DJ Amok

DJ Amok aka Benjamin Arend (born 8th August 1981 in San Francisco) is a DJ and producer in the Techno genre.

Biography

Inspired by visits to techno parties in his home town Frankfurt, Germany, Benjamin Arend began producing his own tracks at age 18 and uploaded them to the then popular site mp3.com. He quickly gained the reputation of being one of the greatest new talentsfact|date=February 2008, and as a result started his DJ career.

From the beginning he played a very hard style, and he is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the German Hardtechno scene, which itself derived from Schranz. He has since played at many big festivals in Europe, such as I Love Techno, Defqon, Awakenings, Decibel, Q-Base, Time Warp and Monegros Desert Festival. He runs three record labels as well as a booking agency for Techno DJs and continues to enjoy popularity as a DJ. He currently refers to his style as "Industrial Techno"

Discography

* 2002: "Sadistic Pleasure" (Giga 08)
* 2003: "Bongo Dynamics EP" (KD 24)
* 2003: "Collateral Damage" (Thrill 04)
* 2003: "Nightmare EP" (Artillery 01)
* 2003: "World Sudden" (Fright 02)
* 2003: "Darwin's Law" (Artillery 03)
* 2003: "Urban Rampage" (Thrill 08)
* 2004: "Nightmare 2" (Artillery 08)
* 2004: "Spiel mal Techhouse, nicht nur Geballer"(Distorted 02)
* 2007: "Divine Ignorance (Third Movement 115) - vs. Rude Awakening
* 2008: "Robotic Fannys and Enhanced Willies (Artillery 15) - vs. Rude Awakening

Remixes

* 2003: Tomash Gee – "Trauma"
* 2003: Frank Kvitta – "Titty Twister"
* 2003: Arkus P. – "Amokfahrt nach Polen"
* 2003: Manuel Fuentes – "Scheiß Nazis"
* 2004: OBI - "Anatomie"
* 2005: DJ Minupren - "Nääk Symphony"

Appearing on

* 2003: "Arkus vs Friends – "Friendly Fire Vol. 1" (Friendly Fire)
* 2003: "Art of Destruction Vol. 1" (Crowbar)
* 2003: "Combat Skill Vol. 1" (Combat Skill)
* 2003: "Bits of the Devil 1" (Bitshift)
* 2003: "Psycho Shoxx – Part 1" (Highball)
* 2003: "Psycho Shoxx – Part 2" (Produzent von Evil Concussion)
* 2004: "First Era EP" (Epochworx)
* 2005: "Art of Destruction 4" (Crowbar)
* 2008: "Mayday: Reflect yourself Compilation"
* 2008: "Fragments of the Future" (Third Movement 145) - vs. Rude Awakening

Mix CDs

* 2006: "r_AW Essentials Vol. 5" (Third Movement)