Sundays on The Roof | Boris Werner/ Patrice Bäumel

Patrice Bäumel is a forward-thinking German audiovisual artist, dj and producer currently living in Amsterdam. He describes his own style of music as "modern dance music for adults". Next to running his own free "EX" label, he is a resident dj at Trouw, one of Europe's leading venues for electronic music.
Patrice started his career in the 90's, playing at mostly illegal warehouse parties and grimy industrial techno clubs in East Germany before relocating to Amsterdam. What followed was a professional detour that led him from teaching, programming databases and freelancing as a multimedia designer back to his first love, electronic music.

His early productions had about them a flowing, melodic, almost romantic touch best witnessed on his break-through single "Mutant Pop" or the follow-up "Just Electricity". However, with the passing years, his music started to navigate more outlandish territories using unconventional sound design and arrangement techniques. "Roar", a beatless freak of a track, became one of the most polarising techno records in recent memory and was hated by many with the same passion as it was loved by others. Today, Bäumel's productions defy categorisation. They feel alien, unhinged, at times uncomfortable and anything but domesticated. Paying no homage at all to the traditions of house and techno, they are a celebration of the free spirit within the tightly regimented world of contemporary dance music.

Bäumel describes himself as "somewhat multi-talented with a functioning left and right side of the brain, pretty good at many things without being great at any of them". Combine that with a broad interest ranging from modern art, literature and film to technology or politics and expanding his artistic ways of expression became the logical step forward.

As of 2012, Patrice Bäumel extends his stage performance with a visual component, acknowledging the need of today's educated crowds for a more expressive, overall stage experience. The artistic focus lies on emotion, not technology. Images displayed during the performance flash on and off the screen in a subliminal, strobe-like way and are unusually dark, sexual, confronting and honest. It is Bäumel's ambition to bring across an unconventional, art-inspired and almost cinematic show to clubs and festivals and cover a broader spectrum of emotions than the usual mix of comfort and ecstasy.


Dutch DJ Boris Werner's love for house music runs deep - so deep, that his passion for house music is evident in every set he plays. A venue-filling personality with a decade of experience - armed with releases starting with his first one on Remote Area and continuing on Supplement Facts, Rush Hour, Moon Harbour, Soweso, Get Physical and a residency at the world famous club TROUW – his eager performances and crowd-pleasing antics keep him in high demand across dance floors the world over, from DC-10 to Studio 80 and beyond. Cutting his teeth across some of the most influential nights in Holland, his flawless reputation to work any crowd has marked him as an exciting figure - one that's ready to inject club-land with a refreshing, restless approach to the dance floor.