German songwriter, producer and keyboardist, born in 1972 in Stuttgart.

He founded a band together with his schoolmate [[artist:423384]] in the late 1980's. In the 1990's, both started a career within the emerging Eurodance scene in Germany. They were responsible for the chart project [[artist:33774]]. Starting from 1996, he created the prolific Eurodance project [[artist:59533]], in the early 2000's, follow-up projects were [[artist:72836]] and [[artist:313491]].

Gauder started his own studios [[label:888620]] and started to produce music. During the 2000's, the emphasis shifted towards German Schlager. Today, he produces Schlager bands as [[artist:3654623]] and is lecturer for music production at the [[label:890087]] in Mannheim.