KRON

Reinhard Voigt channels his experimental tendencies via Profan output and explores surreal dimensions across the Sturm albums issued on Mille Plateaux, yet the Kron material he placed with Harvest represents his most approachable work. Having first earned recognition through raw, edgy experimental techno issued on the Cologne-based Profan label under the aliases Sweet Reinhard and Pentax, Voigt received an invitation to record for Harvest, the European subsidiary tied to a major label that focused on techno’s commercial possibilities. Starting in 1997 he launched a run of steadily successful releases with the Kron single, then delivered the Gold und Liebe album in 1998. The following year saw the arrival of the Silikron album and a subsequent batch of remixes.