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Enough

Sammelbild

Shootout

Ce n'est pas la réalité EP

Weitermachen! (Closer)

Zentral EP

Dedetrain

Germs

und und und und

New Electronic Folk and the Floor

Biography

sikØra (= Stephan Straka, born 1968 in a small town close to Frankfurt am Main) had been caught by any kind of music very early on. 
 then detouring electronic music for some time he tried post-punk (playing bass), classical (orchestral drums) as well as pop-combo (keys) before finally arriving in the arising techno world of mid-1990s Frankfurt, where he eventually met Jörn E. Wuttke again (alter ego and much more) in 1996 - whom he already knew from earlier musical adventures - and committed himself to electronic music ever since. 
 releases soon followed on Klang Elektronik, Playhouse, Ongaku, Cocoon and others, where many of his hereos suddenly became labelmates. some time later he started Nummer-Schallplatten with Frank Lorber and released a set of fine EPs with Frank. 
 the constant search for the perfect balance between allowed kitsch, wanted noise and accepted listening habits drives him through all his productions. he certainly stepped down a bit from the speed and raw power of the early days since the harder derivatives of techno seem to be banned, or on hold, or just forgotten, but all the same he still loves the moment when a tune is shortly before turning into mayhem. 
 2018 he released his first EP on legendary Harthouse and added several EPs and albums since. list of releases here https://www.beatport.com/artist/sikora/13029 or here https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/4861-Sikora Cheers, sikØra