[1] After Solomun was born in Travnik, Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina),[2] he moved to Hamburg with his family, where he grew up.

[5] From then on, he started purchasing vinyl records, and eventually playing at House of Youth at the age of 16 for other teenagers.

[6] For about one year before he began producing on his own, he learned from a good friend that ran a hip-hop label.

[20] His sound has been described as "house music, but with deep, ultra funky basslines, euphoric melodies and emotionally charged vocals".

[35] In 2018, Solomun played himself as an in-residence DJ for the videogame Grand Theft Auto Online, as part of the After Hours DLC.

[36] Additionally, Solomun's music video for "Customer is King" [37] was made entirely within Grand Theft Auto V's in-game engine as part of a larger collaboration between him and Rockstar Games.