Today he identifies his roots as "black" music, which for DJ Friction means Prince and Michael Jackson as much as it does early house recordings by Steve "Silk" Hurley and 70s disco funk tracks.

It didn't take DJ Friction long to realize that all the music that gave him a kick had one thing in common: the disc jockey. In 1985 he began collecting records, and together with some buddies he bought his first equipment. Flexibility was what a DJ needed in the mid-80s, so DJ Friction learned early on to tie in his roots. It wasn't until the end of that decade that he concentrated solely on hip-hop. He took part in various DJ battles and in 1990 earned the title "Baden-Württemberg DMC Champion". That opened a lot of doors for him - primarily to Stuttgart's clubs.

Around this time DJ Friction started to come to terms with producing. Together with an MC and a singer, he formed his first hip-hop band called Raw Diamenz, which caused a local buzz. His partners began calling him Friction, the perfect name for his work as a DJ and producer.

Raw Diamenz soon broke up due to musical differences of opinion. But by this time Friction's skills as a producer were so far advanced that he not only supplied Stuttgart's entire young cats with beats and passed his skills on to them, but also experimented with other styles. He conquered British Dancefloors with a jungle version of James Brown's "I feel Good" (Eastwest), the "Pulp Friction" EP (Gap Rec.) caused a stir with its instrumental hip-hop beats, for the first time he produced a house track for the EP "The Difference" (Continuemusic) and together with Don Philippe (Freundeskreis) and Thommy Wittinger released the electro track "Rock the Most" under the project name "DJ FK" in 1998.

Since the mid-1990s, DJ Friction has been storming the German, Swiss, Austrian charts with Freundeskreis. Following two studio albums, a live LP and two gold records, DJ Friction set to work on his own baby, "Science Friction," - a strictly hip-hop album including feature contributions from Germany's main MCs which he also produced.

DJ Friction's latest creation - which stands on its own with virtually no features - is simply called "Friction", an excellent mix of his musical roots blended with fresh new sounds. On this record DJ Friction is more prominent as a DJ and producer than ever before. He likes to regard this as his actual first album. Whether it's disco, electro, big beat, instrumental hip-hop, funk, soul or hip-hop, Friction makes his mark as a universal beat maker of the first order, creating another benchmark in DJ culture.

This solo album by DJ Friction is a custom-fit recording - just like in the mid-80s when he set the tone of the evening as a DJ or the way he builds up his sets today. He's at the (temporary) peak of his creativity - not only as a producer, but also as a DJ. He's better and more flexible than ever before. With disco, funk, soul, rare groove, old school, house and contemporary hip-hop and R&B releases he creates an incredible flow that culminates in both euphoria and unforgettable moments on the Dancefloor.