Michael Abel-Larsen, known as DJ Banel or Michael Banel, hails from Copenhagen and is a founder and co-owner of the legendary Iboga Records, IbogaTech and Sofa Beats labels, together with Emok.With a DJ career starting in 1988, his musical journey has travelled through more than three decades, countless countries and an unimaginable number of stages. From the early acid house era of the 80s to founding Iboga Records in the 90s and now, Banel has been at the forefront of trends in the electronic scene since the early days to whip dance floors into a frenzy around the world.Today you can find Banel dropping either massive Peak time techno bangers or destroying dance floors with thumping progressive trance sets. Whichever style you choose, though, one feature of his performances remains the same: expertly crafted arrangements take rapturous listeners through the peaks and troughs of the genre on a musical journey to elation. One of the international scene’s established taste-makers, Banel’s access to the freshest sounds and sense for ‘the next big thing’ has taken him around the world, even to this day, playing major events and festivals like Boom, Ozora, Elements Copenhagen and many more, driven by pure passion for the music and the scene, there is no sign of Banel slowing down any time soon.Banel is also one half of the duo MVMB, Martin Vice, Michael Banel, releasing more than 40 singles as well as the full-length album “The Sleeper Must Awaken” on Iboga Records in 2016 and the follow-up “Phase 01” in 2019, released on Ibogatech.Among the many release projects Michael Banel and his labelpartner Emok arrange every year together with a wide range of artists, Michael Banel now curate a Peak time techno series on Iboga Records, that resonates with his current inspirations, ambitions and direction for his DJ sets, collabs and own productions in the time to come.