BIOGRAPHY
Born in Hannover/Westphalia, Matchbox unsurprisingly had the preference for clubbing in cities such as Berlin Frankfurt, Kassel or Hamburg from 1993 on.
Affected by this early Rave-experience there was no other way for him than to dedicate his life to spinning records and become a DJ himself. From 1997 on, he fanatically started buying records which almost ruined his life. The urge to present music to other people has not slowed down until today. Even now, his friends are forced to listen to his new acquisitions and his latest DJ-Sets.
In1998, he started his own broadcast 'Seitensprung' for a local radio station to reach a wider audience with his music. Thus, he got first gigs in various bars and clubs.
After relocating to Berlin in 2000, he co-founded a new broadcast called 'Digital Gadget' for a college radio station. Partially due to the well-known guest DJ appearances and interview partners (Daniel Miller, Jeff Mills, Blake Baxter, Baby Ford, Monolake and Lfo, to name a few) gigs in various Berlin locations followed.
At that time, he started working for various small record stores which gave him the perfect opportunity to upgrade his ever-growing record collection.
In 2003, he got lucky to start up Rotation record store. From start on, he was the responsible person for 'DJ-affairs'. In his position as main buying agent he could help establish a brand name: two years later, Rotation as s become one of Berlin's top record stores, well-known beyond the cities boundaries.
Naturally, working at Rotation brought new acquaintances and friendships to club owners and fellow DJs which resulted in bookings for more established clubs.
It was in early 2004 when he first met M.a.n.d.y. No two months later, he was playing Cookies Bar and opening for them at their monthly residency in Weekend club.
Clubs like Watergate, Panoramabar,Tresor, Cookies, Klub der Visionare, Badeschiff, Cafe Moskau, Weekend (Resident mit Mandy) were soon to follow, not to mention semi-official Parties, with Dj T, Ata, Blake Baxter, Dinky, Trevor Jackson,Radioslave, MyMy, Drama Society, Jay Haze and the likes.
Still longing for the good old days, he is never satisfied with an ordinary DJ-Set and thus demands everything from himself and the crowd. That is why he prefers sets in the small hours, or as he puts it: 'you have the freedom to experiment, then, and people are willing'.
That is why he always tries to surprise the audience and does not want to come up with recent top 10 tunes you can hear everywhere.
To him, spinning records is not a job, but a privilege. His spirit is still strong and the party will be on until the last one has gone home (or collapsed)
In July 2005, Matchbox teamed-up with a friend, working hard on their own productions.
His plans for 2006: release the first own tracks and fulfil his childhood dream of his own label.
