POPSHOP aka Martin Akeret was born in 1975 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Since 1996 he lives
in Zurich as a graphic designer and desktop publisher. Martin was studying classic piano and
jazz piano for 6 years. In the year of 1992 he left conventional music and discovered the
possibilities of electronic music.
Martin is also very interested in art, exhibitions, photography, film and this year he was also already running his first official marathon.
2001, after a long hard working, he produced his very important album «My friend frigo LP».
This record was loved by press and public in the same way. The POPSHOP-«Trademark» was
born: A new mixture between «futuristic detroit techno» and «electronic advanced pop».
In may of 2002: Oliver Kapp, Head from Indulge/Ray-Gun, Hamburg, signed POPSHOP for
his new album «Salon Bizarre», which appeared worldwide via Intergroove on CD and
Double-Vinyl. The album got a few N°1-Chart-Features, namely in De:Bug and Groove Mag/D
and obtained maximum notes in all important electronic fanzines. This album featured the
video clip «Role Model», played on VIVA Swizz and VIVA Germany. It also had a special
appearance in the broadcasting show «Electronic Beats» on VIVA. One year later, 2003, the
another outstanding album «The distance between us» was also released on Raygun and
contained featured female vocal tracks by Stella-Loreen, Zurich and Larissa Kapp, Hamburg.
End of 2005, the new and still actual album «Connection/Lost» appeared worldwide via Raygun/iTunes. It featured innovated and catchy vocal tracks by Stella-Loreen, Larissa Kapp, Nelly G. and Popshop himself. Check it out at the iTunes Music Store. By the way:
Here you can watch the already discribed ROLE MODEL VIDEO Clip.
* DISCOGRAPHY * (FULL ALBUMS!)
2007 TRUST/W STELLA-LOREEN. ALBUM. DIGITAL/ONLINE. ALPINECHIC
2007 NEW BONES. ALBUM. CD/VINYL/DIGITAL/ONLINE. ALPINECHIC/RECREC
2005 CONNECTION/LOST. ALBUM. DIGITAL/ONLINE. RAYGUN/ITUNES
2003 THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US. CD/12". RAYGUN/INTERGROOVE
2002 SALON BIZARRE. ALBUM. CD/2x12". RAYGUN/INTERGROOVE
2001 MY FRIEND FRIGO. ALBUM. 2x12. POETENPOP/INTERGROOVE
2000 WIDER WILLEN MONEY. ALBUM. CD. POETENPOP/SME
2000 ELEKTRISCH: ELEKTRONISCH. CD COMPILATION.
1999 TEMPORÄR LEBEN. ALBUM. CD. POETENPOP
1997 I AM BETWEEN. ALBUM. POETENPOP/GMD
+ REMIXES FOR: STEPHAN EICHER / GRAUZONE / MEADOW RECORDS (CH) / WE ROCK LIKE CRAZY (GERMANY) / DIVISION KENT (CH) «MONSTERPROOF» (BMG/SONY) / PUREAPE (ALPINECHIC) (CH)
POPSHOP _ CONNECTION/LOST
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