Together with his brother
Reinhard Voigt (alias
Sweet Reinhard,
Kron and
Pentax), Wolfgang Voigt is considered one of the founders and most influential artists of the
minimal techno scene. With
Jörg Burger (
The Bionaut,
The Modernist) he was influenced by the early
acid house in 1988, when both spent some time in
London. Voigt and Burger founded the label
Trance Atlantic. He started to produce under the moniker
Mike Ink with the Acid EP
The Dialogue being his first release. In 1993 Voigt, his brother Reinhard, Jörg Burger and
Jürgen Paape founded the record store "Delirium" in Cologne, which later became
Kompakt. In the same year he also started Profan. Later followed other imprints such as
Kreisel 99 or
Auftrieb. Since the early 1990s he has released over 160 albums, Of these, his best known is arguably Gas. Other names under which Voigt has released music include, but are not limited to, All, Auftrieb, Brom, C.K. Decker, Centrifugal Force, Crocker, Dextro NRG, Dieter Gorny, Digital, Dom, Doppel, Filter, Freiland, Fuchsbau, Gelb, Grungerman, Kafkatrax, Love Inc., M:I:5, Mike Ink, Mint, Panthel, Popacid, Riss, RX7, Split Inc., Strass, Studio 1, Tal, Vinyl Countdown, W.V., Wassermann, and X-Lvis. In 2025,
Pitchfork reviewed his album ''Life's a Gas'' (1996) released under the name Love Inc., rating it 8.6 out of 10. == References ==