POPSHOP aka Martin Akeret was born in 1975 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Since 1996 he has been living in Zurich and has been working as a graphic designer and desktop publisher. He's also interested in fotography, film, art, exhibitions and sports (marathon). Martin has been studying classic piano and jazz piano for 6 years. In the year of 1992 he left conventional music and discovered the possibilities of electronic music. He made first steps as co-producer before he started his own label Poetenpop Records in 1997. From then he released his music using aliases such as Gary Rich, Drama or Drama Martini. In 2001, after an intensive and hard work, he produced his very important album My FRIEND FRIGO LP. This record was loved by the press and the public in the same way. Now the Popshop-Trademark was born: A new mixture between futuristic detroit techno and electronic advanced pop. A kind of music which doesn't just fit in one category because it's a mix of many different styles like electro, pop, house, digital funk, techno, post wave, indie and it has always got a special personal flair because of the voices, vocals and lyrics. In May of 2002 Oliver Kapp, head of Indulge/Raygun (Hamburg) signed Popshop for his album SALON BIZARRE, which appeared worldwide via Intergroove on CD and Double-Vinyl. The album received a few Nr 1-Chart-Features, namely in De:Bug, in Groove Mag/D and obtained maximum notes in all important fanzines, also in Spex. This album also contained a video clip called Role Model, played on VIVA Swizz and VIVA Germany. This clip also had a special appearance in the broadcasting show Electronic Beats on VIVA. One year later, in 2003, another outstanding album THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US was also released with Raygun and also contained tracks with female vocals by Stella-Loreen (Zurich) and Larissa Kapp (Hamburg). Due to the good feedback, Popshop was invited for two live shows to Montreal (Canada) in December 2004. After the ladies album Connection/Lost, it was time for a complete new experience in 2007. The album New Bones appeared as cd (digipac) and 12" limitied vinyl on the Alpinechic label by Andrea Pestoni followed by a special highlight 2008. The famous Electropop band Zoot Woman (UK) engages Popshop as their tour support for the Swiss live gigs.