Wag
Real Name:
Uwe Wagenknecht
Profile:
I started my DJ career in 1989 in a club called Lopos werkstatt in Darmstadt, where I was a resident DJ for four years. My predecessor DJ in that club was the producer of Culture beat (Mr vain) Torsten Fenslau. It was on his label (Abfahrt) I launched my first vinyl.
In the Airport Club (Dorian Gray) in Frankfurt I got to know DJ Talla 2xlc and produced on his labels (Suck me Plasma & Tetsuo) until 1997. Once in a while I was booked by Talla 2xlc for the legendary Technoclub/Dorian Gray, at that time as famous as the Gatecrasher club in England today.
I've been playing together with DJ's like Sven Väth, Taucher, DJ Dag, George Acosta, Talla 2xlc, Cosmic Gate, and many more
By playing at the club Aladdins close to Aschaffenburg in 1997 I came in contact with the label Overdose. My first DJ Wag single "Man on the Moon", released 1998, was a burner - probably known to any trance and hardtrance producer on this planet, even today. More titles followed, like "Life on Mars", "The Darkness", "The big bang"...
My second project (Yakooza) with Overdose is also very successful, with a mega club burner in many countries including the charts, titled "Cocaine".
In the Airport Club (Dorian Gray) in Frankfurt I got to know DJ Talla 2xlc and produced on his labels (Suck me Plasma & Tetsuo) until 1997. Once in a while I was booked by Talla 2xlc for the legendary Technoclub/Dorian Gray, at that time as famous as the Gatecrasher club in England today.
I've been playing together with DJ's like Sven Väth, Taucher, DJ Dag, George Acosta, Talla 2xlc, Cosmic Gate, and many more
By playing at the club Aladdins close to Aschaffenburg in 1997 I came in contact with the label Overdose. My first DJ Wag single "Man on the Moon", released 1998, was a burner - probably known to any trance and hardtrance producer on this planet, even today. More titles followed, like "Life on Mars", "The Darkness", "The big bang"...
My second project (Yakooza) with Overdose is also very successful, with a mega club burner in many countries including the charts, titled "Cocaine".
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| Releases: | ||||
| The Secret 2002 (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) | DMD ... | 1997 | ||
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| Dreaming For A Better World (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) | Dreaming For A Better ... | Mighty ... | 1998 | |
| Trancesylvania Volume 10 (2xCD, Comp) | Electric Disco (YOMC +... | 23 Frankfurt | 1998 | |
| D.Trance 12 (2xCD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) | Friends (Wag & YOMC Rmx) | DJs Present, DJs Present | 1999 | |
| Future Dome (CD, Comp, Mixed) | Nature Cries (DJ Wag Mix) | DJ Beat Records Scandinavia | 2001 | |
| Hard Kandy Episode 4 (2xCD) | Getting High (Wag & Mi... | Central Station | 2005 | |
| 50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol. 1 (3xCD, Comp + Box) | Cosmic Vision (DJ Wag ... | Edel Records | 2007 | |
| 50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol. 1 (50xFile, MP3, Com) | Cosmic Vision (DJ Wag ... | Technotrance-Essentials.com | 2007 | |
| Lost In Trance (File, MP3, 192) | Voyage (Wag & YOMC Mix) | 3 Lanka | 2008 | |
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| Future Dome (CD, Comp, Mixed) | Nature Cries (DJ Wag Mix) | DJ Beat Records Scandinavia | 2001 | |
| Futurescope FU16 (CD, Mixed, Comp) | Nature Cries (M@c & Fr... | TBA | 2001 | |
| The First Spring (CD, Comp, Mixed) | Nature Cries (M@C & Fr... | Beyond Sunday | 2001 | |
| Tracks Appear On: | ||||
| Street Parade '98 - Live (CD, Comp, Mixed) | Futuro | Elevator Music | 1998 | |
| Trance 100 3 - The Best Of The Best (4xCD, Comp) | The Secret (Club Mix) | Arcade | 1998 | |
| Trancesylvania Volume 10 (2xCD, Comp) | Futuro (Club Mix) | 23 Frankfurt | 1998 | |
| Aerobic (3xCD, Mixed, Box) | The Secret | ZYX Music | 1999 | |
| Trance Power Vol 3 (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) | Futuro | ZYX Music | 1999 | |
| Unity 00 (CD, Comp, Mixed) | The Secret 2002 (Club ... | BKB Dance Department | 2000 | |
| Techno (3xCD) | Futuro (Cyber Remix) | ZYX Music | 2001 | |
| Hard Kandy Episode 4 (2xCD) | Getting High (Wag & Mi... | Central Station | 2005 | |
| 50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol. 1 (3xCD, Comp + Box) | Second Step (Global Al... | Edel Records | 2007 | |
| 50 Techno Trance Anthems Vol. 1 (50xFile, MP3, Com) | Second Step (Global Al... | Technotrance-Essentials.com | 2007 | |
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I would catch DJ Wag DJing at Paramount Park (RIP), in Rodermark, Germany, from time to time! This guy rocks as a DJ...And he has made some legendary songs, too. I have all of his smash hits on vinyl! Speaking of vinyl, I hope he still spins on vinyl and produces with vinyl labels! And I hope the vinyl industry will "take back" power again! Cause, look at what the digital scene did to trance! Turned it to complete shit! I will never buy a download. Never.
This guy is a real hero. One of the producers who, just like Swiss genius Wavetraxx (Christophe Menzi) works out his ideas together with guys like Martin Roth and Mike Misar, but still manages to put into work his own kind of sound, comparable to DJ Scot Project's sound.
Uwe is a guy who always has good ideas and depending on whom he works with, his tracks always end up being original. As he has proved with The Day The Earth Caught Fire, he can also deal with a studio production on his own, without help. This makes him a leading figure in the German trance scene, because most dj's, and Germany is no exception, don't even have a clue how to make music with hard- and/or software and just pay others to write them a song...
Uwe is a guy who always has good ideas and depending on whom he works with, his tracks always end up being original. As he has proved with The Day The Earth Caught Fire, he can also deal with a studio production on his own, without help. This makes him a leading figure in the German trance scene, because most dj's, and Germany is no exception, don't even have a clue how to make music with hard- and/or software and just pay others to write them a song...
