Michael Kersting


Michael Bernard Kersting, 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 " 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 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 for the production of the 2015 album Schön kaputt by Sondaschule.

List of albums and singles as producer, composer and publisher

With Sasha
Albums
Singles
with Young Deenay
Alben
Singles
with Der Wolf
Alben
Singles
with Ben
Alben
Singles
Various artists
Film score