English Version :

KIRLIAN in no one else then Carlos Abraham Duque Alcivar. Born Ecuador, Abe Duque moved to the United States at the age of 2 and grew up in NYC. He discovered Djing in the early 80¹s where he became obsessed with vinyl and electronic dance music production.

At the end of the 80's he met Gene LeFosse and Victor Calderon who were then known as Program 2 a noted NYC techno duo.  He would eventually come on board their team as a keyboardist.

In 1993 Abe made a decision to start his first record label TENSION. In which he released his own material at first then graduated to other artists.

In 1994 he decided to do it again starting his second label Rancho Relaxo Records, from which sprung a legendary NYC party and electronic supergroup (The Rancho Relaxo Allstars).

Around this time Abe started recording music for DISKO B under the name Kirlian. With albums Such as “Chicken Wings and Beef Fried Rice” and “Pleasure Yourself”. In 1996 Abe won Disko B records from owner Peter Wacha in a bet over cigarettes.  Although Mr. Wacha insisted Abe should collect on the fairly waged bet and wanted to sign the company over to Abe, he let him keep it if he promised to use it for the benefit of mankind...

In 1999 Abe co-founded Rapture Records along with John Selway. His latest Label venture is the quizzically successful Abe Duque Records, where he concentrates on releasing only his own material.

As a producer he has released works done together with the likes of Richard Dorfmeister, Jimmy Tenor, John Selway, Patrick Pulsinger and most recently finished producing DJ Hell´s NY Muscle Album and the forthcoming Blake Baxter Poetry Album.

Abe has travel the world to play his music.  From his once resident club Limelight in NYC to many stops around the globe.  He has been part of events such as the Sonar festival in Barcelona, the Love Parade in Berlin, and the Zurich Street Parade.  He has played inside volcanoes in Mexico and caves in Austria.  He has appeared in clubs such as Tresor (Berlin), The Rex (Paris), The Ultraschall (Munich), Sensor, (Zurich) Lolita (Spain) and the Limelight (NYC).

Revolutionary!

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German Version :

Kein geringerer als Carlos Abraham Duque steckt hinter dem Pseudonym KIRLIAN:

Der gebürtige Ecadorianer zählt zu den aktivsten
Djs und Produzenten New Yorks, die eigenen Outlets Tension Music, Rancho Relaxo Records, Inner Sanctum sind wie er, seine Familie und sein Studio
im spanisch-sprachigen Teil Hollis´,New York, zuhause.

Den Resident-DJ-Job im Limelight hat er geschmissen, dafür ist er regelmäßig und oft als DJ in Europa unterwegs, hat letztens die US-Tour von Panansonic begleitet, ist federführendes Mitglied der „electronic super group“ The Rancho Relaxo Allstars ",
(die auf der letzten Disko B Tour für sehr viel Spaß
und Furore sorgten) und er ist nicht zuletzt der
„King of Hollis“ (siehe Booklet).