Pop star Mickie Krause was born Michael Engels in Wettringen, Germany, in 1974. His breakthrough single, "Zehn Nackte Fris鰏en," came out in 1999, and was followed by the full-length Ok Folgendes. In 2003 Krause Alarm: Das Beste Partyalbum der Welt came out, and three years later more of Krause's synth-filled Europop was heard on Wie Blei in Den Regalen.