Dorian Gray Frankfurt 80's & 90's Techno Classics Mix by Bjoern Mulik

Mixed by Bjoern Mulik
MULIK is one of the pioneers of Tech House in Germany. A long-time residency in world famous and legendary club "Dorian Gray" at Frankfurt airport, gigs around the globe from Africa to Asia and back to Europe, festivals such as "Love Parade" in Berlin, "Street Parade" in Zurich and "World Club Dome" in Frankfurt, Frankfurt's famous DJ radio of the 90s "HR3 Clubnight" or his contribution to the Dorian Gray CD eternalize his work in the squad of DJs. Bjoern's radio-show "DNS - Digital Native Sounds" has reached over a hundred broadcasts and transmits to a world wide audience. A continuous list of projects and tracks has been released throughout the years including media control charting remixes and his latest album "The DNS Biscuits" which appeared in new disguise "MULIK" on Swedish Label Dansant distribution Sony. Fresh tunes are on their way...

When the in Kenya grown up DJ stands behind his decks and celebrates his vision of electronic music it´s not hard to get carried away by the rhythm against your own ratio and you end up finding yourself in an ecstatic dance. With a fascinating delight in playing Mulik switches the vinyl, synchronizes the beats, turns the poti, refreshes minimal tracks with progressive tunes and turns hard techno into filigree atmosphere. To him there are no boundaries. His musical consciousness reaches much further then a genre can verbalize. His Dj-sets at all times find to an electrifying end. No wonder the Frankfurt-techno-metropolis-born--half-italian Bjoern Mulik is one of the most remarkable deejays of the era Dorian Gray.

Dorian Gray was a popular nightclub in the and 1990s, located on the Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The owners Gerd Schüler and Michael Presinger opened the club on 29 November 1978. The idea was to offer similar events as New Yorks club Studio 54. This was one of the largest nightclubs in the German area at that time. The design of the nightclub costed more than 2,5 Million Deutsche Marks and laid the corner stone for the most successful Airport club. The name of the club comes from Oscar Wildes novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Dorian Gray was located in Hall C of the Terminal 1 building on the airport. For this reason the nightclub remained opened during morning hours, when the rest of the airport remained closed. Up to 2500 guests danced on three dancefloors (Runningman, Studio 54 and Chillout)– End of 1970s to Disco, Funk und Soul, later, since 1984, to Electronic dance music such as EBM, House, New wave and Techno, since 1992 to Black music in the small club. Famous deejays who played at Dorian Gray were Sven Väth, Torsten Fenslau, Ulli Brenner, Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti, DJ Dag, Talla 2XLC, Tom Wax, Mark Spoon, Heinz Felber, Pascal FEOS, Björn Mulik and Andy Düx. The nightclub had at that time a spectacular Richard-Long-Sound-System-Design which was using large sound system speakers with JBL and Gauss-Alnico base sound system which produced loud and clear sound. The deejay equipment consisted of Thorens and later from mid-1990s Technics turntables. The light system was made out of red, green and orange colors which have been positioned to reflect the mirrors on the floor. Until the mid-1990s a strong laser show was used. One of the video jockeys was also Alexander Metzger. On 31 December 2000 the nightclub stopped to operate in Frankfurt am Main. The last record that was played on the closure was „Lovin’ You“ from musician Minnie Riperton and was played by the resident deejay Ufuk in the small club. Several years after the closure of the nightclub, the painted entrance doors were still visible with original image. In January 2008 the existing space in Hall C was renovated into a shopping area.