POPSHOP

POPSHOP aka Martin Akeret was born in 1975 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Since 1996 he has been living in Zurich and has been working as a graphic designer and desktop publisher. He's also interested in fotography, film, art, exhibitions and sports (marathon). Martin has been studying classic piano and jazz piano for 6 years. In the year of 1992 he left conventional music and discovered the possibilities of electronic music. He made first steps as co-producer before he started his own label Poetenpop Records in 1997. From then he released his music using aliases such as Gary Rich, Drama or Drama Martini.
In 2001, after an intensive and hard work, he produced his very important album «My FRIEND FRIGO LP». This record was loved by the press and the public in the same way. Now the Popshop-«Trademark» was born: A new mixture between «futuristic detroit techno» and «electronic advanced pop». A kind of music which doesn't just fit in one category because it's a mix of many different styles like electro, pop, house, digital funk, techno, post wave, indie and it has always got a special personal flair because of the voices, vocals and lyrics.
In May of 2002 Oliver Kapp, head of Indulge/Raygun (Hamburg) signed Popshop for his album «SALON BIZARRE», which appeared worldwide via Intergroove on CD and Double-Vinyl. The album received a few N°1-Chart-Features, namely in DE:BUG, in GROOVE Mag/D and obtained maximum notes in all important fanzines, also in SPEX. This album also contained a video clip called «Role Model», played on VIVA Swizz and VIVA Germany. This clip also had a special appearance in the broadcasting show «Electronic Beats» on VIVA.
One year later, in 2003, another outstanding album «THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US» was also released with Raygun and also contained tracks with female vocals by Stella-Loreen (Zurich) and Larissa Kapp (Hamburg). Due to the good feedback, Popshop was invited for two live shows to Montreal (Canada) in December 2004.
After the ladies album «Connection/Lost», it was time for a complete new experience in 2007. The album «New Bones» appeared as cd (digipac) and 12" limitied vinyl on the Alpinechic label by Andrea Pestoni followed by a special highlight 2008:?The famous Electropop band Zoot Woman (UK) engages Popshop as their tour support for the Swiss live gigs.



DISCOGRAPHY:
2010 A WARM PLACE WITHOUT MEMORY. CD/DIGITAL. ALPINECHIC/IRASCIBLE
2008 PLAISIR NOIR EP. 12" VINYL/DIGITAL. STATTMUSIK/KOMPAKT
2007 TRUST/W STELLA-LOREEN. ALBUM. DIGITAL/ONLINE. ALPINECHIC
2007 NEW BONES. ALBUM. CD/VINYL/DIGITAL/ONLINE. ALPINECHIC/RECREC
2005 CONNECTION/LOST. ALBUM. DIGITAL/ONLINE. RAYGUN/ITUNES
2003 THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US. CD/12". RAYGUN/INTERGROOVE
2002 SALON BIZARRE. ALBUM. CD/2x12". RAYGUN/INTERGROOVE
2001 MY FRIEND FRIGO. ALBUM. 2x12. POETENPOP/INTERGROOVE
2000 WIDER WILLEN MONEY. ALBUM. CD. POETENPOP/SME
2000 ELEKTRISCH: ELEKTRONISCH. CD COMPILATION.
1999 TEMPORÄR LEBEN. ALBUM. CD. POETENPOP
1997 I AM BETWEEN. ALBUM. POETENPOP/GMD
+ REMIXES FOR: STEPHAN EICHER / GRAUZONE / MEADOW RECORDS (CH) / WE ROCK LIKE CRAZY (GERMANY) / DIVISION KENT (CH) «MONSTERPROOF» (BMG/SONY) / PUREAPE (ALPINECHIC) (CH)



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POPSHOP LIVE SHOWS SINCE 2002:
11.10.02CH-BERN / REITHALLE
19.10.02CH-ZÜRICH / ROHSTOFFLAGER (RAYGUN NIGHT)
25.10.02D-KONSTANZ / KULTURLADEN (TOUR: W/MING/DOXA/EFA)
26.10.02CH-GENF / L'USINE (TOUR: W/MING/DOXA/EFA)
09.11.02CH-ZÜRICH / TONIMOLKEREI (W/SWAYZAK/UK/K7)
12.11.02CH-ZÜRICH / BOGEN 13 (TOUR: W/MING/DOXA/EFA)
22.11.02CH-BIEL / COUPOLE (W/HOMETRAINER/DOXA/EFA)
07.12.02CH-ZÜRICH / MOODS (W/HOMETRAINER/DOXA/EFA)
14.12.02CH-BERN / CAFE KAIRO
07.01.03 CH-BERN / RADIO RABE (WWW.RABE.CH) (ON AIR + INTERVIEW)
10.01.03D-RAVENSBURG / DOUALA (W/DANIEL DELANE/A)
11.01.03 CH-ZÜRICH / TONIMOLKEREI
09.02.03CH-ZÜRICH / ROTE FABRIK (TOUR: W/CONSOLE/VIRGIN)
20.02.03D-BERLIN / NBI (W/SIMON REFLEX/DANIEL DELANE/DAN PIU)
21.02.03D-BERLIN / ZENTRAL (W/SIMON REFLEX/DANIEL DELANE/DAN PIU)
08.03.03D-OFFENBACH / ROTARI
15.03.03CH-WINTERTHUR / LUFTSCHLOSS
26.04.03CH-ZÜRICH / FLEX (W/SIMON REFLEX/A)
15.05.03CH-ZÜRICH / TONIMOLKEREI (NIGHTSTALKER live)
07.06.03CH-ZÜRICH / AERA (POPSHOP/W DAN PIU + NIGHTSTALKER live)
12.06.03CH-DÜDINGEN / BAD BONN KILBI – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2003
13.06.03A-FELDKIRCH / RAUCH-CLUB (W/DANIEL DELANE/A)
06.11.03 D-MÜNCHEN / RADIO M94.5 (SHOW/INTERVIEW) ON AIR
15.11.03CH-ZÜRICH / ROHSTOFFLAGER (W/STELLA-LOREEN)
31.12.03D-HAMBURG / CLICK (W/LARISSA KAPP + STELLA-LOREEN)
26.06.04CH-ZÜRICH / SIHLTANZ OPEN AIR (MEADOW NIGHT)
18.11.04CH-ZÜRICH / BESAME MUCHO (W/STELLA-LOREEN)
26.11.04CH-ZÜRICH / BARFÜSSER BAR (W/STELLA-LOREEN/NIELS JENSEN)
17.12.04CAN-MONTREAL / SUPERNOVA 01 / (W/PHEEK/JAY HAZE)
19.12.04CAN-MONTREAL / LAIKA / (W/PHEEK)
21.01.05D-KONSTANZ / SOUTH OF HEAVEN / (W/STELLA-LOREEN)
28.01.06 CH-ZÜRICH / 2. AKT (W/DJ STEVE BASTARDO)
09.02.06 CH-ZÜRICH / DACHKANTINE (SWISS LABEL NIGHTS)
31.03.06 CH-ZÜRICH / HIVE CLUB / ZURICH (MEADOW NIGHT)
25.08.06 D-KÖLN / KOMBINATS KLUB / C/O POP SHOWCASE
23.12.06CH-ZÜRICH / HIVE CLUB / ZURICH (W/MAX DURANTE)
08.04.07A-FELDKIRCH / RAUCH-CLUB (W/DANIEL DELANE)
28.04.07D-MÜNCHEN / REGISTRATUR (W/JOHN PLAYER AND DRUMPOETS)
19.05.07CH-ZÜRICH / BAZILLUS CLUB (DJ-SET)
17.08.07CH-ST. GALLEN / ALTSTADT OPEN AIR (W/PUREAPE)
18.08.07CH-ZÜRICH / CLUB JIL
04.10.07CH-ZÜRICH / CLUB SUPERZERO
22.03.08CH-ZÜRICH / ROHSTOFFLAGER / (FABRICE LIG SOUL DESIGNER)
03.04.08CH-WINTERTHUR / GASWERK / SUPPORT FOR ZOOT WOMAN
04.04.08CH-BASEL / NORDSTERN / SUPPORT FOR ZOOT WOMAN (UK)
10.05.08CH-MÜLLHEIM / A1 UNDER THE BRIDGE / OPEN AIR
25.10.08CH-ZÜRICH / 2. AKT (W/STEVE BASTARDO)
07.11.08CH-WINTERTHUR / REAKTOR CLUB
29.11.08CH-NEUCHÂTEL / LA CASE À CHOCS / LA SUPERETTE FESTIVAL
12.06.09A-DORNBIRN / CONRAD SOHM CLUB
24.10.09A-BREGENZ / NEPTUN BAR
23.04.10 CH-ZÜRICH / ALTE BÖRSE / TWEAKFEST / DIGITAL CULTURE FESTIVAL