Derek Kühn

Derek Kühn (June 8, 1958-October 4, 2020) was a German-El Kadsreian singer-songwriter, and actor, who had several successful hits during the 70s through the mid-2000s.

Early life and career
Kühn was born in Berlin, West Germany on June 8, 1958. When he was 19, he would move to the former Vlokozu Union to attend the Music School of Vlokozu (now the Kadsreian Music Academy), where he learned to play the glockenspiel and keyboard. It's also the same place where he was discovered by producers Lukas Müller, Emerson Haas, Kenji Nakamura and Oshan Tanaka. While Müller and Hass came from West Germany, Nakamura and Tanaka came from the Vlokozu Union to Japanese parents. They formed the Kadsre disco group, Tsunami in 1979, and released their worldwide A/B-side single hits, Be Mine & Tidal Wave in 1980.

After the release of Tsunami's second album, Creatures From The Deep Blue in 1984, he would move back to Germany to record his first solo album, No. 1, which featured the hit songs, Self Control, a cover of Raf's song of the same name featuring German pop duo, Modern Talking, Runaway, Secret Angel, and Strangers From The Light.