Hello and thanks for taking the time for our interview. Lets start with
the very beginning - when and where were you born?

You`re welcome! Well, I was born 1974 in a small town in north bavaria, Bad Kissingen/Germany.

Can you tell us a little bit about your birthplace?

It´s not a really big place, it is very popular at the older ages, many people from 60 up to ??? spend their holidays there, so it`s not a very moving place for young people. Thank`s god my family moved to the area of Munich when I was 12 years old.

When did you start to go out at night?

I started to go out when I was 16 or 17, but not really to clubs at that time due to my age.

Do you like neverending weekends, partying a lot?

It depends, sometimes it can be a lot of fun to travel around for days, but there are also weekends where I prefer to stay at home without any crowd around me.

What's special in Germany compared to other countries?

Germany is for sure one of the places where techno had the chance to grow the way it did. To be honest, in my eyes techno is somehow a kind of german thing – just as the common thought all the people have about germans: no humour, always on duty etc.

Did you ever move to foreign countries or did you always live there?

No, I always lived on Germany, but there were some points where I thought about maybe moving to London or Vienna, two of the most beatiful cities I know.

Tell us something about your production projects.
What do you think about techno and dance development over the years in general?

Techno with all its facettes has become the number one musicstyle for the nightlife due to the fact that it always has been changing and innovating something different from what we knew before. Unfortunately over the last couple of years the formerly common scene split up into different groups, now partly suffering from isolation and igonarence for other styles. Sad thing, and it`s our job as the dj`s to fight that!

What's your favorite track you ever produced?

Hard question! Well, as I am interested in different styles of techno, there`s no special track. Some of my favourites are “Dub in my mind” as a kind of personal reminescense to basicchannel (one of my alltime favourite labels) and as well “Risky Adventures”, both on my album. But I also still love my remix of “American Madness” for Chris or the first release on Default back in 2003.

Your first album will be out these days, how did it come together?

I was tired of producing only club-12”es all day long, I thought there must be something more and I felt the time was right to try to open the mind of the people to get interested again in versatile techno, not only one shape of sound.

What's important for a good techno production?

Bassdrum!

Which other producers do you like?

First of all I have to mention Martin L. Gore and Roland Orzabal, but I also admire Moritz von Oswald and the complete Basicchannel crew a lot, just as Michael Kohlbecker or most recent also Gabriel Ananda or the Dahlbäck-Clan.

Tell us a little bit about your studio set up. How do you work, what do you use?

Maybe it`s surprising for some of you, but I only produce the digital way. I use Logic as sequencer and a bunch of virtual synths and plugins.

So then. What do you like more - djing or producing?

Again a very hard question. Basically I expect myself to be a dj as this is the thing where the music thing began for me 12 years ago after collecting records for years. Meanwhile I also love to produce music, but it you have to see it as a kind of up and down: there are time where you have ideas and creativity and you put out tracks, then there is a time when nothing happens in front of the machine. But djing is always there. You can wake me up at 3 o`clock on a weekdays night and I will be happy to get up in order to spin records. It`s a kind of background that keeps everything together.

So it would be perfect combining those two - do you also play live?

No, I would rather be a bad liveact, I guess. I prefer djing, this is my profession in the club. There will always be much better liveacts than me!

What was the coolest party you have been playing recently?

The traditional x-mas party at my resident club Silo1 was fucking great! Especially because ot the fact the we made a voting for the lineup that night and the people voted me for #1, the atmosphere was one of the best I ever experienced.

What was the most exciting thing in your career?

My brasiltour in december 2004 that did not happen because of Air France trying to charge me 250 € for overweight baggage even that they were not able to mark my records as fragile. I wanted to take them in the cabine due to that reason, they did not let me so I had to cancel the whole tour! Never fly with Air France!!! Please…

Do you like to play on big raves or do you prefer familiar clubs?

Both is very charming, but in the end I prefer small clubs where I have a direct wire to the people – being connected to them is very important for me, I have to feel the vibe.

What's your favourite club?

Silo1, my resident club in Mühldorf (near Munich), but I also like Cazin (Cellar, Linz), Tresor (Berlin) as well as Lov.E (Sao Paulo).

What's in your recordcase right now, name some of the top dancefloor burners?

I like all sorts of techno that is not boring or has unteresting arrangements. I always try to combine different technostyles in one set, so it would not be fair to name some producers out of the whole thing. The combination is it, what makes the difference.

How do you get along with your female fans? Do you have a girlfriend?

To get along has a kind of bad attitude, it sounds like I have to get rid of them. I am not so famous that I expect this be stressful. I think it`s really cute when girls (and boys) are kind of excited about what I do. They deserve a smile and friendly communication in my eyes. As I have a girlfriend I am not about checking out what is possible or not.

What are you working on right now?

After a difficult period with no results in the studio I am right now back on the track as it seems and I am working in different things. I finished a first version of a remix from an old classic that you can only hear in my sets right now, and after some sound experiments I feel I have to bring out some more hard edged techno again as well. I want to make a follow up on default recordings and I am also interested in getting out some more stuff on Chris Liebing`s labels as he is the only one where I can put out my hard side.

What do you do in your "free time"?

Techno is not a job for me, I expect it to be a gift to earn money with what you love to do, so there`s basically no space I would call freetime. If I am not working with music I spend many time with my girlfriend and her two kids and in summertime I enjoy playing basketball and tennis.

What are you going to do in some years?

Techno, Eating, Sleeping, Techno, Eating, Sleeping…

Anything you would like to tell our readers?

Imagine it`s Friday, there are no technoclubs, no events, no electronic music, just charts and cheesy dancefloorhouse. Your friends spent most of their time in front of the PC, there are no records anymore and party is akind of strange thing… this will happen if the scene continues to split up in different groups! Consider if it is not even more interesting to hear all sorts of music within one night. Please don`t believe the hype, find your style but always remember that it`s only yours, so be open for other people and tastes – and everything nice will happen to you!