Markus Schulz

Markus Schulz

Markus Schulz is a German electronic, progressive trance and trance producer and DJ from Eschwege, Germany. He is known for dark, brooding but melodic productions and DJ sets, and for using edits and reconstructions of well-known songs in his performances.

He is based in Miami, Florida, and also works from Berlin. His music draws on the contrast between studio work and live performance: he says that each informs the other, with crowd reaction shaping ideas for the studio and new productions feeding back into his sets.

Radio, releases and label work

Schulz heads Coldharbour Recordings, which operates in cooperation with Armada. He is also associated with Coldharbour Red Recordings. His weekly radio show, Global DJ Broadcast, is broadcast on more than 30 stations worldwide, and his Ibiza Summer Sessions programme begins in 2006 as a way of bringing the Ibiza summer atmosphere to listeners who are not there in person.

His album Progression follows his debut album and presents his trademark melodic trance alongside chilled tracks, guitars and vocal parts. He also releases annual mix compilations for Armada Music, including Amsterdam ’08, which he chooses as a nod to cities that matter to him personally.

Touring and career profile

Schulz appears in a wide range of international club and festival settings, including Amnesia in Ibiza, Tomorrowland in Belgium, Mysteryland and Trance Energy in the Netherlands, Nature One in Germany and Distant Heat in Jordan. He also plays in cities across Australia, New Zealand, Russia, China, Trinidad, Romania, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Slovakia, the UK and major US cities including Boston, Los Angeles and New York.

He is described as a global touring DJ with a strong fan base, and his work is closely linked to the cities of Miami and Amsterdam, both of which he treats as important influences on his sound and career.

Associated acts

He is connected with Edge Factor, Sipping Soma, New World Punx and Niskala.