Bernt Köhler-Adams, born 1951, took piano lessons as a child and early on fancied a career as a professional pianist. But he then decided to study German literature and sociology instead and worked as a grammar school teacher in Hamburg before taking over two restaurant as manager as well as cook. During the 1970s, Köhler-Adams started to play music again and became singer, composer and keyboarder for several bands.

In the beginning of the 1980s, Köhler-Adams and Frank Otto founded "Goya", a rock band that recorded several singles. Furthermore, he worked as a composer and songwriter for several theatres in Hamburg. In 2000, Köhler-Adams and Frank Otto started to compose music which eventually lead to the development of the multi media experimental film "TRIP – Remix Your Experience". Köhler-Adams also wrote the screenplay to this movie. In 2005, he and Frank Otto founded "Ferryhouse Productions", a production and marketing company for multi media projects.