Joakim A. started to spin the decks in 1994 on a few privat partys but soon he should get the chance to show his talent in some underground clubs in vienna. his dream to become a dj was getting closer and closer and also his bookings increase. In the year 2000 he started his own event series called "TECHNOELEMENT" wich was soon very well known all over austria.

till now Joakim A. aka van Bass played on all major events in austria. In the year 2001 he started to get bookings on the international stages - poland, slovakia, slovenia, hungary, czech republic, germany, italy, marokko, switzerland, luxenburg, russia, latvia, turkey, greece, malta, united kingdom,.... and spinned the decks with many star djs and live acts wich gave him more and more inspiration like:
adam beyer, chris liebing, dave the drummer, chris liberator, johannes heil, der dritte raum, cari lekebusch, marusha, westbam, toktok, richie hawtin, dave angel, dave clarke, oliver moldan, oscar mulero, asem shama, axel bartsch, vaguard live, terrence fixmer live, speedy j, ben long, jammie bissmire, space djzs, the british murder boys, marco carola, marco bailey, marco lenzi, felipe, monika kruse, miss yetti, mark spoon, massimo, and many more