Tocadisco (Spanish for record player) started his DJ career around 1996 at Düsseldorf's Unique Club. A remix of Slam's "Lifetimes" was his breakthrough as producer when the track was voted among the best remixes of the year 2001 in the reader poll of Groove magazine. With "Nobody (Likes the records that I play)" Tocadisco entered the international charts as well as radio and tv rotation lists in 2003. A worldwide tour ensued, which led to an even more auspicious year 2005.