DJ Hell
Credit:International DeeJay Gigolo Records
Just as the Stooges were punk before there was punk, Germany's DJ Hell was electroclash before there was electroclash. Hell's International DeeJay Gigolo Records, founded in 1996, became an early haven for house and techno producers whose music had an obvious (and at the time, unfashionable) '80s synth-pop and New Wave influence. Electroclash artists who released early records on Gigolo included Fischerspooner, Tiga and Princess Superstar. (Gigolo also released "Kernkraft 400," a track by an obscure Munich duo called Zombie Nation that has since become the bane of sports fans everywhere).
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