Horst Weidenmüller

Horst Weidenmüller (1964 – 10 February 2025) was a German music executive producer, entrepreneur, and the founder of !K7 Music. He joined the music industry in the early 1980s as a producer of concert video footage of musicians in the punk music genre. He founded !K7 in 1985 and became an influential part of the Berlin techno music industry in the early 1990s. Weidenmüller curated and produced a popular techno music audiovisual series, X-Mix, which aired on MTV in the mid-1990s. He also served on the board of several trade associations, including the IMPALA where he was co-president until 2011. Since its founding in 2008, he also served on the board of the digital rights agency Merlin Network.