Pace & Arvid

Hands Up Duo Olaf Schmitz & Michael Stocksiefen After buying his first record (Men without hats – Safety dance), Olaf knew at once that music would be part of his future. So he moderated radio shows in Norway when he turned 14 years and started to produce music at the age of 16. Also he DJed in various bigger Clubs in Oslo & London area since being 18 where his DJ name PACE was born, due to his progressive trance style that was poppy & euro dance orientated but always a step ahead of time. Olaf at young age already was part as a producer & songwriter of plenty Gold & platinum albums / singles and Top 10 singles around Europe. Not much difference to the life of Michael, better known in his native country Germany as Mike Arvid. He started to play piano and flute at the age of 6. Mike developed his own style based on his favourite band Depeche mode and released his first own productions at the age of 18 – known as Cassiopeia, where he also performed the lead vocals. Both met by accident at a party in their current home country Germany in 1998. Since then the produce as a team with undisclosed pseudonyms in various styles. Since then they teamed up as a producer & songwriter / composer team with many undisclosed pseudonyms for dance, trance and pop music. Mike works and lives close by Bonn in Germany, while Olaf is based in Luxembourg.