ドイツ、ハンブルク出身のDJ/プロデューサーMarc Schneider。かつてはPublic
EnemyやSchooly Dに影響を受けHip Hopを追究していたMarcだが、1991年、Front
やOpera Houseといった伝説的なクラブでhouse/technoと出会いエレクトロニックミ
ュージックに傾倒していくこととなる。翌年からDJとしての活動を開始し、その類ま
れな才能で瞬く間に、国内外のイベントでプレイするトップDJへの仲間入りを果たす。
世界中を飛び回るアーティストとなった現在でも、各地のクラブでレジデントとして
もプレイし、また、1996年に設立したディストリビューターであるword and soundで
は、メインバイヤー/セールスマネージャーとして活躍し、多くのDJやリスナーをサ
ポートすることでシーンを根底から支える活動を行っている。
あらゆる角度からダンスミュージックに関わり、house/technoの隅々までを知り尽
くしたMarc Schneiderのセットは底知れない。
Like so many other figureheads in the house and techno scene hamburg's
influential DJ and producer Marc Schneider got his first taste for dance
music via Hip Hop and golden generation artists like Public Enemy, Schooly D
or Boogie Down Productions before visits to the legendary, groundbreaking
club Front and other influential venues like Opera House and Unit introduced
him to house and techno in 91. He instantly caught the bug for electronic
music, absorbed it's sounds and lifestyle and made it his own, which led to
his debut as a DJ only one year later. Blessed with a rare talent he secured
gigs in hotspots all over germany almost immediately, was spinning on a
global scale as soon as 1994 and held it down at big events like the Love
Parade from there on. Yet he never steared away from the original grassroots
approach of the movement and helped organize trend-settings events like
'link', 'pure energy', 'cubic club' and later the inventive 'planeten und
blumen' club as well as keeping regular residencies at the famous 'golden
pudel club' and the 'click'.
He also helped others DJs and fans getting the platters that matter by
joining container distribution ( probably the first company bringing house
wax to germany ) in 1996. Later he split from Container and founded with
others the 'word and sound' distribution company were he is still shaping
the taste of a nation as main buyer and sales manager. As if all this wasn't
enough this jack of all trades also has a few 12' releases and remixes under
his belt.
Never having missed any major development or pivotal release in quality
dance music, Marc can flex is DJ-muscles in so many different ways and
sensibly guide the crowd through a tasteful and kicking mixture of all
things house and techno.