Alexander Spree is a Berlin-based techno artist, producer, and content creator who combines his classical training as a clarinetist at the Hans Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin with a radical electronic practice.
As co-founder of the formation AEOX, he developed early on into a style-defining player between techno, industrial, and technopunk, with releases on renowned labels such as Ostgut Ton and Tresor Records.
Spree is known for powerful, modular live sets in which analog synthesizers, Eurorack systems, and improvisational elements merge into a distinctive, energetic sound.
His style ranges from club-oriented mechanical drive to experimental sound art, making him one of the defining personalities of the Berlin techno scene.
In the 1990s, Alexander completed his clarinet studies and gained orchestral experience with the Dresden State Orchestra and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. To this day, these experiences continue to influence his rhythmically and compositionally precise techno productions.
His musical versatility is also evident in interdisciplinary projects such as ZONALUNA, BLUMA, and XhAOsmology. The later he runs together with his long-time musical companion Dr. Michael Mowitz.
There, analog modular systems, acoustic instruments, and philosophical reflections merge into experimental sound formats at the intersection of music, science, and art.
Alexander Spree combines classical musicality with innovative technology and remains an exemplary crossover artist between club culture, sound art, and education.
Timeline:
- 1976–80 as a singing boy in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, as a dancing child soldier in Bizet’s Carmen, and in many other roles at the Komische Oper Berlin
- 1987 as a soloist (first prize in the national clarinet competition) at the Semperoper, accompanied by the Dresden Staatskapelle
- 1989 Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto as soloist (repeatedly ranked first clarinet in the nation) at the Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt, accompanied by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
- 1994 Solo and chamber concert at Friedrichfelde Palace as state examination and completion of studies in orchestral music at the Hans Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin
- 1998/99 with the drum ‘n’ bass band ZONALUNA at the Kesselhaus der Kulturbrauerei and the Mojo Club in Hamburg, as well as various clubs throughout Germany
- 2000–05 As a clarinetist, producer, and balaclava-wearing drum machine player with the band AEOX at Tresor, Ostgut, Casino, SO36, Watergate, and Panoramabar in Berlin, as well as in international techno clubs in London, Milan, New York, Amsterdam, Glasgow, Brussels, Ghent, Biel, Hamburg, Munich, Zielona Gora, and many more.
- 2006 to present as ALEXANDER SPREE / Dr. Spre solo and together with DR. MO (SPREE & MOWITZ), e.g., at the Roter Salon der Volksbühne, the Babylon cinema, and in many Berlin cafés and pubs.
- In 2015, as clarinetist for the neo-folk combo BLUMA, he toured various arenas in Germany, including the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Festhalle in Frankfurt, Hans-Martin-Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, and Olympiahalle in Munich
- 2021 AEOX latest release on Ostgut Ton
- 2025 Live Performance at Waldkater during Superbooth exhibition 2025
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