Timo Maas (born July 27, 1969 in Hannover, Germany) is an electronic music … Read Full Bio ↴Timo Maas (born July 27, 1969 in Hannover, Germany) is an electronic music DJ/producer and remixer. Maas' first fascination with music was sparked by listening to the radio when he was young. At the age of 9 he bought his first record and went on to buy his first set of turntables at 17. His very first set was in 1982, when he played at a party in his friend's home. The beginning of his career consisted mostly of gigs around Germany playing "Top 40"-records, but occasionally sneaking in a techno record. It was to be another 6 years from his first set that he performed his first official all-techno set. In 1992 Maas was introduced to the early German rave scene after being booked for a rave at Easter. His fascination with the rave culture led him to play at many different rave-events of many sizes and scales both at home and abroad. It was in this way that Maas earned a name in the electronic underground scene.

Maas first began producing records in the '80s, but his first record The Final XS was not released until 1995. The Final XC did not sell well, and Maas himself even called it Cheesy, which is a term used in electronic music to describe something too simple and predictable. His second record release was with another producer, Gary D, with Die Herdplatte, which was a bigger success than his first album. Gary D also gained Maas a residency at Hamburg's famous club, The Tunnel, between 1994 and 1996.

Through British contacts Maas played at the Bristol club Lakota. Maas also began to release records through record-labels such as Hope Recordings, both under his own name and the alias Orinoko. Maas has also recorded under many aliases such as Mad Dogs and many others together with his manager and friend Leon Alexander. In 2000 Timo Maas began a residency alongside Deep Dish at the New York club Twilo.

Maas first became popular in mainstream dance music through his remix of Azzido Da Bass' Doom's Night, in the wake of this success he released Music For The Maases Volume 1, a mix album consisting of many of his previous tracks and remixes. After producing another mix album called Connected with Paul Oakenfold's imprint Perfecto Maas released his own debut album Loud in 2002. The album featured guest appearances from Kelis and Finley Quaye. A second Music For The Maases, Volume 2, was released, again consisting of remixes and new tracks. In 2005 Maas released his second personal album, Pictures, featuring guest artists Kelis, Neneh Cherry and Placebo's Brian Molko.

His "To Get Down" track has been widely used in movie soundtracks such as the 2003 remake of The Italian Job (2003 film), Riders in 2002, as well as other mediums such as the video game, FIFA 2003, and a Budweiser beer commercial.

On the popular video game The Sims 2: Nightlife, a remix of the Neighbourhood screen music is credited to him.

High Drama
Timo Maas Lyrics

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Where is your thinking
Are you awake?
Nothing is that real
You're such a fake

It's a high drama
????

Take your defenses
Put them away
You're just pretending
That this is your ??

It's a high drama
I cannot ?
????

Where is your thinking
Are you awake?
Nothing is that real
You're such a fake

Take your defenses
Put them away

You're just pretending
That this is your ??

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Timo Maas's song High Drama is all about the superficiality that often envelopes people in this modern age. The song opens with a probing question that asks where someone's thinking is and if they are awake to the reality around them. This is followed by a rather accusatory statement that nothing is real and the person being referred to in the song is a fake.

The chorus of the song declares that what is going on is a high drama, which could mean so many different things, but in the context of the preceding lyrics it's safe to assume that the drama is all about the superficial world that people have created. The second verse reiterates the same point that the first verse makes - where is the person's thinking and are they awake? It is clear that the person referred to in the song has their defenses up, as if trying to protect themselves from the world, but in reality, they're just pretending that everything is fine when it is not.

Overall, the song speaks to the emptiness that often fills people's lives when they are more concerned with the superficial aspects of life than the authentic and genuine aspects. It is a song that challenges people to wake up and be more aware of the reality around them.

Line by Line Meaning

Where is your thinking
Are you even using your brain?

Are you awake?
Or are you sleeping through life?

Nothing is that real
Things are not always as they seem

You're such a fake
You're living a lie

It's a high drama
There's a lot of excitement and tension

Take your defenses
Stop putting up walls to protect yourself

Put them away
Let your guard down

You're just pretending
You're not being true to yourself

That this is your ??
This life you're living is not really yours

I cannot ??
I cannot handle this drama any longer

Contributed by James M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.