Franz: a Brief Background
The other day EriChan and I were throwing some disc at Rogers Park Beach, and like German Black Magick, Franz Uberklubber [F.U.K.] was born [I midwifed on a makeshift birthing bed in the sand]. Anyway, all nostalgia aside, Franzy has served as a kind of cathartic, alter-egoic characterisation of myself. I mean, I really identify with something that's inside of him [as Leo Sayer once crooned at Studio 54 to a crowd of debaucherous disco-philes, in the dripping glam of the 1970's pre-viral New York club scene, 'There's a fire inside that I can't explain...']. Like JFK's eternal flame in Arlington, VA, that fire in my heart burns now more than ever.
A briefing on Franz for those who aren't familiar...
-Born in 1979 to Maria Schatmapantz and Lars Uberklubber in the bathroom of red-light district Klub Meow
-Born three and a half months early, breach but without complication, Franz entered the world to the drone of a Korg-3000x synthesizer.
-At age 3, Lars absconded across the border with Franz, into East Germany, and behind the foreboding Iron Curtain.
-By age 9, Franz was addicted to heroin and working the streets of East Berlin, comforted only by his Thriller 8Track he bought with sexual favours and a few Deutschemarks.
-In 1989, East Germany heeded Reagan's plea to "tear this wall down" and Franz, with the allure of the new Euro-synth-pop ahead, and a life of smack and hooking behind him, left for London and never looked back.
-By 1991 Franz had risen the ranks of the Brixton club scene on London's South End, and managed to slip his own housed-out B-Side club track of that old Barry Manilow song 'Mandy' to then-rising DJ Oakenfold, and the rest is history.
-The year was 1995 and Franz was one of the top club promoters in Europe, weekending in Ibiza, scoping the scene in Manahattan and West Hollywood, and moving-and-shaking the up-and-coming Asian circuit at renowned venues like Tokyo's Air, Ageha, and Shanghai's then-obscure The Bund and Nanjing Street.
-When the European Union heralded a new era with the introduction of the Euro as common currency across the continent in 1999, Franz capitalised on a brillant 67p exchange on Sterling, liquidated his accrued assets, and made millions, retiring to Mallorca with his long-time love interest Pat.
-But the winds of change blew across the Med a short 6 months later. In a failed Y2K speculative F/X Asset fiduciary portfolio, Franz and Pat watched everything they had go into the hands of Turkish investors, and by 0:00 they had as many Euros to their names.
-Like most relationships plagued with the hardships of bankruptcy, unemployment, no education to speak of, a massive designer drug addiction, infidelity and homelessness, Franz and Pat parted ways in early 2001.
-Franz spent the next 4 years in and out of rehab across five continents, and ultimately ended up working at a youth hostel in Windhoek, Namibia, DJing on the weekends, and laundering linens in the off-season.
-In July 2005, Franz caught his big break and landed a DJing gig back at Shanghai's Nanjing Street. Under immense pressure from the communist Bureau of Virtue & Vice, Franz swore under oath (and with a giant hanzui stamp of his name) to curb his raging addiction to MDMA, but a short two-months later was discovered unconscious in his penzione, with vials strewn across the floor, gurgling in a pool of his own bronzer.
-With no job, a revoked Chinese residency visa, and nothing to live for, Franz did what anyone in aforesaid position would do: moved to West Tokyo and taught English. Over the next 18 months Franz worked off the enromous credit card debt accrued over years of the odd advance, learned some Japanese, eventually found his way into the "Gaijin Tarento" world and managed to save enough to quit his job.
-Today DJ Franz Uberklubber can be found DJing gigs around the world at sundry Electronic music festivals, and was recently featured in a segment of Pete Tong's critically acclaimed "In The Mix" sessions Live from Ibiza on the BBC's Radio 1.
-At 27, Franz keeps a flat on Edgeware Road in London's West End and a small studio in Manhattan's Meat Packing District, managing a bi-continental career promoting acts such as The Scissor Sisters, Imogen Heap, and John Digweed. On his off-time, Franz loves going for rides with on-again-off-again interest Chris Nettleson in his MiniCooper. Uberklubber also has a successful line of skin-care products and bronzers, emblazoned with his signature "In Da Zeitgeist" logo.
For exclusive Franz Uberklubber syle tips, photos, and more, click here.
-Born in 1979 to Maria Schatmapantz and Lars Uberklubber in the bathroom of red-light district Klub Meow
-Born three and a half months early, breach but without complication, Franz entered the world to the drone of a Korg-3000x synthesizer.
-At age 3, Lars absconded across the border with Franz, into East Germany, and behind the foreboding Iron Curtain.
-By age 9, Franz was addicted to heroin and working the streets of East Berlin, comforted only by his Thriller 8Track he bought with sexual favours and a few Deutschemarks.
-In 1989, East Germany heeded Reagan's plea to "tear this wall down" and Franz, with the allure of the new Euro-synth-pop ahead, and a life of smack and hooking behind him, left for London and never looked back.
-By 1991 Franz had risen the ranks of the Brixton club scene on London's South End, and managed to slip his own housed-out B-Side club track of that old Barry Manilow song 'Mandy' to then-rising DJ Oakenfold, and the rest is history.-The year was 1995 and Franz was one of the top club promoters in Europe, weekending in Ibiza, scoping the scene in Manahattan and West Hollywood, and moving-and-shaking the up-and-coming Asian circuit at renowned venues like Tokyo's Air, Ageha, and Shanghai's then-obscure The Bund and Nanjing Street.
-When the European Union heralded a new era with the introduction of the Euro as common currency across the continent in 1999, Franz capitalised on a brillant 67p exchange on Sterling, liquidated his accrued assets, and made millions, retiring to Mallorca with his long-time love interest Pat.
-But the winds of change blew across the Med a short 6 months later. In a failed Y2K speculative F/X Asset fiduciary portfolio, Franz and Pat watched everything they had go into the hands of Turkish investors, and by 0:00 they had as many Euros to their names.
-Like most relationships plagued with the hardships of bankruptcy, unemployment, no education to speak of, a massive designer drug addiction, infidelity and homelessness, Franz and Pat parted ways in early 2001.
-Franz spent the next 4 years in and out of rehab across five continents, and ultimately ended up working at a youth hostel in Windhoek, Namibia, DJing on the weekends, and laundering linens in the off-season.
-In July 2005, Franz caught his big break and landed a DJing gig back at Shanghai's Nanjing Street. Under immense pressure from the communist Bureau of Virtue & Vice, Franz swore under oath (and with a giant hanzui stamp of his name) to curb his raging addiction to MDMA, but a short two-months later was discovered unconscious in his penzione, with vials strewn across the floor, gurgling in a pool of his own bronzer.
-With no job, a revoked Chinese residency visa, and nothing to live for, Franz did what anyone in aforesaid position would do: moved to West Tokyo and taught English. Over the next 18 months Franz worked off the enromous credit card debt accrued over years of the odd advance, learned some Japanese, eventually found his way into the "Gaijin Tarento" world and managed to save enough to quit his job.
-Today DJ Franz Uberklubber can be found DJing gigs around the world at sundry Electronic music festivals, and was recently featured in a segment of Pete Tong's critically acclaimed "In The Mix" sessions Live from Ibiza on the BBC's Radio 1.
-At 27, Franz keeps a flat on Edgeware Road in London's West End and a small studio in Manhattan's Meat Packing District, managing a bi-continental career promoting acts such as The Scissor Sisters, Imogen Heap, and John Digweed. On his off-time, Franz loves going for rides with on-again-off-again interest Chris Nettleson in his MiniCooper. Uberklubber also has a successful line of skin-care products and bronzers, emblazoned with his signature "In Da Zeitgeist" logo.
For exclusive Franz Uberklubber syle tips, photos, and more, click here.
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