Mr Raoul K hails from Agboville, Ivory Coast, West Africa. In 1992, he left Africa and moved to Hamburg, Northern Germany. While in Hamburg, he got seriously involved with the aesthetic vibe of dance and music. As a result, he started working as a DJ. At the same time, he was getting a professional education as a carpenter. In 1999, he left Hamburg for a smaller city in Northern Germany called Lübeck. While working as a carpenter in Lübeck, he continued to DJ and finally set up a home studio to learn production basics through trial and error.

As he is a quite rigorous guy, it took him a while to put together a track that met his demands. Following some unpleasant recording deals with certain labels, Mr Raoul K launched his “Baobab” label in 2007.
His first release “Le Cercle Peul” got a warm welcome from many renowned producers (Jerome Sydenham, Josh Deep, Tobi Neumann, Henrik Schwarz, Jephte Guillaume) and clubbers worldwide.

Mr Raoul K combines traditional African instruments and rhythms with European production techniques and soundscapes to make beautiful afro-beat house and techno. Each release of his ‘Peul’ series features a specific African instrument as its main sound. On “Le Cercle Peul” he used the Cora (African guitar) while on “Le Karantkatrieme Peul” it was the Balafon (African percussion).

Raoul has gathered fans all around the world and particularly in Japan. A fact not lost on the ears of Mule Musiq from Tokyo (a label that Raoul loves) who has invited him to feature on their next compilation "I'm Starting To Feel Ok Vol. 3" which will be released at the end of July ‘09. The track “Wind Of Goree” will get its own release on Mule Musiq at the end of August ‘09.

Mr Raoul K recently brought his signature blissed-out combination of elegant progressions & Afro-Tech-House beats to Francisco based label Fatsouls Records with “Sun Of Gao”.

Also, “Himalaya (edit)”, released last year on Baobab Music, will be featuring on the next “Balearic Biscuits” compilation from Danish chillout record label Music For Dreams. “Balearic Biscuits” is coming out soon this summer.


Discography

Out now!
"Sun of Gao" released 1/06/09 on Fatsouls Records

Coming soon:
"Moment Psychedelik" on Baobab Secret released 27/07/09
"Wind of Goree" on Mule Musiq released at the end of August ‘09

Previously released:
"Le Cercle Peul" [Baboab Music] 2008
"Himalaya" [Baboab Music] 2008
"Emotion Du Peul" [Baboab Music] 2008
"Jenseits" [Baboab Music] 2008
"Le Karantkatrieme Peul" [Baboab Music] 2009
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