Opt-In is a german Trance project founded by DJ and producer Hauke Thaden from Hamburg. Influenced by the likes of electronic pop acts like New Order, OMD and last but not least Depeche Mode, Hauke got infected with the electronic dance music scene in the mid nineties. His passion for this type of music increased very quickly that in the year 2000 he decided to start DJing. Since then he was playing several gigs alongside acts like DJ DAG (Dorian Grey/Cocoon/Dance 2 Trance), Sequentia (Fraction Records, Anjunabeats) or Stoneface & Terminal (Euphonic Rec,). Eight years later, Hauke made his first steps in producing his own music under the artist guise "Beta:Blocker". His first single "Still searching" got licencensed to the well known Trance Master compilation series at the End of