current_members website years_active article_title past_members background genre image origin name
alexander schwarz sebastian schwarz http://www.tiefschwarz.net 1996 & ndash ; tiefschwarz
 peter hoff group_or_band house , tech house , electro tiefschwarz @ venue.jpg stuttgart , germany tiefschwarz
tiefschwarz

tiefschwarz is a tech house group comprising brothers , alexander `` ali '' -lrb- june 7 , 1967 - -rrb- and sebastian `` basti '' -lrb- december 28 , 1969 - -rrb- schwarz , which formed in stuttgart in 1996 .
peter hoff , who runs the benztown studios in stuttgart , joined later , and completed the first tiefschwarz production team .
their name means `` deep black '' in german , and is a combination of the brothers ' surnames , and their love of deep house .
their earliest productions were released on the continuemusics label in 1997 , and their first taste of a well-respected label was with their `` music '' track on françois kevorkian 's wave music label in 1999 .
the team released their first album , `` ral9005 '' on the four music label in 2001 , which was later licensed to derrick carter and luke solomon 's classic recordings label .
tiefschwarz continued to release on classic until its collapse in 2005 , as well as releasing on labels such as fine and international deejay gigolo records .
many of their tracks have been licensed to compilations , from the stereo sushi series , to compilations for bugged out !
, get physical and renaissance , and in 2006 , they released a mix of their own for the fabric -lrb- london -rrb- mix series .
their sound is considered , at least by those who have followed them from their classic days , to have changed somewhat over the last few years .
instead of their original deep , mellow house , tiefschwarz now represent a gritty and edgy electro house sound , their more recent tracks gaining recognition from the likes of ivan smagghe , touché , sasha and danny howells .
ali and basti schwarz have been travelling europe as djs since 1995 , playing at major events and popular clubs all over germany and switzerland , as well as making appearances in ibiza .
they 've performed in cities as far afield as miami , new york , melbourne , sydney , amsterdam , sarajevo , london , antwerp and stockholm .
tiefschwarz have composed remixes for madonna 's `` get together '' , missy elliott 's `` teary eyed '' and depeche mode 's single , `` john the revelator '' .
2007 sees a return to a deeper house sound as shown in their 10 years anniversary compilation ; `` 10 years of blackmusik '' .
in january and july 2011 tiefschwarz performed at the legendary aftershow party of the stylenite , a cultural event of the designer michael michalsky during berlin fashion week .
