Releases

• Pragamatic Praga Khan
  • iTunes
• Twenty First Century Skin Praga Khan
  • iTunes
• Mutant Funk Praga Khan
  • iTunes
• Khantastic Praga Khan
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
• Falling Praga Khan
• Freakazoidz Praga khan
  • iTunes
• Electric Religion Praga Khan
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• Soundscraper Praga Khan
  • iTunes
• Soulsplitter Praga Khan
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• MindGames Praga Khan
  • iTunes

Biography

Praga Khan has moved dancefloors all over the world, first as a DJ, and later as an artist. First in a long series of singles was 'Rave alarm', released in 1991, followed by the smash hit 'Injected with a Poison'. This single was in the UK charts for six weeks and number one in the top 10 Billboard Dance chart in Japan.

Meanwhile Praga Khan and his "partner in crime" Oliver Adams started up a second project, "Lords of Acid". Their debut album "Lust" was released in 1992. Still today, Lords of Acid remains Praga's favourite side project, benefiting from a huge followup in the States with high record sales and a bunch of sold-out tours all across the country.

In 1994, they signed a major record deal with Rick Rubin's American Recordings for the US territory.

Meanwhile, Hollywood started to get aware of their songwritership. After the music they scored in 'Basic Instinct', they were asked to write music for several box office successes such as 'Sliver', 'Bad Lieutenant', 'Strange Days', 'The Spy who Shagged Me' and many more. They even wrote a full album under the name The Immortals for the then #1 video game Mortal Kombat.

As remixers Praga Khan and his team were also very demanded and they achieved remixes for people as various as Jean-Michel Jarre, White Zombie, Alice in Chains, Gravity Kills and more.

In 1998 Praga Khan releases "Pragamatic". After years of success abroad, this album marks the beginning of huge following in their home country. The Praga Khan live set becomes more and more legendary, and twice in a row, they win Belgian music station TMF's "Best Live Act" award. During the summer of 99 Praga Khan performed at some of Europe's biggest festivals, such as Werchter (Belgium), Glastonbury (UK), Bizarre (Germany).

Fall 2004 Praga Khan introduced "The Next Dimension", an ambitious theatre tour, in which they created a platform for the many artforms the band has been connected to over the years. The music of Praga Khan, performed live, in specially adapted versions, many of them with classical arrangements, became the spine of a spectacular perfomance, integrating video-art, ballet, fashion, painting, performing arts and more.

Code Red in 2006 goes on the path further, and brings an enthusiastic  Praga Khan to the theater, along with many other artists, dancers and performers. But where The Next Dimension rather dark in the soul of Maurice Engelen brought forward, Code Red also emphasizes the lighter, playful element. A show which, alongside the familiar aspects, also inhabited eg breakdance, acrobatics, a touch of illusionism ...

Following this highly successful theatertour  Praga Khan still knows to find time for  a new album 'Soundscraper' .
In 2007 Praga Khan returns again to the theaters with the futuristic show “Frame by Frame”. This time Praga integrates cutting-edge technology into the show, leaving his audience in awe for this state-of-the-art performance.

In June 2010, Praga Khan announced that the Lords of Acid project would be touring the US during July and August 2010, bringing along their friends, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, for what was being billed as the "Sextreme Ball". The tour becomes a huge success and Praga decides to compose a new Lords of Acid album, Deep Chills.

In 2011 Ghosthunter Zak Bagans joined forces with Praga Khan to blend together enticing beats and his interactions with spirits to create NecroFusion, one of the most intriguing music releases ever produced.

January 2013 marks the return of Praga Khan with the album SoulSplitter and a concert at Ancienne Belgique to celebrate their 25 years on stage! A new album, entitled "MindSnatcher", is scheduled for 2015.

In 2016 Lords of Acid teamed up with their legions of loyal followers and launched a highly successful Kickstarter campaign to fund their sixth studio album, Pretty In Kink. The main focus on the newest installment was to make the album with the fans, not only by funding it, but through promotion and creative suggestion. Independent from label limitations, the unique approach allowed full creative freedom, and established an alliance between the fans and the music.

To achieve this truly groundbreaking partnership, the band did video blogs from the studio, conducted polls on
their social media, and was giving updates on the recording and production throughout the process.

In 2019 Lords of Acid releases the album Pretty in Kink. In that same yearPraga Khan receives the "Muse from Sabam" award, the lifetime achievement award from the Belgian Author & composer society.

Praga Khan has released more than 22 albums with his solo project (with Oliver Adams & Erhan Kurkun) and Lords of Acid and is internationally recognized as an innovator of electronic music.

Never one to rest on his laurels, Maurice Engelen continues to release new music. He also continues to surprise live by continually introducing new elements into his shows.