WestBam
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Maximilian Lenz (born 4 March 1965), known by his stage name WestBam, is a German DJ and musician. He is the co-founder of the record label Low Spirit.
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- 1965-03-04
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WestBam, an alias for Maximilian Lenz, was born on 4 March 1965 in Münster, Westfalen, Germany. Not only is he Germany's most successful and most popular DJ and avant-gardist of the Raving Society, he is also the most innovative producer and co-founder of Berlin's Indie Dance label, Low Spirit. 1983-1990 1983 marked the beginning of his DJ career in the Odeon Club in Münster. In 1984 he made a permanent move to Berlin which was still divided by the Wall. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/WestB
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- Musical artist.name
- Westbam
- Musical artist.image
- DJ Westbam - Electric-kingdom-2004-palazzo-62.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Westbam in 2004
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Maximilian Lenz
- Musical artist.alias
- Frank Xerox, It's 2 Hard, Mr. Y, Professor Taub-Karcher, Von Sternhagel, WB Loops
- Musical artist.background
- non_performing_personnel
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Münster, Westphalia, Germany
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1983–present
- Musical artist.label
- Low Spirit
- Musical artist.associated_acts
- Klaus Jankuhn, Marusha, DJ Dick, Afrika Islam
- Musical artist.website
- Westbam.de
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- Germany
- Place of birth
- Münster
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- musician
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- techno
- Official website
- www.westbam.de
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- DJ Westbam - Electric-kingdom-2004-palazzo-62 (cropped).jpg
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Maximilian Lenz (born 4 March 1965), known by his stage name WestBam, is a German DJ and musician. He is the co-founder of the record label Low Spirit.
==Career== Lenz started his musical career in 1978 in the punk scene of his birth town Münster under the moniker Frank Xerox. He then played bass, drums and synthesizer. Together with Andreas Bleckmann (alias Sally), he founded the band Anormal Null in 1979. Afterwards he founded Kriegsschauplatz, who were active until 1983.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “WestBam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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