About Ian Pooley
Ian Pooley, born Ian Pinnekamp in Mainz in 1973, is a German house and tech house DJ and producer whose sound, influenced by Detroit techno, has carried Brazilian rhythmic elements since his career began in 1993. He recorded a sole appearance on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix in 1998, featuring tracks by Slam and Jeff Mills alongside his own productions, a broadcast that helped cement his reputation among international house DJs. Pooley released the albums Meridian and Since Then during his tenure with V2 Records before founding his own label, Pooled Music, in 2003 after leaving the imprint. Categorized among Ministry of Sound's roster of artists, he has remixed a wide range of acts including Deee-Lite, The Cardigans, Daft Punk, Cirque du Soleil, Carl Cox and Bob Sinclar, work that has run parallel to his ongoing international DJ bookings. Known for playing to broad and diverse audiences, Pooley emerged from the same wave of nu-school German artists as Mousse T and DJ Tonka, moving away from the harder trance and techno sounds typical of German clubs in the 1990s toward the funkier house style that has defined his three-decade touring career.