Podcast appearances and mentions of charles siegling

Introducing Episode 008 of our weekly music podcast, Miami Music Partners Radio, featuring a special 1-hour set by this week's guest DJ, TECHNASIA.MMP Radio is brought to you by the Miami Music Partners, Miami's premier organization for the production & promotion of Dance Music events. Follow us on Instagram @MiamiMusicPartners or visit us online at MiamiMusicPartners.com, to stay up to date on our latest special events, and podcast special guest mixes! SPECIAL GUEST BIO. - TECHNASIA: For thirteen years Technasia has created a unique east/west fusion that moves seamlessly from the Paris club scene, to the streets of Hong Kong, to the hippest techno venues in Europe. Founded by Charles Siegling and Amil Khan in 1996, Technasia thrived as a duo for almost a dozen years. Now, Charles has gone solo, taking Technasia into 2010 as a one-man project. Unlike a Hollywood divorce, the parting between Siegling and Khan is truly amicable. Hong Kong-based Khan retired from Technasia to spend time with his young family. “You have to live this scene every single day,” says Siegling, “It’s very consuming, Amil didn’t want that anymore.”Despite the change, Siegling has always been the ‘front man’ in terms of DJing and performing live, so Technasia is as thrilling and full-bodied a live experience as ever. If anything, Siegling is even more determined to infuse every aspect of Technasia with his utter absorption in sound, the passion born of 25 years engrossed in electronic music. ?Born in Paris and raised in an 11th century chateau, Charles grew up listening to everything from Depeche Mode, Jimi Hendrix to Legendary Pink Dots and Einstuerzende Neubauten. His music-loving dad even introduced him to early British rave tunes. As a university student he continued his musical education the clubs of Paris listening to the likes of Derrick May and Robert Owens; and taking note of the records Laurent Garnier and DJ Deep played on their radio shows.● Soundcloud - click here● Beatport - click here● Spotify - click here

In the 58th episode of B4 the Podcast, Technasia delivers a delicious session of sharp, absorbing and groovy techno. Technasia, aka Charles Siegling, has been turning electronic music lovers into loyal followers throughout his career. Creating a unique fusion between emotion and intelligence, Technasia is driven by a desire to share his love for music. For him, electronic music is the greatest language of all. And as such, this session is a dialogue that flows and persuades, sweeping the listener along. Throughout these meticulously constructed 60 minutes, Technasia integrates classic, funky and techno beats with driven, industrial sounds.

Technasia, aka Charles Siegling, has been turning electronic music lovers into believers throughout his career. A provocative artist with a taste for exploration, Technasia combines a sophisticated musical sensibility with restless curiosity. Relive his energetic performance at Loveland NYE in this week’s Loveland Legacy. See you at 12/08 Loveland Festival | goo.gl/0JuoRm

Alex Bau (DE) - NightVision Techno PODCAST 63 Pt. 2 This set was recorded at Inox club, Toulouse, France 19.04.2014! Bio: Is it related to the fact that there has been a time before Techno for Alex Bau? Thousands of records in his collection, different styles, different music, for sure something that leaves its marks, no doubt about it. Still he is doing Depeche Mode-Nights from time to time, just for fun, and his activities on Techno doesn`t really suffer from that, not at all! With his 5 or even more hours sets at his first resident club in his southeastbavarian homearea, the „Libella“, where for example also DJ Hell started his career back in the 80ies, he achieved the reputation as somebody who is totally aware of what he is doing, totally dedicated to it and also totally loving it. He had his own radioshow for over 2 years on a local radiostation, still so far the only technoshow in this area, but after countless gigs at the local clubs time was right to proof that he is also able to play at other places all around. Especially the productions together with his friend Sven Dedek, mainly released under their moniker „Basic Implant“ or „Electric Envoy“ on labels like the at this time starting „Fine Audio Recordings“ from Chris Liebing have hit the technofloors in a very impressive way, so that he was able to collect also international experiences behind the decks while Sven was playing live. Releases like the „Phase Edit EP“, a highly acclaimed and well sold rework of some Nitzer Ebb EBM Classics, or their work for Dave Angel`s "Rotation", Justin Berkovi`s "Predicaments" or Pascal FEOS` "PV-Records" enabled the guys to reach a much bigger audience. Finally, after numerous releases for different labels beside his own label “Toneman”, Alex released his debut-album “Connected” in late 2004, which immediately draw the attention of many high class DJ`s like Chris Liebing, Pascal FEOS or Good Groove to name just a few. The fact that these artists, all standing for a different kind of style, grabbed the tracks from “Connected” constantly shows that the name of the album couldn`t have been chosen in a better way. With starting his own label „Toneman“ back in 2000 Alex Bau also started to his soloproductions for labels like Chris Liebing`s “CLR” or the Montreal based label "Default Recordings". Montreal can be understood as a kind of scale of Alex` DJ-activities too! Within 3 years he has been booked to Montreal four times, his set from the legendary night at “Aria” from january 2006 was even released as a mix-cd “live at Aria / Montreal” so that Alex came back months later to perform on the releaseparty, once again a night to remember for the Montreal technomovement. At this time Alex was already booked as the headliner, and its reported by numerous mails and guestbook-entries that it was not a mistake to do so. Maybe also as a small, unconscious “thank you”, but mainly due to a very inspirational night he spent in Halifax, where he flew over to Canada for just one night, he declared an EP as the “C.A.N.A.D.A. EP”, which was released on CLR in late 2007 and received overwhelming feedback from all over the globe. People desrcibed the tracks “Summer in Moncton” and “Halifax Funk” as masterpieces of contemporary technomusic which seperates positively from the rest, mainly dominated by minimal clicks and cuts. But it`s not only Montreal, where Alex is being booked again and again, there are also other places, which obviously is a sign that he seems to be a guy who understands what to do when standing in front of people and trying to bring the party to the max. Clubs like Frankfurt`s "U60311", where, among other dates, he was part of the closing night of Chris Liebing`s legendary partyseries “Es ist Freitagaaabend”, Munich`s "Electric Delicate", Würzburg`s "Airport", or the legendary "Tresor" in Berlin are not only the trademarks of german technoclubculture, they can also be found on Alex Bau`s giglist. Japan, Braszil, USA, Canada, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Holland or the closer Austria and Switzerland are some of the tourstops on Alex` calender, and no matter where, all over the places people can hear and feel how interesting, versatile and powerful techno can be if you understand to combine minimal and straight techno as a constant up and down. Always everything under control while the party is going wild, that`s what Alex is always going for. That`s also something what the crowd seemed to have experienced, so that Alex was voted among the 20 best national DJ`s on the poll from Germany`s leading Dancemagazine, Raveline, in 2006. After a short intermezzo as an official artist on the highly acclaimed label „Zenit“, that has been the platform for acts like Marco Carola, Adam Beyer, The Advent, Gaetano Parisio and many more, he now puts the focus back again on an own platform after releasing his album „Credo“ as a sublabel from Zenit, which is now “continued” as his personal artist label with already highly acclaimed releases like “My bleepy helloween” or “Bullet in your heart”, minimal tunes go together with peaktime slammers in a way that appears obvious and logic. This fact and the music on “Credo” attracts a lot of leading colleagues of Alex like Chris Liebing, Dubfire, Adam Beyer, Stephan Bodzin or also Charles Siegling aka Technasia, who invited Alex to join the worldfamous Sino-Label by end of 2008. The feedback on Alex` music is growing constantly, he turned out to be one the few real technoproducers since 2008 and his decision to focus on only a few, but very powerful and strong releases on labels like CLR, Sino or Credo speaks for itself. After releasing numerous succesful releases and remixes in 2009, e.g. “Red Chromosome” on CLR or the “Dark Summer Nights” on Credo, which has to be repressed again and again and was even featured on the German Club Charts (DDC), Alex was really touched by the fact that one of his musical idols, Martin L. Gore, has picked a remix from him (Marko`s “Everything turns black” Remix by Alex) for his pre-show-dj-set of the worldwide Depeche Mode “Tour of the Universe”. 2010 will not only see Alex being a part of handful of high-class artists to create the “10 years CLR compilation”, it will also be the year of Alex` next album “Being Wayne Sidorsky”, an outstanding album and a compilation of tracks which are totally dedicated to the bas(s)ic energy of Techno, something Alex always stood for and will always stay stand for. Techno can do a lot, if you let it do so. That`s the credo. His credo. Tracklist: Unavailable Total Time: 1:00:28 More info: Alex Bau WebSite: http://www.alexbau.de/ Alex Bau on BeatPort: http://www.beatport.com/artist/alex-bau/7389 Alex Bau on Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alex+Bau Alex Bau on Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/alexbau Alex Bau on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/alex-bau/128175640006?ref=ts Alex Bau on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/alexbautechno Alex Bau on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexbau NightVision Techno PODCAST on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/nightvisiontechnopodcast NightVision Techno PODCAST on MixLR: http://mixlr.com/nightvision-techno-podcast/ NightVision Techno PODCAST on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/hu/podcast/nightvision-techno-podcast/id472942249 NightVision Techno PODCAST on MIXCLOUD and DIRECT LINK: http://www.mixcloud.com/nightvision_techno_podcast/ NightVision Techno PODCAST on FB: http://www.facebook.com/nightvisiontechno NightVision Techno PODCAST on YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/nightvisiontechno E-mail: nightvisiontechnopodcast@t-online.hu

For the episode number 7 we have to welcome Charles Siegling, also known as Technasia. He released on Suara one of the greatest tracks of 2013: "I Am Somebody". Tech-House and groovy tech as its best. Enjoy this seventh episode! Tracklist: Peder Mannerfelt - A Narrow Dome Luca Lento - Poema (Mendo Remix) Nic Fanciulli Vs &Me - Feel It Marc Antona - Brush Rush George Morel - Keep It Rolling Ilario Liburni - Noxious Carlo Lio - Love Nation Shinedoe - Rise Whyt Noiz - They Giuseppe Cennamo - Our First Cinema Armand Van Helden - Donkey Florian Kruse - The Block (Flashmob Underground Mix) Gina Turner - Speaker Gary Beck - Around You The japanese Popstarts - Matter Of Time (Coyu Remix) Jewel Kid - My Reaction 69 - Filter King Mod3rn - Mo1 Adrian Hour - Runaway Heiko Laux - Souldancer (hlx Re-Construct)

Alex Bau (DE) - NightVision Techno PODCAST 40 Pt. 2 This set was recorded at Douala, Ravensburg 10.05.2013! Bio: Is it related to the fact that there has been a time before Techno for Alex Bau? Thousands of records in his collection, different styles, different music, for sure something that leaves its marks, no doubt about it. Still he is doing Depeche Mode-Nights from time to time, just for fun, and his activities on Techno doesn`t really suffer from that, not at all! With his 5 or even more hours sets at his first resident club in his southeastbavarian homearea, the „Libella“, where for example also DJ Hell started his career back in the 80ies, he achieved the reputation as somebody who is totally aware of what he is doing, totally dedicated to it and also totally loving it. He had his own radioshow for over 2 years on a local radiostation, still so far the only technoshow in this area, but after countless gigs at the local clubs time was right to proof that he is also able to play at other places all around. Especially the productions together with his friend Sven Dedek, mainly released under their moniker „Basic Implant“ or „Electric Envoy“ on labels like the at this time starting „Fine Audio Recordings“ from Chris Liebing have hit the technofloors in a very impressive way, so that he was able to collect also international experiences behind the decks while Sven was playing live. Releases like the „Phase Edit EP“, a highly acclaimed and well sold rework of some Nitzer Ebb EBM Classics, or their work for Dave Angel`s "Rotation", Justin Berkovi`s "Predicaments" or Pascal FEOS` "PV-Records" enabled the guys to reach a much bigger audience. Finally, after numerous releases for different labels beside his own label “Toneman”, Alex released his debut-album “Connected” in late 2004, which immediately draw the attention of many high class DJ`s like Chris Liebing, Pascal FEOS or Good Groove to name just a few. The fact that these artists, all standing for a different kind of style, grabbed the tracks from “Connected” constantly shows that the name of the album couldn`t have been chosen in a better way. With starting his own label „Toneman“ back in 2000 Alex Bau also started to his soloproductions for labels like Chris Liebing`s “CLR” or the Montreal based label "Default Recordings". Montreal can be understood as a kind of scale of Alex` DJ-activities too! Within 3 years he has been booked to Montreal four times, his set from the legendary night at “Aria” from january 2006 was even released as a mix-cd “live at Aria / Montreal” so that Alex came back months later to perform on the releaseparty, once again a night to remember for the Montreal technomovement. At this time Alex was already booked as the headliner, and its reported by numerous mails and guestbook-entries that it was not a mistake to do so. Maybe also as a small, unconscious “thank you”, but mainly due to a very inspirational night he spent in Halifax, where he flew over to Canada for just one night, he declared an EP as the “C.A.N.A.D.A. EP”, which was released on CLR in late 2007 and received overwhelming feedback from all over the globe. People desrcibed the tracks “Summer in Moncton” and “Halifax Funk” as masterpieces of contemporary technomusic which seperates positively from the rest, mainly dominated by minimal clicks and cuts. But it`s not only Montreal, where Alex is being booked again and again, there are also other places, which obviously is a sign that he seems to be a guy who understands what to do when standing in front of people and trying to bring the party to the max. Clubs like Frankfurt`s "U60311", where, among other dates, he was part of the closing night of Chris Liebing`s legendary partyseries “Es ist Freitagaaabend”, Munich`s "Electric Delicate", Würzburg`s "Airport", or the legendary "Tresor" in Berlin are not only the trademarks of german technoclubculture, they can also be found on Alex Bau`s giglist. Japan, Braszil, USA, Canada, Poland, Croatia, Serbia, Holland or the closer Austria and Switzerland are some of the tourstops on Alex` calender, and no matter where, all over the places people can hear and feel how interesting, versatile and powerful techno can be if you understand to combine minimal and straight techno as a constant up and down. Always everything under control while the party is going wild, that`s what Alex is always going for. That`s also something what the crowd seemed to have experienced, so that Alex was voted among the 20 best national DJ`s on the poll from Germany`s leading Dancemagazine, Raveline, in 2006. After a short intermezzo as an official artist on the highly acclaimed label „Zenit“, that has been the platform for acts like Marco Carola, Adam Beyer, The Advent, Gaetano Parisio and many more, he now puts the focus back again on an own platform after releasing his album „Credo“ as a sublabel from Zenit, which is now “continued” as his personal artist label with already highly acclaimed releases like “My bleepy helloween” or “Bullet in your heart”, minimal tunes go together with peaktime slammers in a way that appears obvious and logic. This fact and the music on “Credo” attracts a lot of leading colleagues of Alex like Chris Liebing, Dubfire, Adam Beyer, Stephan Bodzin or also Charles Siegling aka Technasia, who invited Alex to join the worldfamous Sino-Label by end of 2008. The feedback on Alex` music is growing constantly, he turned out to be one the few real technoproducers since 2008 and his decision to focus on only a few, but very powerful and strong releases on labels like CLR, Sino or Credo speaks for itself. After releasing numerous succesful releases and remixes in 2009, e.g. “Red Chromosome” on CLR or the “Dark Summer Nights” on Credo, which has to be repressed again and again and was even featured on the German Club Charts (DDC), Alex was really touched by the fact that one of his musical idols, Martin L. Gore, has picked a remix from him (Marko`s “Everything turns black” Remix by Alex) for his pre-show-dj-set of the worldwide Depeche Mode “Tour of the Universe”. 2010 will not only see Alex being a part of handful of high-class artists to create the “10 years CLR compilation”, it will also be the year of Alex` next album “Being Wayne Sidorsky”, an outstanding album and a compilation of tracks which are totally dedicated to the bas(s)ic energy of Techno, something Alex always stood for and will always stay stand for. Techno can do a lot, if you let it do so. That`s the credo. His credo. Tracklist: Unavailable Total Time: 1:14:41 More info: Alex Bau WebSite: http://www.alexbau.de/ Alex Bau on BeatPort: http://www.beatport.com/artist/alex-bau/7389 Alex Bau on Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alex+Bau Alex Bau on Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/alexbau Alex Bau on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/alex-bau/128175640006?ref=ts Alex Bau on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/alexbautechno Alex Bau on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexbau NightVision Techno PODCAST on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/nightvisiontechnopodcast NightVision Techno PODCAST on MixLR: http://mixlr.com/nightvision-techno-podcast/ NightVision Techno PODCAST on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/hu/podcast/nightvision-techno-podcast/id472942249 NightVision Techno PODCAST on MIXCLOUD and DIRECT LINK: http://www.mixcloud.com/nightvision_techno_podcast/ NightVision Techno PODCAST on FB: http://www.facebook.com/nightvisiontechno NightVision Techno PODCAST on YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/nightvisiontechno E-mail: nightvisiontechnopodcast@t-online.hu

Manifest Podcast 027 - AlavuxAlavux is one of the responsible people for spreading the fresh electro sound from Eastern Europe with his E75 Records crew. His vision is merging electro and techno and unusual sounds into one matter known as music . Creating Sound Packs for “Zenhiser” Media Company based in Australia , broadcasting a radio show “Emiter” on radio Elektrana in Serbia , releasing for E75 Records , Twilight76 Online , ToyFriend Music , Teskoba Records few to name , releasing free patches for various synths like Itchy Synths Overdose , supported work from Dave Clarke ,Odessa Soundfreaks , Paul Blackford , Martin Evolvah , Dominance Electricity , Rob Real and others . played with his favorited dj’s and producers from various style of music that he like and produce like Charles Siegling from Techansia , Jeff Mills , Jessie Voorn , Paul Voolford , Chris Liberator , ManasyT , Crobot Crew , JJ Innervision, Bass Junkie , Lloyd Da Zoyd and Diplomat , Dagobert and lot of Serbian Djs and Live Acts. One of the regular performers on Elektrana Stage on Exit Festival since his foundation in 2005, also performed on various electronic music festivals near by like Croatia , Slovenia , Bulgaria and so on . First music success was arrived in 1997 , reaching in first top five on national electronic music chart in his age of 17 with his first track “San” . Sound Experiments continue with alter techno ego project “Solaris Path”More info & sounds :AlavuxFacebookTracklist :1.MPIA3 - CRUSTY JUICE2.MAZZULA - PHOTONS GALAXIAN REMIX3.SOLARYS PATH - CODE KEEPER4.JORI HULKKONEN - BEND OVER BEETHOVEN5.BAUHAUS - UNTITLED VER.16.LUKA BAUMANN - EMERGENCE NINE OSCAR MULLERO REMIX7.BEN GIBSON - SAME SYMPTOMS SAME COMBAT (SCENE 1 )8.UMEK - CMEDA9.ROBERT HOOD - OMEGA10.South Pole - 3RD Night11.JEFF MILLS - FLASHING LIGHTS12.FRANK MARTINIQ - BLAST CORPS13.EDIT SELECT - SURFACE TO AIR14.DATACRASH ROBOT - APPART EXPANSION15.FREDDY FRESH - SCREWDRIVER16.ALAVUX - BACKDROP BEAT , BEAT BATTLESHIP17.ALAVUX - DO DAT18.ALAVUX - UNCHARTED THERYTORY (THE HIDDEN PERSUADER REMIX)19.ALAVUX - TIME MODE C (CONCRETE DJ'Z ELEKTRO TRENING REMIX)20.ALAVUX - IN BETWEEN21.ALAVUX - WATT22.THE HIDDEN PERSUADER - BIO-WAVE23.ALAVUX - ELEKTROMAGNETNI BRANOVI (DEKODE REMIX)24.NEIL YOUNG - SAMPLE AND HOLD25.THE KLINIK - NEVER GET OUT

  Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement   Technasia Biography For thirteen years Technasia has created a unique east/west fusion that moves seamlessly from the Paris club scene, to the streets of Hong Kong, to the hippest techno venues in Europe. Founded by Charles Siegling and Amil Khan in 1996, Technasia thrived as a duo for almost a dozen years. Now, Charles has gone solo, taking Technasia into 2010 as a one-man project. Unlike a Hollywood divorce, the parting between Siegling and Khan is truly amicable. Hong Kong-based Khan retired from Technasia to spend time with his young family. “You have to live this scene every single day,” says Siegling, “It’s very consuming, Amil didn’t want that anymore.” Despite the change, Siegling has always been the ‘front man’ in terms of DJing and performing live, so Technasia is as thrilling and full-bodied a live experience as ever. If anything, Siegling is even more determined to infuse every aspect of Technasia with his utter absorption in sound, the passion born of 25 years engrossed in electronic music. Born in Paris and raised in an 11th century chateau, Charles grew up listening to everything from Depeche Mode to Jimi Hendrix. His music-loving dad even introduced him to early British rave tunes. As a university student he continued his musical education the clubs of Paris listening to the likes of Derrick May and Robert Owens; and taking note of the records Laurent Garnier and DJ Deep played on their radio shows. In the mid-90s Siegling, who did a degree in film studies, went to check out the Hong Kong cinema scene. There, a mutual friend introduced him to Amil Khan and after they discovered a shared taste in electronic music, Technasia was born. They chose to base Technasia and their record label Sino in Hong Kong because there was no scene there, no record shops, no underground, no infrastructure. It was initially a battle for survival, but the location is vital to the Technasia ethos of music as communication. “Language is THE ultimate barrier,” says Siegling. He strives to overcome the barrier in his own life by picking up languages wherever he goes – he speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish and Italian, among others – but ultimately he chooses to communicate through sound. “Electronic music is the greatest language of all. No words, just the vibration, the emotion and the beat.” Charles has a burning ambition to create music that transcends cultural barriers, and to captivate every audience. The proof of his success is in the list of clubs and festivals Technasia has played. Fans around the globe, from China, to Colombia, to the Czech Republic, know Technasia’s classic anthems including ‘Force’, ‘Oxide’ and ‘Evergreen’. And they know that every Technasia show takes the music to new heights. When DJing, Charles always plays on three decks, showcasing the old-fashioned arts of cutting and scratching. Live, Technasia takes audiences on an unforgettable ride. Charles literally becomes a one-man band, playing keyboards, percussion and acoustic instruments. He even sings. Anything to create irresistible energy and atmosphere. “I want my audience having fun,” explains Siegling. “Not falling asleep, or going off to the bar for a beer.” The performance aspect of Technasia is complemented by artist albums ‘Future Mix’ and ‘Popsoda’ – which are modern classics. Siegling is also an outspoken promoter of young talent, using the Sino imprint as a launch pad for talent including Joris Voorn, Renato Cohen, Steve Rachmad and young Catalan producer Dosem. He has straightforward criteria for what makes a Sino artist: talent and individuality. Charles is refreshingly direct – he has no patience for industry politics – and he seeks out musicians who have a similar strength of character and clarity of purpose. “I share my knowledge with artists who deserve a push,” says Siegling. “So when they are ready to fly, they can do it on their own.” Siegling is currently polishing the third Technasia album, due to be released mid-2010, and planning a huge tour which will take the new music to fans around the world. There is 12” single planned for spring, and fans can look forward to remixes from artists including Marc Romboy, Mauro Picotto and Renato Cohen later in the year. Right now, Siegling is in production overdrive: “My neighbours probably see me alone in the studio at 5AM, dancing my ass off!” he jokes. One thing is certain: come 2010, he won’t be dancing alone anymore. he jokes. One thing is certain: come 2010, he won’t be dancing alone anymore.

  Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement   Technasia Biography For thirteen years Technasia has created a unique east/west fusion that moves seamlessly from the Paris club scene, to the streets of Hong Kong, to the hippest techno venues in Europe. Founded by Charles Siegling and Amil Khan in 1996, Technasia thrived as a duo for almost a dozen years. Now, Charles has gone solo, taking Technasia into 2010 as a one-man project. Unlike a Hollywood divorce, the parting between Siegling and Khan is truly amicable. Hong Kong-based Khan retired from Technasia to spend time with his young family. “You have to live this scene every single day,” says Siegling, “It’s very consuming, Amil didn’t want that anymore.” Despite the change, Siegling has always been the ‘front man’ in terms of DJing and performing live, so Technasia is as thrilling and full-bodied a live experience as ever. If anything, Siegling is even more determined to infuse every aspect of Technasia with his utter absorption in sound, the passion born of 25 years engrossed in electronic music. Born in Paris and raised in an 11th century chateau, Charles grew up listening to everything from Depeche Mode to Jimi Hendrix. His music-loving dad even introduced him to early British rave tunes. As a university student he continued his musical education the clubs of Paris listening to the likes of Derrick May and Robert Owens; and taking note of the records Laurent Garnier and DJ Deep played on their radio shows. In the mid-90s Siegling, who did a degree in film studies, went to check out the Hong Kong cinema scene. There, a mutual friend introduced him to Amil Khan and after they discovered a shared taste in electronic music, Technasia was born. They chose to base Technasia and their record label Sino in Hong Kong because there was no scene there, no record shops, no underground, no infrastructure. It was initially a battle for survival, but the location is vital to the Technasia ethos of music as communication. “Language is THE ultimate barrier,” says Siegling. He strives to overcome the barrier in his own life by picking up languages wherever he goes – he speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish and Italian, among others – but ultimately he chooses to communicate through sound. “Electronic music is the greatest language of all. No words, just the vibration, the emotion and the beat.” Charles has a burning ambition to create music that transcends cultural barriers, and to captivate every audience. The proof of his success is in the list of clubs and festivals Technasia has played. Fans around the globe, from China, to Colombia, to the Czech Republic, know Technasia’s classic anthems including ‘Force’, ‘Oxide’ and ‘Evergreen’. And they know that every Technasia show takes the music to new heights. When DJing, Charles always plays on three decks, showcasing the old-fashioned arts of cutting and scratching. Live, Technasia takes audiences on an unforgettable ride. Charles literally becomes a one-man band, playing keyboards, percussion and acoustic instruments. He even sings. Anything to create irresistible energy and atmosphere. “I want my audience having fun,” explains Siegling. “Not falling asleep, or going off to the bar for a beer.” The performance aspect of Technasia is complemented by artist albums ‘Future Mix’ and ‘Popsoda’ – which are modern classics. Siegling is also an outspoken promoter of young talent, using the Sino imprint as a launch pad for talent including Joris Voorn, Renato Cohen, Steve Rachmad and young Catalan producer Dosem. He has straightforward criteria for what makes a Sino artist: talent and individuality. Charles is refreshingly direct – he has no patience for industry politics – and he seeks out musicians who have a similar strength of character and clarity of purpose. “I share my knowledge with artists who deserve a push,” says Siegling. “So when they are ready to fly, they can do it on their own.” Siegling is currently polishing the third Technasia album, due to be released mid-2010, and planning a huge tour which will take the new music to fans around the world. There is 12” single planned for spring, and fans can look forward to remixes from artists including Marc Romboy, Mauro Picotto and Renato Cohen later in the year. Right now, Siegling is in production overdrive: “My neighbours probably see me alone in the studio at 5AM, dancing my ass off!” he jokes. One thing is certain: come 2010, he won’t be dancing alone anymore. 01 - Jerome Sydenham - Deep Fried - UK Promotions 02 - Enzo Siragusa - Himba Raindance - Welt 03 - Dosem - Road To Ebron - Sino 04 - Dapayk Solo - The Little Thing You Do (Niko Schwind Remix) - Stil Vor Talent 05 - Mutant Clan - Sancerre - Terminal M 06 - Gerald Mitchell - Faith - 430 West 07 - Santos - Mariachi Hotel - Crosstown Digital Rebels 08 - Spirit Catcher - Sedona - Systematic 09 - Layo & Bushwacka - Now Is The Time (2020 Sound System Remix) - Olmeto 10 - Jamie Anderson feat. Mr K. Alexi - Cyclone - Mija 11 - Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (Df S Attention Dub) - Objektivity 12 - Wally Lopez - Noche Sin Luna (Coyu & Edu Imbernon Remix) - The Factoria 13 - Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Raw - Musique Risquée 14 - Santos - La Pineta - Crosstown Digital Rebels 15 - Marc Romboy - Talking All That Jazz - Systematic 16 - Lucio Aquilina - Black Elf - Hideout 17 - Mes - Back To Basics (Satoshi Tomiie Mes Mix) - Saw 18 - Gerald Mitchell - It's Possible - 430 West 19 - Roberto Bosco - One - Figure 20 - Steve Stoll - Untitled Loop 21 - Agaric - Nobody Home - We Are 22 - Steve Stoll - Untitled Loop 2 23 - Youknow - Bacata (Technasia Remix 1) - Monique 24 - The Cheapers - Madame Sans Merci - Upon You FURTHER INFORMATION: Technasia Technasia.com Myspace.com/technasia Discogs.com/artist/Technasia Technasia_Press Pics.zip http://www.mediafire.com/file/djv2eonyhwz Sino Myspace.com/sinolabel Technorient.com/sino Technorient.com Discogs.com/label/Sino Press & Radio Contact: Tel: +44(0)7883 364 201 Email: hugo@ukf.net SKYPE: hughbmusic