Steve Bug

Innovator, minimal dance connoisseur, tech house master - though he's been given many prestigious titles, if there's one quality that can be best attributed to Steve Bug, it would be modesty. It's a trait that has followed him throughout his illustrious career, from his early days as a child building guitars out of cardboard, to his early lessons in percussion at school ( "In school, I was always forced to play percussion - my teachers wouldn't give me the flute or any other instrument - I didn't even get the full kit - just the drum sticks and maybe a triangle!"), to his beginnings as a mixtape DJ ("I'd never really thought of playing in clubs; I was only really recording tapes for myself"), to his first productions ("The first few productions set my course - Tobias really liked them and wanted to put them out. I was a bit unsure as, like the mixtapes from years ago, they were more for me, not to impress others."). Despite the fact that he's now largely regarded as one of the founding fathers of minimal - creating his "Da Minimal Funk" compilation over 10 years ago - and one of the most sought-after 4/4 DJs booked today, Bug remains truly humble when reflecting on the majestic rise from his beginnings as a dancefloor-dwelling clubber in Bremen, Germany to ruling his renowned Dessous/Poker Flat empire in Berlin.