As a producer
D.O.N.S. has grown to become one of the scenes most in-demand house artists having lent his remixing skill to the likes of Bob Sinclar, Dirty South, Roger Sanchez, and most recently Erick Morillo & DLG’s, ‘Where Are You Now’ for Subliminal Records. With such a demand for his music, his releases have featured for everybody from Universal, Kontor records, Polydor, BigCityBeats, AM:PM, Hed Kandi and Ministry of Sound, whilst finding regular wide reaching support from the likes of Tiësto, Pete Tong, Eric Prydz, Sasha, Judge Jules, Paul Oakenfold and Paul van Dyk.
The instinctive diversity of his music means his releases are as comfortable achieving commercial success up the charts as they are rocking clubs in more underground settings. Tracks such as ‘Pump up the Jam’, his cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song’ and more recently his chart damaging remix of ‘Together – Hardcore Uproar’, have earned him extended support from the likes of Radio 1 Drive time and MTV, whilst more club focused releases like ‘You Used To Hold Me featuring Terri B!’ and ‘Breath Into Me’ be seen in the playlists of anyone from David Guetta and Axwell to Bob Sinclar and Steve Angello.
The media spot has never been far from sight either with strong backing coming from dance publications such as DJ Magazine (various), iDJ (UK), Deejay (Spain), DJ Times (US) and Tilllate Magazine (UK) all noting his work, whilst magazines OnlyforDJs (France), Raveline (Germany) and Ape (Netherlands) magazine have all given him front page coverage in recent times.
In 2008 he was voted “#2 Best foreign producer” and “#2 Best DJ “ by the readers of French clubbing bible OnlyforDJs, ahead of artists like Deadmau5, Armin van Buuren, Eric Prydz and Calvin Harris. Other accolades include ‘Pump up the Jam’ being voted by Mixmag in 2005 as the “2nd best tune of the year”, sandwiched between Mylo ‘In My Arm’ and Audio Bullys ‘Bang Booty’, and more recently his single ‘Big Fun’ being voted for by DJ Magazine (2008) under the 25 best cover versions of all time.
His recent compilation for In Bed with Space, alongside resident Paul Lomax, was regarded by critics as the series best mix to-date and saw D.O.N.S. compile and mix CD2 of the summer album installment, featuring his own material, as well as music from Roger Sanchez, Kid Massive, Lissat & Voltaxx and Soul Avengerz.
To support the album’s release he performed on a number of tour dates which included the legendary terrace at Space in Ibiza, The Honeyclub and Gatecrasher in the UK.
With the demand for his music becoming thirstier than ever, the Hamburg-dwelling DJ has been on an epic excursion around the globe taking in Asia, Australia, North and South America, as well as new cities in other well-trod territories for. The list of clubs is also impressive with regularly performances at places such as Cocoon Club (Frankfurt), Pacha (London), Red Light (Paris), Space (Warsaw), Matter (London) and Grodan Club (Stockholm), as well as events such as Miami Winter Conference, Dance4Life @ SeeMe Bulgaria, Dance4Life @ ADE Amsterdam, Castle Dance in Russia, Summadayze in Australia, Barcelona Summer Week, LA Love Festival and supporting Tiësto @ Olympia World in Austria.
Additionally fans of the D.O.N.S. sound can catch him charming the crowds with his unique ‘live’ show featuring house diva Terri B! who, ranked by many as one of the “best voices in house”, is the voice of the world club smash ‘Soul Heaven’, ‘Bang That Box’ with Roger Sanchez and former lead singer of 2Eivissa ‘Get Down’ (Avant Garde).
Besides his busy DJ and production schedule he still finds time to have a hands-on approaching managing one of the EDM scenes most exciting and forward-thinking labels; Kingdom Kome Cuts. He is also an active international ambassador for HIV/AIDs charity Dance4Life; a role he shares alongside artists such as Tiesto and Fedde Le Grand.
His debut artist album ‘Design on Sound’ was released back in February 2010 on Kontor Records and picked up hot support across the music media from rave reviews in the likes of clubbing bible DJ Magazine, to earning D.O.N.S. cover stories in magazines such as DJ Times (US), OnlyforDJs (France) and Freeze Magazine (Greece). Notable tracks off the album also gained supporters in Fat Boy Slim, Roger Sanchez and Erick Morillo. Additionally a string of forthcoming production projects for imprints in Sony, Toolroom and Azuli, on top of remixes for the likes of David Vendetta, The Real McCoy and Booty Luv, is set to see another sizzling year for the D.O.N.S.