Mathis Mootz (born 1976) is a prolific German
electronic musician and
DJ from Germany. Mootz is best known as The Panacea (until 2005, simply as Panacea), his
drum and bass stage name and main musical project, and as m² (pronounced "Squaremeter"), his
dark ambient side project and alter-ego.Born
August 19,
1976 in
Wetzlar, Germany, Mootz served an apprenticeship in classical music and was a member of the boy's choir of
Windsbach. After studying music engineering at the
SAE Institute, Mootz worked with the experimental
hip hop/
illbient label Chrome, an offshoot of Force Inc Music Works. Over the course of several
drum and bass albums and many singles, and as
A&R manager for Chrome, later renamed Position Chrome, Panacea became known for pushing the bounds of the drum and bass genre into
industrial and
hardcore territory, and for energetic DJ sets which fused these genres in a live setting. With his side project m², he explored a more minimal side of electronic music, first in the realm of
clicks 'n' cuts, and later in the
dark ambient territory pioneered by the likes of
Lustmord. Mootz lives and produces in
Sommerhausen, a countryside town near
Würzburg.
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