Wolfgang Gartner, (real name: Joey Youngman), is a Californian electro / tech house producer and DJ currently based in Austin, Texas, United States. He produced deep house until late 2007 under his actual name before switching to his current Wolfgang Gartner moniker. He began producing electronic music at age 11 by syncing a drum machine to a keyboard via MIDI, and taught himself to DJ at age 12 with a 4-track tape recorder and 2 tape decks. In 2004 after a year of successful releases, he signed to the San Francisco-based Blue Collar Entertainment agency and began touring.