Michael Kersting

Michael Bernard Kersting (born December 10, 1965), also known as Grant Michael B., Michael B. and Grand Ma B., is a German record producer, publisher and composer. He has produced artists and bands like Der Wolf, Young Deenay, Sasha, Ben and Max Mutzke.

Life and career

A short time after his high school exams in 1986, Kersting set up his first professional recording studio, 'Click', in the town of Werl, North Rhine Westphalia. At the same time he created Click Publishing, subsuming the two businesses under the name "Clickmusic". He enrolled at the University of Münster to study politics and history while founding his first band, Private Property. In 1989, Kersting signed a record deal with Warner Music in Hamburg. Along with producer Pete Smith he released his first single, "Waiting for the Morning Sun". Due to the lack of commercial success, Kersting subsequently decided to work as a record producer only.

Producing, composing, publishing

In 1993, Kersting managed to enter the German Single Charts, producing the song "Declaration (DipDipDa)" for the group Sir Prize. In the 1990s, he continued to gain critical acclaim and commercial success as a producer, composer, and publisher, working with artists such as Double Impact, German rapper Der Wolf, hip hop artist Young Deenay, Q Connection, and Sasha. After signing with Clickmusic in 1991, German singer-songwriter Sasha achieved his international breakthrough with the single release "If you believe" in 1998, with Kersting and Pomez di Lorenzo writing and producing the song.

Kersting gained further success with the German rockabilly band Dick Brave and the Backbeats in 2003. In co-operation with Offenbach-based record producer Oliver Rüger, he produced German artists like Max Mutzke, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, and Rafael Weber from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, Kersting signed German ska punk band Sondaschule. In 2011, he contracted Leipzig-based band Flimmerfrühstück and produced their 2011 record In Allen meinen Liedern, along with Swen Meyer. In October 2011, Kersting released the second Dick Brave and the Backbeats album Rock'n'Roll Therapy, which gained gold record status. In the summer of 2013, he signed Leipzig-based artist LOT. He gained further success with the production of the 2015 album Schön kaputt by Sondaschule.

List of albums and singles as producer, composer and publisher With Sasha

Albums 1998 – Dedicated to … 2000 – … You 2001 – Surfin' on a Backbeat 2004 – Dick This (as Dick Brave and the Backbeats) 2006 – Open Water 2006 – Greatest Hits 2009 – Good News on a Bad Day 2011 – Rock'n'Roll Therapy (as Dick Brave and the Backbeats) 2014 – The One

Singles

1998 – I'm Still Waitin' with Young Deenay 1998 – If You Believe 1999 – I Feel Lonely 2000 – Let Me Be the One 2001 – Here She Comes Again 2002 – This is My Time 2004 – Take Good Care of My Baby (as Dick Brave and the Backbeats) 2006 – Coming Home 2007 – Lucky Day 2009 – Father and Son (with Michael "Bully" Herbig) 2011 – Just can't Get Enough 2012 – Just the Way You Are 2015 – Good Days

with Young Deenay

Alben

1998 – Birth

Singles

1997 – Walk on By 1998 – Wannabe Your Lover 1998 – I'm Still Waitin' (with Sasha) 1998 – I Want 2 Be Your Man 1999 – You and Me (Stay Alive)

with Der Wolf

Alben 1997 – Das Album 1998 – Musik aus (m)einem Jahrzehnt 2000 – Was soll ich sagen …

Singles

1996 – Gibt's doch gar nicht 1997 – Frau aus Seide 1997 – Oh Shit, Frau Schmidt 1998 – Dumm gelaufen 1998 – Kein' Kuchen da! (Hätt' ich dich heut' erwartet …)

with Ben

Alben 2002 – Hörproben 2003 – Leben leben

Singles

2002 – Engel 2002 – Herz aus Glaß 2002 – Gesegnet seist du 2003 – Kleider machen Leute 2003 – Verliebt

Various artists 1993: Sir Prize – Declaration (DipDipDa) 1994: Ernestine – Keep on Dancin' (Thru the Nite) 1995: Ernestine – Do You Really Want My Love 1995: Sir Prize – Lullaby of Love 1995: Synthax feat. Ayla – Need Your Lovin 1996: Sir Prize – Love is the Answer 1996: H.I.M. – Lookin' Out 4 Luv 1997: Hobo feat. Jill – Star 1997: Hobo feat. Muddy Waters – Hoochie Coochie Man 1997: Sir Prize – Don't Go Away 1999: Q Connection – Java (All Da Ladies Come Around) 1999: Q Connection – Where I'm From 1999: Q Connection – Bei mir bist du schön 2001: Thomas Gottschalk – What Happened to Rock'n'Roll (single) 2001: Jack Radics – Always Around (album) 2001: Uwe Ochsenknecht – Singer 2003: Become One – Don't Need Your Alibis 2004: Boppin'B – Bop Around the Pop (album) 2004: Boppin'B – If You Believe (single) 2004: Jelena Jakopin – True 2008: Max Mutzke – Black Forrest (album) 2008: Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht – NYC 2008: Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht – I'm Fallin' 2008: Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht – Cookies (album) 2009: Max Mutzke – Marie (single) 2010: Sondaschule – Von A nach B (album) 2011: Flimmerfrühstück – In allen meinen Liedern (album) 2012: Sondaschule – Lass es uns tun (album) 2014: LOT – Warum soll sich das ändern (EP) 2015: Sondaschule – Wunderschön kaputt (album) 2015: LOT – 200 Tage (album)

Film score 2001: Wilsberg: Wilsberg und der Mord ohne Leiche 2002: The Rules of Attraction