Noxious Element

noxious element, alias Oliver Kraus, was gripped by electronic music, even before puberty. The new Amiga 500 he got, as Christmas present, was turned into a production machine within a few weeks, and all its disks were overdubbed with samples. It soon became clear that this was to become Oliver’s private and professional path. He started an education at the SAE in Frankfurt, to become an audio engineer. Together with his fellow student, Jörg Schellhaas, he released his first vinyl (as noxious element) in 1999, on Phuturewax by Tom Wax. A string of live performances followed, in the Rhein-Main area. He was also active as a remixer. After moving to Munich he focussed increasingly on working as an audio engineer. He was also very busy as a MAZer, sound designer, jingle composer and