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Ata

Ata started in the late 80s as a DJ in Frankfurt/Main in the rising German house and techno-scene and played in many clubs in the town and around. At the same time he worked together with [a=Heiko Schäfer] aka [a=M/S/O] at the Boy Recordstore in Frankfurt. In 1992 both founded the "[l=Delirium]" record store, the leading German store for electronic music in the mid-90s. The shop was also the office for their three labels. In September 1993, Ata started [l=Ongaku Musik], [l=Klang Elektronik] and [l=Playhouse] together with Heiko. With the development of the Playhouse label in particular, he influenced the German and worldwide electronic music scene. Together with Heiko Schäfer and [a=Jörg Henze], he was also DJing through the German club scene as the [a=Delirium Posse] (the guys from the [l=Delirium] record store) or Heiko & Ata, Ata & Jörg (or Heiko & Jörg). Beside his DJ-activities he founded the first 'real' clubnight in Frankfurt for modern house and deep-house - the Wild Pitch Club at the Nachtleben-Club. In 1999 he opened the Robert-Johnson club in Offenbach near Frankfurt. Through the DJ's he booked, his own DJ-sets and the development of the club itself, he turned the Robert-Johnson into one of the most important clubs worldwide for electronic music, what he still is these days.