Fabian Lenz is a German DJ,

Techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempo often varying between 120 and 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often ch ...

musician and events producer, who was also known before under the moniker DJ Dick.

Life and career

Lenz has three siblings. His brother is Maximilian Lenz alias DJ WestBam. His sister Seraphina Lenz is an artist. Lenz has been working as a DJ since 1984. In 1985 he founded the record label

Low Spirit Low Spirit Recordings was a German techno record label. History Founded in 1986 by Maximilian Lenz ( Westbam), Fabian Lenz (DJ Dick), William Röttger, Klaus Jankuhn and Sandra Molzahn. The first record was WestBam's ''17 - This Is Not a Bo ...

together with his brother Maximilian Lenz, producer Klaus Jankuhn, Sandra Molzahn and

William Röttger Wilhelm Christian "William" Röttger (1948 – 28 February 2015) was a German label owner, music manager and gallery owner. Röttger co-founded the influential German techno label Low Spirit and managed the music festival Mayday. Life William R� ...

. One of the most important acts on the label has been Marusha, which was in a relationship with Lenz at that time. In 1988 Lenz released a few singles and EPs on Low Spirit, most of which have been produced together with Klaus Jankuhn. Lenz also remixed tracks by Raver’s Nature (''Somebody Scream'', 1996) and Genlog (''More Music'', 1998). Lenz also initiated the idea for Germany's largest indoor-rave ''

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'', which was established in 1991 in order to save the East German youth radio station

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, which should be liquidated after the

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in 1989. At the end of the 1990s Lenz stopped working as a DJ and only rarely produced further music. In 2001 Lenz became Managing director of Love Parade GmbH, which organised the annual

Loveparade The Love Parade (german: Loveparade) was a popular electronic dance music festival and technoparade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held annually in Berlin from 1989 to 2003 and in 2006, then from 2007 to 2010 in the Ruhr ...

s.Rave-Experte Celik: „Die Loveparade braucht jede Unterstützung“
at faz.net, 12 July 2002 End of 2004 he resigned from that post after he was demoralized by the job which he described as "treading water". In May 2007 Lenz together with

Dimitri Hegemann Dietmar-Maria "Dimitri" Hegemann (born August 26, 1954) is a German nightclub owner, cultural activist and community organizer, currently living and working in Berlin, Germany. Early life and career Dimitri Hegemann was born in Werl of Westfalia ...

reopened the Berlin technoclub '' Tresor''. In 2009 and 2010Leinen los für Party in der Arena
at tagesspiegel.de, 9 July 2010 Lenz organized the „Berlin, Beats & Boats“ techno parties on steamboats. Scooter mentions Lenz in their 1994 song Hyper Hyper, during which lead singer H.P. Baxxter reads out the name of numerous DJs.

Discography

* 1988: DJ Dick – ''Exzess'' (

) * 1990: DJ Dick – ''On A Mission'' (Low Spirit) * 1991: DJ Dick – ''Weekend'' (Low Spirit) * 1992: DJ Dick – ''No Chill Out Necessary'' (Low Spirit) * 1992: Number 5 (with Klaus Jankuhn) – ''Alright Alright'' (Low Spirit) * 1993: DJ Dick – ''L.O.S.T.'' (Low Spirit) * 1993: DJ Dick – ''Lost On Mayday'' (Low Spirit) * 1993: DJ Dick – ''The Iron Raver'' (Low Spirit) * 1995: DJ Dick – ''Sono In Coma'' (Low Spirit) * 1995: DJ Dick – ''Sono In Coma (The Remixes)'' (Low Spirit) * 1996: DJ Dick – ''Paraguys'' (Low Spirit) * 1996: Number 5 (with Klaus Jankuhn) – ''Untitled'' (Low Spirit UK Ltd) * 1999: Worst Case Scenario (with Kay Lippert) – ''Let Me See You M.Y.B.'' (Electric Kingdom) * 2000: Dicktator (with Maximilian Lenz, Klaus Jankuhn) – ''Weekend'' (Electric Kingdom)

External links

*
Interview with Lenz in Frontpage 09/1994
(German)

(German)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenz, Fabian Club DJs German DJs German techno musicians Living people Electronic dance music DJs Year of birth missing (living people)