KINKY ROLAND

BIOGRAPHY

Berlin-born London based electronic producer, Kinky Roland, known for their Retrophobia projects like their Remix of “Be Electric” and “Sweet Dreams”, the duo first got together hanging out in electronic & queer scene clubs like Nag, Nag, Nag, Trade and Trash, featuring in Dazed & Confused, The Face, and i-D magazines.

Roland remixed E-zee Possee’s hit, “Everything Starts With An E” going on to work with Marc Almond and Soft Cell, Heaven 17’s Glen Gregory, Princess Julia, Jonny Slut and Minty.

Constantly evolving, in the 90s Roland released techno and house music for labels such as Trade, React, Ultravinyl and Prolecult. As production half of dance duo LoverushUK, Roland enjoyed success with their rework of “Yeke Yeke” with Mory Kante as well as collabs with Bryan Adams and Marcella Detroit and remixes for Kylie Minogue, Moby, Nelly Furtado and Katie Melua.

His stellar musical history includes collabs with S-Express; reinventing himself as Replicant during the electroclash era; joining the band Punxsoundcheck with John Taylor and working under his birth name Roland Sebastian Faber (RSF)  for electronic Italo-disco film & synth projects culminating in the vinyl release of RSF ‘Metropol” album featuring Erasure’s Any Bell, Boy George and Marian Gold (Alphaville).

Ahead of his new release Roland talks about his longstanding relationship working with Boy George and the other strands of his multi-faceted electronic universe.

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