The Subway CD is not just a simple compilation of the last two 12inches Subway II & III. Richard produced 4 more exclusive Songs especially for this 11 Track CD. Furthermore this CD is harmonically compiled and gently mixed by Heiko Laux. Richard Bartz’ roots strike back into the early 90’s. Counting sweet 14 years, he climbed the toilet window and sneaked into the legendary "Ultraworld“ parties, hiding all night long behind the bass speakers. The German techno scene was just about to emerge as Richard absorbed every little beep he could get; - until he got caught by the party organizer Upstart, who promptly took him under his wings. In the following years, accompanied by Upstart and his friend DJ Hell, he rapidly grew to a live act and producer of international top ranking. In the process, he became one of the founders of "Munich techno" - a powerful, groovy, and highly influential variant of what was then called „funky techno“ and is nowadays established as "minimal". Having had amazing success with his first releases on Disko B under his pseudonym "Acid Scout", Richard Bartz founded his own record label "Kurbel Records" in 1996. On Kurbel Records he started by releasing many of his own tracks, which are now considered classics like "Style Wars", "Ghettoblaster" and "The Traveller". Pretty soon, Richard’s label became the romping place for red-hot artists like DJ Hell ("Take A Shot/Break The Rulez"), and Heiko Laux ("Souldancer"), as well as the just emerging Christian Morgenstern, Savas Pascalidis, and Lars Sommerfeld.

While still producing and remixing, from 2000 on, Richard Bartz mainly focused on his live performances. In 2002, his tremendous success got bookmarked with the release of his "Live at Cocoon Club Ibiza" CD on Sven Väth's label Cocoon. In the following years, Richard took the step beyond electronic mainstream and released his neo-disco-tech album "Midnight Man" (2004) and the completely analogous produced album "Big" (2005).