One is the loneliest number—unless you’re talking about Exercise One, the Berlin duo of Marco Freivogel and Ingo Gansera. Proprietors of the Lan Muzic label and frequent contributors to Anja Schneider’s mobilee imprint, the two are quickly becoming recognized as key figures in Berlin’s rapidly evolving techno movement and representatives of the scene’s enduring communal spirit.
After meeting through jobs at !K7, the two soon began working together in a basement studio in Kreuzberg, where they shared the space with a rowdy crew of noisemakers: Luciano, Memo and Jeremy P. Caulfield.
It was Caulfield who kickstarted Exercise One’s career when, after hearing one of their early live sets, he encouraged them to send out demos. Shortly thereafter, they released their first 12” record, “Roll With You”—including a Jeremy P. Caulfield remix—on Mofa Schallplatten.