DJ LARS BIOGRAPHY

"After years of serious work behind the decks, Lars secured his reputation as one of the most in-demand DJ's right now." (2001 Nervous Records Catalog) Lars has been DJing globally for 11 years now. Besides every major city in the U.S., his DJing has brought him to Canada, Puerto Rico, Greece, Macedonia, Italy, Germany, England and many places in between. "His passion for the music is genuine and a listen to his track driven house mix will confirm it," says Jim Tremayne, editor of DJ Times in a cover-story article. Lars spent his childhood playing in an array of indie bands, but it was not until one fateful night at the Omen Club in Frankfurt in 1990, where he heard fellow countrymen DJ Sven Vath, that Lars decided to trade in his guitar and amp for two decks and a mixer. This led to a move to Italy where he was first exposed to the NY house sound of Strictly Rhythm and Nervous. Upon returning to Berlin he sharpened his DJ skills and was able to break into the competitive Berlin scene, by organizing and promoting some of the best parties the city has ever seen (Armand Van Helden played his first 2 Berlin gigs for Lars). In 1995, MTV asked Lars to move to London for the taping of the first European installment of "The Real World", a reality based show, with an audience of millions in 41 countries. While that kind of invasion of privacy is a high price to pay, he couldn't refuse the opportunity of living rent-free in the dance music capitol of the world. Lars found London "incredibly inspiring, everybody there is involved or at least has an understanding of dance music", and being a full-time DJ for the first time in his life, allowed him to focus on his career in a whole new

way. He took on a residency at the Leisure Lounge, promoted Saturdays at The Coliseum and played clubs such as Ministry of Sound. After the show, he returned home to play Love Parade and then packed his bags to realize a life-long dream: move to New York. Not knowing a single person and carrying only a box of records, two turntables and a mixer, Lars descended on the big apple with a deep passion for NY house music. "All my favorite producers and labels were in here, New York felt like the logical next step." A guest-spot at NY's Vinyl got the underground dance music community talking and Lars became an in-demand DJ, playing more than 30 U.S. cities a year." He has a successfull series of mixtapes called "Resident Alien" and in the summer of 1999 released a mix CD, "Sm:)e Mix Session 4", on Sm:)e Communication. Mixer Magazine called the CD "peppered with surprises in a nice twist to the usual 4/4 thump-a-thon" and CMJ wrote " the mix is further highlighted by his formidable deck skills, characterized by his long blending of tracks and intelligent track placement". The release was followed by a 15 city North America tour, which included Sound Factory in NYC, Karma in Boston, Shampoo in Philadelphia, Release in San Francisco and Much Music TV in Canada. In 2000 he became a resident DJ, with his own mix-show, at netmix.com. While known for his sound of deep, chunky progressive house, in recent years, Lars has also made a name for himself as a DJ for fashion shows and downtempo sets at lounges and private parties. Lars is a technical consultant to the DJ division of Pioneer Electronics and was involved in the creation of the DJM-600 mixer and the CDJ-1000 CD-player. He has been a featured panelist at the Billboard Dance Music Summit and the DJ Expo and lately spends a lot of time producing in the studio. He just finished the track "Watching me" for a movie (in which he acts as well) called "The Wedding Video", which has been selling out festivals all over the country and just got picked up by Warner Brothers.