Isolée is Microhouse artist Rajko Müller. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany… Read Full Bio ↴Isolée is Microhouse artist Rajko Müller. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany but lived with his family in Algeria from the age of 7 to 12 and went to a French primary school. Müller came back to Frankfurt with his family in 1983 and went to school where he made a lot of spelling mistakes. Around that time his parents bought an organ for Christmas and he tried to do some synth-pop with a school friend. They decided to buy a synthesizer and a drumcomputer.
Rajko was bored by synth-pop and ebm in the end of the eighties and listened more to rock and independent. Friends made him discover house-music, hip-hop and techno in the early 90ies. He restarted to copy this on his old synthesizer and soon realized the need of more equipment, that was already bought by his older brother because he liked electronic music, too.
He gave a tape to his friend DJ Andreas Baumecker who worked in a record-store where the Playhouse guys used to work, too.
In 1998, Isolée achieved a timeless stroke of genius with the seminal “Beau Mot Plage” (Playhouse), which enchanted listeners across genres and the world, pushing the boundaries of electronic dance music further than they’d ever been pushed before. This was followed by two highly acclaimed albums on Frankfurt label Playhouse, Rest and We Are Monster, along with numerous remixes for artists like Recloose, Blaze, Franz Ferdinand, Roy Davis Jr., Tiga, Alter Ego and International Pony, to name a few.
After six years, Isolée released his third album on Pampa Records. Well Spent Youth, released on February 7th, 2011 once again showcases Rajko Müller’s talent as an exceptionally visionary producer.
Rajko was bored by synth-pop and ebm in the end of the eighties and listened more to rock and independent. Friends made him discover house-music, hip-hop and techno in the early 90ies. He restarted to copy this on his old synthesizer and soon realized the need of more equipment, that was already bought by his older brother because he liked electronic music, too.
He gave a tape to his friend DJ Andreas Baumecker who worked in a record-store where the Playhouse guys used to work, too.
In 1998, Isolée achieved a timeless stroke of genius with the seminal “Beau Mot Plage” (Playhouse), which enchanted listeners across genres and the world, pushing the boundaries of electronic dance music further than they’d ever been pushed before. This was followed by two highly acclaimed albums on Frankfurt label Playhouse, Rest and We Are Monster, along with numerous remixes for artists like Recloose, Blaze, Franz Ferdinand, Roy Davis Jr., Tiga, Alter Ego and International Pony, to name a few.
After six years, Isolée released his third album on Pampa Records. Well Spent Youth, released on February 7th, 2011 once again showcases Rajko Müller’s talent as an exceptionally visionary producer.
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MrCawion
Full Isolee album is completely underated. It's one the last decade masterpiece.
beaumotplage
I wouldn't say the album was 'underrated' - was the best rated album of the 2005 on Metacritic (although not that many reviewed it). Absolutely incredible album anyway and certainly deserves 100000x more ears to hear it.
Fisupingu
Good to see that im not the only one actively listening to isolee. :D
0121_kronik_schmokah
isolee one of the best musicians to walk earth
berter
@Brionkendo Microhouse strips house music down to a more minimal and sparse aesthetic, in the same vein as tech house. A noticeable difference between microhouse and house is the replacement of typical house kick drums, hi-hats and other drum machine samples with clicks, static, glitches, and small bits of noise. Extremely short ('micro') samples of the human voice, musical instruments, everyday noises and computer created wave patterns are arranged to form complex melodies
caleb condit
tell me again how this isn't techno? I really don't see how this is house outside of being 120ish.
Thomas Linardos
I know you asked this question 6 years ago, but the answer is that with respect to what was considered "techno" at the time was both harder and faster - this had elements of prog and electro and tech house which put it in its own lane at that time. Ultimately I agree it's a pretty meaningless distinction, but people will find a way to get publicity one way or another.
I still look back fondly on this album and the short lived "genre" that was microhouse though
Avocadoman
very nice
reeporter1
doesnt it mean that you drop a micro and listen to house?
ilpugile1981
coooooooooolllllllllllllllllll