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Isolee

Real Name:
Rajko Müller
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Isolée is a minimalist house producer whose music is reminisent of indie electronic pop music of the early eighties and ambient techno from a decade on. Isolée is credited with creating the very first microhouse record to reach the club charts. Isolée's 2000 release "Rest" was arguably the first microhouse full-length album.

Rajko Müller was born in Frankfurt, Germany but lived with his family in Algeria at the age of 7 to 12 and went to a French primary school. Around this time his parents bought an organ for Christmas and he tried to do some synth-pop with a school friend. They decided to buy a synthesizer and a drumcomputer. Rajko grew tired of synth-pop and EBM in the end of the eighties and listened more to rock music and independent music. Müller's friends made him discover house music, hip-hop and techno in the early nineties and Müller began a second attempt to record electronic music again. Müller gave a tape to his friend and DJ Andreas Baumecker, owner of Freundinnen records, who worked in a record-store where the members of Playhouse Records used to work - starting off his career.
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Discography

Releases:
It's About (12")   Freundinnen 2002
Remixes:
Africa/Brasil (Unreleased Isolee Remix) (12", Promo)   Vega Records 2005
You Gonna Want Me (Maxi) (2 versions) You Gonna Want Me (Iso... [PIAS] Recordings ... 2005
Electric Soul : Summer Sessions (CD, Comp, Mixed) Cardiology (Isolee Remix) Electric Chair 2006
Share My Rhythm E.P. (12", EP) Share My Rhythm (Isole... Get Physical Music 2007
Appears On:
You Gonna Want Me (Remixes) (Tocadisco + Van She + Isolee) (CD, Maxi) You Gonna Want Me (Iso... Different, [PIAS] Recordings 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Danube Rave Vol. 3 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Bleu Event Records 1999
Freezone 6: Fourth Person Singular (2xCD, Promo, Comp) Pornonights SSR Records 1999
MM Compact Disc (CD, Comp) Beau Mot Plage Music Man Records 1999
Pop 2000 - 50 Jahre Popmusik Und Jugendkultur In Deutschland (8xCD, Comp, Car + Box) Beau Mot Plage Grönland Records 1999
X-Club Presents Domestic Sounds Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Beau Mot Plage - Track B2 Polygram Portugal, Universal Music (Portugal) 1999
Chemistry Y2K#1 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp, Dig) Beau Mot Plage ID&T 2000
Madnet - Part One Electronic Lifestyles (CD, Comp, Ltd, Kic) Beau Mot Plage (Freefo... Madnet Productions 2000
Sessions Eleven - The R-Senal Sessions (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Beau Mot Plage Defected 2000
New Wave Home Entertainment (3xCD, Album) Beau Mot Plage (Re-edi... Ideal 2001
At The Controls (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Willy Skipper Resist Music 2006
Rob Mello's No Ears Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) Brazil.com (Tiefschwar... Classic 2006
Rock The Disco 2 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Beau Mot Plage Seamless Recordings 2007
Bargrooves - Summer Sessions (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) Beau Mot Plage (Origin... Bargrooves 2008
Miami Underground (Comp) (2 versions) Beau Mot Plage (Origin... NRK Sound Division 2008
Danny Tenaglia : Back To Mine (3xVinyl, Comp) Beau Mot Plage Ultra Records  
Unofficial Releases:
The Pølar Mix (2xCD) Beau Mot Plage (Freefo... King Biscuit Recordings 2007
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Isolee - Beau Mot Plage (original 12" )
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by restless Jun 08, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
One of the most original 'house' producers out there. Actually his music is house-linked but hard to describe : intricate melodies, extremely rich textures, stylish post-cinematic atmospheres create a very personal, poetic, colourful, deep universe. Like Carl Craig, Villalobos, Schatrax, Herbert, Moodymann, Morgan Geist and a few others, Isolee is on a league on his own and contributes to give house its 'lettres de noblesse'. He will without doubt generate many followers, as usual very far from the original.

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