Mathias Kaden

Mathias Kaden’s musical roots lie between Jena and Gera, away from Germany’s larger clubbing centres. He discovered DJing in the mid-1990s, initially drawn to American vocal house before expanding into minimal arrangements. His mix compilations for Watergate, Cocoon and Groove document that range behind the decks.

Production began in 2001 with Marek Hemmann, a partnership that yielded five EPs for Freude am Tanzen. Kaden’s solo catalogue extended to Rekids, Vakant, Desolat, Watergate, Pets Recordings and Ovum, with the albums Studio 10 and Energetic as two substantial statements.