Whether it's Milton Jackson's classic remix of Hans Thalau's Lassur, his productions with the Afrilounge crew, his RT-Transmissions project with UK producer Russ Gabriel or his superb solo works on Trenton, Ferox or Moonpool, Hans (aka Der Thal) is a name on the lips of many a techno enthusiast.

Born in the seventies and shaped by the eighties, Thal started out as a DJ and techno event organiser in the nineties. Having found exciting friends in an Atari 1024 and various synthesisers and samplers, the following years passed with many unforgettable parties, gigs and long studiosessions with his pal Mikdat.

After some successful projects in 2004 as a VJ with his Thalvision organisation, in 2005 his studio production came sharply back into focus. Aside from that, among a host of gigs, the highlight was his legendary set for car manufacturer SMART at the Geneva Auto Show bringing the international crowd to a frenzy.

2007 was a key year in which he began his productions with buddies from Afrilounge resulting in the "Superfreak EP" on the Hamburg label "Flug von Welt". In a short time this EP made it into the charts of many top DJs. Impressed by his skills, UK legend Russ Gabriel contacted Thal shortly afterwards and the pair embarked on their production partnership focussing on the more musical and soulful side of techno and resulting in releases on Ferox and Swiss label Morris Audio. They then went on to form the multimedia project RT-Transmissions which encompassed the RT-Transmissions radio show broadcast in Stuttgart (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), Tijuana (Mexico) and Zagreb (Croatia) among others.

In 2008 and 2009 Der Thal found his place in the record bags of Jimpster, Josh Wink, Alex Attias, Quarion, DJ Deep, Rainer Trueby, Ewan Pearson, Anja Schneider, Pheek, Thomas Schumacher and others with his successful 12" releases as a solo artist.  Included here are the "Mentona EP" on Berlin imprint Trenton and the "Lassur EP" on Meerestief's sublabel Moonpool.

With many new projects on the go, 2010 could well be the year of Der Thal.

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