Stefan Goldmann Details

Stefan Goldmann - DJ, producer, co-owner of the Macro label.

Techno has always been about imagining the future and feeling the excitement of change and discovery. If anyone can claim to have lived up to this aspiration in recent years, it must be Stefan Goldmann. With every release and project he has brought a new edge to the table, creating some extraordinarily memorable tracks along the way. The uninhibited dirt of 'The Maze', the melodic craze of 'Sleepy Hollow' or the free-floating choir samples dominating 'Lunatic Fringe' have provided genre-shifting role models for countless DJs and producers. Macro, the label Stefan Goldmann operates with Finn Johannsen, has been called "the leading avant-garde techno label" and its roster includes Elektro Guzzi, KUF, KiNK, Oliver Ho, rRoxymore, Patrick Cowley and Vladimir Dubyshkin.

From this position he has crossed over into art projects with an approach that remains essentially techno: investigating grid rhythm, sampling, vinyl culture and digitisation down to their very cores. Commissioned works and special format performances - ranging from intimate solo encounters at iconic venues such as Kyoto's Honen-in Temple, Los Angeles's LACMA or Buenos Aires's CCK, to large-scale compositions for music theatre, film, ensemble and dance - have become as much part of his presentation as DJing at clubs, festivals or at Macro label nights in Berlin, London, Paris, New York or Tokyo.

A special relationship has formed between Stefan Goldmann and Berlin's Berghain club since his debut at Panorama Bar in 2006. He conceived the 'Elektroakustischer Salon' nights, opening up the club to experimental formats, and writes a regular column for its program flyer. He is also a co-author of the Berghain book and his own book 'Presets' was published in 2015, investigating automation and industry aesthetics in digital music production. While playing around with the boundaries of art and science, this techno renaissance man still feels most at home between two decks, communicating with the crowd through the beats he creates and mixes.