★★★★★
German-born US-based Markus Schulz is often credited with being one of a handful of US DJs that permanently revolutionised the US Trance scene. With a distinct sound that constantly falls between Trance and Prog-House, Markus Schulz?s weekly radio show The Global DJ Broadcast has attracted tens of millions of listeners across the globe, consistently propelling Markus? own production into top positions in the Beatport and other electronic charts...
- www.music-news.com
2012-08-30
★★★★★
Aah, yes. Another debut "artist album" from another superstar DJ. What does that make all those mix CDs that DJs put outkitsch? Anyhow, the difference, of course, is that Schulz is writing, producing, and performing all the music on Without You Near, instead of mixing and enhancing others'. Albums like this inevitably polarize a DJ's fanbase: Have they jumped the shark and created a multi-genre mess a'la Paul Oakenfold, or are they adding a legitimate creative wrinkle to their resume? Part of...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
In 2003 and 2004, the German-born, U.S.-raised, Phoenix-weaned Markus Schulz ascended through the DJ ranks, spinning his trancey mixes worldwide, including such exotic, finger-on-the-pulse locales as Ibiza. He was also being spoken of in the same light as such mixmaster stalwarts as Armin Van Buuren and Paul Van Dyk...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27