I’m a techno/hardcore dj from tirol, the western part of austria. I started spinning vinyl in 2003, progressing quickly and constantly developing my skills i had my first public appearances in a small club in january04. I then soon performed at the biggest techno event in western austria, the Filmriss Volume 9. Playing in front of hundrets of crazy people for the first time was one of the most intense moments i ever experienced. And now, several years later, i’m still addicted to the feelings that rise when I blast my favourite music through 10.000 watt PA systems, making people scream and dance their asses off....
After more than 10 years of passively listening to electronic music of all sorts, I got into the "dj thing" with classic techno tracks from respected producers like chris liebing or adam beyer, which, at that time, was a new experience to me. Over the time i became more interested in harder forms of techno, and, like many others, showed serious interest in the emerging hardtechno scene (aka shranz, in europe). However, not forgetting about all the music i was listening to in the years before, i soon realized that this genre most of the time copied itself instead of beeing original, and most of the releases lacked not just originality, but serious production quality.
As a result, I decided to stop playing "hardtechno" and focus on classic techno productions, music with "brain and soul", as i like to call it. So, if I play techno now, I’ll most probably present you tracks from Ortin Cam, Eric Sneo, Jeroen Liebregts, Tom Hades, Dean Rodell, Chris Liebing, Dave Clarke, Brixton, Adam Beyer, Henrik B, Hardcell, Secret Cinema, Alex Bau... to name only a few. Tracks with synths or even melodies and lot’s of groove.... if it gets rough, i do enjoy stuff like Glenn Wilson, The Anxious, Robert Natus, DJ Ogi, the Protocast label, Paul Langley & Dj Bam Bam, Greg NoTill...
On the other hand, i still have my desires for hard and fast music, so i also like to play more techno-influenced styles of hardcore like "Industrial" or "Darkcore". Despite beeing pretty hard and aggressive, the diversity found in this kind of music is something that most hardtechno producers never managed to accomplish. If you hear me spin this kind of music, then it will most likely be raw tunes from masterminds like OPHIDIAN and all his friends on the META4 label, as well as most of the productions that come out on DJ PROMO’s THIRD MOVEMENT imprint - e.g. Peaky Pounder, N-Vitral, etc.
Right from the beginning, my style was all about diversity, and this now holds true more than ever before. I don’t understand djs who like to play the same kind of tunes for two hours straight - therefore the most important thing for me is to play a bit of "everything. Drop a cheesy trance track on earshattering hard techno or maybe mix some melodic drum n bass with industrial-hardcore or maybe just madonna’s newest release with some breakbeat techno. Who cares if it’s cheesy? Playing what i like is what counts, and not repeating the same schemed tracks for 90 minutes is my highest priority. So don’t confuse me with all those other artists who think everything above 135bpm is evil or nothing exists below 160bpm. You people are boring and dull and you don’t know how to diversify your performance.
One final thing to say: unlike many other dj’s I wasn’t suddenly "into techno" because I went on a random party and felt the urge to start deejaying. I’m into electronic music for a long time, I have always loved it and I always will. Despite others who just follow fads, play minimal techno because it’s "in" or schranz because "the people want it", I will always stay true to the music that *I* love. And no one is ever gonna change that!
