Stefan Kozalla (born 1972), better known as DJ Koze (), is a German DJ and music producer.

Biography

Born in

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

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, Kozalla first became known in the

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

music scene. In the early 1990s, he started as a rapper and DJ for various hip-hop groups in Flensburg. In 1991, DJ Koze reached second place in the German DMC Championship (an offshoot of the Disco Mix Club). Two years later, he moved to

and founded together with Cosmic DJ, DJ Stachy and the "Schreckliche Sven" the hip hop formation ''Fischmob'', which persisted for about five years. In parallel, he also dealt with electronic music, increased his name recognition as a DJ and produced some remixes, sometimes under the pseudonym Adolf Noise. A collection of such remixes appeared in 2000 under the title ''Music Is Okay''. With Max Goldt as spokesman he released 2001 as Adolf Noise the single ''"Deine Reime sind Schweinereime"'', a satire on battle rap tracks in German hip hop. Together with Cosmic DJ and Erobique he founded the project

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, from 2002 the album ''We Love Music'' and 2006 the LP ''Mit Dir sind wir vier''. Since 2003, Koze published several Techno-Maxis at the Cologne label Kompakt under the name Monaco Schranze (a corruption of Monaco Franze and Schranz). There also appeared in 2004 his second mix CD titled ''All People Is My Friends''. As a DJ, he also performed at major festivals such as Coachella, Osheaga,

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, Snowbombing, Nature One, and Meredith Music Festival. In reader surveys of the music magazines Spex, Intro and de: Bug he was repeatedly voted DJ of the Year. The productions under the name Adolf Noise are generally more experimental and eccentric. After ''Wunden, s. Beine offen'' appeared in April 2005, the second Adolf Noise album ''Wo die Rammelwolle fliegt''. Since 2009 he runs the label Pampa Records. With his on Pampa Records released album 2013 ''Amygdala'' he entered for the first time the official German and Swiss charts. In addition, he was honored for the Echo Award 2014 with the Critics Award. On June 15, 2015, the 50th edition of the DJ Mix series DJ Kicks, was released on the Berlin label

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, which attracted a great deal of national and international attention. In 2017, he was nominated for two Electronic Music Awards for Record of the Year and Remix of the Year, both for his Extended Disco Version of

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's "Operator". In January 2018, DJ Koze announced his fourth studio album titled '' Knock Knock'', which appeared on May 4, 2018 on his label Pampa Records. On July 12, 2018, his remix of the track ''

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. On October 19, 2018, he was awarded the Prize for Pop Culture in the category "Favorite Producer" at the Tempodrom Berlin. DJ Koze performed at Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for the first time on 12 December 2019 and also debuted his new A/V show, Popup Jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJA1BezFJsE] Kozalla himself pronounces his DJ name as () which, in German, is identical to ''Kotze'' ("puke, vomit"). Internationally, his name is pronounced like ''cozy'' () in (American) English.

Awards

Echo Music Prize, Echo Pop * 2014: Critics' choice award (''Amygdala'') DJ Awards * 2018: Category „Electronica/Downtempo“ (DJ Koze) Preis für Popkultur * 2018: Category „favourite producer“ (''Knock Knock'')

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- The 50 Best Albums of 2018 * 2018: 3rd Place - ''Knock Knock''

- The 100 Best Songs of 2018 * 2018: 5th Place - ''Pick Up''

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- The Top 50 Tracks of 2018 * 2018: 1st Place - ''Pick Up''

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- The 100 Best Albums of 2018 * 2018: 9th Place - ''Knock Knock''

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- 2018's Best Tracks * 2018: ''Pick Up''

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- 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far * 2018: Knock Knock

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- Most Wanted - 100 besten Clubtracks des Jahres * 2018: 1st Place - ''Pick Up''

Discography

Studio albums Studio albums * 2005: ''Kosi Comes Around'' * 2013: ''Amygdala'' * 2018: '' Knock Knock'' Extended plays * 1998: ''Happy Hip Hop (Yo Mama)'' * 2001: ''Deine Reime Sind Schweine (Regelrechte Schweine) (Buback)'' * 2003: ''The Geklöppel Continues ( Kompakt Records)'' * 2004: ''Late Check Out ( Kompakt Records)'' * 2004: ''Speicher 20 ( Kompakt Extra)'' * 2005: ''Lighta Spuba (Freude am Tanzen)'' * 2006: ''Kosi Comes Around – Remixes Part 1 ( Kompakt Records)'' * 2006: ''Stompin at the Clubfoot ( Kompakt Records)'' * 2007: ''All The Time (Philpot)'' * 2007: ''Naked (Cereal/Killers)'' * 2008: ''I Want To Sleep (International Records Recordings)'' * 2009: ''Mrs. Bojangels (Circus Company)'' * 2010: ''Rue Burnout / Blume der Nacht (Pampa Records)'' * 2012: ''My Orphaned Son / It's Only (Pampa Records)'' * 2014: ''La Duquesa / Burn With Me (Pampa Records)'' * 2013: ''Amygdala Remixes #1 (Pampa Records)'' * 2014: ''Amygdala Remixes #2 (Pampa Records)'' * 2014: ''La Duquesa / Burn With Me (Pampa Records)'' * 2015: ''XTC (Pampa Records)'' * 2016: ''Driven (Hart&Tief)'' * 2018: ''Seeing Aliens (Pampa Records)'' * 2018: ''Pick Up (Pampa Records)'' * 2021: ''Record Store Day 2021 Exclusive'' (Pampa Records) * 2022: ''knock knock Remixes #1'' (Pampa Records) * 2022: ''knock knock Remixes #2'' (Pampa Records) Compilations * 2000: ''Music Is Okay (Yo Mama)'' * 2009: ''Reincarnations: The Remix Chapter 2001-2009 (

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– Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix) *

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– Made to Stray (DJ Koze Remix) *

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– Kaltes Klares Wasser (DJ Koze Remix) *

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– Tausend Tränen Tief (Loverboy Mix) *

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– Silberfische In Meinem Bett (Adolf Noise Meets Fettes Blut) *

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– Weil Wir Einverstanden Sind (DJ Koze a.k.a. Adolf Noise Remix) *Egoexpress – Telefunken (DJ Koze Remix) *

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– The Diskoteer (DJ Koze Remix) * Die Fantastischen Vier – Le Smou (DJ Koze & Mario Von Hacht Rmx) * Reinhard Voigt – Zu Dicht Dran (DJ Koze Remix) *

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– Ich Liebe Euch (DJ Koze Remix) *Andreas Dorau – Kein Liebeslied (DJ Koze Remix) *Ada – Eve (DJ Koze Remix) *Ada – Faith (DJ Koze Remix) *Heiko Voss – I Think About You (DJ Koze Mix) * Mano Le Tough – Energy Flow (DJ Koze Remixes) *James Figurine – Apologies (DJ Koze Rmx) * Wassermann – Die Schallplatte (DJ Koze Remix) *Meloboy – Hot Love (DJ Koze Mix) *Wechsel Garland – Mutes (DJ Koze's Broken CD-Mix) *Blagger – Strange Behavior (DJ Koze AKA Swhaimi Remix) *

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– Jolly Joker (DJ Koze's Nuttich Styler Remix) *Battles – Atlas (DJ Koze Remix) *Gerd – 1 In The Morning (At The Club) (DJ Koze Remix) *Sascha Funke – Mango Cookie (DJ Koze Remix) *Mathias Kaden – Kawaba (DJ Koze's Kosi-San Remix) *Nôze – Danse Avec Moi (DJ Koze Rework) *Matthew Dear – Elementary Lover (Dj Koze Rmx) *Lawrence – Rabbit Tube (DJ Koze Remix) *

– Operator (DJ Koze Remix) (XL) *

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– Found Out (DJ Koze Remix) *

– Jamelia (DJ Koze Remix) *The Big Crunch Theory – Distortion (DJ Koze Remix) * Who Made Who – Keep Me In My Plane (DJ Koze Hudson River Dub) *Makossa & Megablast Feat. Cleydys Villalon – Soy Como Soy (DJ Koze No Voy A Cambiar Repaso) *Efdemin – There Will Be Singing (DJ Koze Remix) * Michael Mayer & Joe Goddard – For You (DJ Koze Remixes) * Chilly Gonzales – Knight Moves (DJ Koze Remix) * Apparat – Black Water (DJ Koze Remix) *Superflu – Jo Gurt (Dj Koze RMX) *

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– Somebody Lonely and Me (Remixes) * Matias Aguayo – Minimal (DJ Koze Remix) *

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– I Exhale (DJ Koze Remix) *Roman Flügel – 9 Years (DJ Koze Remix) *Radio Slave – Reverse (DJ Koze Edit) *

– Humility (DJ Koze Remix) * Radio Slave – Reverse (DJ Koze Edit) * Gerry Read – It’ll All Be Over (DJ Koze remix) *Sebjak & Fahlberg - 4Ever She May Live (DJ Koze Edit) *Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray - Sanba Yo Pran Pale (DJ Koze Remix) * José González - Tjomme (Dj Koze Remix) * Solomun feat.

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- Ocean (DJ Koze Remix) *

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- I Go (DJ Koze Remix) *Melle Brown feat.

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- Feel About You (DJ Koze Remix) *Dumbo Tracks - Everybody Knows (DJ Koze Remix) feat. Markus Acher With Adolf Noise * 1996: ''Wunden, S. Beine Offen'' *2001: ''Deine Reime Sind Schweine (Regelrechte Schweine)'' * 2005: ''Wo die Rammelwolle fliegt'' With Fischmob * 1995: ''Männer können seine Gefühle nicht zeigen'' * 1998: ''Power'' With Monaco Schranze * 2003: ''Speicher 11'' (with Naum) * 2004: ''Speicher 25'' (with Gebr. Teichmann) With Marteria * 2021: ''Paradise Delay, Neonwest, Loft &Liebe (feat.

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References

External links

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