In a career spanning over 30 years, Maas has been collaborated with and remixed many artists such as Paul McCartney, Depeche Mode, Finley Quaye, Fatboy Slim, Garbage, Jamiroquai, Madonna, Moby, Moloko, Muse, Roger Sanchez and Tori Amos.
In 2008, Maas launched his own record label called Rockets & Ponies releasing productions from artists such as Wolfgang Haffner, Ricardo Villalobos, Maetrik, Nightmares on Wax and Addison Groove.
In addition to his productions, Maas has been a longtime DJ, having been a resident at the legendary Ibiza nightclub DC10 for over 15 years and having also played in clubs such as Ushuaia, The End,[2] Twilo, Tresor, Tunnel[3] and many more.
[4] Through his British contact Leon Alexander, Maas played at the Bristol club Lakota and held a residency there for three years.
The track received wide support from DJs including Sasha, Carl Cox[5] and Morales and reached the top 20 in both the UK and US charts.
[11] The first track, "Help Me", features vocals by Kelis and also contains a sample of the title music from The Day the Earth Stood Still, composed by Bernard Hermann.
The 10th track on the album, "To Get Down", has been used in several film soundtracks and other mediums such as the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, Riders (now known as Steal) in 2002, a Budweiser beer commercial and the FIFA 2003 video game.
The same year, Maas also started his label, originally in partnership with Santos, called 'Rockets & Ponies", which received support from the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Cox and Tiesto.
It was only a few years later when Maas played the unfinished work to his good friend and My Favorite Robot label head James Teej that the pair felt they could do something with it.
[37] What followed was a marketing strategy generated by Maas's management that saw the vinyl being released as an unknown white label with only Paul McCartney's face stamped on it on the Phonica Records website.
The story of its overnight success got quickly picked up by major publications such as i-D,[38] Billboard,[36] NME,[39] Rolling Stone Germany,[40] and Clash Magazine.
[41] The track was positively received and played by many industry heavyweights such as Pete Tong,[42] Annie Mac,[43] Seth Troxler and Damian Lazarus.
The inspiration behind the remix was to come up with a modern take of a classic song with respect to the original, with more emphasis on the bass and reinforcing McCartney's blues-inspired vocals.
[36] The record got its official release on Virgin in June 2016, followed by a remix package featuring versions from Paul Woolford,[44] Kerri Chandler[45] and Tim Green.
[54][55] Maas's track "To Get Down" has been widely used in movie soundtracks such as the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, Riders (now known as Steal) in 2002, as well as other mediums such as the video game FIFA Football 2003, and a Budweiser beer commercial.