Jürgen Engler

A prolific musician and manufacturer, Jürgen Engler is most beneficial referred to as the co-founder and frontman for German industrial steel/EBM outfit Pass away Krupps. In 1976 the Düsseldorf-born musician founded the punk music group Male, among the leading lighting within the Neue Deutsche Welle (the German iteration from the punk/brand-new wave motion). In 1980 Engler and Bernward Malaka produced Die Krupps — the name identifies a 400-year-old German dynasty well-known for their creation of armaments. The music group continues to be hailed as a pioneer from the commercial movement, alongside various other influential German groupings like Kraftwerk and Einstürzende Neubauten. In 1997, after launching seven studio room albums, Die Krupps disbanded, and Engler founded the like-minded DKay.com, who go on release a two full-length studio room albums prior to going on indefinite hiatus in 2004. The next year noticed Die Krupps celebrating their 25th anniversary with some festival appearances as well as the discharge of a set of greatest-hits compilations. Engler ultimately relocated to Austin, Tx, where he set up himself being a manufacturer of be aware at Cleopatra Information, dealing with a different roster of performers including Iggy Pop, Sly Rock, Stabbing Westward, and Ministry. In 2013, Die Krupps released their long-awaited 8th studio room LP, The Machinists of Pleasure, with V: Steel Machine Music falling two years afterwards. In 2017 Engler constructed the soundtrack for the Faustian supernatural horror film Devil’s Area.