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Praga Khan (aka Maurice Engelen) is an early techno musician. His Belgian New Beat style stems back to the 1980s when techno came out of the Belgian underground. The Belgian studio wizard is responsible for some of the most important and most recognized rave tracks of the late 80s and early 90s, under his own name and several of his band names (Lords of Acid, Digital Orgasm, Channel X).

In 1991, Praga Khan met Oliver Adams and along with Jade 4U, formed the production team MNO (comprised of the first letter of their forenames). Shortly after, they produced a series of popular British rave hits. The most popular, “Injected With A Poison”, which hit the #16 spot in the UK and #1 in Japan.

While taking a break from his several side projects, Praga Khan released his first studio album, “Conquers Your Love”, in 1996. Several albums followed a little while later; Pragamatic in 1998, Twenty First Century Skin in 1999, Mutant Funk in 2000, Mixed Up in 2001 and Freakazoidz in 2002.

A lucky break also happened when Paul Verhoeven, during the shooting of Basic Instinct, walked into “The Limelight” disco in New York, looking for a song for his movie. When the track “Rave the Rhythm” was played, he stepped up to the DJ and asked who that was. The song was included on the soundtrack, after which a whole bunch of other movies followed including Sliver, Virtuosity, Strange Days, Bad Lieutenant and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

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1	Injected With a Poison	185
2	Breakfast in Vegas	123
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6	Lonely	39
7	Tausend Sterne	32
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Dopplereffekt wrote:
26 days ago

One of the best early rave artists!

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lovelytoes wrote:
October 2009

Oh my god my mom has been playing his music for me since I was like, a baby.

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COBRARocky wrote:
May 2009

Anyone have a link to some of his albums?

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oyvindb wrote:
April 2009

cocaine engine, haha classic comment

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galactus15 wrote:
April 2009

like the lyrics

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discotequedude wrote:
April 2009

Praga Khan's music seems to be still way ahead of the mainstreams' general comprehension.

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Sannie74 wrote:
April 2009

Why does STILL nobody know this group???

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phmr wrote:
March 2009

I wanna see you when you fly... Visions Of Heaven is the best one!

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condra wrote:
December 2008

The real rave group. http://www.last.fm/group/UK+Rave+89-94

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Crazy_Talk_ wrote:
November 2008

Breakfast in Vegas on cocaine AND GIN

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Cornl_W wrote:
October 2008

I Smell your swet on my skin. Breakfast in Vegas on cocaine engine-engine-engine ! I Like !

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Leeroy_SD wrote:
July 2008

Very underrated artist - but very "Khantastic" too!

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mommediadotcom wrote:
April 2008

I also bow down, Injected with a poison :O

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DeathDice440Bro wrote:
March 2008

this music is truly a lost artform in mondern music!

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Zaljerem wrote:
March 2008

An amazing musician.

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Mademoiselle_Atlantique wrote:
March 2008

breakfast in vegas! what a tune!!! very beautiful indeed

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skinnydrifter wrote:
November 2007

The Power of the Flower

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Conde_Maquina wrote:
November 2007

Yeah! injected with a pison....

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Vinnie_NL wrote:
November 2007

He made a large part of the music in the Belgian movie BenX Really cool!

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Doorchaser wrote:
August 2007

If you like this artist. You can join this group: http://www.last.fm/group/Belgian+Electronics. Just a way of having a complete overview of belgian electronic artists. You can talk about your favorite artist, recommend the artists that are not yet connected and find other Belgian Beauties in your recommendations Cheers

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