# Markus Schulz

Markus Schulz (/ʃʊlts/ SHUULTS, German:; born 3 February 1969) is a German DJ and record producer based in Miami, Florida. Best known for his weekly radio show titled Global DJ Broadcast that airs on Digitally Imported radio, ah.fm and other online stations, Schulz is also the founder of the label Coldharbour Recordings and Schulz Music Group (SMG), an artist management company that manages rising stars in the industry. In September 2012, Schulz was crowned America's number one DJ by DJ Times.
In early 2013, after several spontaneous back-to-back performances, Schulz and Ferry Corsten announced they would be producing and touring together as the new EDM group New World Punx. Their debut arena show was held at Madison Square Garden.

## Productions

Schulz has released 15 mix compilations and seven artist albums under his own name. He has also released productions and albums, Thoughts Become Things, Thoughts Become Things II and The Nine Skies, under the alias Dakota. Through his work with remixing tracks, he has had the opportunity to work with such artists as: Depeche Mode, Madonna, Everything but the Girl, Jewel, OceanLab, Gabriel & Dresden, Télépopmusik, Fatboy Slim, Miro, Book of Love, Blue Amazon and PQM. His remixes of "Intuition" and "Stand" by Jewel both hit #1 on the Billboard club chart.
His seventh studio album, We Are The Light, released on 12 October 2018.

## Performances

When not in the studio working on new mixes, Schulz maintains an extensive international touring schedule. He originally held a seven-year residency at The Works in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he developed his style. Since then, he has continued to perform at clubs all over the world including stereo nightclub Avalon, Club Space, Green Valley, Ministry of Sound, Ruby Skye and Zouk.
He has performed DJ sets at some of the largest festivals and events: Electric Daisy Carnival; Electric Zoo; Monster Massive; Together As One; Ultra Music Festival; Amsterdam Dance Event; Nature One; Dance Valley; Love Parade; Global Gathering; Creamfields; ETD Pop; Transmission; Trance Energy 2010; Bang Music Festival; Future Music Festival; Bal en Blanc; on Episodes 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600 and 650 (as New World Punx) of A State of Trance; and at Summafieldayze on the Gold Coast, Australia. In 2013, Schulz launched a North American tour with the M Machine called Scream Tour. A second North American tour started in April 2014 following the release of Scream 2.
On 28 October 2010, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, placing Schulz at number 8 in the world. In September 2012, Schulz was crowned America's Number 1 DJ by DJ Times. In DJ Magazine's 2013 poll, he was number 21 in the ranking.
Schulz is known amongst his fans as the "Unicorn Slayer". Many EDM artists nowadays tend to fall back on light, upbeat melodies, nicknamed "unicorn melodies", but Schulz prefers to use square waves and pitch bends. After somebody tweeted, "Markus Schulz: the unicorn slayer of trance," Schulz retweeted it and the nickname caught on.

## Personal life

After a relationship of more than seven years, Schulz married Romanian singer Adina Butar on 1 June 2019, in Ibiza.
Markus married his first wife Heather in 1993. They had a son Alex in 1995. Markus and Heather were divorced in 2015 after his years long affair with Adina Butar.

## Discography
### Studio albums (as Markus Schulz)

* Without You Near (2005, Armada Music)
* Progression (2007, Armada Music)
* Do You Dream? (2010, Armada Music)
* Scream (2012, Armada Music)
* Scream 2 (2014, Armada Music)
* Watch the World (2016, Black Hole Recordings)
* We Are the Light (2018, Black Hole Recordings)
* Escape (2020, Black Hole Recordings)
* The Rabbit Hole Circus (2023, Black Hole Recordings)

### Studio albums (as Dakota)

* Thoughts Become Things (2009, Armada Music)
* Thoughts Become Things II (1 July 2011, Armada Music)
* The Nine Skies (December 2017, Black Hole Recordings)
* Odyssey to the Netherworld (2022, Coldharbour Recordings)

### Remix albums

* Progression Progressed - The Remixes (2008, Armada Music)
* Do You Dream? - The Remixes (2011, Armada Music)
* Dakota – Thoughts Become Things II (The Remixes) (13 January 2012, Armada Music)

### Compilation albums

* Shikodachi (1999, Safari Media )
* Kamaidachi (2000, Safari Media )
* American DJ - 04 Phoenix (2001, The Right Stuff)
* Coldharbour Sessions (2004, Armada Music)
* Miami '05 (2005, Armada Music)
* Ibiza '06 (2006, Armada Music)
* Amsterdam '08 (2008, Armada Music)
* Armada At Ibiza - Summer 2008
* Toronto '09 (2009, Armada Music)
* Las Vegas '10 (2010, Armada Music)
* Prague '11 (2011, Armada Music)
* Los Angeles '12 (2012, Armada Music)
* Best of 2012: World Tour Compilation (15 December 2012)
* Buenos Aires '13 (2013, Armada Music)
* In Search of Sunrise 14 (with Gabriel & Dresden and Andy Moor) (2018, Songbird)
* In Search of Sunrise 15 (Mixed by Markus Schulz, Jerome Isma-Ae and Orkidea): (8 November 2019)
* In Search of Sunrise 16 (Mixed by Markus Schulz, Giuseppe Ottaviani and Sunlounger): (7 August 2020)
* In Search of Sunrise 17 (Mixed by Markus Schulz, Kryder and Kyau & Albert): (27 August 2021)
* In Search of Sunrise 18 (Mixed by Markus Schulz, Matt Fax and Dennis Sheperd): (2 September 2022)
* In Search of Sunrise 19 (Mixed by Markus Schulz, Ilan Bluestone and Daniel Wanrooy): (1 December 2023)