For booking and management please contact Carole
Email:carole@baobabsecret.com

Biography:
Mr Raoul K hails from Agboville, Ivory Coast, West Africa. In 1992, he left Africa and moved to Hamburg,
Northern Germany. While in Hamburg, he got seriously involved with the aesthetic vibe of dance and music. As
a result, he started working as a DJ. At the same time, he was getting a professional education as a carpenter. In
1999, he left Hamburg for a smaller city in Northern Germany called Lübeck. While working as a carpenter in
Lübeck, he continued to DJ and finally set up a home studio to learn production basics through trial and error.
As he is a quite rigorous guy, it took him a while to put together a track that met his demands. Following some
unpleasant recording deals with certain labels, Mr Raoul K launched his “Baobab” label in 2007. His first release
“Le Cercle Peul” got a warm welcome from many renowned producers (Jerome Sydenham, Josh Deep, Tobi
Neumann, Henrik Schwarz, Jephte Guillaume) and clubbers worldwide.
Mr Raoul K combines traditional African instruments and rhythms with European production techniques and
soundscapes to make beautiful afro-beat house and techno. Each release of his ‘Peul’ series features a specific
African instrument as its main sound. On “Le Cercle Peul” he used the Cora (African guitar) while on “Le
Karantkatrieme Peul” he used the Balafon (African percussion).
Raoul has gathered fans all around the world and particularly in Japan. A fact not lost on the ears of Mule Musiq
from Tokyo (a label that Raoul loves) who has invited him to feature on their compilation "I'm Starting To Feel
Ok Vol. 3". The track “Wind Of Goree” had its own release on Mule Musiq and appeared on many Djs playlist
(Jimpster, Gebruder Teichmann, Pawel, Lawrence, Matt Walsh to name a few).
Mr Raoul K brought his signature blissed-out combination of elegant progressions & Afro-Tech-House beats to
Francisco based label Fatsouls Records with “Sun Of Gao”.
In 2009 Raoul also set up Baobab Music's sister label Baobab Secret with a friend based in London. Baobab
Secret was founded to put out the tracks that do not fit in the output schedule of Baobab Music. It will also be
used to release music that crosses the borders of a typical Baobab Music release.
His first release on Baobab Secret "Moment Psychedelik" was released in September 2009 and received rave
reviews (Groove, Resident Advisor, De:Bug). The second 12” “Mystic Things” feat. Lopazz was released in
February 2010.
Also look out for Raoul's first full artist album “Introducing my Word” out on Mule Musiq in March 2011.