Mickie D aka Michael Duwe 

 

Biography

 

As "Berger" in musical HAIR

 

Born and raised in West-Berlin he started out as solo artist (vocals/ guitar) in the late 60's.

 

Besides being member of the german cast of the musical HAIR for more than a year, he played with bands like AGITATION FREE (short time - but founding member), ASHRA TEMPEL (main vocals on 7UP, recorded in Bern with Timothy Leary), and for several years with the band METROPOLIS (LP: Metropolis, Single: Super Plastic Club)

 

Agitation 1967 (from left: Mickie D, Lutz Kramer, Lutz 'Lüül' Ulbrich, Christoph Franke, Michael 'Fame' Günther)

 

- with ASHRA TEMPEL, recording studio in Bern/ Switzerland (1972)

 

Mickie D (front) - Rosie (middle) - Hartmut Enke (Bass) - Tim Leary

 

 

 

 Band METROPOLIS (1972 - 1976)

Vocals and Guitar 

 

LP METROPOLIS and Single SUPER PLASTIC CLUB (PAN/ Ariola)

Production of a Rock-Show  

"The Illustrated Man"

a story by Ray Bradbury

 
Metropolis 1973

 

He was the founder of the Berlin concert agency Albatros Concerts and promoted concerts with artists and bands like Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, Blondie, Richie Heavens, Styx or Dire Straits.

 

Mickie D & Richie Heavens
 
In autumn 1978 Mickie D, together with the german electronic mastermind Klaus Schulze as producer,  started to record his first Solo-Album "Mickie D's Unicorn". On his album he was accompanied by musicians like Helmut Hattler & Jan Fride (KRAAN), Manuel Goettsching  (ASHRA) or Michael Shrieve (SANTANA). MICKIE D's UNICORN became the first release on Klaus Schulze's newly founded IC-Label. (IC/ WEA 1979)
 
Eberhard Panne / Friend/ Michael Shrieve / Mickie D / Kevin Shrieve

 

Cooperations:

 

- as Singer with AGITATION FREE - Radioplay "Proletariersohn",

- composing music for the Berlin FORUM Theater - Armand Gatti "Die Hälfte Des Himmels Und Wir"

- rocksongs for children, LP "SÜß & SAUER - SPOHNS SPRÜCHE"

- composing and recording the track SUN & MOON for M. Hoenig's "DEPARTURE FROM THE NORTHERN WASTELAND" 1977,

- recording sessions with Manuel Göttsching (ASHRA), unreleased tracks

- for KLAUS SCHULZE promoting concerts in West-Berlin

- with Conni Plank and Jaki Liebezeit recordings for the album NO REGRETS

 

 

In 1989 release of Mickie D's  second solo album

NO REGRETS (edel records)

with the help of

Helmut Hattler (KRAAN), Jacki Liebezeit (CAN),

Eff Jott Krüger (Ideal) und Mano Opitz (Lilly Berlin)

 

No Regrets 1989

 

Beginning of the ninetees he founded his production company EINHORN media & entertainmen GmbH (former PHON Musikproduktion), worked for the Akademie der Künste Berlin, produced various artists and shows, produced soundtrack-recordings for edel records and, together with Michael Haentjes, founded the record label NAVIGATOR.

 

Michael Haentjes & Mickie D

 

 

Since the mid-90's, in collaboration with the composer Torsten Sense, he specialized in writing and producing Film Music or Soundtracks.

 

 
His solo work „Mickie D’s Erotic Fairytales“ has been released in 2002 not only as music production but as a hardcover book as well and became a musical show at the Brandenburger Theater.
 
 

 

Mickie Duwe lives and works in Berlin/ Germany and Liguria/ Italy.