Fjaak
German electronic duo FJAAK produce driving, energetic dance tracks which range from reflective house to storming warehouse techno, with occasional U.K. garage, dub, and breakbeat hardcore influences. Gritty yet sensual, their tracks are composed entirely on analog equipment. Since they first appeared in the early 2010s, FJAAK have released several club hits, such as 2014's "Don't Leave Me," and have become a major draw as a live act. Their eclectic self-titled debut album appeared on Modeselektor's Monkeytown Records in 2017, and most of their subsequent output appeared on their own imprints, including SPANDAU20 and their eponymous label, which released the duo's ninth self-titled single in 2023.
Based in Berlin, Felix Wagner, Aaron Röbig, and Kevin Kozicki had been making music together since childhood before they began producing techno as FJAAK during the late 2000s, while they were still teenagers. Their first release was the 2012 digital EP Introduction on Baalsaal Records, which was followed in 2013 by their first vinyl releases, Remember Me (Klasse Recordings) and Mind Games (Baalsaal). Following another release for Klasse, 2014's Po' Folk, FJAAK signed to Modeselektor's 50 Weapons imprint and released several 12" singles, including a split release with Rødhåd. When 50 Weapons folded in 2015, FJAAK moved to Modeselektor's main label, Monkeytown. The single "Wolves" arrived at the end of 2016, and the track appeared on the trio's self-titled debut full-length in early 2017.
FJAAK's second album, Havel, appeared on their eponymous label in 2018. An EP titled Drugs was released by Seilscheibenpfeiler, also run by Modeselektor, at the end of the year. Kozicki left Fjaak to pursue a solo career in early 2019, and Röbig and Wagner continued as a duo, releasing white-label 12"s on their own FJAAK and SPANDAU20 imprints. They issued several volumes of their white label EP series, in addition to 2021 releases on Seilscheibenpfeiler (Your Time Is Ov3r) and Tectonic (WH?T). SPANDAU20 008 (a split EP with Dajusch and Fadi Mohem). FJAAK009 appeared in 2023.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Fjaak
Electronic - Released by Monkeytown Records on Jan 20, 2017
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Stone Techno Series - Orthorhombic EP
Fjaak, Inhalt Der Nacht, Tham, Emil Baghino, Jamaica Suk
Techno - Released by The Third Room on Oct 15, 2021
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Your Time Is Ov3r
Techno - Released by Seilscheibenpfeiler Schallplatten Berlin on Nov 26, 2021
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Super Smash / Oblivion
Techno - Released by 50 Weapons on Dec 11, 2015
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Drugs Ep
Techno - Released by Seilscheibenpfeiler Schallplatten Berlin on Dec 14, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Attack / The Wind
Techno - Released by 50 Weapons on Oct 17, 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Don't Leave Me / Plan A
Electronic - Released by 50 Weapons on Jul 18, 2014
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Wolves
Electronic - Released by Monkeytown Records on Dec 16, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Gewerbe 15 / Rush
Electronic - Released by 50 Weapons on Sep 18, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Introduction EP
Electronic - Released by Baalsaal Records on Dec 20, 2012
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Maschine (just guy Remix)
Electronic - Released by fjaak on May 26, 2022
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Duz It
Electronic - Released by Monkeytown Records on May 31, 2019
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Mind Games EP
House - Released by Baalsaal Records on Oct 7, 2013
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