Crane A.K.

Comprised of a DJ and a producer working together to bridge the dancefloor and the studio, Crane A.K. emerged at the end of the '90s just in time to serve as the flagship artist for Force Inc's Force Tracks subsidiary. The Berlin duo's remarkable synthesis of house's dancefloor utility and minimal techno's nuanced cerebralism made them a perfect foundation for Force Tracks, a label with an identical aesthetic that would go on to host such luminaries as Llumo and MRI. Markus Gniech functions as the group's link to the dancefloor, as he also happens to spin records as DJ Knigge ...