Defex

born (1979) & raised in lower bavaria, germany.
in vienna since 1999 & spending most of his summers in ibiza.

a real jack-of-all-trades with homebases at flex & subzero vienna, privilege & subsonic-boatparties ibiza, chicaria records, finca stuttgart and the lower bavarian cult-club bogaloo.
head of the legendary viennese TEEZEiT-crew, SAFARI, THE ZOO PROJECT & ENDLOSRILLE parties and the recently launched dj/livemusicians-bandproject THE TRUMPS.
co-hosting the famous circoloco-parties (from dc10, ibiza) in austria, in coop with eme.ec. main resident at SUBSONIC - ibiza's most rockin underground club boat.

known for reading & rocking every crowd with his marathon sets inbetween electro-&minimal-techhouse and house.

technically pushing the limits:
TraktorScratch with Traktor3 (looping & filtering the shit out of the tunes, sometimes almost doing live-remixes),
Liveact (Roland MC909, Machinedrum + Access Virus) for selfproduced elements, licks & tracks, mixing that all together with his Ecler Nuo4 + EFX500 to a neverheardbefore experience!

he has played at:
Austria:
Loveparade Vienna 2001/2002, Regenbogenparade 2003/2004/2005, Flex, Meierei Volksgarten, Roxy, Rathaus, Sliders, Camera, Kunsthaus, Kunsthalle Cafè, Subzero, WUK, Cream Zoo, Zählwerk, Massiv, Palmenhaus, Wirr, Museumsquartier, Schloß Belvedere, Zoo, Orange Künstlerhaus Passage, Hochriegl, Fledermaus, U4, Ra'an, Rhiz, Shangri La (Vienna/A) MTV Clubtour Austria, Coke Fusion Tour Resident (A), Air&Style 2003 (Seefeld, Tirol/A)
Sonnenklang Festival 2003 @ Burgruine Dobra (A), temp~ Festival 2003/2004 (Greifenstein/ A)
Surfworldcup Festival 2003 (Podersdorf/A), Pressure Festival 2006 (Wurmfabrik, Hausruck/A)
TUI Winteropening Kitzsteinhorn 2002, Posthof, Club Cazin, Tunnel, Beluga (Linz/A) Take 5 (Kitzbühl/A), Pacha (Ischgl/A), Melkerkeller (Baden/A), Fire&Ice (Flachau/A) Schallaburg (Melk/A), Nova (Sattled/A), Röda (Steyr/A), Hafen, KreiSlauf (Ibk/A)
Postgarage, Kunsthaus, Veilchen, Thalia, Seasons (Graz/A), J-Club (Wels/A) Szene, Republic, Cave Club, Rockhouse (Salzburg/A) ...and many many more...

Spain:
Privilege, Underground (San Rafael/Ibiza), El Divino, El Club, K-ube, Lo Cura, Lola's (Ibiza) Ibiza:Art & Safari @ Gala Night (Benimussa/Ibiza), Blue Marlin (Cala Jondal/Ibiza) Somny / Love, Marinas, Tantra, Pago Pago (Playa den Bossa/Ibiza) La Diosa (SantaGertrudis/Ibiza), Ibiza:Art @ Kanya, Extasis, Orange Corner, Sun See Bar WaterSafari Boatparties, Subsonic Boatparties, Aquatronic Boatparties (San Antonio/Ibiza)

International:
Kazantip Festival 2005 (Krim/UKR), Ruhr in Love Festival 2004 (Oberhausen/GER), MotionNights (Dubai/Emirates), Bogaloo (Pfarrkirchen/GER), We1ns (Erding/GER), Stage Club (Hamburg/GER), Ribno (Bled/Slovenija), Silo1 (Töging/GER), Prison Club (Landau/GER) S-Club (Lippstadt/GER), Blow Up, Marx (Luxemburg/L), Penthouse (Reutlingen/GER), Finca, Le Fonque, Perkins Park (Stuttgart/GER), Dome (Lindau/GER) ...and many more...

Artists played with:
sèbastien lèger, titonton duvantè, funk d’void, seb fontaine, woody, christian varela, ben sims dj preach, superfunk`s mike303, alex kowalski, agoria, monika kruse, tom novy, spi.der, slam
lena popova, electric indigo, roberto q. ingram, richard f., the advent, david drone, renato cohen
bill patrick, pornostars, lorenzo al dino, milk&sugar, tonka ...and many many more...


Radio:
Kiss FM (UKR), Sonica, Green Apple (ibiza), staytuned.de, play.fm, tornadox.com, hitmixuk.com
FM4, FRO, Radio Orange, Radiofabrik Sbg. (A)

TV:
gotv (Vienna), various Klangbilder visual-tv sessions @ puls.tv (Vienna), LT1 (Linz),Newz.tv (Tirol)

Music Styles:
main styles: TechHouse (electro, minimal), House
but also: Techno, Breaks & Lounge-Stuff