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Isolée is Rajko Mueller, born in Frankfurt, Germany.

He lived with his family in Algeria from the ages of 7 to 12 and went to a French primary school (and on the weekends to a beach called bomo plage) before returning to Frankfurt with his family in 1983.

Around that time his parents bought him an organ for Christmas and he began trying to do some synth-pop with a school friend; the pair deciding to buy a synthesizer and a drum co...mputer.

Rajko became bored of synth-pop and EBM at the end of the eighties and began listening more to rock and independent music. Friends helped him discover house-music, hip-hop and techno in the early '90s and he began trying to recreate these sounds on his old syntheziser. However he soon realized he needed more equipment, which luckily his elder brother - also into electronic music - had already bought.

He gave a tape to his friend and DJ Andreas 'ND' Baumecker, owner of Freuindinnen Records, who worked in a record-store where the Playhouse guys used to work, too.

And so began the beginning of some marvelous music by a guy named Isolée. The rest as they say, or in Isolée's case, his album "Rest", is part of electronic music history.

In the last few years Isolée has done a number of remixes in addition to the 2003 12" on Playhouse 'Can't Sleep All Night' (PLAY077). More recent work besides the fantastic remix he did for Recloose's 'Cardiology have included 2 remixes for Louie Vega's 'Africa/Brasil'.

On May 30, 2005 his eagerly awaited new album 'We Are Monster' (PLAY CD 015 /3LP PLAY 115) was released to great critical acclaim.

A CD collection of early Isolée tracks will be released at the beginning of 2006 accompanied by a couple of 12“ with edits by Ricardo Villalobos, Lucien N Luciano and The Glimmers among others.

Selected Discography

Releases:
- Beau Mot Plage - The Unreleased Mixes, 12" (Music Man)
- Raum Einz, 12" (Playhouse)
- WesternStore, 12" (Playhouse)
- System, 12" (Playhouse)
- Initiate, 12" (Playhouse)
- I Owe You, 12" (Playhouse)
- Beau Mot Plage (Remix), 12" (Playhouse)
- Beau Mot Plage, 12" (Classic)
- Beau Mot Plage (Remix), 12" (Classic)
- Beau Mot Plage, 12" (Playhouse)
- Beau Mot Plage, 12" (Classic)
- Rest, 2x12" (Playhouse)
- Beau Mot Plage, CD5" (Classic)
- Rest, CD (Playhouse)
- Brazil.com, 2x12" (Classic)
- It's About, 12" (Freundinnen)
- Can't Sleep All Night, 12" (Playhouse)

Remixes:
- Lovelee Day (Isolee remix) on Turbo Sampler Vol. 1, CD (Turbo)
- Lovelee Day (Isolee remix) on Turbo Studio Sessions Vol. 1, CD (Turbo)
‹‹ - Lovelee Day (Isolee remix) on Lovelee Dae, CD5" (Substance)
- Surprised (Isolee Remix) on Famous When Dead, CD (Playhouse)
- Untitled (Isolees Remix) on Untitled, 12" (Eye Q (UK))
- Blances (Isolée Remix) on Blances EP, 12" (Splitlabel United States Of Mars / Out To Lunch)
- Fantasie Mädchen on Fantasie Mädchen, 12" (Playhouse)
- Fantasie Mädchen (Isolée Dub) on Fantasie Mädchen, 12" (Playhouse)
- Suprised (Isolee Remix) on Famous When Dead, 3x12" (Playhouse)
- Doremifa Girl (Isolée Remix) on Doremifa Girl, 12" (Nite Grooves)
- Been Out (E-Mix) on Been Out, 12" (Ladomat 2000)
- Pink (Isolee Rmx) on Remixes, 12" (Perlon)
- Star Ferry on Star Ferry, 12" (Karaoke Kalk)
- Doremifa on Good Morning As Usual, 12" (SSR)
- Party Day (Isolee Hammamix) on Party Day, 12" (Solid)
- Lent (Isolée Mix) on Vu Par..., CD (Le Village Vert)
- Untitled on Remixes For Lawrence, 12" (Ladomat 2000)
- Doremifa Girl (Isolee Remix) on Mix The Vibe: Eclectic Mindset, CD (Nite Grooves)
- Lovelee Dae (Isolée Mix) on Radio Caroline Volume 1, CD (Mental Groove Records)
- Sweet Chat Rio (Isolee Remix) on Alleluyark Vol. 2, 12" (Circus Company)
‹‹ - Sweet Chat Rio (Isolée Rmx) on Alleluyark, CD (Circus Company)
- Daylight (Isolee Pyjama Mix) on Daylight, 12" (