Jens Mahlstedt is a DJ, music producer and composer. He writes scores for theatre and film as well as soundtracks for experimental fashion shows, teaching the latter at FH Hannover, Faculty of Media, Information and Design.

He has played every half decent techno and house club in Europe as well as every Love Parade since 1991, Nation 2 Nation, E-Werk/Berlin, Energy Rave 94/Zurich, Mayday etc. Residencies at Beehive (Berlin), Opera House (Hamburg), Maxx and T-Dance (Bremen) have put him on the DJ map.

Mahlstedt teaches music for experimental fashion fashion shows at FH Hannover, FB Design and Media, since 2007. Recent results include presentations at Kunstmuseum Celle in 2007 and Hannover´s Museum August Kestner in 2008, the bi-annual degree shows and the Modepreis Hannover 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Shakespeare´s classic plays TWELFTH NIGHT (Bremen 1990) and HAMLET (Bonn 1996), A CLOCKWORK ORANGE from Anthony Burgess (Dresden 1998) and Friedrich Schiller´s DON CARLOS (Wiesbaden 2004, showing three consecutive seasons) all get the Mahlstedt treatment under Andras Fricsay´s slick direction. He remixes Frederick Loewe´s complete score for MY FAIR LADY (Hamburg 2000, directed by Frank Buecheler). In 2005 he produces soundtracks for Friedrich Dürrenmatt´s THE PHYSICISTS in Berlin (showing four consecutive seasons) and Shakespeare´s THE TEMPEST in Wiesbaden, again directed by Fricsay.

In Summer 1987 Mahlstedt starts DJing at West Berlin club Beehive. His style: Rare Groove, Funk, Hip Hop - and Chicago House which just starts crossing over to Europe. The owners of Beehive take Mahlstedt to Hamburg where he plays at Shag/Caesar´s Palace, the very first House club on the notorious Reeperbahn in 1988. he becomes resident of the legendary Opera House on Große Freiheit where he spins for many years. From 1989 to 94 he adds another residency at the Maxx/Bremen, and from 1993 he organizes the T-Dance together with Steve Bug at Modernes/Bremen.

At Love Parade 1992 Gerret Frerichs (of Humate fame) offers his production skills to Jens - with some considerable success. The remixes of „Loops & Tings“ (1993) become one key release in German Techno history. Since then, „Loops & Tings“ has been remixed more than 40 times by various artists and keeps being caned around the globe. „Loops & Tings Relooped“ hits the No. 1 spot in Germany´s ODC for several weeks in Spring 2004. Their latest, „Never Be The Same“, has been released with top remixes from Jesper Dahlbäck and JussiPekka.

Jens Mahlstedt works as a radio presenter for the SFB and Radio 4U/Berlin and as an editor for magazines like Network Press, Cut and Boom throughout the early Nineties. In 1994/95 he mixes the first five Bonus CDs of the popular Trance Nation series. Remixes for Lazonby, Eskimos + Egypt, Yello or Tokyo Ghetto Pussy, Josh Wink´s Size 9 and Team Deep or Casseopaya are added to his production list.

In 1995 Jens moves to London, after years in Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg. In his first own studio right behind Victoria Station he works on club music and on his soundtracks. He compiles his favorite Bert Kaempfert tracks for "20 Easy Listening Classics", released in 1995 on Polydor. And a mix compilation entitled MIND CONTROL Vol.1 on Push Communications, now a sought after classic, impressively shows his wide spectrum of styles in 1997.

In 1998 Mahlstedt releases his debut album „Monkey Island“ on Superstition Records. Two singles, „Schwupp“ and „Gong Show“ are taken from the album.

Since May 1999 Jens teams up with Techno brother-in-mind Steve Mason (of BFBS fame) as 2 Bald Men. They release on Steve´s London based label Experience 2000. The two baldies morph into Sly Fidelity & Clubfoot in 2002. They release a series of breakbeat tracks on various english labels such as Rennie Pilgrem´s 10 Kilo. The tracks go down well with the breakbeat massive on the island being spun from London´s East End to the southern shores of Brighton.

He writes a score for the six DVD series called "Das Bizarre Lexikon" for smut´n´sleaze masters Goldlight, released in 2005 and 2006. Meanwhile, THE PHYSICISTS are currently showing in their fourth season. Jens kicks off a club project with André Winter and contributes to the soundtrack of UNRELATED (winner of FIPRESCI prize at London Film Festival 2007), a psycho drama by London based director Joanna Hogg, now available on DVD.

Mr. Mahlstedt has recently returned to Northern Germany where you will find him working away in his countryside studio. Welcome back, Sir.