DJ Koze

Known for highly inventive crowd-pleasers, DJ Koze is one of the most adventurous and consistently entertaining producers of post-millennial techno. The Hamburg native combines a good ear for warm melodies with an enthusiastic attitude toward experimentation as well as a cheeky, offbeat sense of humor. He grew up a hip-hop fanatic before getting into house, and by the mid-2000s he was somewhat of a secret weapon of the esteemed Cologne-based techno label Kompakt. Remixes for the likes of Matthew Dear, Battles, and Caribou helped raise his profile, and he broke through with the...