Tobias. (spelt: Tobias. with a period!) needs little introduction since his name has been echoing around the world's dance floors for more than two decades now and his one of a kind sound just speaks for itself.
His recordings have animated dancefloors and enthralled critics all over the world over the past several years and he has built a large following in Japan as well by performing amazing sets at events such as Labyrinth, Rainbow Disco Club and Star Festival not to mention clubs like Womb and the now defunct Eleven & Origami.
Tobias. has released on labels such as, Ostgut Ton, Perlon, Cadenza, Bpitch to name just a few and remixed artists like Efdemin, Los Updates, D'Julz and many more.
As minimal techno has risen and fallen, as deep house has gone from guilty pleasure to crate staple, Tobias. has worked steadily away, synthesizing elements from decades of electronic experimentation into one of the most distinctive styles in contemporary electronic dance music. How do you even begin to sum that up? One phrase: "Non Standard Is the Standard." If you had to articulate Tobias Freund's musical philosophy in a single phrase, that would almost certainly be it. It's right there in the names: in his record label Non Standard Productions and also Non Standard Institute, his collaborative project with Max Loderbauer. Of course, everyone wants to be non-standard nowadays. What makes Tobias. different? What earns him the right to the Non Standard tag? With a life's work (that sounds so much nicer than "career") reaching back to include more than 20 years of composition, experimentation, performance and professional engineering work, Tobias. has learned what makes a standard work. It's those lessons that allow him to step beyond the known, to create something radically new, in every one of his records.
Tobias. knows sound from the inside out, thus he effortlessly merges his whole spectrum into a performance that is all him, transforming the complex textures and gripping rhythms that make his music so fascinating into experiences where listening and dancing are one, and a whole life of music leads to ever new innovations. As it happens. On the spot.