Half-Italian Maurizio “Mauro” Schmitz who was born in Bonn discovered his passion for electronic music in the early nineties. After developing his DJ skills in 1996 he was asked to be resident DJ at the afterhours of  ”Labor Club” in Munich and just a few months later he had numerous gigs all over Germany plus various residencies in his hometown Bonn. Cocoon supports Maurizio giving him the chance to build an international reputation thanks to his talent expressed especially in long and miscellaneous dj set.