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The history of Max Machine

The release of the album “Mean Machine” Von Max Machine fills the gap of destitution in the long history of music. It was motivated and inspired Von the death of Max Kreitler, German Sound engineer at the renowned Hansa Studio in Berlin.

In the period of 1973-1980 Kreitler recorded a large number of legendary musical artists. The Max Machine project arose from a collaboration of Kreitler and Andy Warhol.

Kreitler developed the idea of putting new life into Warhol’s project, The Factory. Artists like Lou Reed, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Brian Eno, among others, performed...