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Jakob is a Berliner, from Kreuzberg to be exact. As all good parents do, his wanted  him to play an instrument. After years of successfully dodging music lessons and his  parent’s wishes, he finally at the subtle age of 15 decided that he desperately needed  a bass guitar, which then through diligent practice manoeuvred him from hardcore  bands to funk and jazz bands. But suddenly, there was a small problem: he liked  Techno parties much better than rock concerts.  So, as one does, he began buying the odd techno maxi here and there until one day  little Jakob thought to himself: “Why heck, I can do that too!”  So off he went and bought himself an overpriced Atari St40 and a cheap synthesizer,  only to realize that oops those guys from Detroit really do know what they’re doing  and that it wasn’t that easy after all. Well, that is basically where Jacob’s ambitiously  planned out life suddenly took a screeching of the wheels turn in another direction....

Franziskus is from Erfurt, a small and rural part of Germanys quite rough and wild  East, which didn’t stop him from starting piano lessons at the innocent age of 6. His musical interests took him from the usual suspects like Michael Jackson and The Pet  Shop Boys through to Hardcore (obviously not on the piano). But then one day, or  night to be exact similar to Jakob, all was to suddenly change..... A fortuitous night  out at the legendary E-Werk in 1993, made this young mans heartbeat skip from Chopin over to a 4/4 beat where it was to remain, probably forever.  Three years later Franziskus took up residency at the infamous Sub ground Lighthouse After hour, resulting in numerous further bookings.

The paths of these two young men crossed whilst they were both studying to be  sound engineers. Seeing as all the other students in there year were long haired  Metal heads it was only a matter of time until their paths crossed. So, after spending  a few long Berlin party nights together they decided to see if they could start a project  together. And so the story ends or better yet, begins with Format:B.....



DISCOGRAPHY

EP’s:
„Slaps“ /EP 12“ / Highgrade Records No 22/ Word and Sound/  January 2005
“Like A Techmachine” /EP 12”/ Highgrade Records No 30/ Word and Sound/ February 2006
“Gunface EP” /EP 12”/ Stil Vor Talent Records No 07/ Word and Sound/ June 2006
“Cosanostra Funk” /EP 12”/ Opossum Records No 09/ Word and Sound/ August 2006
„Bronson Road“ /EP 12"/ Highgrade Records No 39/ Word and Sound/ April 2007
“Vivian Wheeler” /EP 12”/ Stil Vor Talent No 15/ Word and Sound/ August 2007

Remixes
“Magnetic Base Mad Racket Remixes”/ Ep 12” Format:B RMX/ Highgrade Records / Word and Sound No 29/ November 2005/
“Funkwerkstatt Hitkompass Nummer Zwei EP“ /EP 12"/ Windrose (Format:B Remix)/ Superfancy Recordings No 11/ Februar 2007

“Ptoile Bird EP“ / EP 12"/ Return Of The Birds (Format:B Remix/ Trenton Records No 19/ May 2007
“Dave Shokh & Jaxon Itzsamna EP” /EP 12"/ Itzsamna (Format:B Remix) Dipolter No 04/ August 2007
“Rainer Weichhold Bamboo / Very Nice” /EP 12”/ Bamboo (Format: B Remix)/ Great Stuff Recordings No 0556/ Oktober 2007

Various Artists
Highgrade Compilation Various Artists Vol. 2/ Track “Deep Doodoo”/ VA Double 12”/ Highgrade Records No. 25/ Word and Sound/ Juli 2005
2 VARIOUS - People Like Us/ VA 12”/Trenton Records No 15/ Word and Sound/  September 2006
H2O Club - Electro Feelings (2xCD) Knarzer Roller Babaorum  Records 2006
Private Fiction - DJ Adriano Presents Freak Show (CD) Cosa Nostra Funk Universal Music (Switzerland) 2006
Street Parade 2006 Underground Mix (2xCD) Isaac Newton Was  Wrong EMI Music (Switzerland) 2006
Trax Sampler 092 (CD, Smplr) Like A Techmachine Trax Sampler 2006
Ibiza 07 With M.A.N.D.Y. (CD) #69 Bronson Road Mixmag 2007 Karotte's Kitchen Vol. 1 (CD) 69 Bronson Road Alphabet City 2007 Minimal Techno (2xCD) Gunface ZYX Music 2007
My Electro Generation (File, MP3) Cosa Nostra Funk Laka-Tosh-Music  2007
Sub Culture - Electronic Clubtunes Vol.3 (2xCD) 69 Bronsen Road ZYX Music 2007