Named after the German poet Friedrich Schiller, the production duo of Schiller is Mirko von Schlieffen and Christopher von Deylen. The two layer trance beats and spoken poetry, which resulted in a couple of trance chart-toppers in Europe in the late '90s and early 2000. Aside from the Schiller project, both Schlieffen and Deylen work on outside projects. Zeitgeist marked the band's debut in early 2001. A single featuring vocalist Heppner appeared early in 2002, followed soon by the full length Voyage album.