Gabriel Ananda

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Gabriel Ananda, born August 3, 1977 in Bad Driburg, Germany, is a German electronic musician, DJ, and producer known for techno and minimal. His interest in electronic music grew after seeing Sven Väth perform live in 1995. He started producing in 1998 as part of the duo Da Hairy Belafontes on Hörspielmusik, releasing the three-track EP Daylight Comes and We Don’t Want to Go Home. He later released records on Treibstoff, Trapez, Platzhirsch, and Karmarouge. His 2004 track Süssholz topped the German DJ charts, followed by Ihre persönliche Glücksmelodie in 2005 and Doppelwhipper in 2006. In 2008 he founded his own label, Basmati, to release his music. By the end of 2011 Basmati had nine releases, eight of them by Ananda. In 2015 he played at the Welcome to the Future festival in the Netherlands.