The Green Man

Heiner Kruse a.k.a The Green Man a.k.a TGM is a Cologne based producer and at the same time responsible for Basswerk record label which is worldwide known for quality drum & bass. Green Man’s tracks are of course also mostly Drum & Bass and he prefers to produce deepe sound adventures with a musical approach. But he is also a very experienced DJ and somtimes also produces floor smashers. His track “Easy” was track of the year in Germany, “Illegal” was licensed for CSI Miami and “Infinity reached #1 of the German DCC Charts and Top 20 of MTV Dance Charts.

Currently his drum & bass rmx for the serbian Hip Hop Crew “Bad Copy” is on the DJ’s decks as well as his new Basswerk release “In Custody” including a stunning Phace-Rmx of his 1998 classic track “Berlin”. In October 2008 he did an 80 Minute DJ Showcase-Mix for Groove Attack distribution which appeared in the UK’s “Knowledge” Magazine. In summer 2008 a triple CD compilation with 5 tracks from TGM was released on Basswerk as well as an additional 12’ together with Amaning on “Sudden Def” Records.

After his successful first album “You Decide” on Combination Rec he is now finally completing his second album.

He also does all the music for german lightwriting artists “Lichtfaktor”. Works include films for the BBC, Skymovies, Max Ophüls Preis, Arts, ZDF etc.. As a teacher for music he has a lot to do with young musicians and thus started some digital label projects for techno music called “koelnelektro”, “tonaroma” and “popwerk”.