Much has happened since the early 90s when Moguai organised parties in
a youth club close to his hometown together with some friends and
performed his first gig. Electronic music has long since grown up and
Moguai with it. Now he has his very own style and entertains with his
sets ranging across TechHouse, Breaks and Techno-Electro in the
smallest clubs as well as at the biggest open-air events.
Unsurprisingly, the readers of “Raveline” magazine voted him
breakthrough artist of the year in 2002 and he was celebrated from
Sydney to Byron Bay on his 2004 tour of Australia and New Zealand. He
was even voted best international act 2005 in New Zealand and best DJ
by “Prinz Ruhrgebiet” magazine in the same year. But also at German
events like Time Warp, Sensation White, Nature One, Mayday or the
Loveparade, Moguai has always been and still is an important act.
However, he is not only a DJ for the big events. He also mans the decks
in clubs around the country and abroad. As far afield as England and
South Africa Moguai creates an energetic party mood and fills the dance
floors. To only see Moguai as a DJ would be a big mistake. In 1998 he had a top
ten hit with “The Final”, which he produced together with colleague
Phil Fuldner. Other products, like for example his debut-EP “Best
Before End”, released in 1993, or the later “Dial M for Moguai” paved
him the way to the top of Germany’s best producers. Moguai also owns
the record label PUNX which was launched in 2001. The first release,
his own track “The Rock”, turned the scene upside down.
The follow-up “U know Y” became the most popular track on the Mayday
festival and the top selling sold vinyl in Germany. Since this track
was used for the Sugababes-single “In the middle”, it has made an
international breakthrough. Moguai and his colleague Phil Fuldner mixed
the song in co-operation with Sugababes’ producer Brian Higgins. For
this work Moguai was awarded double platinum in Great Britain in 2005.
In the same year the single “Sasha (Sex Secret)” which Moguai wrote
with Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart (aka 2raumwohnung) received gold in
Germany.
The label PUNX produced successful releases as for example
“Old’n’New” and “Freaks”. In 2003 Superstar Recordings discovered
Moguai and signed him directly. Besides producing his own material,
Moguai is an internationally acclaimed remixer and has been able to
bring his style to tracks by well-known acts such as X-Press2 feat.
David Byrne (Talking Heads), Fischerspooner, Timo Maas and
2raumwohnung. Moguai’s 2005 remix of the club hit “Geht’s noch” by
Roman Flügel (Alter Ego) was released worldewide together with the
original.
In 2006, Moguai produced and represented the Hymn of the dance events
Sensation White, witch he played as DJ the second time in Germany.
By the same time he released on his label PUNX some great upcoming
artists with some great remixes of Robert Barbicz, Guy Gerber, Meat
Katie and more. Apart new Moguai tracks like “Robot Soul” and “Ataque”
on his own brand PUNX, he released new mixes of his great release
“Freaks” together with Tocadisco and enjoyed worldwide credits again.