Wo sonst nur strenge „4 to the floor“ Beats ihren Weg in das DJ Set finden, herrscht bei DJ Hell vorurteilsfreier Ekletizismus: Italo-Disco, Wave, Hip Hop, Industrial, Acid House oder Techno. Es gibt nichts was DJ Hell in seiner Höllenküche nicht kunstvoll zusammenbrauen könnte.
Für alle die den smarten Wiener im Vorjahr versäumt haben, gibt es jetzt noch einmal die Chance ihn anzusehen bzw. –hören. Da werden nicht nur die Frauenherzen höher schlagen!
Roland Appel started producing music and spinning records in the early nineties. He was a member of Fauna Flash ( together with christian Prommer ) and the Trüby Trio ( with rainer trüby + christian prommer ). They produced 3 studio albums with these projects and one dj kicks with the trüby trio. 2002 he was releasing one album with his projekt with peter kruder and christian prommer called voom:voom. with every project he toured the world and played the big clubs and festivals (roskilde festival, sonne mond und sterne, sunflower, big chill, 10 days off, montreux jazz festival, sonar festival, fabric london, cielo new york, weekend berlin, yellow tokio, etc... 2004 he moved to paris france and lived there for 1 and a half year. During that time he started to write music for his solo career. After returning to munich / germany he teamed up with engineer jan krause to start recording. For all the vocals he brought the singer araba walton in, a high profile singer/ actress who had exactly the strange vibe he was looking for to put the songs to the next level.
Henrik Schwarz was born and raised in South Germany where he also took his first musical steps as a DJ in local Clubs playing Rap, Hip Hop, Rare Groove and Jazz and Detroit Techno. Soon after he started to spin regularly he was also interested in computer music production and started to do his own tracks in 1992 with a few drummachines and synths. When he got his first Laptop in 1998 he began integrating it in his DJ-Sets and soon the Laptop played an important role in all his music activities. The software got better and better and Henrik was enjoying the new possibilities. Over the last years with international bookings all around the globe Henrik improved his HENRIK SCHWARZ LIVE show and is now one of the most requested live acts in the dance scene.
MUNK is the band of MATHIAS MODICA. One of the two owners of the GOMMA LABEL from Germany. Mathias is half German and half Italian. He releases music under the name of Munk, travels around the world as a DJ and with his MUNK band, runs the Gomma label with his friend Jonas Imbery, does T shirt designs, produces music for independent fashion shows, does soundinstallations and organizes exhibitions (the MondoGomma shows that have been taken place in Tokio, Stockholm, Berlin a.o. cities).
When Dixon entered the Berlin club circuit in the early 90’s, he established his name on the strength of DJing. Back then, confidence or experience based on putting out mixes in the internet did not matter as much as it does now. You had to do your practice, of course, but when your thing was good and tight enough to take it to the clubs, there were opportunities to do so. But those opportunities meant responsibilities. A residency did not mean playing the same club every once in a while, it meant playing the same club every week. Dixon was always more than happy to spend this much time on his nights, because he takes his profession seriously. It is exactly what matters most to him. He has always been and he always will be a DJ first.
Spätestens seit ihrem Floorfiller "Hormony", der unter anderem bei Carl Craig und Gilles Peterson auf Hot Rotation lief, sind die beiden Wahl-Berliner zum international hofierten DJ- und Producer-Team aufgestiegen. Ihre musikalischen DJ-Ausflüge sind dabei seit jeher mit Spaß verbunden. Da kann es durchaus vorkommen, dass sich zu kolossalen Bassdrums plötzlich Discohymnen oder wilde Synthesizer-Attacken dazugesellen. Clubs sind schließlich nicht für Diskussionen rund um Poptheorie gebaut worden, sondern für eine Party. Sweat all over the place!
