
La Calamine, Belgium
TECHNO - DJ & Producer
BORN AND RAISED ON THE MEAN STREETS OF DÜSSELDORF, FÖNIX, AKA HEINZ PIEPENBROCK, STARTED HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY WHEN HE WAS 12, WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A GUITAR BY HIS DAD. IT WAS AT THIS MOMENT THAT HEINZ PIEPENBROCK KNEW HE WANTED TO BE PART OF 'THE MUSIC SCENE'.
HE FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE IN 1989. IN 1987, AGED 14.
IN 1992, HE ACHIEVED HIS BIG BREAK WHEN HE WON A COMPETITION TO CARRY DJ VÄTHS RECORD BAG TO AN EXCLUSIVE RAVE, WHICH FÖNIX DESCRIBED AS THE GREATEST NIGHT OF HIS LIFE. IT WAS A LONG TIME AFTER THIS POINT WHEN HE STARTED GETTING GIGS AT CLUB EVENTS SUCH AS DUNKEL, DRECKIG & LAUT AND THE RADIO STATION GLOBALBEATS FM.
FÖNIX IS A CHALLENGER AND SINCE 2012 HAS BEEN LOCKED IN THE STUDIO PERFECTING HIS CRAFT.
SUFFICE TO SAY, THE TECHNOSCENE SHOULD BE EXPECTING BIG THINGS FROM FÖNIX IN 2016.