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Len Faki
Faki performing at the Sea You Festival in Freiburg im Breisgau in 2015.
Faki performing at the Sea You Festival in Freiburg im Breisgau in 2015.
Background information
Birth nameLevent Faki
Also known as
  • Len Faki
  • La Monde
BornStuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • DJ
  • producer
Years activeMid 1990s–present
Labels

Levent Faki, better known by his stage name Len Faki, is a German producer and DJ in the field of electronic dance music. Faki is of Turkish descent and is also known under the pseudonym La Monde.[2]

Career

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Faki grew up in Kreis Esslingen in Southern Germany and began his career under the pseudonym DJ La Monde in the Stuttgart techno scene.[2][3] His career began there in the mid-1990s with the Lexicon project on the house music label Plastic City.[4]

In 1997, Faki founded the label Monoid in Stuttgart, as well as the label Feis in 1999. Productions by artists such as Uroš Umek, Samuel L. Session, John Selway, The Hacker and Bolz Bolz appeared on these labels.[2] In 2001, he released his debut album Music for Some Place Other Than This.[4] In 2002, Faki moved from Stuttgart to Berlin.[2][3]

Faki founded the label Figure in 2003, and later a sub-label Figure Jams.[5]

In 2006, Faki launched another label called Podium, which was intended to release EPs. In 2017, he released a remix of Radio Slave's song "Grindhouse".[6][7][8]

He made a breakthrough in 2007, when he released the tracks "Mekong Delta" and "My Black Sheep".[9]

Len Faki is a resident DJ at the Berlin club Berghain and regularly performs internationally as a DJ.[2]

Selected discography

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Source: [10]

  • "Rainbow Delta" / "Mekong Delta" (12") (Ostgut Ton, 2007)
  • Berghain 03 (Mix CD) (Ostgut Ton, 2009)
  • Edit-Select / Len Faki – Berghain 03 | Part II (12") (Ostgut Ton, 2009)
  • Basement Trax, Vol. 01 (12") (Ostgut Ton, 2013)
  • LF & JH – VII (12") (Figure, 2013)
  • LF & JH – VI (12") (Figure, 2013)
  • Len Faki, Markus Suckut – Skulls Ep (12") (Figure, 2014)

References

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  1. ^ "We present: DJ Len Faki". Belgrade Beat. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Len Faki". laut.de. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Len Faki: Liebt Zwiebelrostbraten mit Spätzle…" [Len Faki: Loves roast onion with spaetzle...]. Partysan. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Len Faki im Nordstern – ein Hauch von Berghain" [Len Faki at Nordstern – a touch of Berghain]. ubwg. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ^ "In Session: Len Faki - In Session". Mixmag. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ^ Khan, Ammaarah (21 September 2017). "Len Faki, Lady Starlight and more have remixed Radio Slave's 'Grindhouse' - News". Mixmag. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. ^ Rickinson, Steve (9 February 2016). "Interview: Len Faki". Deep House Amsterdam. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  8. ^ Baines, Josh (18 September 2015). "Len Faki's "Street Dub" Is like Basic Channel on Steroids - Thump". Thump. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Len Faki". Figure Music. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  10. ^ "RA: Len Faki". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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