Mike Mareen was born on November, 9th 1949 in Berlin and grew up in Lüneburg, Germany.
First, he was a drummer, but later he was the singer of the group Cemetery Institution (non-disco) and performed in Hamburg´s legendary Star Club, where The Beatles performed in their early days.

After becoming a sailor, Mike went to New York and spent a few years there. Upon returning to Germany, he released his biggest hit, Love Spy, in 1986, followed by Dancing In The Dark and Agent Of Liberty, a great disco track as well. In the same year Mike released his first album entitled: Dance Control. The following year, he released his second album, Let’s Start Now. This album included his new super-hit Don’t Talk To The Snake. Both albums were released by well-known German label zyx Records.

Mike, like many disco artists, has written and produced tracks released by other artists. He produced hits like Birthday Girl by Italo-Disco star DJ’s Project and Win The Race, performed by Amadeus Liszt.

In 1997 label zyx Records released a new remix of his song Dancing in the Dark by DJ Shah & Espirito.