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

Biography

Born in

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, Schleswig-Holstein, Kozalla first became known in the Hamburg 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 Hamburg 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

International Pony International Pony is a band from Hamburg, Germany. It was formed in 1998 by Stefan Kozalla also known as DJ Koze, Daniel Sommer also known as Cosmic DJ, and by Carsten Meyer well known as Erobique. International Pony have released the albums ...

, 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

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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

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, Osheaga,

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, Roskilde, Sónar, Tomorrowland,

SonneMondSterne The SonneMondSterne Festival (short SMS) is an open-air festival featuring electronic dance music held in Germany. The festival lasts three days and takes place on the second weekend of August in Thuringia at the Bleilochtalsperre near Saalburg-E ...

, Melt!,

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, Mutek, Amsterdam Dance Event, Snowbombing,

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, 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 Studio !K7, 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 ''

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'', which appeared on May 4, 2018, on his label Pampa Records. On July 12, 2018, his remix of the track '' Humility'' was released with the single '' The Now Now'' of the British band

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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

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'' has announced in March 2023 her signing to ''

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'' with a new single, 'CooCool', which was produced by DJ Koze. Also her next album ' Hit Parade', produced by DJ Koze, will be released on Ninja Tune on September 8, 2023. 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 Pop * 2014: Critics' choice award (''Amygdala'') DJ Awards * 2018: Category „Electronica/Downtempo“ (DJ Koze) Preis für Popkultur * 2018: Category „favourite producer“ (''Knock Knock'') Pitchfork - The 50 Best Albums of 2018 * 2018: 3rd Place - ''Knock Knock'' Pitchfork - The 100 Best Songs of 2018 * 2018: 5th Place - ''Pick Up'' MIXMAG - 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'' Rolling Stone - 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 * 2005: ''Kosi Comes Around'' * 2013: ''Amygdala'' * 2018: ''

'' Extended plays * 1998: ''Happy Hip Hop (Yo Mama)'' * 2001: ''Deine Reime Sind Schweine (Regelrechte Schweine) (Buback)'' * 2003: ''The Geklöppel Continues (

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)'' * 2004: ''Late Check Out (

)'' * 2004: ''Speicher 20 ( Kompakt Extra)'' * 2005: ''Lighta Spuba (Freude am Tanzen)'' * 2006: ''Kosi Comes Around – Remixes Part 1 (

)'' * 2006: ''Stompin at the Clubfoot (

)'' * 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)'' * 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) * 2023:

& DJ Koze – ''Can't Replicate 12” Edit (White Label)'' * 2023: Wespennest/Candidasa EP (Pampa Records) Compilations * 2000: ''Music Is Okay (Yo Mama)'' * 2009: ''Reincarnations: The Remix Chapter 2001-2009 (

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)'' * 2014: ''Reincarnations Pt. II: The Remix Chapter 2009-2014 (Pampa Records)'' DJ mixsets * 2004: ''All People Is My Friends'' * 2009: ''

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387'' * 2013: '' XLR8R 324'' * 2015: '' DJ-Kicks: DJ Koze (#50)'' Remixes *

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– It's Only (DJ Koze Remix) * Moderat – Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix) * Mount Kimbie – Made to Stray (DJ Koze Remix) *

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vs.

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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) *

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– Zu Dicht Dran (DJ Koze Remix) * Hildegard Knef – 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) * Underworld – 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. Jamie Foxx - 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 *

& DJ Koze – ''Can't Replicate 12” Edit (White Label)'' 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. Miss Platnum & Hacki), Zug der Erkenntnis'' With

* 2023: ''Coocool, The Universe, Fader, You Knew, Hit Parade''

References

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