Ali Schwarz

German producer, remixer, club owner, DJ and visual artist based in Stuttgart and born in 1967. He is brother of Basti Schwarz.
From 1986 to 1992, he studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. During this time, he opened the discotheque "On-U" in 1990 in Stuttgart, which became an early House music club in Germany.
In 1993, he opened a new location called "Red Dog". In 1995, he and his brother start to produce music as Tiefschwarz and he also co-founds the label together with Chris Rey and his brother. Being a respected DJ and remixer from the late 1990's, they release their debut album in 2001 and both brothers move eventually to Berlin. In 2006, they found the label, in 2013 a second label called.
In the 2010's, Ali moves back to his design roots. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemy, he opens an exhibition in Stuttgart and Berlin, where he is reconstructing together with his brother the rooms of the 1990's dicotheques, they were running together.