Riad Michael

Riad Alexander Michael, also known as Geyser, is a German electronic musician as well as physician.

After his noticed and multiple positively reviewed debut album Digger as Geyser has been published under the Colonian label Mehrwert Records, he has founded his own label Geyser Recordings under which his further studio albums have been released. While Geyser has been described as downtempo, trip hop, lounge, big beat, drum and bass, dub, funk, fusion and abstract pop holding an originality that would do without style references, the productions as Riad Michael have been classified under techno, tech house, progressive house, trance, IDM and ambient. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

As physician Riad Michael has reviewed in his dissertation the therapeutic drawing of music in psychogenic and psychosomatic illnesses as well as absolved a scientific further education in music therapy.

Discography

As Riad Michael

Albums

• 2009 Ambient I

Singles & EPs

• 2008 Abaro
• 2009 Snip
• 2010 Lights
• 2011 Desire

As Geyser

Albums

• 2000 Digger (promo version)
• 2001 Digger
• 2005 Concrete (featuring Leah)
• 2005 Atmosphere
• 2006 Digger 2006 (reissue)
• 2009 Clean Sweep
• 2011 Fifth

Singles & EPs

• 2001 Tomi
• 2005 Concrete (featuring Leah)
• 2006 Anker
• 2007 Decision

Compilations

• 2010 Selected Downbeat Works 01-09

References

External links

• Official Riad Michael website
• Official Geyser website
• Dissertation of Riad Alexander Michael