The first time I heard of Mattes Schwarz, someone called him 'Stecken-Mattes'. Stecken was a defining, if almost secret, Cologne dance music venue of the 2000s and early 2010s, a minuscule basement without curfew and seemingly any other restrictions ... While he got heavily involved in Cologne's BMX scene of the '90s, he never really stopped, and during the main years of being known as Stecken-Mattes and playing there each Friday night, he coincidently lived in Magazine Record's home base... I Don't Know is Mattes Schwarz's first release. -Hanna Bächer There Are Secrets - Mattes Schwarz, I Don't Know - Mattes Schwarz, From the Distance - Mattes Schwarz
