DJ Dubrowsky and DJ Vol’D’Mair. The same year on the basis of the school there was founded the chill out formation ‘Rhythm Snow’ which included DJ Dubrowsky, DJ Pavlov, DJ Fun 2 Mass and Kruger under the pseudonym of DJ Kruchkov (having represented such styles as trip-hop, down-temp).On the 1st of December, the first Ukrainian D’N’B & Jungle label was formed and its presentation took place. The new label was represented by DJ Shmell, DJ Dubrowsky, DJ Motor, DJ Tonique (THM Kongo), DJ Kruchkov (atmospheric D’N’B, art-core jungle).In the year 2001 DJ Dubrowsky took upon himself the direction of the school ‘Back 2 School’ and Kruger became the deputy director of a renewed DJ school-studio the cultural center ‘Kyanochka’. Some time later Master Kruger and DJ Dubrowsky joined under the name of ‘Iron Logic’ which meant these two disk jockeys’ work in jam-mix style. This team-work was successful and a CD was recorded in the style of art-core jungle + atmospheric D’N’B, the presentation of which took place in Cinema Club.In the consequence PR. Manager Jaguar and Master Kruger organized the formation ‘Enemy Caput’, which represented the total variety of styles in electronic and dance music. Under the auspices of the formation ‘Enemy Caput’, there were held a great number of musical moves in clubs and on the open stages.Master Kruger’s acquaintance with the legend of the Ukrainian techno, DJ Strontium and PR. Manager Jaguar, grew into their close collaboration, which could be observed in club projects ‘Techno VS D’N’B’, ‘Techno VS D’N’B Level-2’, ‘Techno VS D’N’B Level-3’, ‘The lucky number 7 holiday’. Since 2001 Kruger has been working with Jaguar, who is his friend and manager for this time. From the year 2001 Jaguar held a great number of musical moves (‘Party for one’s Soul and Body’, ‘Techno VS D’N’B’, ‘Techno VS D’N’B Level-2’, ‘Techno VS D’N’B Level-3’, ‘War Fare’ and others) where Kruger was a permanent resident.On December 3, 2004 DJ Kruger, introduced as the best techno DJ in Ukraine, appeared on the main square of Ukraine in front of 550 000 people who were staying in the square for 12 days already and who were stand for (defend, maintain) their freedom and integrity of their state. This day he performed on the stage together with the most popular Ukrainian starts, politicians from Viktor Ushchenko’s opposition. One can often watch Kruger on the Ukrainian music channel M1 in the programs like ‘KhoroShow’, ‘Guten Morgen’, on the radio “Stolica” and on many others.Actually, DJ Kruger works with his manager Georgiy Laponov (a.k.a. Jaguar). They organized record-label and record-studio “Enemy Caput” and on the basis of a studio opened DJ-School “RaveLinez” (the best DJ School in Ukraine at the moment). Now they are working on development of their record-label, not disregarding the formation ‘Enemy Caput’ and also on the promotion of the promo-agency ‘Jaguar’$ Promotion’. Now the formation ‘Enemy Caput’ includes Master Kruger, DJ Strontium, DJ Reactor, Dj Kobalt, Gizmo & Jaguar (who is at the same time the formation chief and president of record-label).Kruger writes music at the “EnemyCaput” record-studio and teaching DJ-Technique in “RaveLinez” DJ School. When teaching disk jockey technique, DJ Kruger trained the following young and perspective disk jockeys: DJ Zarin, DJ Ra, DJ Polyak, DJ Kobalt, DJ Dramall and many others.The most brilliant performancesThe festival of non-commercial music ‘Misto Oseni’, which took place in the city of Kiev and in the city of Kharkiv. On this festival he appeared on the same stage with such groups as ‘Faktychno sami’, ‘Anti phobia’, ‘X-Otermic’ and DJ Dubrowsky, DJ Fun 2 Mass, DJ Pavlov, DJ Vol’D’Mair. The celebration of the tenth anniversary of the independence of Ukraine on the Respublikansky stadium in the city of Kiev. On this music move he appeared on the same stage with such performers of the Ukrainian variety as ‘Okean Elsy’, ‘V. V’, Iryna Bilyk, Julia Lord, Karina Play and many others. The audience of the move made up 20000 people. The youth festival ‘Extremism’. The organizers of the festival - the Green party of Ukraine and the magazine ‘X3M’. Participants: ‘Belki’, ‘XBK’, ‘Zelenye kashtany’, ‘Dymna sumish’, ‘Tar Tak’, DJ Tonique (TNM Kongo), Kruger and many others. The action against the world terrorism ‘WW Terror’. Participants: ‘W. K.’ (Moskow), ‘Dymna sumish’, ‘XBK’, ‘Faktychno sami’, ‘X-Otermic’, DJ Zhenya Lurié (Moskow), DJ TipiTip (Turkey). The audience made up 3500 people. DJ Kruger also took part in many club projects, such as ‘Milked’, ‘Techno VS D’N’B’, ‘Wet Signal’, ‘Davka’, ‘Raga Jungle’, ‘Cyber Jazz’, ‘Rhythm Snow’, “War Fare’, Sprite Zone’… He worked on the same stage with the following well-known disk jockeys: DJ Polter (London), DJ Barboodah (Cuba), L.A.POT (Baltic), DJ Noizzah, DJ Strontium, DJ Dubrowsky, DJ Tonique, DJ Shmell and many others… the largest-scale performance on the 3d of December 2004 on ‘Majdan Nezalezhnosti’ in Kiev on the peaceful protest-action against the falsification of the election in Ukraine and for the protection of constitutional rights of the Ukrainians. Master Kruger became the only Ukrainian Disk Jockey honored to present electronic music on the central square of Ukraine and to support people of this action. The audience made up 550000 (five hundred and fifty thousand) people. That day the Supreme Court of Ukraine declared the election fraudulent and this action grew into the celebration of the democracy in Ukraine.If you have any questions concerning Master Kruger’s performance or demos, please contact: Jaguar e-mail: [email protected] Cell phone: +38-063-2330304 Office: +38-044-2330304 / +49-1781-412951