BPitch Control is a German techno record label

Record label

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 founded in 1999

1999 in music

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 in Berlin

Berlin

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 by DJ and producer Ellen Allien

Ellen Allien

Ellen Allien, born Ellen Fraatz , is a German electronic musician, music producer and founder of BPitch Control music label. She lives in Berlin, Germany. She sings in both German and English. She has said that one of the main inspirations for her music is the culture of reunified Berlin; her...

. In 1992 she became resident DJ at the legendary Tresor

Tresor

Tresor is an underground techno nightclub and record label. The club was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former old Wertheim department store in Mitte, the central part of the former East Berlin, next to the famous Potsdamer Platz, however the history of the club goes back to 1988 when...

 club in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz is an important public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin, Germany, lying about one kilometre south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag , and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park...

. At around the same time, she started her own show on the Berlin radio station Kiss-FM and created her own record label, calling them both Braincandy, before setting Bpitch Control up in 1999.

The label has since launched the careers of popular artists, such as Modeselektor

Modeselektor

Modeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, Electro house and hip hop. In an interview the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like...

 and Apparat

Apparat (musician)

Apparat is a German electronic musician living in Berlin and was previously a co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats".In 2004, he appeared at...

.

Roster

• Ellen Allien
  Ellen Allien
  Ellen Allien, born Ellen Fraatz , is a German electronic musician, music producer and founder of BPitch Control music label. She lives in Berlin, Germany. She sings in both German and English. She has said that one of the main inspirations for her music is the culture of reunified Berlin; her...
  
  
• Tomas Andersson
  Tomas Andersson
  -Biography:Tomas Andersson was born and raised in Luleå, Sweden. In the early nineties Andersson moved to Stockholm where he attended Stockholm University majoring in Law. During this time he began his career as a musician, playing at various indie clubs of Stockholm...
  
  
• Alex Amoon
• Arwid
• Apparat
  Apparat (musician)
  Apparat is a German electronic musician living in Berlin and was previously a co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats".In 2004, he appeared at...
  
  
• Autotune
• Nora Below
• Mark Broom
• Chaim
• Andre Crom
• Damero
• Eedio
• Housemeister
• Fritz Zander
• Fuckpony
• Jahcoozi
  Jahcoozi
  Jahcoozi is a bass-heavy electronica trio is a creative alliance made up of London-born, Sri Lankan songwriter and front woman Sasha Perera and two beat-freak producers/multi-instrumentalists—Teuton Robot Koch and Tel-Aviv born Oren Gerlitz....
  
  
• Juho Kahilainen
• Kero
• Ben Klock
• Kiki
• Larsson
• Sylvie Marks
• Mochipet
• Moderat
  Moderat
  Moderat is an electronic music project that originated in Berlin, Germany. It started as a collaboration between Sascha Ring, also known as Apparat, and Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, also known as Modeselektor...
  
  
• Modeselektor
  Modeselektor
  Modeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, Electro house and hip hop. In an interview the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like...
  
  
• Mr. Statik
• Paul Nazca
• Paul Kalkbrenner
  Paul Kalkbrenner
  Paul Kalkbrenner is a German electronic musician and actor from Berlin.-History:As of 2010, Paul Kalkbrenner has tallied up more than 15 years of experience as a producer and live act...
  
  
• Samson
  Samson G Balfour Smith
  Samson G Balfour Smith is a French/British electronic musician producer & live Performance artist.- Musical Life :...
  
  
• Sascha Funke
• Smash TV
• The MFA
• Thomas Muller
• Timtim
• Trike
• We Love
• White Dolomite
• Zander VT

Selected Album & Compilation Discography

• Various Berlin 2000 (BPC006, 2000)
• Ellen Allien Stadtkind (BPC021, 2001)
• Various Flieg Mit Ellen Allien (BPC027, 2001)
• Various Berlin 2001 (BPC031, 2001)
• Various Ellen Allien - Weiss.Mix (BPC047, 2002)
• Various 2002 Gemeinsam (BPC055, 2002)
• Ellen Allien Berlinette (BPC065, 2003)
• Sascha Funke Bravo (BPC075, 2003)
• Various Ellen Allien - My Parade (BPC094, 2004)
• Kiki Run With Me (BPC095, 2004)
• Sylvie Marks & Hal9000 Krazeee (BPC098, 2004)
• Various Camping (BPC101, 2005)
• Ellen Allien Thrills (BPC106, 2005)
• Modeselektor Hello Mom! (BPC115, 2005)
• Various Camping 2 (BPC117, 2005)
• Various Boogybytes Vol. 1 - Mixed by Kiki (BPC120, 2006)
• Ellen Allien & Apparat Orchestra Of Bubbles (BPC125, 2006)
• Various Boogbytes Vol. 2 - Mixed by Sascha Funke (BPC128, 2006)
• Various Camping 3 (BPC148, 2007)
• Various Boogybytes Vol. 3 - Mixed by Modeselektor (BPC151, 2007)
• Modeselektor Happy Birthday! (BPC159, 2007)
• Telefon Tel Aviv Immolate Yourself (BPC188, 2009)
• Moderat Moderat (BPC200, 2009)
• Various "Werkschau" (BPC227, 2011)