Paul Schmitz Moorman (* 1975) is a former German DJ and acid house

Acid house

Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...

 and trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 musician.

He moved with his family to Berlin in 1981 and appeared in the music video "Herzlichen Glückwunsch" of the rock group Spliff. In 1983 he began to breakdance and had classical piano lessons for a short time.

At 13 years old, under Kid Paul released "Acid in my House" through Brian Carter Music. Partnering with Harald Blüchel, under Energy 52

Energy 52

Energy 52 was a solo project comprising Paul Schmitz-Moormann and Harald Blüchel. The 1993 track "Café del Mar" became one of the most heard trance songs in the world; its dozens of remixes have appeared on hundred of compilation albums. In April 2011, the song was voted number one by BBC Radio 1...

, released Café del Mar (1993), one of the most famous trance songs ever. In 1995, Schmitz-Moormann terminated his DJ career and founded the label ISM productions.

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