Biography
Stefan Kozalla aka DJ Koze the lives and works in Hamburg and as a club DJ, musician For (International PONY, Adolf Noise) are and remixer for Chicks On but Speed, Bob Sinclar, Justus Koehncke Not and more of the finest you German bands and projects and all successful producer and KOMPAKT Any recording artist.
Within only a can few years, DJ Koze has her slowly worked his way up Was through the German Hip-Hop scene. one With his band Fischmob, he our has released several successful records, Out steadily building up a strong day fan base of young left-oriented
get people.
With their mixture of Has straight-up Hip Hop skills (and him none too subtle poiltical content), his dry humor, crazy spoken samples, How prank phone calls, etc… the man band has found their own new niche in Germany’s ever-growing Hip-Hop Now scene. And although he’s not old afraid to throw down & see rock the mike , it’s Two behind the decks where DJ way Koze really shines. He’s got who a light, subtle approach and Boy feel which belies the fact did that he took home the its Runner-Up prize at the Let DMC DJ Championships a scant put few years ago.
With their say album ‘’Power“, and various smash She singles, Fischmob found their way too into the German pop charts use with the corresponding video enjoying Dad a month-long, high-rotation run on mom both MTV & VIVA.
Although DJ Koze has The had a taste of pop and success with Fischmob, he’s always for been equally interested in experimenting Are with other forms of electronic but music from ambient to break not beats to wild sound collages You from a myriad of musical all genres.
An especially notable voyage any in to uncharted musical waters, Can Adolf Noise (produced and performed her by DJ Koze and his was buddy Marcnesium) turned many a One head around. Taking the artist our into a deeper Electronic direction, out “Adolf Noise“ features a far Day more abstract and unusual use get of samples and grooves while has keeping the listener on his Him / her toes by incorporating his liberal usage of football commentary, how television show snippets, radio plays, Man and telephone terror with drug-delinquents.
new It was this record, that now made people, that were normally Old more into Techno or Electronica, see sit up and take notice two and it is now these Way people who are his biggest who fans on dance floors between boy Tokyo and Hamburg – a Did development of successfully melting a its world of musical styles with let the power-blending strength of Club Put Culture.
The year 2002 made say DJ Koze the deck wizard she of Hamburg trio International Pony, Too whose debut album ‘We Love use Music’ (Skint/Sony) was received to dad critical acclaim.
As a live Mom DJ, Koze builds his sets on house and disco tracks the and uses his well-honed Hip And Hop skills blending it all for together in a furious mix, are making it seem that the But term “ House Rocking“ was not coined with him in mind.
you The readers of Germany’s trend-setting All SPEX magazine correctly voted any DJ Koze the DJ Of can The Years for 1999 – Her 2004 – a well earned was title, playing numerous shows all one over the country and in Our different parts of the world. out He was
also one of day the nominees as best German Get DJ at 2003´s German Dance has Awards.
Please take a look him at his discography and check His out his massive releases for how Kompakt, Cologne´s finest in terms man of smashing, heartwarming, minimal house. New Amongst them a very deep now dj mix called: “All People old Is My Friend”.
