Boris Dlugosch, whose father played jazz trombone, built a reputation of his own as a leading European DJ and producer. He achieved remix success with the 1996 track “Keep Pushin’” and the following year’s “Hold Your Head Up High,” while also guiding Moloko, Michael Watford, Edesio, Djaimin, DeMage, and the Jasper Street Co. to similar results.
Dlugosch maintained a weekly Saturday residency at the Front, the premier house club in Germany and the venue where his career had started in 1986. In his capacity as the club’s booking manager throughout the 1990s, he brought German audiences their first exposure to American names such as Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work, Roger S., David Morales, DJ Pierre, DJ Disciple, and Deep Dish.
Although his earliest productions reflected the influence of American R&B artists James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and the Commodores as well as British rock bands, Dlugosch began folding hip-hop and funk elements into his sound by the late 1980s.
After agreeing in 1994 to host a Saturday-night program on N-Joy Radio, Dlugosch entered the studio for the first time. Partnering with New York producer Lem Springsteen, he scored hits with remixes of Moloko’s “Sing It Back” and Hot ’N’ Juicy’s “Horny.” The 1996 single “Keep On Pushin’” became an international dance-floor success, yet “Hold Your Head Up High” surpassed it the next year; its video entered rotation on MTV and the European outlet Viva.
Dlugosch opened his own recording studio in Hamburg during the summer of 1997.
