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Steve started in 2017 under the local Overlay Events moniker, where he had the chance at hand to grow up and play amongst artists like Arapu, Cosmjn, Iuly.B, Herodot, Livio & Roby, Crihan, Vid, Melodie, Primarie, Nima Gorji and Valentino Kanzyani and others. After a while, he established togheter with a friend a successful party series in his hometown of Iasi in 2019 called MaiVenim. While he lived on the island of Cyprus he got to be a resident DJ at Sousami in Limassol and even played at S//IP club in the capital city of Nicosia. His first EP, Step One, got released in 2020 on Zebra Rec followed by some singles on r.organic and bandcamp releases. Now, his second EP is going to be released this year on PhonicHouse1 Records. Keep an eye on Steve: https://instagram.com/steve.steven.stevenson https://www.facebook.com/stevemakesmusic111 https://soundcloud.com/steviestevesteven https://stevem0sic.bandcamp.com Listen to more electronic music on Intaresu https://intaresu.com
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Slovenija je ena redkih evropskih držav, ki nima umetnostnega sejma. Od leta 2015 in letos že šestič kot Art-MUS ga poskuša ponovno obuditi Mariborski umetnostni sejem. Letos se zaradi znanih okoliščin na spletu predstavlja 180 umetnikov in 17 prodajnih galerij. Ko bodo razmere to dopuščale, bodo v resničnosti izpeljali še dobrodelno posebnost - Univerzitetnemu kliničnemu centru Maribor bodo predali sliko Boštjana Plesničarja. Naslikal jo je v zahvalo zdravstvenemu osebju za požrtvovalno delo, olje na platnu pa je namenu primerno naslovljeno - Poklon medicinskemu osebju. Spletna premiera IctusCordis - Variatio Januša Aleša Luznarja bo 25. decembra. Avtor v projektu IctusCordis raziskuje interakcije umetnosti, psihologije in tehnologije. Glavno vlogo kot intimno umetniški izrazni instrument ima človeško srce. Novi tretji del z naslovom Variatio pa je hkrati prvi performans, v katerem manipulira srčni utrip Drugega. Na premierno izvedbo je Januš Aleš Luznar povabil goste, ki se tudi sami ukvarjajo z različnimi vidiki telesa, utripa oz. zvoka, in prihajajo iz igralskega, glasbenega in športnega sveta; Marko Mandić, Valentino Kanzyani in Natalija Gros.
Introducing Episode 011 of our weekly music podcast, Miami Music Partners Radio, featuring a special 1-hour set by this week's guest, WALLY LOPEZ.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. - WALLY LOPEZ: Born in San Blas in Madrid, 1976, Angel David López starts his career as a DJ and radio presenter at the early age of thirteen. With an innovative programme, specialized in dance music, he broadcasts his sessions at Top Radio (Spain) in the early mornings of the weekend.Wally, a pioneer of the house music in Spain, starts his career as producer in 2000 by launching the label Weekend Records, and remixing artists such as Tiësto, Marco V, Valentino Kanzyani, Dirty Vegas, Bob Sinclar and Robbie Riviera. Many of his records are successfully published with renowned labels including Defected, Underwater, Yoshitoshi and Subliminal. In the same year he also produces what it will be his first international hit ‘Amman’, followed by ‘Patricia Never Leaves the House’ (both remixes have been relaunched in TheFactoria recently) and ‘Disco Night’, played all over the globe by DJs like Pete Tong, Hernan Cattaneo or Steve Lawler. The later even dubbed him as ‘The Man of the Moment’…After working for numerous labels and artists, he decides to create ‘La Factoria Records’ - now TheFactoria - in 2001, as well as a more underground sub-label called Formula Records. Recently Lopez has added a new label called FatXL that he has launched together with his colleagues Ismael Rivas and Iván Pica. The three labels together form part of the Factonomia Group that Wally presides, and it counts with different areas such as a management agency, management label or the Tremenda clothes shop in Madrid.TheFactoria counts with more than thirty references of great international repercussion such as ‘Love Time’, ‘Strike Me Down’ or the more recent tunes ‘Planet Earth’, ‘Burning Inside’ or ‘Close to Me’. The last two were at the number one for many weeks in a row at the Maxima 51 chart of Maxima FM – the most important dance chart in Spain. Besides, Wally has the honour to host a national programme of electronic music in Maxima FM, which counts with more than 340,000 listeners each Friday and is also broadcasted in English in Belgium, France, Italy and Russia. Musically speaking his selected compilations stand out, particularly the Weekend CD Series and I’m Coming To… series. After the editions in London, Paris, Dubai and Ibiza, Wally Lopez is already preparing a second edition for this summer 2009 that will repeat destination to the White Island.However, it is in 2004 when Wally Lopez’ musical career acquires its current dimension. It happens in an uncomfortable train trip from Madrid to Valencia where he creates his remix for David Guetta’s ‘Just A Little More Love’. In Wally’s hands the tune becomes turns into a world hit and the Madridian becomes one of the undisputable winners at the Ibiza DJ Awards 2004. In this good year he starts his residency at Pacha Ibiza, together with Darren Emerson and Tim Deluxe, which he combines with other residencies including The End in London, where he plays next to artists like Fatboy Slim or XPress2. Later he gains residencies at Discotèque and Pacha in Barcelona, Red Light and The Mix in Paris and Ministry of Sound in London and appearances at festivals including 10th Anniversary of Creamfields Liverpool, Creamfields Buenos Aires, Global Gathering, Exit Festival, Weekend Dance, Rock in Rio, Monegros Desert Festival and Creamfields Andalusia, finally achieving his current summer residency who many consider the best in the world, Space Ibiza for the Be@Space parties. Besides Wally has the honour to have been the first Spanish DJ to be invited to play at a Madonna concert (Seville 08).Apart from the love of an unconditional crowd that has followed him for the last 18 years, he has been awarded with the recognition and respect of many professionals in his field and some brands that currently collaborate and work with their full support in the creation and promotion of products 100% Wally. Both Oakley and Vueling Airlines are two of his main partners with whom he promotes their products or presents events such as I’m Vueling to Ibiza – which was widely published in the media in 2008. Wally Lopez collaborates also with dance4life in their fight against AIDS; lending his image and total support to the cause as one of the projects he personally considers the most important and useful.● Soundcloud - click here● Beatport - click here● Spotify - click here
Jonathan Calvo aka Phoniq has been part of the DJ scene for the past twenty years. Influenced by the 80's and 90's musical styles he started playing at several clubs and after hours parties around Barcelona and Girona. His cool and dynamic style has let him to share sets with great national and international artists like Cristian Varel', David Moreno (Ibiza Global Radio), Oscar Mulero, Oxia, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani. He was resident Dj at Cosmic Club (Sils, Girona)! Currently Calvo is Sound Technician and Dj on Love Market (Santa Susanna, Barcelona). Also Member on Moments Booking Agency (Spain). On the production, he has released several tracks on label like Ambiosphere Recordings (UK), Lapsus Music, Supernovaʼs label (Italy), Itom Records (Hungary), Plastik Galaxy (Portugal), Bonzai Basiks, (Belgium), Gimmick Records, (Switzerland), Laboratory Records (France), Plastik People (USA), Datacode (Canada), Attary Records (Colombia), Seta Label (Slovakia), Quanticman Records (Romania), Deeplomatic Recordings (UK), Cenital Music (Spain), Senssual Records (Ibiza, Spain), Mood Funk Records (Italy). Follow & Support: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-mahoney Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/jonathancalvo/ Beatport: http://classic.beatport.com/artist/jonathan-calvo/227244
Get Connected with Mladen Tomic - 049 - Oldies Goldies Edition - 2002 Vinyl Only Promo Mix 04 Recorded back in Year 2002 using three Technics Turntables. Including tracks by Marco Carola, Danilo Vigorito, Alan Barratt, Hipp-e, Valentino Kanzyani, Rino Cerrone, Joeski and many more. Enjoy! This show is syndicated for Radio stations worldwide via Syndicast: https://syndicast.co.uk/show/get-connected Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DjMladenTomic Subscribe on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mladen-tomic/id1438315512?mt=2 Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/MladenTomic/ Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/379382 http://www.djmladentomic.com
Listen to the applications received in the feeder sound OPEN CALL for DJs and producers & VOTE on https://www.feeder.ro/2019/08/25/vote-sound-open-call/ Steve – Feeder Sound Open Call Set description: “Recorded a while back at one of MaiVenim's afterparties in my hometown Iasi. The set is a statement of both mixing and sound skills. The tracks are like puzzle pieces set to match one into another to create a distinct journey through sound. The tempo is fast as my musical roots are set in the techno scene All said, sit back and let it flow!” About @steviestevesteven Steve has a simple goal in mind, making people connect through music. There are few DJs out there than can transpose into the collective consciousness of the crowd as he can. So far he got to play alongside the likes of Arapu, Nima Gorji, Melodie and many more but the biggest highlight of his career so far being warming up for Valentino Kanzyani. Production-wise, he likes to keep mostly to himself and share his works only with a select few. https://www.facebook.com/stevem0sic/ Current city: Limassol, Cyprus
BLOOM RECORDS PODCAST 175 - CHRIS CARGO Chris Cargo started his production career in the late 1990s, and has been at the forefront within the electronic music scene ever since. He is best known for his Progressive , Deep and Melodic House vibes. During the late nineties and noughties Chris released a wealth of gems on seminal Progressive House labels: ‘Choo Choo’, Renaissance, Automatic Records, Whoop, Armada Music and Kosmo not to mention an original artist album. Chris has always gained consistent support for his many varied club releases from DJ giants such as Digweed, Cox, Cattaneo, Howells, Lawler, Warren and Garnier etc. He is a multi talented DJ and producer who has regularly been on tour with Renaissance, Smirnoff, Tennents, Kent Tobacco and the like, many of which have seen Chris ply his wares on several large scale tours around China, USA, Russia and South America. As a DJ, Chris has travelled the world wowing the crowds in Shanghai to Zurich, Amsterdam to Moscow, Kuala Lumpur to Paris docking in over 60 countries along the way including Siberia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Finland, France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Malaysia, China, Mexico. In addition, his music has appeared on many compilations such as Renaissance, Intec, Seb Fontaine,Danny Howells, Valentino Kanzyani, Anthony Pappa, Slinky, Priviledge-Ibiza, Global Underground and has had major BBC Radio 1 plays and multiple reviews in publications such as Mixmag & DJ Magazine. Back in the groove after a short hiatus Chris has returned to his seminal roots with a host of new productions for labels such as Plattenbank, FSOE UV, Beat Boutique, ICONYC, Soundteller Recordings, Sprout Music, Fall From Grace & Mango Alley to name just a few. Slipping back into production life as if he had never been away it’s easy to see why his return has seen him described as one of the “genre’s original innovators” by Progressive Astronaut, a “pioneer of Progressive House” by Change Underground and “a legend” by Release Promo. With hard work, passion and support from the industry's most revered names, Chris Cargo has some unfinished business and aims to prove that this pillar of the Progressive House scene is back for good. www.beatport.com/artist/chris-cargo/288 www.facebook.com/ChrisCargoMusic www.soundcloud.com/chriscargo www.instagram.com/chriscargomusic https://twitter.com/chriscargo https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vHPXIVbc4Mxt9fbKHBRUG tracklist TRACKLIST Gab Rhome & Kora 'Toboggan' - Saisons Amonita 'Secret of Happiness' - All Day I Dream Eli Nissan 'Naked' - Lost & Found Nosh & SJ 'The Lost Man' (Paul Angelo & Don Argento Remix) - Lowbit Rod V 'Dreamteller' (GMJ Remix) - Soundteller Records Sonic Union & Chris Cargo 'Depthcharge' (Nissan Lee Remix) - Onedotsixtwo Chris Cargo ' Shimmer' Beat Boutique Stan Kolev 'Selcouth' (D-Nox & K.A.L.I.L Remix) Eleatics Records Lucas Rossi 'Distance' - Onedotsixtwo Analog Jungs 'Mission Capsule' - Hope Recordings Third Circle 'Hope' - Soul De Anima
>>> Rétro Various Techno (avril-2019) by Dj HS >>> 01/ELIZABETH FLICKENSCHILD crunchy rozalla 02/MAGNETIC PULSAR pulse 03/2 IN BUSH the bush waker 04/ROBERT ARMANI invasion 05/BASTIAN step 06/PEOPLE OF CACTUS tracky (exclu remix) 07/ANNE CLARCK sleeper in metropolis 08/DJ HS from the future 09/SQUARE obture corner 10/GREEN VELVET la la land (Thomax Krome remix) 11/EMMANUEL TOP tone 12/DJ RUSH 1,2,0 (remix) 13/FABB X mystique polar 14/VALENTINO KANZYANI salsa loca 15/MEN OF NOISE stop the violence 16/FATBOYSLIM star 69
Sebastian Eric was born in Bacau / Romania but based in the UK where he discovered his passion for electronic / underground music in London nightclubs on the dance floor which inspired him to express his feelings through sounds and start as a DJ / Producer. Was Resident at Output / Backspace Birmingham (UK) where has had the opportunity to share the desk with many names like Raresh, Barac, Valentino Kanzyani, Nima Gorji, Bill Patrick, Praslea, Sepp, Dubtil , Cally ... and many others who are also to support him in his own production with a series of digital Ep and vinyls over the years ! Now is Resident at Zebra Booking Agency where you can found more about him ! Contact him: - Facebook : www.facebook.com/DjSebastianEric - Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/sebastian-eric Contact Soundroom : www.facebook.com/soundroompodcast/
feeder sound 160 mixed by @Posh111 Listen to this interesting mix recorded by Posh for the 160th episode of feeder sound. Discover the sound of a very interesting and active Romanian DJ & producer. We have the pleasure to present to you feeder sound 160 mixed by Posh. A local artist that started djing and producing a long time ago. His first releases on Barraca Music, are highly appreciated and have been played many times by Petre Inspirescu, Ricardo Villalobos, Valentino Kanzyani, Onur Ozer, RPR and Andrew Grant. [...] Discover more: https://feeder.ro/2018/04/06/sound-posh
Bedroom x RTS.FM Budapest w/ BODJ [Audiorama, Sleep Is Commercial - GR] and Monoclick [Bedroom Budapest - HU] Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/158530741543188/ Venue: Typo Bar Budapest YouTube: https://youtu.be/vj_FEwELMfk BODJ is one of the main characters who has paved the way, shaping the constantly evolving house music scene in Greece. Music producer, resident DJ at the multicultural six d.o.g.s venue in Athens and co-founder, owner of the Audiorama label and club night. He has appeared at respected venues & festivals both in Greece and abroad. EνΤechno Festival, Pixi, Senza basement in Athens, the legendary Cookies in Berlin and WakeUp Call in Istanbul. His craft and masterful skills behind the decks has landed him appearances alongside artists such as Nina Kraviz, Function, Dyed Soundorom, Dan Ghenacia, Nicolas Lutz, Dasha Redkina, Valentino Kanzyani and more. As a producer BODJ has signed a plethora of releases on labels including Ruis, SLEEP IS COMMERCIAL, Novus Music, Movida Records, Claap and DFTD with more releases coming up on his own Audiorama. https://soundcloud.com/bodj https://soundcloud.com/audiorama-music
In 2011 Federico attended the SAE University of Milan, beginning to expand her knowledge on electronic music. Later he joined the YAY family because he saw in that project a sophisticated style of music he loved a lot. Resident DJ for over five years in to the YAY Staff, he has been fortunate enough to play with many international artists such as Valentino Kanzyani, Ale Picone, Gescu, Dasha Redkina and many more. At the moment her most important artists are Francesco Del Garda, Nicolas Lutz, Onur Ozer, Binh and many other artists who are emerging as And.rea ( friend and Resident DJ at YAY ). Follow FREDDY RAY here: Resident Advisor : https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/freddy-ray Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Freddy-Ray-132075463580213/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/freddy-ray Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freddy_ray/?hl=it
>>> RETRO TECHNO avril 2017 Dj HS >>> 01/DAWTZ TRAX fly trap 02/CHEAP KNOB LABS double b 03/DIGITAL EXPRESS the club 04/DIMA the thing side 05/SPOKESMAN acid creak (Dj Pierre reconstruction mix) 06/DJ MATTON megastar 07/TECHNASIA hydra 08/JORIS VOORN incident 09/LAURENT GARNIER wake up 10/KOBAYA night moods 11/RICHIE HAWTIN orange 12/PANORAMA dark age 13/VALENTINO KANZYANI sala loca 14/MAX WALDER vector one 15/MANU KENTON petrol
This week our guest is Slovenian DJ Veztax. He is known for his uplifting mixes and artist production which stands for techno in its most precious form. Veztax is active since the early 90s, when he joined the then bursting Slovenian rave scene. He spend part of the 90’s on the Amsterdam techno scene, where he introduced artists Umek and Valentino Kanzyani to the Dutch audience. Veztax plays all over Europe, performs at small and medium- sized venues and even major events where he does warming up stadium concerts of Depeche Mode and Placebo. Besides organizing his own parties he continues to support the scene and its young talents with his own independent labels Glorio Music and Vezotonik Records. For the next hour you will hear a set recorded at Piknik. https://www.facebook.com/djveztax/ https://soundcloud.com/veztax http://www.lowfrequencypodcast.net https://www.facebook.com/waveyardpodcast/
>>> Rétro Various Techno (nov 2016) by Dj HS >>> 01/ELIZABETH FLICKENSCHILD crunchy rozalla 02/MAGNETIC PULSAR pulse 03/2 IN BUSH the bush waker 04/ROBERT ARMANI invasion 05/BASTIAN step 06/PEOPLE OF CACTUS tracky (exclu remix) 07/ANNE CLARCK sleeper in metropolis 08/DJ HS from the future 09/SQUARE obture corner 10/GREEN VELVET la la land (Thomax Krome remix) 11/EMMANUEL TOP tone 12/DJ RUSH 1,2,0 (remix) 13/FABB X mystique polar 14/VALENTINO KANZYANI salsa loca 15/MEN OF NOISE stop the violence 16/FATBOYSLIM star 69
Welcome in my new LIVE radio show ˝AfterDark House hosted by kLEMENZ˝ every Wednesday 22:00 GMT(23:00 CET) on SOUNDWAVE RADIO 92,3 FM (LONDON area) or world wide live stream www.soundwaveradio.net. Nothing has changed, except we are raising a bar higher in quality of music and also guests. New format is bringing freshly released and promo music mixed LIVE, following weekly exclusive guest sessions from prominent djs around the globe! This time I ve hosted Italian legend Dj Dave Manali!!! Born and raised in Italy, his professional carrier started in1997 when he played for the first time at the superclub AMBASADA GAVIOLI. Valentino Kanzyani, art director of the club, noticed his talent and he became resident dj at the club where he worked for several years. Over the years he had the opportunity play together with international artists such as DAVID MORALES, FRANKIE KNUCKLESS, MARSHALL JEFFERSON, BARBARA TUCKER, ULTRA NATE, BOB SINCLAIR, MARK KNIGHT, NIC FANCIULLI and many more...
Welcome in my new LIVE radio show ˝AfterDark House hosted by kLEMENZ˝ every Wednesday 22:00 GMT(23:00 CET) on SOUNDWAVE RADIO 92,3 FM (LONDON area) or world wide live stream www.soundwaveradio.net. Nothing has changed, except we are raising a bar higher in quality of music and also guests. New format is bringing freshly released and promo music mixed LIVE, following weekly exclusive guest sessions from prominent djs around the globe! This time I ve hosted Italian legend Dj Dave Manali!!! Born and raised in Italy, his professional carrier started in1997 when he played for the first time at the superclub AMBASADA GAVIOLI. Valentino Kanzyani, art director of the club, noticed his talent and he became resident dj at the club where he worked for several years. Over the years he had the opportunity play together with international artists such as DAVID MORALES, FRANKIE KNUCKLESS, MARSHALL JEFFERSON, BARBARA TUCKER, ULTRA NATE, BOB SINCLAIR, MARK KNIGHT, NIC FANCIULLI and many more...
Po sedmih pravljičnih letih se iz začasnega dela v raju s kamionom v domovino vračata dve toni vinilk. Njihov dreser, dr. Valentino Kanzyani, se spotoma ustavi v spetku. Kako dobra DJ-ka je Paris Hilton; kako bi zvenelo, če bi amfetamini postali vitamini; in zakaj iz Ibize nazaj v Koper, pove Valentino.
Project Xaber was born in summer of 2013 from the mind of a young artist, Alessio Barletta. His music, micro house / techno, is influenced by the groove of experimental minimal specific to the Eastern Europe. ; among the artists which inspire him are: Ricardo Villalobos, Valentino Kanzyani, Petre Inspirescu, Raresh. https://www.facebook.com/xaberab https://www.facebook.com/sndbucuresti
Ki.Mi. и его специальный микс в новом выпуске нашего подкаста!Dj Kirill Matveev (promodj.com/KirMatveev ) - автор и ведущий ветки Deep Techno музыки подкаста Trackpoint, видео-подкаста MixCult, резидент десятка радиостанций, а так же музыкант и коллекционер раритетов танцевальной электроники, петербуржец .. представляет очередной выпуск Trackpoint 1. Valentino Kanzyani - 8.Agosto (Original Mix) [Cadenza] 2. Fernando Aragon - Boxhot (Original Mix) [Monday Morning Records] 3. Rodrigo DP - Flammarion (Original Mix) [Cyclic Records ] 4. Mark Alow - Little Helper 207-3 (Original Mix) [Little Helpers] 5. Dunfluss - Juliet (Dan Farserelli Remix) [Draft] 6. Alexandar Kyosev - Depone (Original Mix) [Earlydub Records] 7. Neonis - Levitation (Original Mix) [Pleasure Garden Music] 8. KENSUKE FUKUSHIMA - Nacht Cruiser (Original Mix) [Musique Pour Les Astronautes] 9. BEESMUNT SOUNDSYSTEM - CLOSE TO ME (Amir Alexander’s Body to Body Deep Dark Excursion! Remix) [Just Jack Recordings] 10. Amir Alexander - Everybody's Beautiful (Original Mix) [Hypercolour] 11. Cristian Viviano - Underwater (Original Mix) [Lapsus Music] 12. Donato Dozzy - Cassandra (Original Mix) [Claque Musique]
Ki.Mi. и его специальный микс в новом выпуске нашего подкаста!Dj Kirill Matveev (promodj.com/KirMatveev ) - автор и ведущий ветки Deep Techno музыки подкаста Trackpoint, видео-подкаста MixCult, резидент десятка радиостанций, а так же музыкант и коллекционер раритетов танцевальной электроники, петербуржец .. представляет очередной выпуск Trackpoint 1. Valentino Kanzyani - 8.Agosto (Original Mix) [Cadenza] 2. Fernando Aragon - Boxhot (Original Mix) [Monday Morning Records] 3. Rodrigo DP - Flammarion (Original Mix) [Cyclic Records ] 4. Mark Alow - Little Helper 207-3 (Original Mix) [Little Helpers] 5. Dunfluss - Juliet (Dan Farserelli Remix) [Draft] 6. Alexandar Kyosev - Depone (Original Mix) [Earlydub Records] 7. Neonis - Levitation (Original Mix) [Pleasure Garden Music] 8. KENSUKE FUKUSHIMA - Nacht Cruiser (Original Mix) [Musique Pour Les Astronautes] 9. BEESMUNT SOUNDSYSTEM - CLOSE TO ME (Amir Alexander’s Body to Body Deep Dark Excursion! Remix) [Just Jack Recordings] 10. Amir Alexander - Everybody's Beautiful (Original Mix) [Hypercolour] 11. Cristian Viviano - Underwater (Original Mix) [Lapsus Music] 12. Donato Dozzy - Cassandra (Original Mix) [Claque Musique]
Manglus aka Pichiflautin is a Uruguayan artist who has taken the djing and producing electronic music as a way of life. From the age of 18 he has spent time in Dublin, Rome, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Barcelona and Punta del Este, with his B2B Ema Remedi he founded Astelagüel, a southamerican label focused on nice grooves between minimalhouse and dub techno. His musical style has been changing over time, as all young and restless artist. Always looking for the groove, the hypnoticas textures and surprises. As a producer,he has turned to machines, to an experimental and playful analog sound technique and the style of his tracks is generally within the minimal-house, although he is always open to new sounds and influences. He has shared booth with artists like: Rhadoo, Petre Inspirescu, Valentino Kanzyani, Audio Werner, Thomas Melchior, Marco Carola, Ray Okpara, Franco Cinelli among others, AstelagÜel (Uruguay), Drumma (Chile), Raw Trax seals (Italy), Pyramid Forest (Argentina), Love Records (Germany) and Get slow (Argentina). The 2015 give him a tour in Europe with a showcase AstelaguelOff Sonar, BCN, playing at the legendary club Visioner in Berlin, Paris Badaboom and more. This 2016 looking really good for "buenapoint" (as a lot of people call him) playing at Cocoon , Punta del Este with Sonja Moonear, Marcus Fix & Dorian Paic, and a residence at Destino Arena, Mar del Plata , Arg. Also proud of being part at Quinto Sol Punta del Este with ZIP & Soul capsule). Looking for the avant garde of music his dj style grew into strong basslines with south american hypnotic beats, rythms that keep the emphasis on the groove. He spent last summer as resident dj at Soho in Punta del Este, Uruguay. https://www.facebook.com/manglus https://www.facebook.com/sndbucuresti
Dance Box - 09 Dec 2015 feat. Valentino Kanzyani guest mix & Roberto Rodriguez interview. For tracklisting please visit www.dancebox.net.
Soul Mist 021 :: Mixed by ALEN P :: September 2015 :: www.alenp.com 1. Tale Of Us, Vaal- Concor (Original Mix) [Life And Death]2. Blond:ish- Endless Games (Patrice Baumel Dub Mix) [Kompakt]3. Blond:ish- Wunderkammer (Original Mix) [Kompakt]4. Rogelio- A Casserole (Original Mix) [Fear Of Flying]5. Valentino Kanzyani- 8.Agosto (Original Mix) [Cadenza]6. Mihai Popoviciu, Markus Homm- Text (Original Mix) [Cyclic Records]7. Vermont- Majestat (DJ Tennis Edit) [Kompakt]8. Roberto Calzetta & Twin Soul- Carpo (Original Mix) [Diynamic]9. DJ Tennis- Anatomy (North Lake Remix) [Life And Death]10. Joy Wellboy- Before The Sunrise (Dixon Remix) [Bpitch Control]
The second episode of the «Chronology» podcast Tracklist: 1) Kiasmos — Held (Dauwd Remix) 2) Valentino Kanzyani — 8.Agosto 3) Hush And Sleep — Vigr (S.K.A.M. Remix) 4) Lee Jones, Will Saul — Hug The Scary 5) Doubtingthomas — Object Of Destruction 6) Konrad Black, Martin Buttrich — Siamese Connection 7) Art Department — Walls (Chaim remix) 8) Derek Kamm, Wareika — Madame Scorpion (Henrik Schwarz Remix) 9) Primal — Boundaries 10) Martin Landsky — Da Geh Bo 11) Hunter/Game — Tree Of Life (Chymera Remix) 12) Iorie — My Mate M 13) BP, Hermanez — Octa Motus
Welcome back to the ...rude not too Podcast. For Episode 24, we have a special extended, (almost) 3 hour mix! Recorded exclusivly for the show, Scottish Techno maestro Stevie Wilson gives us his interpritation on that dark, underground club sound. The continued rise of Scottish award winning techno Dj/Producer Stevie Wilson is growing in epic proportion. Since he started producing techno music only in May 2011 his tracks have been well received in the techno community and gaining massive support from Dj’s all over the world. In this short space of time he also won the award for best Scottish Techno producer 2012 at the E.M.M.A.S & this has now made his name stand out among the rest and show everybody that he means business. Stevie’s passion for music started at a very early age. From the days of school buying and swapping music with friends it was clear to him then that he had to take the next step and get his first set of decks. Since then stevie has never looked back and is always pushing the boundaries with his musical and technical abilities from when he is performing in clubs rocking the dancefloors with his high energy pounding beats to the music he produces in which he blends all sorts of different sounds from deep & dark to twisted industrial sounds to full on banging grooves that is guaranteed to get any crowd moving on the dancefloor. His main influences from the early days were people like Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Bass Generator, Mikey B, Easygroove, Technotrance and basically the whole early hardcore techno / breakbeat era. Nowadays his influences are people like Len Faki, A.Paul, The Advent & Industrialyzer, Dave Clarke, Chris Liebing, Monoloc, Pfirter, Alan Fitzpatrick, Ricardo Garduno, Gary Beck, and loads more. The amazing thing is he has got to play alongside some of these guys who inspire him so much such as A.Paul, Dandi & Ugo, Vegim, Eddie Halliwell, Alan Fitzpatrick, Valentino Kanzyani, Judge Jules, Hernan Cattaneo, Hans Bouffmyhre, Randy Katana, Funk’Void, Dj Misjah and many more. Stevie has played at all the best venues in Scotland such as The Arches, Room At The Top, The Soundhaus, Ivory Blacks, The Metro, Club 69, Liquid Rooms and that’s just to name a few which has spread over various club nights. So you can tell techno is his passion, his life and an art form he clearly loves. Tracklist: Anthony Castaldo - No Light Without Dark (Mr.Bizz Remix) Balthazar & Jack Rock - Black Snow Alberto Santana - Moonshine Anthony Castaldo - Zeitlupe Adam Beyer - Stone Flower Mr.Bosco & Alex Smott - Crazzy Cat Uakoz - What Goes Around (Tom Laws Remix) TKNO -Faktoriel Alberto Santana - Monotype (Carlos Beltram Remix) Justin Schumacher - Corner Pocket (Axkan Remix) Alan Fitzpatrick - Trigger Finger Irregular Synth - Run Horse Run Rebekah - Syncronisity Diarmid O'Meara & Millhouse - Beepface (Myler Remix) Andrei Morant - Millenium (Milkplant Remix) Slam & Gary Bek - Pressure Lights Roberto Capuano - Flashback Bodyscrub & Pascal Nuzzo - Unpredictable Marco Bailey - Dont You Want Me Andreas Florin - Sky Dive poss Jcie - Studio Tan Craft - Mysteries Of The Sun Ricardo Garduno & Submerge - Disrupted A-Brothers - Its Time For A Change Andrew Live - Fixing Errror (Mono Voice Remix) C-System Feat Department - Lost Highway (Dario Sorano Remix) Christian Cambas - Chained (Alex Di Stefano Remix) Gary Beck - Hentzi Stevie Wilson - ReeBoot Juan Sanchez - Morcilla Sosak - Buy This Wreck Stevie Wilson - Solid Xhei - Prime (Perc Remix) Sosak - Editorial Hans Bouffmyhre - Engine Room Skober - Turbine (Markus Bohm Re-Edit) Stevie Wilson - Visible Plans
Throughout his youth, Tomy DeClerque witnessed at first hand the development of Slovenia's electronic dance scene. As techno artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani found global recognition and the country's club scene thrived, it presented the perfect opportunity for a young DeClerque to ride the wave. His first foray into the world of production came alongside his long- time friend Zox. Together they had early successes with "My Desire" and "Music Makes Me Happy". The latter being licensed to a number of compilations, was also selected by Pete Tong as the Essential New Tune on his BBC radio show. DeClerque was to take a break from the hectic DJ and producer lifestyle. On his return, it was time to head out solo. His early work for Circle Music, Sprout and Jesus Loved You, brought him much attention and, over the past two years, he has rapidly built a strong following with his work for labels including Intec Digital, BluFin, 1605, Terminal M, Toolroom, Cr2 and more... As a young player, Tomy DeClerque has accomplished a lot. But he is determined to accomplish even more. "You'll hear a lot about me in the future" he promises. INFO: www.facebook.com/tomydeclerque www.youtube.com/tomydeclerque www.twitter.com/tomydeclerque
As a founding father of Slovenian techno, Valentino Kanzyani has been involved in the country’s dance scene since the mid 1990s. A celebrated DJ first and foremost, Valentino built a solid reputation for himself whilst he was resident spinner of Ambasada Gavioli - Slovenia’s most famous electronic music club. His fame grew when he started spinning on three turntables as standard. Joining forces with fellow countryman and techno champion Umek, Valentino saw his first release in 1999 under the moniker Recycled Loops. Due to the success of their joint EPs, Valentino Kanzyani and Umek set up Recycled Loops as a record label, which further helped establish Valentino as a major player in Eastern Europe’s techno scene. A number of world tours, festival appearances and big club gigs followed. Whilst Valentino’s sound has evolved over the years, he is committed to protecting the art of the DJ with real integrity. Valentino set up his label Jesus Loved You in 2005, for instance, just as digital downloading was becoming the main dissemination channel for the music industry. Instead of joining the trend, Valentino decided to release his label’s music mainly on vinyl as a way to support the true original format of the DJ. And it is his love for vinyl that has seen him flourish today, to become one of most respected underground vinyl djs around. Through 2012, Valentino released a series of Eps on Cadenza in the build up to his debut artist album ‘Love & Gratitude’. The latest EP as well as a continuous mixed cd which includes all tracks from the project was released in April 2013. The project showcases Valentino Kanzyani’s underground house vision and it also represents a new chapter in Valentino Kanzyani’s career – as part of Cadenza’s booking agency. He is currently travelling for his “Love & Gratitude” Album Tour, his track “Bobby on Drums” has just been released on the new m_nus MinMAX compilation a few days ago and he has several other exciting new projects coming up this year. Stay tuned : )
One of Colombia's finest artists among electronic music, D Jaguar, is oficially part of our crew. Since 2010 D Jaguar blanks has been in gigs sharing stage with: Guy Gerber, Davide Squillace, Butch, Federico Molinari, Johnny D, Loco Dice, Carlo Lio, Joris Voorn, Juan Atkins, Richie Hawtin and Nina Kraviz, among others. 2012’s summer season started in Cartagena along artist such as: tINI, Martin Buttrich, Marco Nastic, Joseph Capriati, Valentino Kanzyani and Ray Okpara. D Jaguars’s dj and livesets are featured with great sounds to create surrounding and hypnotic atmospheres filled with house, techno and deep beats & grooves. Hope you enjoy this journey, will hear about us soon. Cheers, Bloom Records
DJ Budai (HU) - NightVision Techno PODCAST 68 Pt. 3 This set was recorded at Balaton Sound 2014, Zamárdi, Hungary 11.07.2014! Bio: He started his career like thousands of self-appointed DJs all over the world. By collecting cassettes, he started to go out to clubs to study how the 'good olds' doing their job. He got his first possibility to spin because of an illness, he had to play instead the Angyal bar's (not the same as today's Angyal bar) resident DJ. In 1990 he was the runner-up of the hungarian DMC. While the promoters started to invite him to play in clubs, the first 'only techno' club in the country, Hysteria, opened it's doors. During the year he became invited into Siofok's primary club, to Flört, where he set the sound of the club. In 1994 a huge step of Hungary's dance scene became organized. It was X-Mas Mayday. DJ Budai and his mates became invited, and this invitaion was followed by numerous others. In the spring of 1995 a new electronic music club has been opened, called Dark Side. The industrial club became the new residency of DJ Budai. In that year's summer they organised the trendsetter Stüssy Boat Party on Lake Balaton. Boat parties are still the summers' exclusive happenings. In the end of 1995, from Dark Side he moves his residency to Budapest's new club, E-Play. This time, he and some of his friends established FREEE Magazin, the first Hungarian Dance and Club Magazine. In 1997 he released his first mix CD, the retrospective Techno-House Classics Of '93-96. Labels in Hungary started to realize that it's well worth to release uncompromising DJ mixes. DJ Budai started to write music and made remixes for several artists. In 1997 Silvervoice awarded him in the ‘DJ of the Year' category. He usually played on top events as Hyperspace, Sziget Festival, Budapest Parádé Bonus, Mayday. In 1999 he released DJ Mix 2, which's progressive sound makes his fans amazed again and again. He usually spins in Austria, Germany, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Serbia. In 2000 he released his new mix CD, Techno-Logic Vol. 1, which has a brand new concept again. By releasing mix CD-s he started to produce his own music in 1999. His first tries were remixes, but with his first own music, Let's Just Go For It, he established his career as a producer as well. Three of his works together with Ferry had been released on the nederlander label Pro. Csepp a Tengerben, which contains some samplings from Hungarian top pop act Jazz+Az, got some places on several international DJs' charts. In the summer of 2002 Underground Records has published his new double mix CD („2002”) with a couple of his own musics on it. „2002” became the top seller mixed album of the year of 2002. On the summer of 2002 he and his friends started to organize Hungary's first ever deep house party serie I Love Deep. The events became a top night in Budapest and still going it. In the fall of 2004 he released a DVD plus a new mixed album called „Live – Funky-Techno Roadmovie” which covered a tour in picture and sound. The movie had been shot on various locations including Hungary, Slovakia, USA, Ukraine. Highlighting events from Sziget Festival, Budapest Parade, Sullivan Room and Larchmont from the USA plus various great events. Budai's last CD was released by Foundation Records. “I Love Deep 01 – Mixed By Budai” is focusing on I Love Deep Events and I Love Deep Records. The popular event series is the residency for Budai and that is the only event where he playing house regularly. In the spring of 2005 Egotraxx founded it's new sublabel I Love Deep. The label has got many positive feedback since its start. After the first release the tracks of ILD artists appear more frequently in respected names' charts and mixes. I Love Deep is focusing on the deeper but very danceable side of house music. The label runs its own clubnight, the only deep house event in Budapest, Hungary. I Love Deep just won the „Clubnight Of The Year” award on the annual Partycom.hu E-Vote 2005 Awards. Budai and Vic met in 2000 and decided to produce tracks together and create an independent label to release them by themselves. They used to make groovy tracks that contain the funk and a positive vibe, happiness, but still built on a strong rhythm. In the end of 2001, they founded Egoist Records (now Egotraxx Records) with ex-Sonic Age member Vic. The label started with a massive groundbreaking tribal-tech release called 'Ma Macoosa' EP, and since then they keep this level as well. The label which is in its fourth year has got many positive feedback since its start. After the 12th vinyl and many international releases, the tracks of EGO artists appear more frequently in big names' charts and mixes. The labelsound is a solid fusion between tribalistic looptechno and groovy mediterranean sounds, but all of this with the characteristic Ego-flavour. Egotraxx is focusing on the soulful side of techno and tech-house. Maybe that is the reason that the label got lots of playtime from Djs like Carl Cox, Umek, Dj Preach, or Valentino Kanzyani. Ego Traxx Records is now over of its 15th release with a massive Markantonio remix. Ego Traxx works with names like DJ Preach, Marko Nastic, Alexander Koning, Marcelinho CIC, Daniel D and so on...In the spring of 2005 Egotraxx founded it's new sublabel: I Love Deep Records. The label has got many positive feedback since its start. After the first release the tracks of ILD artists appear more frequently in respected names' charts and mixes. I Love Deep is focusing on the deeper but very danceable side of house music. The label runs its own clubnight, the only deep house event in Budapest, Hungary. I Love Deep just won the „Clubnight Of The Year” award on the annual Partycom.hu E-Vote 2005 Awards. I Love Deep tracks already appeared on various mixed albums and compilations: Ben Watt's Buzzin Fly Vol. 03, Renaissance Presents Nic Fanciulli Vol. 2, The Timewriter's Deep Train 4: Round Trip, Terry Lee Brown Jr.'s Terry's Café 9, DJ Vibe's Global Grooves 03, Zappi's Blue Marlin Ibiza just to name a few. Various remixers featured on the label's releases: The Timewriter, Terry Lee Brown Jr., Jeff Bennett, Lukas Greenberg, has been remixed for ILD. In 2007 Budai mixed and compiled "I Love Deep 01 - Mixed by Budai" via Foundation Records. The I Love Deep album launch tour had 22 stops nationwide. From 2007 September Budai & Vic are hosting a weekly radioshow on justmusic.fm . Budai & Vic's productions are not made only for their labels. In 2007 they started to work together with legendary german tech-house label Plastic City. They're not just releasing at Plastic City but they also signed a distribution deal with Plastic City's mother-company Daredo Music for the distribution of I Love Deep and Egotraxx releases. Beside Plastic City they producing and remixing for other labels, like: Adult Records, Fuck Babe, Travels, Picth Records, Analytic Trail, Mainfloor, Teggno, Kazoo, Tech-Head Records. Tracklist: Unavailable Total Time: 1:00:39 More info: DJ Budai on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djbudai DJ Budai on Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/116058-DJ-Budai DJ Budai on BeatPort: http://www.beatport.com/artist/budai/212234 DJ Budai on Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/budai NightVision Techno PODCAST on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/nightvisiontechnopodcast NightVision Techno PODCAST on Digitally Imported: http://www.di.fm/undergroundtechno NightVision Techno PODCAST on Art Style Techno: http://artstyletechno.hu/nightvision-techno-podcast/ 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 TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/NightVision-Techno-Podcast-p534346/ 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
Stevie Wilson (UK) - NightVision Techno PODCAST 68 Pt. 4 Bio: The continued rise of Scottish award winning techno Dj/Producer Stevie Wilson is growing in epic proportion. Since he started producing techno music only in May 2011 his tracks have been well received in the techno community and gaining massive support from Dj's all over the world. In this short space of time he also won the award for best Scottish Techno producer 2012 at the E.M.M.A.S & this has now made his name stand out among the rest and show everybody that he means business. Stevie's passion for music started at a very early age. From the days of school buying and swapping music with friends it was clear to him then that he had to take the next step and get his first set of decks. Since then stevie has never looked back and is always pushing the boundaries with his musical and technical abilities from when he is performing in clubs rocking the dancefloors with his high energy pounding beats to the music he produces in which he blends all sorts of different sounds from deep & dark to twisted industrial sounds to full on banging grooves that is guaranteed to get any crowd moving on the dancefloor. His main influences from the early days were people like Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Bass Generator, Mikey B, Easygroove, Technotrance and basically the whole early hardcore techno / breakbeat era. Nowadays his influences are people like Len Faki, A.Paul, The Advent & Industrialyzer, Dave Clarke, Eddie Halliwell, Chris Liebing, Monoloc, Pfirter, Alan Fitzpatrick, Gary Beck, and loads more. The amazing thing is he has got to play alongside some of these guys who inspire him so much such as A.Paul, Eddie Halliwell, Alan Fitzpatrick, Valentino Kanzyani, Judge Jules, Hernan Cattaneo, Hans Bouffmyhre,Randy Katana, Dj Misjah and many more and he has also played outside the UK in Germany, Austria, Portugal, Ireland, & Spain Stevie has played at all the best venues in Scotland such as The Arches, Room At The Top, The Soundhaus, Ivory Blacks, The Metro, Club 69, Liquid Rooms and that’s just to name a few which has spread over various club nights. So you can tell techno is his passion, his life and an art form he clearly loves. Tracklist: 01. Alessan Main - Antroid 02. Angel Costa - Member 03. Repete - Temptation 04. Xhei - Epron Galactic 05. Niereich - Jet Set Trash 06. Frankie Serious - Mnestic 07. Jorg Rodriguez - The Complement 08. John Spark - Sensory Cortex 09. Wex 10 - Clitotube 10. Hans Bouffmyhre - Remaining 11. Jeff Rushin - Obsceen 12. Stevie Wilson - Alarma 13. Subjects - Drywet (Frankyeffe Remix) Total Time: 1:00:58 More info: Stevie Wilson on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dj-Stevie-Wilson/129713967131455?fref=ts Stevie Wilson on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/stevie-wilson-dj Stevie Wilson on BeatPort: http://www.beatport.com/artist/stevie-wilson/210109 Stevie Wilson on Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/steviewilson NightVision Techno PODCAST on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/nightvisiontechnopodcast NightVision Techno PODCAST on Digitally Imported: http://www.di.fm/undergroundtechno NightVision Techno PODCAST on Art Style Techno: http://artstyletechno.hu/nightvision-techno-podcast/ 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 TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/NightVision-Techno-Podcast-p534346/ 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
ZU::BAR podcast episode 001 is finally online. Proudly presenting our new resident: FRANCESCO DEL GARDA [ Jesus Loved You // ZU::BAR ] :::FREE DOWNLOAD::: Classe 1978, Francesco Del Garda scopre il suo amore per la musica elettronica all'età di sedici anni. Inizia ad acquistare vinili in modo quasi ossessivo;catturato dai suoni analogici e minimali cerca di accaparrarsi quante più nuove uscite possibili, e va alla ricerca di quelle già stampate: profonda ed accurata selezione che negli anni lo ha portato a possedere le collezioni complete di progetti come 'Concept 1', 'Studio 1' e 'Profan'… Diciottenne , decide di trasferirsi nella riviera romagnola - allora centro assoluto del clubbing italiano - dove inizia immediatamente una dura ma prolifica gavetta. Riesce presto ad esibirsi in party di rilevanza nazionale, fino ad entrare a far parte in pianta stabile della famiglia Echoes… Francesco va alla continua ricerca di sonorità differenti per non proporre mai nulla di scontato; la dedizione assoluta allo studio sonoro lo porta a scoprire una dimensione musicale quasi perfetta,rivisitandola in modo molto personale e ispirandosi a deejay come Zip, Ricardo Villalobos, Raresh, Valentino Kanzyani,Praslea,trova il perfetto connubio tra funky, groovy house e techno. In continua e profonda evoluzione, propone un sound pieno e terribilmente coinvolgente; che sia techno o house la prerogativa è sempre la presenza di un basso profondamente corposo e potente.Quando decide di sedersi e produrre, lo fa con il suo grande amico Alessandro Gaia, con il quale rilascia (anno 2010) due tracce per 'Viva Music' ed 'Oslo Records'.Nei due anni seguenti compaiono in un V.A. della 'House Republic' e stampano un 12" per 'Naked & Ashamed',una delle label del boss fondatore di Fear Of Flying'. Consapevolezza delle proprie idee e dei propri mezzi, ed una fortissima ambizione lo portano a partecipare attivamente a diverse situazioni amiche sparse in giro per l'Italia.Ultima in fatto di tempo è la collaborazione con lo sloveno Ian F con il quale avvia un progetto che coinvolge dj-set e lavori in studio. 'Colours', iniziando così a ritagliarsi un ruolo anche fuori del confine nazionale ,da qui in pochi mesi,attirandone l'attenzione entra a far parte della importante Jesus Loved You Bookings... OFFICIAL PAGES : > www.facebook.com/pages/Francesco-…/330896530355045 > www.facebook.com/jesuslovedyoubookings > www.facebook.com/coloursinmusic FOR INFO : > www.facebook.com/zubarclub?fref=ts > Zubaritaly@gmail.com
Banging Techno sets 059 >> Doryan Hell // Dario Sorano Doryan Hell DJ Doryan Hell, alias Michel Held, was born in Basel (Switzerland) on 25 May 1987. It was through his long-time friend and present-day partner DJ DonDario that Michel got to know the sound label “Lost”. He was so enthusiastic about it that he started to promote the label attending every event. He gained a lot of experience through “Lost”, also with the help of different artists within the minimal techno scene. He had laid a solid foundation on which he started practicing. Eventually, Michel did his first gig in the Hattrick Bar in Liestal in 2006. He continued developing new ways, improved his music and finally created his own style. On weekends he regularly performed his after-hour sets in the Bora Bora Bar in Liestal. It was that time when he gained his first big fans. Further gigs followed at various venues. In 2012 many things happened. In January Michel announced his comeback and joined the label “Lost”. In March he did his first gig under his new name DJ Doryan Hell in the Borderline Club in Basel. The collaboration with DJ DonDario sped the whole thing up. Thanks to him, Michel found his way back to the music and he started producing. After he had joined “Spaceland Records” in September, he did his first gig in Italy. He released his first record (Irish EP) with “Spaceland Records” on 18 October. Michel engages people’s sympathy, he keeps contact with people and he is on his way to working together with international artists. He is now trying to make a name for himself abroad under the name of DJ Doryan Hell. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/michel.held.1 Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/doryan-hell Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/MLGAce/videos Website - http://www.doryanhell.com/ Beatport - http://dj.beatport.com/doryanhell Dario Sorano DJing Dario Sorano was born in Naples, he begins very soon to listen to the Electronic and Techno music and at the age of 14 he realizeed that the Electronic and Techno music was the expression of his own personality. Not long after he deepened his musical knowledge at first playing acoustic drums and then electronic drums; later on he devoted his time to the analogic synthesizer’s analysis. Several years later he played his dj set in the best club located in the centre of Naples, Italy and Europe. Together with his friends he decided to occupy an old structure creating at that moment the famous c.s.o.a. Macello. He has collaborated and played with several techno dj and producers Marcello Coleman, Sasha Carassi, Snello, Tom Hades, Valentino Kanzyani, DJ Rush, Joseph Ala, Krenzlin, Luke Creed, Mark Morris, Red Square live, Logotech, Loso, David Christoph, Ross Alexander, Frank Savio, Dimitri Motofunk & George Libe, Chris David and many more... Finally he has reached the international scene thanks to the issue of his first EP Man-Made Ep on Ketra Rec. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DjDarioSorano Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/dariosorano Website - http://dariosorano.altervista.org/ Beatport - http://dariosorano.altervista.org/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/DarioSorano
Rod B. & Mareis bring you the Miami Sessions @ Miami Underground Movement Wehbba is one of Brazil’s main electronic music ambassadors.Born Rodolfo Wehba, in São Paulo, Brazil, this former dentist has been spinning house and techno music records for about a decade, working the crowds worldwide ever since his first international records got released, back in 2006.Wehbba has been an active producer for the past decade, and has developed a very distinct style, marked by stellar production skills. His achievements as a producer can bemeasured by the number of respected artists who he’s worked with over the years, either remixers, remixees or collaborators. Although notably and actively working with swedish legend Christian Smith, the list can be extended to the likes of Laurent Garnier, Robert Babicz, Bushwacka!, X-Press 2, Carlo Lio, Chris Lake, Samuel L Session, Funk D’Void, 16 Bit Lolitas, Sharam Jey, Valentino Kanzyani, Stephan Bodzin, 2000 And One, Kolombo, Mihalis Safras,Joseph Capriati, Coyu, Julian Sanza, to name only a few. His productions have been featured on labels like Tronic, Bedrock, Toolroom, Soma, Systematic, 100% Pure, Audiomatique, Skint, Trapez, Material, Missile, Suara and many others. ‘Full Circle’, Wehbba’s first studio album, released by Tronic Music in 2010, was thelandmark which set Wehbba’s career off to a whole new level, reaching outstanding media success as well as sales and DJ support. Over the following years, he’ s been granted numerous spots at charts of portals like Beatport or Resident Advisor, the latter featuring Wehbba as the 52nd most charted artist in 2011. After working on a mixed compilation, released in the end of 2012 on Toolroom Records and called ‘Toolroom Knights Brazil’, together with Mark Knight himself, Wehbba takes on the task of delivering a second studio album on Tronic, ‘Square Two’, scheduled for release in May 2013. This new project is set to raise the bar on Wehbba’s discography, by displaying even more of his versatility and musicality, including an appearance from Jon Dixon and D’Sean Jones, 2/3 of the Detroit group D3, part of the legendary Underground Resistance collective, aside from many dancefloor oriented tracks, that could all make up for singles themselves. Besides having played most legendary clubs and festivals in his homeland, such as ID&T’s Skol Sensation, Lollapalooza, D-Edge, Pacha, Vibe, Anzu, Deputamadre, Lov.e, Manga Rosa, Skol Beats, Chemical Festival, XXXPerience, Rio Music Conference, Triblatech, Dream Valley and plenty of others, Wehbba has been a regular in some of the hottest clubs and parties around the globe, like Ministry Of Sound/UK, Creamfields/CZ, UMF/USA, Vision/JP, Rex/FR, Fabrik/ES, Florida135/ES, Klubbers Day/ES, Techno Parade/FR, Cat & Dog/IL, Club4/ES, Camera Club/AT, Sonar/ES, Crobar/AR, 360º/UAE, Westerunie/NL, and hundreds more. Wehba is also a host to 2 monthly radio shows. ‘Sound Perspective’, a personal podcast broadcasted on Digitally Imported (di.fm) and on Amsterdam’s hot club Studio80′s radio station, also distributed via iTunes, and ‘Tronic Radio’, distributed to over 50 radio stations worldwide, in partnership with regular host Christian Smith.
Metroline Limited Podcast turns 40. For our latest chapter we have a lovely mix by Berlin based artist Oscar Rocha. Oscar is soon to release a super cool EP on our label called Okapi EP which will include remixes by Doubtingthomas and Fanfarrosa. Release date will be June 10th 2013, until then you van enjoy this mix! Oscar Rocha is a prime example of an artist working within the shifting spaces, faces and cultures of the underground electronic music scene. His eclectic mix of high-energy yet beautiful melodies create funky, dance-inspiring environments to move anybody. From a young age, Rocha immersed himself in music; he gained experience playing in Indie and Punk Rock bands and it was during this time that he further developed his interest and exploration into the realms of composition and experimental instrumentation. Rocha curiosity with new sounds and possibilities allowed him to explore the diverse avenues of electronic music and he has not looked back since. Rocha is not one to be categorized, although mainly influenced by house, experimental music and techno, his sets go a lot of different places. Without abandoning his roots, his productions are reflections of what happens on the dancefloor; the subtle moments of the the calm before the storm or the intense climax of a beat dropping only to dive into more melodic, drone status. His constantly evolving sounds are a stunning result of his keen interest in music, new and old, as well as the growing collaborations he continues to foster. To experience a night of Oscar Rocha on the decks is like having an intimate one-on-one conversation with the artist and his knowledge about up and coming music. He pays particular attention to the quality of sound, but even more than that, the experience. Oscar Rocha sets are not about ego or genre style, but about having an all-around good time. Tracklist: 1. Grifin - Sophistication [Silicate] 2. Archie Hamilton, Dan Farserelli - Better Hide (Faster Remix) [Moscow Records] 3. Leenny, Adrian Belling - Cheerleders [Kina Music] 4. Vera - Now Not No [Hello Repeat Records] 5. A.Weiss - Grinder [Earlydub Records] 6. Posh 111 - Coconumit Coconumit (Petre Inspirescu Remix) [Barraca Music] 7. Egal 3 - Precizie [Kina Music] 8. Valentino Kanzyani, Ian F. - Old School Romance [Cadenza] 9. Radiq, Fumiya Tanaka - Trojan [op.disc] 10. Julio Portillo - Onur (DisplayFM Remix) [Doma Musique] 11. Tobias - Girts (Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer Remix) [Unterton] 12. Jacek Sienkiewicz - Com-Bat [Cocoon Recordings] 13. Jin Choi - High Quality Schal (Baby Ford Remix) [Roman, Photo] 14. Oni Ayhun - OAR001-A [Oni Ayhun Records] 15. Offthesky - Tight Phase Of Pollen Inertia [Nomadic Kids Republic]
Rod B. & Mareis bring you the Miami Sessions @ Miami Underground Movement Christian Smith has been at the top of his game as a DJ and producer for over a decade, but despite enjoying a global reputation as one of the most evergreen performers in his field, times have never been quite as good as they are right now. Born in Sweden, Christian spent much of his youth and early adult life in Germany and America. This exposure to different cultures gave Christian a broader ou tlook than most 30-somethings, even for a well-travelled DJ more familiar with Star Alliance lounges than home comforts. This open-minded outlook comes through loud and clear in the music he makes and plays. While his roots lie in techno, Christian has never been a purist; favouring instead to flavour the tough, rhythmical music he loves with heavy doses of funk or intersperse the raw energy of his sets with inspired moments of pure euphoria. 2009 has been quite a ride so far, and the signs are all there that this year will be Christian Smith’s busiest to date. Having recently relocated to Sao Paulo, Brazil from Spain, it would have been easy to lose touch with the scene’s beating pulse in Europe. Not so for the man whose recent production schedule reads like a discography wish list. Christian Smith & John Selway’s “Total Departure” on Adam Beyer’s Drumcode label was one of the tunes if 2008. This was followed by three singles for John Digweed’s Bedrock label which were all a massive success in the clubs and retail stores, as were his releases on Dubfire’s Sci+Tec label, Renaissance, and Steve Lawler’s Viva imprint. The Smith & Selway remix of the Kevin Saunderson classic “Rock To The Beat” was another massive success in Ibiza, and there were other superb remixes for Valentino Kanzyani’s Jesus Loves You, Nic Fanciulli’s Saved and Dieb Audio. The end result – over 30,000 downloads on Beatport in 2008. The second half of 2009 will be dominated by the first in a trilogy of mix compilations for legendary clubbing brand, Renaissance. The release of Christian Smith – Platform in September will put Christian on a footing with other Renaissance acts Sander Kleinenberg, Hernan Cattaneo, James Zabiela and Steve Lawler and provide the continuity for a mammoth 30+ date world tour that will stop off at parties across Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America over the coming months. As a DJ, Christian plays everything between house and techno. Never one for a purist approach, he simply believes that people go out to party. The secret is in the energy that he creates, as witnessed in 2008 at Wire Festival, Tokyo; Brazil’s Skol Beats Festival; Awakenings Festival, Amsterdam (featuring a Smith & Selway live show), Space, Ibiza (with Carl Cox), Ministry Of Sound, London (with Pete Tong); and Fabric’s new uber-cool, Matter alongside John Digweed and James Zabiela. Honoured as Carl Cox’s “Hero of 2008” and with the success of his productions breeding a renewed energy for studio time, the natural next step was for Christian to re-launch his Tronic label. Kicking off in January with a re-release of the Smith & Selway’s classic “Move!” including chart topping remix from Steve Angello, the label has progressed at a pace to place Christian back at the centre of underground music. Featuring tracks from Umek, Mark Broom, Stryke, Fergie and Psycatron, Tronic has resurfaced with a bang and looks set to track Christian’s personal upward trajectory. Look out for future singles from cutting edge producers including Steve Mac, Ramon Tapia, Jim Rivers and Anton Pieete. With massive crossover support for his music from DJ's across the house and techno spectrum the future looks very certain for Christian Smith. Proof if it was needed that it is possible to reinvent your sound and maintain a position at the very top within the vanguard of electronic music. Description Christian Smith: ● Twitter - http://bit.ly/MIAcDI ● Myspace - http://mysp.ac/MIAdaG ● Facebook - http://on.fb.me/MIAgD ● Soundcloud - http://bit.ly/MIAg6l ● Resident Advisor - http://bit.ly/MIAieF ● Beatport - http://s.beatport.com/MIAlXH ● Youtube - http://bit.ly/MIAkTT ● Reverbnation - http://bit.ly/MIApqr ● Mixcloud - http://bit.ly/MIArP2 ● Official FM: http://bit.ly/MIARVP ● Google+ - http://bit.ly/MIAtXo ● Beatport DJs: http://bit.ly/MIAzO
Welcome to Episode 2 of the 22 DIGIT DEEP TECH HOUSE PODCAST series this month coming with tracks from forthcoming 22 Digit releases 'The Other Side Of Love EP' and Mr. Thruought's 'Change It'. This month we have a guestmix from LeftWing Recordings head honcho Michael McLardy. Originally from Sunderland and now based in Nottingham (UK), Michael McLardy has steadily been building his reputation as a solid and reliable name in deep and tech house circles. His throbbing, subby, dance floor grooves have appeared on labels including Baker Street, ALiVE, Back To You, Deep Edition, Save You, Deso and Pete Dafeet’s Southside Shuffle and have received support from the likes of Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Charles Webster, Jay Tripwire, Terry Francis, Ashley Beedle, Mark Farina, Dyed Soundorom, The Timewriter, Dubfire, Matthias Tanzmann and many more. His original work has seen the remix treatment from DJ W!LD, Moodymanc, Matthew Styles, Adam Shelton, JMX & many more. As a record collector and DJ Michael plays regularly around Nottingham and across the UK, has recently secured a new residency at Clocked London and has appeared on line ups alongside established artists such as Jamie Jones, Onur Ozer, Valentino Kanzyani, Praslea, Livio & Roby, Simon Baker, Jay Shepheard, Steffi, Dave Congreve, Burnski, Bill Brewster + many more. McLardy describes his style as “stripped back, deep, and anything with a solid groove,” with influences covering a wide spectrum of modern music such as the grooving house of Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano and Zip to the ambient and melodic soundscapes of Brian Eno, Boards of Canada and Ulrich Schnauss. Bands such as Radiohead, Telfon Tel Aviv and M83 are also choice listening. 2013 sees the launch of Michael's new Left Wing Recordings label alongside remix work for Milton Jackson & Jay Tripwire, as well as string of new original material on 12" and digital. GUESTMIX TRACKLIST 01. Michael McLardy - Strange Love (Vadim Svoboda Remix) [Flumo Records] 02. Ste Roberts - Week 8 (YouAndEwan Dub Remix) [Save You Records] 03. Dudley Strangeways - Backroom Dub [Unsigned] 04. Michael McLardy & Svetozar - A1 (Original Version) [Unsigned] 05. Anton Lanski - Mptnss [Highway Records] 06. Michael McLardy - Rising (Luminer Remix) [Left Wing Recordings] 07. Jay Tripwire - Sad & Beautiful World Edit [Save You Records] 08. Michael McLardy - As The Tide Comes [Left Wing Recordings] 09. Cesar Coranado - Crazy Position [Flumo Records] 10. PhaT GuyZ - Next To You [UM Records] 11. Volta Cab - Always In The Place (Session Victim Remix) [Whats In The Box] 12. Michael McLardy - Rising (Tom Sevinski Remix) [Left Wing Recordings] FOR MORE INFO VISIT www.22digit.com www.soundcloud.com/leftwingrecordings www.residentadvisor.net/dj/michaelmclardy
Rod B. bring you the Miami Sessions @ Miami Underground Movement Christian Smith has been at the top of his game as a DJ and producer for over a decade, but despite enjoying a global reputation as one of the most evergreen performers in his field, times have never been quite as good as they are right now. Born in Sweden, Christian spent much of his youth and early adult life in Germany and America. This exposure to different cultures gave Christian a broader ou tlook than most 30-somethings, even for a well-travelled DJ more familiar with Star Alliance lounges than home comforts. This open-minded outlook comes through loud and clear in the music he makes and plays. While his roots lie in techno, Christian has never been a purist; favouring instead to flavour the tough, rhythmical music he loves with heavy doses of funk or intersperse the raw energy of his sets with inspired moments of pure euphoria. 2009 has been quite a ride so far, and the signs are all there that this year will be Christian Smith’s busiest to date. Having recently relocated to Sao Paulo, Brazil from Spain, it would have been easy to lose touch with the scene’s beating pulse in Europe. Not so for the man whose recent production schedule reads like a discography wish list. Christian Smith & John Selway’s “Total Departure” on Adam Beyer’s Drumcode label was one of the tunes if 2008. This was followed by three singles for John Digweed’s Bedrock label which were all a massive success in the clubs and retail stores, as were his releases on Dubfire’s Sci+Tec label, Renaissance, and Steve Lawler’s Viva imprint. The Smith & Selway remix of the Kevin Saunderson classic “Rock To The Beat” was another massive success in Ibiza, and there were other superb remixes for Valentino Kanzyani’s Jesus Loves You, Nic Fanciulli’s Saved and Dieb Audio. The end result – over 30,000 downloads on Beatport in 2008. The second half of 2009 will be dominated by the first in a trilogy of mix compilations for legendary clubbing brand, Renaissance. The release of Christian Smith – Platform in September will put Christian on a footing with other Renaissance acts Sander Kleinenberg, Hernan Cattaneo, James Zabiela and Steve Lawler and provide the continuity for a mammoth 30+ date world tour that will stop off at parties across Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America over the coming months. As a DJ, Christian plays everything between house and techno. Never one for a purist approach, he simply believes that people go out to party. The secret is in the energy that he creates, as witnessed in 2008 at Wire Festival, Tokyo; Brazil’s Skol Beats Festival; Awakenings Festival, Amsterdam (featuring a Smith & Selway live show), Space, Ibiza (with Carl Cox), Ministry Of Sound, London (with Pete Tong); and Fabric’s new uber-cool, Matter alongside John Digweed and James Zabiela. Honoured as Carl Cox’s “Hero of 2008” and with the success of his productions breeding a renewed energy for studio time, the natural next step was for Christian to re-launch his Tronic label. Kicking off in January with a re-release of the Smith & Selway’s classic “Move!” including chart topping remix from Steve Angello, the label has progressed at a pace to place Christian back at the centre of underground music. Featuring tracks from Umek, Mark Broom, Stryke, Fergie and Psycatron, Tronic has resurfaced with a bang and looks set to track Christian’s personal upward trajectory. Look out for future singles from cutting edge producers including Steve Mac, Ramon Tapia, Jim Rivers and Anton Pieete. With massive crossover support for his music from DJ's across the house and techno spectrum the future looks very certain for Christian Smith. Proof if it was needed that it is possible to reinvent your sound and maintain a position at the very top within the vanguard of electronic music. Description Christian Smith: ● Twitter - http://bit.ly/MIAcDI ● Myspace - http://mysp.ac/MIAdaG ● Facebook - http://on.fb.me/MIAgD ● Soundcloud - http://bit.ly/MIAg6l ● Resident Advisor - http://bit.ly/MIAieF ● Beatport - http://s.beatport.com/MIAlXH ● Youtube - http://bit.ly/MIAkTT ● Reverbnation - http://bit.ly/MIApqr ● Mixcloud - http://bit.ly/MIArP2 ● Official FM: http://bit.ly/MIARVP ● Google+ - http://bit.ly/MIAtXo ● Beatport DJs: http://bit.ly/MIAzO
Frederick Alonso has a bunch unfinished projects, collaborations a label and superior releases in Deep-House and Tech-House music. He reached the UK charts for four weeks. Signed on music labels: - Audio Safari - Difu - Underground Noise - Ear Time - Electro Superstar - Engrave - Stab - Tea Boy - Musex Industries - Hero In My Hood Full support by Alvaro Hylander, Alex Deep, Esteban Garcia (MTV), Pete Oak, Jeks, Lera, Valentino Kanzyani, Leandro Gamez, Bryan Zentz and all collaborating Artists & Friends! Tracklist: 1. Vid - Simfonic 03 (Original Mix) 2. Mihai Popoviciu - Trading Signals (Original Mix) 3. Ramon Tapia - Wonderland (Original) 4. Davide Squillace, Philip Bader - Wild Things 5. Christian Dehugo, David Herrero - Overground 6. Jon Gurd - On This Day (Original Mix) 7. Kevin Saunderson - The Sound (Jay Lumen Sacred Sounds Remix) 8. Nico Lahs - Late Night 9. Pig & Dan - Paint It Black (Original Mix) X. Muovo - All My Love (Emanuel Satie Remix) 1. Paolo Rocco - Move Body, Move Forward (Original Mix) 2. Martin Patino - Mindgames (Andrea Oliva"Darkbeat" Remix) 3. Matthias Meyer - Time Capsule (Original Mix) 4. Matthew Dekay, Lee Burridge - Out Of Order 5. Oxia - Nightfall (Original Mix)
Camilo Serna, Dj / Producer from Medellin, Colombia takes over episode 22. He will be in town at the end of March, performing at Miami's Techno Temple: The Techno Loft - Club Space! So we felt we had to give you a preview of a crazy night coming at us!!! A few words can easily describe his style: banging, hypnotic, complex, dark, deep and minimal groovy techno. As a full time techno soldier, Serna is one of the most talented emerging techno djs from Latin America. He started producing at his studio and doing live sets at various local parties, quickly becoming a favorite. In 2005, he formed Intelligent Division with a team of artists where they share their knowledge and love for the underground culture. Camilo Serna is no new-comer to a unique knowledge of composing music with banging, rare and uncompromising emotion. The sounds of Camilo Serna are pure and precise. A purity that immediately caught the mature ears of a lots of big labels and artists as soon as they heard his demos. Being able to succeed and show his music all over the globe. His new sound is pretty amazing in the long line of the Detroit-bred. He's capable of creating an atmosphere and of setting fire to the dancefloor wherever he goes. From the “Summer Dance Festival” in Cartagena- Colombia to “Pacha” in London, including the “Ministry Of Sound” as well and big festivals like the “Beatcamp Underground Festival” in Barranquilla. All his music is composed with the same energy than his DJ sets. He makes techno with an emphasis on dark and experimentation over popular sounds. Having recorded a few tracks with Deraout, other member of Intelligent Division Label, with an early and mid '90s sound, helped change the face of modern techno and sparked a creative renaissance. His debuts are in a large list of partys included djs like: Marco Lenzi, Dj Preach, Marco Carola, Renato Cohen, Deetron, Paul Mac, Mauro Picotto, Carl Cox, Camea, Adam Beyer, Space Djs, Ozgur Can, Danilo Vigorito, Valentino Kanzyani, Marco Nastic, Dj Budai, Joris Voorn, Ade Fentom, Technasia, Loco Dice, Magda, Troy Pierce, Dj Murphy, Paul Van Dyk, Umek, Derrick May, and more.
"Add a little more bass and a little more treble to your life with Morocco's best house podcast" Contact: uaffairs@live.fr Website: http://www.mef.podomatic.com Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/omar-b Biography: Born in San Blas in Madrid, 1976, Angel David López starts his career as a DJ and radio presenter at the early age of thirteen. With an innovative programme, specialized in dance music, he broadcasts his sessions at Top Radio (Spain) in the early mornings of the weekend. Wally, a pioneer of the house music in Spain, starts his career as producer in 2000 by launching the label Weekend Records, and remixing artists such as Tiësto, Marco V, Valentino Kanzyani, Dirty Vegas, Bob Sinclar and Robbie Riviera. Many of his records are successfully published with renowned labels including Defected, Underwater, Yoshitoshi and Subliminal. In the same year he also produces what it will be his first international hit ‘Amman', followed by ‘Patricia Never Leaves the House' (both remixes have been relaunched in TheFactoria recently) and ‘Disco Night', played all over the globe by DJs like Pete Tong, Hernan Cattaneo or Steve Lawler. The later even dubbed him as ‘The Man of the Moment'… After working for numerous labels and artists, he decides to create ‘La Factoria Records' - now TheFactoria - in 2001, as well as a more underground sub-label called Formula Records. Recently Lopez has added a new label called FatXL that he has launched together with his colleagues Ismael Rivas and Iván Pica. The three labels together form part of the Factonomia Group that Wally presides, and it counts with different areas such as a management agency, management label or the Tremenda clothes shop in Madrid.
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement F.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off."Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist.F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...F.SONIKThe name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guyAleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.”It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off."Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist.F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...ANDREW TECHNIQUE - biographyBe Ray Ya Book Hey, Can't Play the Piano, Luna Park and Fresh are just some productions which recently invested Andrew Technique as one of the hottest young electronic artists in the region. And it's not a small deal if we take in account he's determined to challenge the infamous Slovenian techno heritage and take it to the whole new level. When he's not abusing the decks and comps on his own, Andrew, a protégé of Flow Management and dedicated member of SDJF initiative, performs as a member of Foreplay!, Parallel Fusion (live) and R&A projects. Well, he sure came a long way so far. Especially if we bear in mind he grew up on metal guitar reefs.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="It’s true. I'm an art junkie,” admits Andrew. “When I was a kid people thought I’d become a successful painter, actor, singer or whatever. But it was the music that attracted me the most for as long as I can remember. In business I believe in professionalism and dedication, but when it comes to producing and performing music I indulge in being lead by my feelings. And I’m very emotional. I can get goose bumps or even a tear in my eye listening to some great piece of music. I’m not ashamed to admit that. I do listen to the comments given by my friends and people that I personally believe they are credible critics. I respect good-intended critic, but I got where I am today mostly because I decided so and worked hard to reach some of my personal goals,” summarizes his career Andrej Šarkanj aka Andrew Technique.Although as a master of his own destiny he almost abandoned his dream not so far ago. “Let’s just say I came to the major life-crossroad and had to decide what I wanted to do with life: I could have ended my music career right there and then or choose to channel all my free-time and energy into production and promotion of my own vision of dance music. It never was, and still isn’t, all roses. But now, that I finally get the positive feedback from the right people I’m happy I decided not to quit," explains Andrew with a tiny sparkle of satisfaction in his eyes. He made some big steps in 2007: he produced bunch of great fresh sounding tunes, his records are now being regularly played by the top deejays such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani, some of his tracks were already broadcasted on BBC Radio 1 … But, regarding the strong competition, Andrew is aware that just a few of good releases will not bring him much. So he doesn’t rest on early successes: "Dedication, sustain quality of releases and a bit of luck are key elements on which I build my future as an artist.”It’s been more than a decade since he developed a passion for 4x4 beats. “I used to be into guitar music. I learned to play the piano, I joined the garage band as a teenager and I grew up on hard rock and metal,” smiles Andrew on not so distant memories. “During the high school period I came in touch with other genres, widened my musical spectrum and finally turned in totally different direction. I started listening to electronic stuff, learned how the music is selected, performed and produced and in a few years established myself as a tech-house deejay." Although some could label his sound more like unique mixture of minimal, electro and progressive elements. "We leave in a time of genre blending, so it’s hard to label one’s sound, anyway,” admits Andrew. "But those who follow my work do know I’ve always had a strong passion for organic African rhythms."And how did he get his name? “Andrew was an obvious choice, just a translation of my civilian name. And I choose Technique since I was always very handy with stuff, I still work in a computer shop, MacGyver is a big hero of mine and the name also reflects what I do as an artist.” And the influences: "I listen to a lot of music and I got inspired by a lot of great artists along the way. I try to find something special in every piece of music and all musicians are mentors to me in a way. But the most important influence for me as an artist was and in a way still is our local super club Ambasada Gavioli. It was the place where I was introduced to electronic culture and where I experienced some great performances of leading global deejays.”Andrew is also known as a “very friendly artist”. He's a member of SDJF initiative that is dedicated to constant development of the local electronic club scene and supporting young artists. And when he's not performing on his own, he abuses decks and comps as a member of Foreplay!, R&S and Parallel Fusion (live) projects: "There were also some others, but this things come and go and only the best stay. The basic idea behind collaborations is to get together with other artists, develop and share ideas or blend genres. And it's always more fun producing and performing music with other people than on your own."As a producer he gets all the help he needs from his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. He established his name as part of Tomy or Zox combo on the house scene back in the 90's and is now successfully running his own studio that is second home to some of the hottest young producers in the region. Tomy and Andrew debuted on Kanzyani's Jesus Loved You label with the Obala EP in late 2007. Tomy also remixed Fresh which was included in Umek's Essential Mix and released on Circle Records: "Studio is my favorite place for spending free time. I go there most of the days and I try to channel my ideas, thoughts, wishes and feelings into the music." And since he's very passionate guy, there's a truckload of new records with Andrew's name on it planned for release in forthcoming months. "I'm already well established artist in the region, so now I'd like to spread my sound trough the rest of the Europe and elsewhere. There are many challenges I'd like to take, but the ultimate would be performing on another planet. I'm not kidding. I believe this is something I could achieve as an artist, so don't be surprised if you get a postcard from Mars or Venus someday."
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement Matthew Hoag Being anonymous music aficionado, music professional or a sexy Pacha girl, there are two things you really should know about Matthew Hoag: meeting him in person is always fun. Joining him for the night clubbing is a life changing experience. This vivid, cheerful, friendly bon vivant isn’t just one of those guys who want to know everything about the music as an art and the whole business behind it. He’s foremost a really nice person and his works are excellent reflections of his embrace-the-life globe trotting attitude. The earliest seed that indicated Matthew’s future career is hidden somewhere on the dance floor was his passion for light shows. He became light-operator for the matinees in one of the local clubs already as a teenager. Few years latter he took a job at the local radio station. That’s where he learned how the radio station works, how the program is being put together, he became skillful technician, and he also listened to a lot of music: “I guess this is the main reason why I can’t be put in the box as an artist. I was exposed to all range of commercial and non commercial music. And it was that period when I grew taste for good alternative music and explored even genres such as jazz and blues.” Meanwhile his career took a big leap forward as he became “illegal” light operator at the infamous Ambasada Gavioli club. This wasn’t his job. Put more precisely: he wasn’t even allowed to come near the console by the boss. But the resident deejays liked his touch and invited him into the booth whenever possible. “I was hanging around to listen to the sets of Valentino Kanzyani. Ambasada was the playground for the biggest names in the game. And Sven Väth was the one that really stood out of the flock: it was his human energy, power of his music, his ability to control the dance floor what ultimately convinced me to become a deejay.” Although it wasn’t Sven’s or Valentino’s sound that he wanted to follow. “I’ve started with house, explored the progressive and I guess I could be considered tech-house artist nowadays,” summarizes Matthew who as a very versatile and eclectic artist doesn’t brand himself. He broke trough as a deejay when spotted by Valentino Kanzyani at the party in Croatia: “Valentino is one of the biggest figures in my life. He’s my brother from another mother,” likes to jest Matthew about their friendship. “He invited me to join his office, where I’ve got introduced to every angle of label management and music promotion business.” 2009 saw Matthew kicking the dance floors around the globe, from Columbia to Turkey,from Spain to Greece, from Germany To Brazil.
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement F.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off."Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist.F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...F.SONIKThe name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guyAleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.”It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off."Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist.F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...ANDREW TECHNIQUE - biographyBe Ray Ya Book Hey, Can't Play the Piano, Luna Park and Fresh are just some productions which recently invested Andrew Technique as one of the hottest young electronic artists in the region. And it's not a small deal if we take in account he's determined to challenge the infamous Slovenian techno heritage and take it to the whole new level. When he's not abusing the decks and comps on his own, Andrew, a protégé of Flow Management and dedicated member of SDJF initiative, performs as a member of Foreplay!, Parallel Fusion (live) and R&A projects. Well, he sure came a long way so far. Especially if we bear in mind he grew up on metal guitar reefs.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="It’s true. I'm an art junkie,” admits Andrew. “When I was a kid people thought I’d become a successful painter, actor, singer or whatever. But it was the music that attracted me the most for as long as I can remember. In business I believe in professionalism and dedication, but when it comes to producing and performing music I indulge in being lead by my feelings. And I’m very emotional. I can get goose bumps or even a tear in my eye listening to some great piece of music. I’m not ashamed to admit that. I do listen to the comments given by my friends and people that I personally believe they are credible critics. I respect good-intended critic, but I got where I am today mostly because I decided so and worked hard to reach some of my personal goals,” summarizes his career Andrej Šarkanj aka Andrew Technique.Although as a master of his own destiny he almost abandoned his dream not so far ago. “Let’s just say I came to the major life-crossroad and had to decide what I wanted to do with life: I could have ended my music career right there and then or choose to channel all my free-time and energy into production and promotion of my own vision of dance music. It never was, and still isn’t, all roses. But now, that I finally get the positive feedback from the right people I’m happy I decided not to quit," explains Andrew with a tiny sparkle of satisfaction in his eyes. He made some big steps in 2007: he produced bunch of great fresh sounding tunes, his records are now being regularly played by the top deejays such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani, some of his tracks were already broadcasted on BBC Radio 1 … But, regarding the strong competition, Andrew is aware that just a few of good releases will not bring him much. So he doesn’t rest on early successes: "Dedication, sustain quality of releases and a bit of luck are key elements on which I build my future as an artist.”It’s been more than a decade since he developed a passion for 4x4 beats. “I used to be into guitar music. I learned to play the piano, I joined the garage band as a teenager and I grew up on hard rock and metal,” smiles Andrew on not so distant memories. “During the high school period I came in touch with other genres, widened my musical spectrum and finally turned in totally different direction. I started listening to electronic stuff, learned how the music is selected, performed and produced and in a few years established myself as a tech-house deejay." Although some could label his sound more like unique mixture of minimal, electro and progressive elements. "We leave in a time of genre blending, so it’s hard to label one’s sound, anyway,” admits Andrew. "But those who follow my work do know I’ve always had a strong passion for organic African rhythms."And how did he get his name? “Andrew was an obvious choice, just a translation of my civilian name. And I choose Technique since I was always very handy with stuff, I still work in a computer shop, MacGyver is a big hero of mine and the name also reflects what I do as an artist.” And the influences: "I listen to a lot of music and I got inspired by a lot of great artists along the way. I try to find something special in every piece of music and all musicians are mentors to me in a way. But the most important influence for me as an artist was and in a way still is our local super club Ambasada Gavioli. It was the place where I was introduced to electronic culture and where I experienced some great performances of leading global deejays.”Andrew is also known as a “very friendly artist”. He's a member of SDJF initiative that is dedicated to constant development of the local electronic club scene and supporting young artists. And when he's not performing on his own, he abuses decks and comps as a member of Foreplay!, R&S and Parallel Fusion (live) projects: "There were also some others, but this things come and go and only the best stay. The basic idea behind collaborations is to get together with other artists, develop and share ideas or blend genres. And it's always more fun producing and performing music with other people than on your own."As a producer he gets all the help he needs from his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. He established his name as part of Tomy or Zox combo on the house scene back in the 90's and is now successfully running his own studio that is second home to some of the hottest young producers in the region. Tomy and Andrew debuted on Kanzyani's Jesus Loved You label with the Obala EP in late 2007. Tomy also remixed Fresh which was included in Umek's Essential Mix and released on Circle Records: "Studio is my favorite place for spending free time. I go there most of the days and I try to channel my ideas, thoughts, wishes and feelings into the music." And since he's very passionate guy, there's a truckload of new records with Andrew's name on it planned for release in forthcoming months. "I'm already well established artist in the region, so now I'd like to spread my sound trough the rest of the Europe and elsewhere. There are many challenges I'd like to take, but the ultimate would be performing on another planet. I'm not kidding. I believe this is something I could achieve as an artist, so don't be surprised if you get a postcard from Mars or Venus someday."
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement F.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off."Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist.F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...F.SONIKThe name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guyAleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.”It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off."Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist.F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...ANDREW TECHNIQUE - biographyBe Ray Ya Book Hey, Can't Play the Piano, Luna Park and Fresh are just some productions which recently invested Andrew Technique as one of the hottest young electronic artists in the region. And it's not a small deal if we take in account he's determined to challenge the infamous Slovenian techno heritage and take it to the whole new level. When he's not abusing the decks and comps on his own, Andrew, a protégé of Flow Management and dedicated member of SDJF initiative, performs as a member of Foreplay!, Parallel Fusion (live) and R&A projects. Well, he sure came a long way so far. Especially if we bear in mind he grew up on metal guitar reefs.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="It’s true. I'm an art junkie,” admits Andrew. “When I was a kid people thought I’d become a successful painter, actor, singer or whatever. But it was the music that attracted me the most for as long as I can remember. In business I believe in professionalism and dedication, but when it comes to producing and performing music I indulge in being lead by my feelings. And I’m very emotional. I can get goose bumps or even a tear in my eye listening to some great piece of music. I’m not ashamed to admit that. I do listen to the comments given by my friends and people that I personally believe they are credible critics. I respect good-intended critic, but I got where I am today mostly because I decided so and worked hard to reach some of my personal goals,” summarizes his career Andrej Šarkanj aka Andrew Technique.Although as a master of his own destiny he almost abandoned his dream not so far ago. “Let’s just say I came to the major life-crossroad and had to decide what I wanted to do with life: I could have ended my music career right there and then or choose to channel all my free-time and energy into production and promotion of my own vision of dance music. It never was, and still isn’t, all roses. But now, that I finally get the positive feedback from the right people I’m happy I decided not to quit," explains Andrew with a tiny sparkle of satisfaction in his eyes. He made some big steps in 2007: he produced bunch of great fresh sounding tunes, his records are now being regularly played by the top deejays such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani, some of his tracks were already broadcasted on BBC Radio 1 … But, regarding the strong competition, Andrew is aware that just a few of good releases will not bring him much. So he doesn’t rest on early successes: "Dedication, sustain quality of releases and a bit of luck are key elements on which I build my future as an artist.”It’s been more than a decade since he developed a passion for 4x4 beats. “I used to be into guitar music. I learned to play the piano, I joined the garage band as a teenager and I grew up on hard rock and metal,” smiles Andrew on not so distant memories. “During the high school period I came in touch with other genres, widened my musical spectrum and finally turned in totally different direction. I started listening to electronic stuff, learned how the music is selected, performed and produced and in a few years established myself as a tech-house deejay." Although some could label his sound more like unique mixture of minimal, electro and progressive elements. "We leave in a time of genre blending, so it’s hard to label one’s sound, anyway,” admits Andrew. "But those who follow my work do know I’ve always had a strong passion for organic African rhythms."And how did he get his name? “Andrew was an obvious choice, just a translation of my civilian name. And I choose Technique since I was always very handy with stuff, I still work in a computer shop, MacGyver is a big hero of mine and the name also reflects what I do as an artist.” And the influences: "I listen to a lot of music and I got inspired by a lot of great artists along the way. I try to find something special in every piece of music and all musicians are mentors to me in a way. But the most important influence for me as an artist was and in a way still is our local super club Ambasada Gavioli. It was the place where I was introduced to electronic culture and where I experienced some great performances of leading global deejays.”Andrew is also known as a “very friendly artist”. He's a member of SDJF initiative that is dedicated to constant development of the local electronic club scene and supporting young artists. And when he's not performing on his own, he abuses decks and comps as a member of Foreplay!, R&S and Parallel Fusion (live) projects: "There were also some others, but this things come and go and only the best stay. The basic idea behind collaborations is to get together with other artists, develop and share ideas or blend genres. And it's always more fun producing and performing music with other people than on your own."As a producer he gets all the help he needs from his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. He established his name as part of Tomy or Zox combo on the house scene back in the 90's and is now successfully running his own studio that is second home to some of the hottest young producers in the region. Tomy and Andrew debuted on Kanzyani's Jesus Loved You label with the Obala EP in late 2007. Tomy also remixed Fresh which was included in Umek's Essential Mix and released on Circle Records: "Studio is my favorite place for spending free time. I go there most of the days and I try to channel my ideas, thoughts, wishes and feelings into the music." And since he's very passionate guy, there's a truckload of new records with Andrew's name on it planned for release in forthcoming months. "I'm already well established artist in the region, so now I'd like to spread my sound trough the rest of the Europe and elsewhere. There are many challenges I'd like to take, but the ultimate would be performing on another planet. I'm not kidding. I believe this is something I could achieve as an artist, so don't be surprised if you get a postcard from Mars or Venus someday." Playlist: 1 Metrodive Drawing Hands - Original Mix Monique Speciale2 Sabb Cadence - Original Mix Rawthentic Music3 Pirupa New Choice - Original Mix Noir Music4 iO, Sender Love Trip - Orgnal Mix Noir Music5 Carlo Lio Chapter 2 - Original Mix Monique Musique6 Jackspot Theres Any Problem - Original Mix Brise Records7 Robytek, Ralf Armani Sierra Leone - Original Mix Starlight8 M.in Its Just Because - Patrick Lindsey Remix Tretmuehle9 Kruse & Nuernberg Diskothek - Original Mix Noir Music10 Justin Late, Fra'n'kie° Gettin' Mad - Original Mix Neurotraxx Deluxe11 Caie!, Lagora Le Cher Rayonnent - Digital Exclusive Material Series12 F.Sonik, Andrew Technique Just Weee - Original Mix Starlight Unlimited13 Los Suruba Roller Kick - ONNO Remix Suruba14 Akin and Nomis Melodie - Mauro Alpha & Dalbe Remix Sabotage15 Nima Gorji Obbatala - Jairo Catelo Remix Climatic Sound16 Hector Couto 1993 - WestBoy Remix Nulogic Records17 Amir Bibi Baba - Original Mix Bouq18 Deepgroove and Jamie Anderson Voix - Extended Version Harthouse19 Kyas, Luca M Two - Original Mix BDR Music20 Los Suruba & Robert X Checolate - Onno Remix Suruba X21 Luca M Poezii - Original Mix Cimelde22 Nyra Lindan's Groove - Original Mix Be As One Imprint23 Ron Costa Hadono - Original Mix Potobolo Records24 Reboot Hermano - Original mix CDR25 Rhadow No Excuse - Original Mix Greelpound26 Sabb Percomaniac - Original Mix CDR27 F.Sonik ZuLuMaL - Original mix NuLogic Records28 Mihalis Safras San TropeLess - Oxia Less Melo Remix Material29 Native Soul Feat. Trey Washington A New Day - Spencer Parker's A Gun for Hire Remix Fluential Special Thanks to Marjan Lopuh More Info: http://www.flow-management.net/ 30 River Ocean Love & Happiness (Yemaya Y Ochun) feat. India - Michel Cleis Floreo Remix Strictly Rhythm
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementAlexander Madness“Music is movement, variation, imaginationand eternity. In other words:the future of sustainable energy. As aDJ I try to transfer and receive thatform of energy from and to the peopleon the dance floor - mixing minimaltechno tracks with electro house floorfillers. For the rough cases I alwayscarry progressive and electro tracksin my DJ bag.”Alexander Madness (AM) discovered daylight in 1978 in Koper, Slovenia. Already his mother knew that music is going to be one of his main interests: As a kid he always liked to stand in front of roaring speakers. Before diving into the universe of electronic music,Alexander was listening to rock, pop and all the other genres that are usually popular among the youth.”I first got to feel the magic of electronic music in 1996, when sounds of fast hardcore hit my ears. Because that kind of music was rare at that time, I soon switched to slower rhythms of chemical progressive.”In 1998, AM first stepped behind the decks and immediately felt the connection – and it’s still lasting. Like any other DJ he realized that the beginnings were not easy. His first gigs were played at local bars and private parties, but his technique evolved within years, as did his passion for the music.In the past years he was switching from one e-genre to another until he really got into techno, which he still prefers. He plays mostly minimal/techno and electro/house but in his DJ case you’ll also find progressive and electro tracks.He has been playing in all the major and recognized clubs, such as Ambasada Gavioli, Lipa, SubSub, K4,The Temple, Fun Academy, Oxygen, Netopir, The Club, The Cube, Playtime, Forest, Tivoli, Arcade, Culture club and many more. He participated also on Final Flash, Fetique-Boutique, Born to be Wild, The way of Freedom and Sound Of Summer events.Throughout his eight year run and after AM’s guest appearances in numerous venues in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy, AM has also shared the spotlight with some of the industries best DJ’s. Some of his collaborations include artists such as Valentino Kanzyani, Andy Moor, The Filterheadz, Richard Bartz, Len Faki, Bryan Cox, Oxia, Joris Voorn, Matthew Dekay, Seamus Haji, Danilo Vigorito, dA frESh, Mashtronic, Electrixx, Ade Fanton, Virgin Helena, Paul Hazendonk, Petar Dundov, Jamie Bissmire and many more.
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement Matthew Hoag Being anonymous music aficionado, music professional or a sexy Pacha girl, there are two things you really should know about Matthew Hoag: meeting him in person is always fun. Joining him for the night clubbing is a life changing experience. This vivid, cheerful, friendly bon vivant isn’t just one of those guys who want to know everything about the music as an art and the whole business behind it. He’s foremost a really nice person and his works are excellent reflections of his embrace-the-life globe trotting attitude. The earliest seed that indicated Matthew’s future career is hidden somewhere on the dance floor was his passion for light shows. He became light-operator for the matinees in one of the local clubs already as a teenager. Few years latter he took a job at the local radio station. That’s where he learned how the radio station works, how the program is being put together, he became skillful technician, and he also listened to a lot of music: “I guess this is the main reason why I can’t be put in the box as an artist. I was exposed to all range of commercial and non commercial music. And it was that period when I grew taste for good alternative music and explored even genres such as jazz and blues.” Meanwhile his career took a big leap forward as he became “illegal” light operator at the infamous Ambasada Gavioli club. This wasn’t his job. Put more precisely: he wasn’t even allowed to come near the console by the boss. But the resident deejays liked his touch and invited him into the booth whenever possible. “I was hanging around to listen to the sets of Valentino Kanzyani. Ambasada was the playground for the biggest names in the game. And Sven Väth was the one that really stood out of the flock: it was his human energy, power of his music, his ability to control the dance floor what ultimately convinced me to become a deejay.” Although it wasn’t Sven’s or Valentino’s sound that he wanted to follow. “I’ve started with house, explored the progressive and I guess I could be considered tech-house artist nowadays,” summarizes Matthew who as a very versatile and eclectic artist doesn’t brand himself. He broke trough as a deejay when spotted by Valentino Kanzyani at the party in Croatia: “Valentino is one of the biggest figures in my life. He’s my brother from another mother,” likes to jest Matthew about their friendship. “He invited me to join his office, where I’ve got introduced to every angle of label management and music promotion business.” 2009 saw Matthew kicking the dance floors around the globe, from Columbia to Turkey,from Spain to Greece, from Germany To Brazil.
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement F.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off." Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist. F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...F.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off." Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist. F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.intro01. Walter - Andrew Technique (Tomy DeClerque remix) "Sound of Acapulco"02. Markantonio - Terzo mix "1605"03. Technobuse - Dj Cyberx (Synth Tech Mix) "Southside Recordings "04. Doubleshot - Anthony Attalla Jan van Lier Remix "Slanted house"05. Smell The Wood - Original Mix Matteo DiMarr " Subliminal Records""06. Hipernova - Anna Miranda DJ Deh Remix "Ketra Records"07. Body Work - Francesco Grant ""AFULAB"08. Costantino Nappi & Micky da funk - The Way We Do "Promo"09. Wave From The North - Alex D'elia & Nihil Young "Frequenzarec"10. Rated R - Yotopia "Stereo Seven Plus"11. Wiwy Edit 1 - Marascia Dusty Kid "Southern Fried Records"12. Ayahuasca - Promo "Hog o005"13. Echoes - Piatto "1605"14. The Music And Me -Voltaxx feat. Betty Bizzare & Lissat "Leaders of the new School"15. Hypenoise - Audio G8 "Big Big Soundz"16. Roundhouse Loco & Jam "Promo"17. Moleculare Damage - Logotech "Ketra Records"
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.intro01. Walter - Andrew Technique (Tomy DeClerque remix) "Sound of Acapulco"02. Markantonio - Terzo mix "1605"03. Technobuse - Dj Cyberx (Synth Tech Mix) "Southside Recordings "04. Doubleshot - Anthony Attalla Jan van Lier Remix "Slanted house"05. Smell The Wood - Original Mix Matteo DiMarr " Subliminal Records""06. Hipernova - Anna Miranda DJ Deh Remix "Ketra Records"07. Body Work - Francesco Grant ""AFULAB"08. Costantino Nappi & Micky da funk - The Way We Do "Promo"09. Wave From The North - Alex D'elia & Nihil Young "Frequenzarec"10. Rated R - Yotopia "Stereo Seven Plus"11. Wiwy Edit 1 - Marascia Dusty Kid "Southern Fried Records"12. Ayahuasca - Promo "Hog o005"13. Echoes - Piatto "1605"14. The Music And Me -Voltaxx feat. Betty Bizzare & Lissat "Leaders of the new School"15. Hypenoise - Audio G8 "Big Big Soundz"16. Roundhouse Loco & Jam "Promo"17. Moleculare Damage - Logotech "Ketra Records"
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementANDREW TECHNIQUE - biographyBe Ray Ya Book Hey, Can't Play the Piano, Luna Park and Fresh are just some productions which recently invested Andrew Technique as one of the hottest young electronic artists in the region. And it's not a small deal if we take in account he's determined to challenge the infamous Slovenian techno heritage and take it to the whole new level. When he's not abusing the decks and comps on his own, Andrew, a protégé of Flow Management and dedicated member of SDJF initiative, performs as a member of Foreplay!, Parallel Fusion (live) and R&A projects. Well, he sure came a long way so far. Especially if we bear in mind he grew up on metal guitar reefs.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="It’s true. I'm an art junkie,” admits Andrew. “When I was a kid people thought I’d become a successful painter, actor, singer or whatever. But it was the music that attracted me the most for as long as I can remember. In business I believe in professionalism and dedication, but when it comes to producing and performing music I indulge in being lead by my feelings. And I’m very emotional. I can get goose bumps or even a tear in my eye listening to some great piece of music. I’m not ashamed to admit that. I do listen to the comments given by my friends and people that I personally believe they are credible critics. I respect good-intended critic, but I got where I am today mostly because I decided so and worked hard to reach some of my personal goals,” summarizes his career Andrej Šarkanj aka Andrew Technique.Although as a master of his own destiny he almost abandoned his dream not so far ago. “Let’s just say I came to the major life-crossroad and had to decide what I wanted to do with life: I could have ended my music career right there and then or choose to channel all my free-time and energy into production and promotion of my own vision of dance music. It never was, and still isn’t, all roses. But now, that I finally get the positive feedback from the right people I’m happy I decided not to quit," explains Andrew with a tiny sparkle of satisfaction in his eyes. He made some big steps in 2007: he produced bunch of great fresh sounding tunes, his records are now being regularly played by the top deejays such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani, some of his tracks were already broadcasted on BBC Radio 1 … But, regarding the strong competition, Andrew is aware that just a few of good releases will not bring him much. So he doesn’t rest on early successes: "Dedication, sustain quality of releases and a bit of luck are key elements on which I build my future as an artist.”It’s been more than a decade since he developed a passion for 4x4 beats. “I used to be into guitar music. I learned to play the piano, I joined the garage band as a teenager and I grew up on hard rock and metal,” smiles Andrew on not so distant memories. “During the high school period I came in touch with other genres, widened my musical spectrum and finally turned in totally different direction. I started listening to electronic stuff, learned how the music is selected, performed and produced and in a few years established myself as a tech-house deejay." Although some could label his sound more like unique mixture of minimal, electro and progressive elements. "We leave in a time of genre blending, so it’s hard to label one’s sound, anyway,” admits Andrew. "But those who follow my work do know I’ve always had a strong passion for organic African rhythms."And how did he get his name? “Andrew was an obvious choice, just a translation of my civilian name. And I choose Technique since I was always very handy with stuff, I still work in a computer shop, MacGyver is a big hero of mine and the name also reflects what I do as an artist.” And the influences: "I listen to a lot of music and I got inspired by a lot of great artists along the way. I try to find something special in every piece of music and all musicians are mentors to me in a way. But the most important influence for me as an artist was and in a way still is our local super club Ambasada Gavioli. It was the place where I was introduced to electronic culture and where I experienced some great performances of leading global deejays.”Andrew is also known as a “very friendly artist”. He's a member of SDJF initiative that is dedicated to constant development of the local electronic club scene and supporting young artists. And when he's not performing on his own, he abuses decks and comps as a member of Foreplay!, R&S and Parallel Fusion (live) projects: "There were also some others, but this things come and go and only the best stay. The basic idea behind collaborations is to get together with other artists, develop and share ideas or blend genres. And it's always more fun producing and performing music with other people than on your own."As a producer he gets all the help he needs from his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. He established his name as part of Tomy or Zox combo on the house scene back in the 90's and is now successfully running his own studio that is second home to some of the hottest young producers in the region. Tomy and Andrew debuted on Kanzyani's Jesus Loved You label with the Obala EP in late 2007. Tomy also remixed Fresh which was included in Umek's Essential Mix and released on Circle Records: "Studio is my favorite place for spending free time. I go there most of the days and I try to channel my ideas, thoughts, wishes and feelings into the music." And since he's very passionate guy, there's a truckload of new records with Andrew's name on it planned for release in forthcoming months. "I'm already well established artist in the region, so now I'd like to spread my sound trough the rest of the Europe and elsewhere. There are many challenges I'd like to take, but the ultimate would be performing on another planet. I'm not kidding. I believe this is something I could achieve as an artist, so don't be surprised if you get a postcard from Mars or Venus someday."Playlist:01 Gorge - Bambossa (Nicole Moudaber Gorge-Ous Remix) / Plastic City02 Basti Grub - El Gitarro (M.in Remix) / Waldliebe Musik03 Adam Port & Gigi - Enoralehu (Santé Remix) / Liebe Detial Spezial04 Roger Gerressen - No School Like The Old School (Original Mix) / Wolfskuil Records05 Hermanez - Marrakech (Noir vs Martinez Edit) / Noir Music06 Kolombo - I'm On Your Side (Kruse & Nuernberg Remix) / Noir Music07 &ME - On (Adam Port & Rampa Remix) / Front Room Recordings08 Matt Star - Hohlkopp (Martinez Remix) / Cray1 LabWorks09 M.in & Ben Anders - Get On A Freak (Original Mix) / Off10 Riva Starr - Black Cat White Cat (Original Mix) / Made To Play11 Henri Josh - Pequena (Original Mix) / Suara12 Sasch BBC, Caspar - Tomtation (Original Mix) / Brise Records13 Fabio Giannelli - Apparlas (Slam Remix) / Material14 Paul Harris and Alex Tepper - Terris (Original Mix) / Rekids15 Noze - Meet me in the Toilet (Original Mix) / Circus Company16 Christian Smith & Reset Robot - Elixir (Gary Beck Remix) / Excentric Muzik17 Reboot - Caminando (Loop Edit) / Sei Es Drum18 Seth Troxler - Panic, Stop. Repeat! (Paco Osuna Remix) / Spectral Sound19 Mark Broom - Jackpot (Original Mix) / Saved Records
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementF.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off." Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist. F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...F.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off." Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist. F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Intro01. Umek vs. Ramirez - Hablando "1605"02. Dennes Deen - Break It Up "MB Elektronics"03. Kevin Gorman - Insomnia (Joseph Capriati remix) "Mikrowave"04. Umek - Destructable Environet ( Loco & Jam remix ) "1605"05. Alex D Elia & Nihil Young - Aurality (Sinisa Lukic remix)06. Tom Sawyer - Dictator (DJ Cyberx remix) "Atsuo"07. Flex - Hydrometrik (Piatto remix) "Italobusiness"08. Adam Beyer, Par Grindvik - Living Weel "Drumcode"09. Khainz - Low Frequency Oscillator "Plastic Park"10. Wehbba and Ryo Peres - Us On Tape11. Umek - 512. Electric Rescue - Astropolis "Skryptom"Division Virtuel"13. Kemko - One Pirate On The Way "Division Virtuel"14. Volta, Salvatore Freda - Tiramisu "Area Remote"15. Christian Smith, Reset Robot - Elixir16. Secret Cinema - Jazz Me "Cocoon"17. Gideon - Do Not Leave The Tap Running "Lessismorerecordings"18. Egor Boss - Tricked (Andrea Roma remix) "Italobusiness"19. Unknown - Superstrobe20. Dubfire - Rabid "Sci+Tec"21. Compact Grey - The Game (Christian Fischer remix) "Definition Records"
Valentino Kanzyani @ Blind Spot 31st October 2009 8pm Not Available Dr Hoffmann @ Blind Spot 31st October 2009 9pm 1, Midnite Radio – Dosspectre (Dirty Tourists Remix) – Lowroom 2, 2000 And One – State Of House (Matthias Tanzmann Remix) – 100% Pure 3, Wehbba – That One With The Disco Stab (Cilada Remix) – 82 Recordings 4, Erman Erim – Time To Go – Terminal M 5, Channel X – Pelvic Trust – Supdub Digitales 6, Santos – Llania Inesperada (Paul Ritch Remix) – Figure 7, The Office – Ultimatum (Tom Hades Remix) – Coincidence Records 8, Tone Depth – Rumblefish (Mather Daniel Remix) – Bedrock 9, Andre Winter – Dogma (Pan-Pot Remix) – Ideal Audio 10, Tonecast – Murder & Fingerprints – Secret Village 11, Maetrik – Envy (Exercise One Remix) – Dumb Unit 12, Mihalis Safras – Interafrica (Mark Broom Remix) – Trapez 13, Crash Course In Science – Flying Turns (Danton Eeprom Remix) – From Jupiter This show is syndicated & distributed exclusively by Syndicast. If you are a radio station interested in airing the show or would like to distribute your podcast / radio show please register here: https://syndicast.co.uk/distribution/registration
Blind Spot Radio Show 028 | Valentino Kanzyani & Dr HoffmannnnValentino Kanzyani @ Blind Spot 31st October 2009 8pm Not Available Dr Hoffmann @ Blind Spot 31st October 2009 9pm 1, Midnite Radio – Dosspectre (Dirty Tourists Remix) – Lowroom 2, 2000 And One – State Of House (Matthias Tanzmann Remix) – 100% Pure 3, Wehbba – That One With The Disco Stab (Cilada Remix) – 82 Recordings 4, Erman Erim – Time To Go – Terminal M 5, Channel X – Pelvic Trust – Supdub Digitales 6, Santos – Llania Inesperada (Paul Ritch Remix) – Figure 7, The Office – Ultimatum (Tom Hades Remix) – Coincidence Records 8, Tone Depth – Rumblefish (Mather Daniel Remix) – Bedrock 9, Andre Winter – Dogma (Pan-Pot Remix) – Ideal Audio 10, Tonecast – Murder & Fingerprints – Secret Village 11, Maetrik – Envy (Exercise One Remix) – Dumb Unit 12, Mihalis Safras – Interafrica (Mark Broom Remix) – Trapez 13, Crash Course In Science – Flying Turns (Danton Eeprom Remix) – From Jupiter
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementIAN F. (Jesus Loved You) After a decade of successful sound blending Ian F. maintains the status of one of the most fresh-sounding deejays around. Being introduced to the art of music improvisation at an early age and heavily indulging on alternative art as a teenager, he continued to nurse this passion even more after becoming a deejay. Ian F is a member of the Jesus Loved You family, co-founder of Flow Management agency and a long time resident deejay of Ambasadi Gavioli, one of the hottest super clubs in the Mediterranean. He forefronts the new generation of promising young artists that are redefining famous Slovenian techno sound and are heavily supported by artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. Currently Ian F. spends most of the off-deck time producing music and developing his Flux:ology, which combines elements of different art expressions. After a series of releases and remixes on selected labels in Europe, Asia and USA (Jesus Loved You, Advanced, Pure Substance, Traffica, Mashtronic, Decoded, Vezotonik, Dig:Atel …), he’s dedicated to spread his eclectic art of noise even further in the forthcoming months.His production was supported by artists such Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, James Zabiela, Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, D Ramirez, Misjah, Wally Lopez, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Andrea Ferlin, Nick Muir, Wehbba, Marko Nastic, …= = = = = = = = = =CHALLENGES: Productions. Live Act. New expressions.Being obsessed with searching for some fresh stuff all the time, the life of producer is a constant battle for Ian F: “Currently I spend most of the off-deck time developing my own sound under the guidance of my studio guru Tomy DeClerque." Ian F’s recent production Subconscious was picked up by local Apple distributor for a TV commercial and can be heard on the MTV. Some other releases on Tested/Agent Funk, Mashtronic rec., Jesus Loved You (Valentino Kanzyani) and Traffica (Marko Nastić) are scheduled and the preliminary arrangements with some UK and Germany based labels were already struck. “Another intriguing project is Flux, for which I am joining forces with Tomy DeClerque, KayKay and Dave Morgan. Flux is a unique live act, a mixture of live music performance and electronic live act with the addition of other art expressions. It’s very alive. The structure and expression of this project varies all the time as it is under constant development. We’ve already performed in Gavioli and at one open-air party, but a lot of work still has to be put into this project.”Performing at the parties is just one side of Ian F as a musician. He indulges on combining his passion for music with other art expressions on regular basis. He's no stranger to performing at art and fashion exhibitions, poetry recitals, teaming up with pop artists and rock bands or developing soundtrack for an on-line art gallery. He even produced music and performed with a contemporary dance company at selected venues, including premiere at the 7th Annual Gala at the national theatre, which was broadcasted live on the Slovenian national television.REFERENCES: Performances. Releases. Collaborations.Ian F is established artist in the region, performing in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina on the regular basis. His poison is techno & tech-house with expressive warm harmonies and little touches of other genres. As a long running resident of some of the top clubs and events in the north Adriatic region he already performed alongside most of the top techno artists as well as the biggest names in the industry such as Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Tiësto, Steve Lawler, Sasha, John Digweed if we name just a few. He's a resident deejay of Ambasada Gavioli, Fetch the Vibe events and official ambassador of Slovenian Haineken Music events.Ian F's productions were so far spun and included on track lists and charts by Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Marko Nastić, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani and other established deejays. His artist production and remixes were released on Slovenian labels such as F-Recordings, Annunaki, Vezotonik and Vezotonik LTD, Malaysia based Pure Substance and Red Flux Music, Atel - DigAtel (USA), Mashtronic rec. from Germany, Advanced rec. (UK) and Croatian Decoded and Decoded Mini.As a member of SDJF initiative Ian helps develop local club infrastructure and platforms to support young artists on their first steps. Another two promising young artists Andrew Technique and F.Sonik are members of Flow Management agency. Currently he’s also spending a lot of time in and out of the studio with a deejay & producer Aneuria. IAN F. (Jesus Loved You) After a decade of successful sound blending Ian F. maintains the status of one of the most fresh-sounding deejays around. Being introduced to the art of music improvisation at an early age and heavily indulging on alternative art as a teenager, he continued to nurse this passion even more after becoming a deejay. Ian F is a member of the Jesus Loved You family, co-founder of Flow Management agency and a long time resident deejay of Ambasadi Gavioli, one of the hottest super clubs in the Mediterranean. He forefronts the new generation of promising young artists that are redefining famous Slovenian techno sound and are heavily supported by artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. Currently Ian F. spends most of the off-deck time producing music and developing his Flux:ology, which combines elements of different art expressions. After a series of releases and remixes on selected labels in Europe, Asia and USA (Jesus Loved You, Advanced, Pure Substance, Traffica, Mashtronic, Decoded, Vezotonik, Dig:Atel …), he’s dedicated to spread his eclectic art of noise even further in the forthcoming months.His production was supported by artists such Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, James Zabiela, Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, D Ramirez, Misjah, Wally Lopez, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Andrea Ferlin, Nick Muir, Wehbba, Marko Nastic, …= = = = = = = = = =CHALLENGES: Productions. Live Act. New expressions.Being obsessed with searching for some fresh stuff all the time, the life of producer is a constant battle for Ian F: “Currently I spend most of the off-deck time developing my own sound under the guidance of my studio guru Tomy DeClerque." Ian F’s recent production Subconscious was picked up by local Apple distributor for a TV commercial and can be heard on the MTV. Some other releases on Tested/Agent Funk, Mashtronic rec., Jesus Loved You (Valentino Kanzyani) and Traffica (Marko Nastić) are scheduled and the preliminary arrangements with some UK and Germany based labels were already struck. “Another intriguing project is Flux, for which I am joining forces with Tomy DeClerque, KayKay and Dave Morgan. Flux is a unique live act, a mixture of live music performance and electronic live act with the addition of other art expressions. It’s very alive. The structure and expression of this project varies all the time as it is under constant development. We’ve already performed in Gavioli and at one open-air party, but a lot of work still has to be put into this project.”Performing at the parties is just one side of Ian F as a musician. He indulges on combining his passion for music with other art expressions on regular basis. He's no stranger to performing at art and fashion exhibitions, poetry recitals, teaming up with pop artists and rock bands or developing soundtrack for an on-line art gallery. He even produced music and performed with a contemporary dance company at selected venues, including premiere at the 7th Annual Gala at the national theatre, which was broadcasted live on the Slovenian national television.REFERENCES: Performances. Releases. Collaborations.Ian F is established artist in the region, performing in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina on the regular basis. His poison is techno & tech-house with expressive warm harmonies and little touches of other genres. As a long running resident of some of the top clubs and events in the north Adriatic region he already performed alongside most of the top techno artists as well as the biggest names in the industry such as Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Tiësto, Steve Lawler, Sasha, John Digweed if we name just a few. He's a resident deejay of Ambasada Gavioli, Fetch the Vibe events and official ambassador of Slovenian Haineken Music events.Ian F's productions were so far spun and included on track lists and charts by Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Marko Nastić, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani and other established deejays. His artist production and remixes were released on Slovenian labels such as F-Recordings, Annunaki, Vezotonik and Vezotonik LTD, Malaysia based Pure Substance and Red Flux Music, Atel - DigAtel (USA), Mashtronic rec. from Germany, Advanced rec. (UK) and Croatian Decoded and Decoded Mini.As a member of SDJF initiative Ian helps develop local club infrastructure and platforms to support young artists on their first steps. Another two promising young artists Andrew Technique and F.Sonik are members of Flow Management agency. Currently he’s also spending a lot of time in and out of the studio with a deejay & producer Aneuria. Artist management and general contact:Tracklist:01. Frankly - Margaret Dygas - Perlon 02. The Playmaker (Dyed Soundorom Rmx) - Alex Celler & Anthea - Freak N Chic03. Party Faktor - Federico Molinari - Tsuba04. Lee Style - Andomat 3000 - Diynamic 05. Byzantine - Ethyl & Huxley - Cecille Numbers06. Llovizna - Francisco Allendes & Felipe Venegas - Cadenza07. Roots & Culture - Barbarito Capote - Below08. Revive La Noche - Marcin Czubala - 8Bit 09. Obbatala (Jairo Catelo Rmx) - Nima Gorji - Climatic Sound10. Fortuna - Superlounge & Alex Niggemann - Strictly Chosen11. Orange - Deetron - Music Man Records12. Spanish Voodoo - Kornel Lemon - Cray1 Digital Works 13. Mutation (Two Sety's Circus Rmx) - Butane - Crosstown RebelsManagement:FLOW:MNGMNTwww.flow-management.netinfo@flow-management.org
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Playlist:00. Intro01. Slip And Slide - Khainz Remix Thomas Penton, DJ Thee-O "Tribal Vision Records" 02. Formula - Egostereo Edit Danny, Sandrino Beesley "Superbass records" 03. Road Trip - Primer Viaje Origi Juan Kue, David Padilla "Road Trip Recordings" 04. 7 Days - Jose Rosike and Ipagan "Tema" 05. Temperamental - Manuel De La Mare "Progresive Grooves" 06. Reset Mastermind - Original Mi Juan Kue, David Padilla "Overline Records" 07. Tech - Milton Channels Mix Deep Sound "Overline Recodrs" 08. I Like It - Original Mix Autistic "Basilic Records" 09. This Sound - Original Mix DJ Subsonic, DJ Sadock "Turning Wheel Records" 10. Black Coffee - Original Mix D Roland M. Dilly "Trapez" 11. Dyno - graffio "Hell Yeah" 12. Dollars - Original Vibes Stefano Noferini "Deeperfect Records"13. Tomy DeCleque - Planned History "Unreleased"14. Capucine - Abnormal Boyz The Same "Polar Noise"15. Happy Time - Tomy DeClerque remix "Unreleased"
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.UMEK / 200903701. Umek - Work This Data 02. Loco & Jam - 3am Curfew "Hedgehog"03. Magitman - Cat Skin "Tribal Vision Records"04. Danilo Tomic - CowGirl (Marko Nastic & Tomy DeClerque RMX) "Recon Light"05. Andre Dazzo - Face To Face "ADS Records"06. Alan Fitzpatrick - Amsterdam "8 Sided Dice"07. Worakls - Shazam "Boeing Records"08. Jason Tyler - Apache "MAR186"09. Ndsa - Papercut "Attitude Recordings"10. Anton X - Lowis (Da Fresh Remix 2009) "Booster"11. John Karagiannis, PayLipServic - Surreal Scissors (Wehbba Remix) "TechHeadToolbox"12. Aki Bergen - Alma De Dios "Noir Music"13. Aneuria - One Foot Army "Sixteenofive"14. Loco & Jam - Medusa "Rekluse"15. Keithy B - Circa "Nighttrain Music"16. Luis Nieva - Frecuency "Sino"17. TG (Tim Green), Emerson Todd - Exercise "Cocoon Recordings"18. John Baga - The Ultimate Fighter "Groovebox Recordings"19. Mario Ochoa - Kalua "Avenue Recordings"20. Hector Couto - Arabe (Milton Channels Remix) "Dataworx Digital "Special Thanks to Marjan,Matthew, Iris & Uros
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementAlexander Madness“Music is movement, variation, imaginationand eternity. In other words:the future of sustainable energy. As aDJ I try to transfer and receive thatform of energy from and to the peopleon the dance floor - mixing minimaltechno tracks with electro house floorfillers. For the rough cases I alwayscarry progressive and electro tracksin my DJ bag.”Alexander Madness (AM) discovered daylight in 1978 in Koper, Slovenia. Already his mother knew that music is going to be one of his main interests: As a kid he always liked to stand in front of roaring speakers. Before diving into the universe of electronic music,Alexander was listening to rock, pop and all the other genres that are usually popular among the youth.”I first got to feel the magic of electronic music in 1996, when sounds of fast hardcore hit my ears. Because that kind of music was rare at that time, I soon switched to slower rhythms of chemical progressive.”In 1998, AM first stepped behind the decks and immediately felt the connection – and it’s still lasting. Like any other DJ he realized that the beginnings were not easy. His first gigs were played at local bars and private parties, but his technique evolved within years, as did his passion for the music.In the past years he was switching from one e-genre to another until he really got into techno, which he still prefers. He plays mostly minimal/techno and electro/house but in his DJ case you’ll also find progressive and electro tracks.He has been playing in all the major and recognized clubs, such as Ambasada Gavioli, Lipa, SubSub, K4,The Temple, Fun Academy, Oxygen, Netopir, The Club, The Cube, Playtime, Forest, Tivoli, Arcade, Culture club and many more. He participated also on Final Flash, Fetique-Boutique, Born to be Wild, The way of Freedom and Sound Of Summer events.Throughout his eight year run and after AM’s guest appearances in numerous venues in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy, AM has also shared the spotlight with some of the industries best DJ’s. Some of his collaborations include artists such as Valentino Kanzyani, Andy Moor, The Filterheadz, Richard Bartz, Len Faki, Bryan Cox, Oxia, Joris Voorn, Matthew Dekay, Seamus Haji, Danilo Vigorito, dA frESh, Mashtronic, Electrixx, Ade Fanton, Virgin Helena, Paul Hazendonk, Petar Dundov, Jamie Bissmire and many more.September MUM Session - Tracklist:01. District One - Dubcrystal (original mix)02. Andrew Technique - Walter (promo)03. Davy Dee and Dany Rodriguez - Emotion 1 (Dimitri Andreas remix)04. FM Radio Gods - I Am feat K Star (Lutzenkirchen Remix)05. Moguai - I Dance You (main mix)06. Dariush, DJ Da - Violin Land (train mix)07. Stefano Noferini - Take08. Markus Lange and Stereofunk - Funkturm (Da Fresh rmx)09. FIisio Feelkhenson - Lifting (Maverickz remix)10. Fever Ray - Triangle Walks - Spektre (Vocal mix)11. Namito - Train to Tehran (original mix)12. Saimon - Piranha (Virgil Enzinger remix)13. Wehbba and Ryo Peres - La Taverna (original mix) Artist contactwww.alexandermadness.com Artist management & booking FLOW:MNGMNT www.flow-management.netinfo@flow-management.org
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementANDREW TECHNIQUE - biographyBe Ray Ya Book Hey, Can't Play the Piano, Luna Park and Fresh are just some productions which recently invested Andrew Technique as one of the hottest young electronic artists in the region. And it's not a small deal if we take in account he's determined to challenge the infamous Slovenian techno heritage and take it to the whole new level. When he's not abusing the decks and comps on his own, Andrew, a protégé of Flow Management and dedicated member of SDJF initiative, performs as a member of Foreplay!, Parallel Fusion (live) and R&A projects. Well, he sure came a long way so far. Especially if we bear in mind he grew up on metal guitar reefs.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="It’s true. I'm an art junkie,” admits Andrew. “When I was a kid people thought I’d become a successful painter, actor, singer or whatever. But it was the music that attracted me the most for as long as I can remember. In business I believe in professionalism and dedication, but when it comes to producing and performing music I indulge in being lead by my feelings. And I’m very emotional. I can get goose bumps or even a tear in my eye listening to some great piece of music. I’m not ashamed to admit that. I do listen to the comments given by my friends and people that I personally believe they are credible critics. I respect good-intended critic, but I got where I am today mostly because I decided so and worked hard to reach some of my personal goals,” summarizes his career Andrej Šarkanj aka Andrew Technique.Although as a master of his own destiny he almost abandoned his dream not so far ago. “Let’s just say I came to the major life-crossroad and had to decide what I wanted to do with life: I could have ended my music career right there and then or choose to channel all my free-time and energy into production and promotion of my own vision of dance music. It never was, and still isn’t, all roses. But now, that I finally get the positive feedback from the right people I’m happy I decided not to quit," explains Andrew with a tiny sparkle of satisfaction in his eyes. He made some big steps in 2007: he produced bunch of great fresh sounding tunes, his records are now being regularly played by the top deejays such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani, some of his tracks were already broadcasted on BBC Radio 1 … But, regarding the strong competition, Andrew is aware that just a few of good releases will not bring him much. So he doesn’t rest on early successes: "Dedication, sustain quality of releases and a bit of luck are key elements on which I build my future as an artist.”It’s been more than a decade since he developed a passion for 4x4 beats. “I used to be into guitar music. I learned to play the piano, I joined the garage band as a teenager and I grew up on hard rock and metal,” smiles Andrew on not so distant memories. “During the high school period I came in touch with other genres, widened my musical spectrum and finally turned in totally different direction. I started listening to electronic stuff, learned how the music is selected, performed and produced and in a few years established myself as a tech-house deejay." Although some could label his sound more like unique mixture of minimal, electro and progressive elements. "We leave in a time of genre blending, so it’s hard to label one’s sound, anyway,” admits Andrew. "But those who follow my work do know I’ve always had a strong passion for organic African rhythms."And how did he get his name? “Andrew was an obvious choice, just a translation of my civilian name. And I choose Technique since I was always very handy with stuff, I still work in a computer shop, MacGyver is a big hero of mine and the name also reflects what I do as an artist.” And the influences: "I listen to a lot of music and I got inspired by a lot of great artists along the way. I try to find something special in every piece of music and all musicians are mentors to me in a way. But the most important influence for me as an artist was and in a way still is our local super club Ambasada Gavioli. It was the place where I was introduced to electronic culture and where I experienced some great performances of leading global deejays.”Andrew is also known as a “very friendly artist”. He's a member of SDJF initiative that is dedicated to constant development of the local electronic club scene and supporting young artists. And when he's not performing on his own, he abuses decks and comps as a member of Foreplay!, R&S and Parallel Fusion (live) projects: "There were also some others, but this things come and go and only the best stay. The basic idea behind collaborations is to get together with other artists, develop and share ideas or blend genres. And it's always more fun producing and performing music with other people than on your own."As a producer he gets all the help he needs from his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. He established his name as part of Tomy or Zox combo on the house scene back in the 90's and is now successfully running his own studio that is second home to some of the hottest young producers in the region. Tomy and Andrew debuted on Kanzyani's Jesus Loved You label with the Obala EP in late 2007. Tomy also remixed Fresh which was included in Umek's Essential Mix and released on Circle Records: "Studio is my favorite place for spending free time. I go there most of the days and I try to channel my ideas, thoughts, wishes and feelings into the music." And since he's very passionate guy, there's a truckload of new records with Andrew's name on it planned for release in forthcoming months. "I'm already well established artist in the region, so now I'd like to spread my sound trough the rest of the Europe and elsewhere. There are many challenges I'd like to take, but the ultimate would be performing on another planet. I'm not kidding. I believe this is something I could achieve as an artist, so don't be surprised if you get a postcard from Mars or Venus someday."Playlist01. When I Woke Up (2000 And One Remix) / Monika Kruse, Gregor Tresher / Terminal M02. Preem / Super Flu / Monaberry03. My Time (Radio Slave's After The After Remix) / Dance Disorder / Eskimo04. Shazam / Audiofly / Viva Music05. Hold Home / Santos / Moon Harbour Recordings06. Krakatoa (Joel Mull's Moodswing Remix) / Skylark / Saved Records07. Koma Koma / Radio Slave / Rekids08. Wayoming / Andrew Technique / Promo09. Spanglish / Matt Nordstrom, Orlando Villegas / Saved Records10. Surdo / Worthy / Anabatic Records11. Jackpot / Mark Broom / Saved Records12. La Milonga (Chris Soul Remix) /Jenn / Suara13. Below Radar (Mathias Kaden Remix) / Terrence Dixon / Children Of Tomorrow14. Burn Myself / Edu Imbernon, Coyu / Great Stuff15. Sleeper / Jimpster / Freerange RecordsSpecial Thanks To Marjan,Alex & Andrew
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Special Thanks to Marjan,Matthew, Iris & Uros1 Pueblo - Wehbba Remix Sinisa Tamamovic 2 dyno - amara 16 bit 3 Softie - Original Mix Reset Robot 4 The Cello Track (Namito Cello Kebab Remix) Twotrups 5 Xylofrenic - Original Mix Per Hammar 6 Payser - Uto Karem Remix Alan Fitzpatrick 7 Bigger Is Better - Original Mi Charles Gudagafva 8 This Summer - Original Mix Gideon 9 Black Friday - Julian Jeweil M Commuter 10 Guacamoli - D-Unity's White De Olivier Giacomotto 11 Disconnect - Original Mix Enton Mushi 12 Organised Kaos - Original Mix Miniminds 13 Umek vs lukic test 14 Liftoff - Virgil Enzinger Remi Brian Sanhaji 15 Work It - Fergie Remix Christian Smith, John Selway 16 Open Wide And Say - Original M Blain Austin 17 Error - Original Mix Julian Jeweil 18 SVALB02B - A - SKYLARK - KRAKATOA_320 19 X Alarm - Original Mix DJ Micky Da Funk, Costantino N 20 Take Control - Rpo Part 1 Mix RPO 21 Stanger (To Stability) - Len F Dustin Zahn
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ WEHBBA bioHailing from Brazil, Wehbba is one of the latest additions of Brazil's techno ambassadors.Dentist graduate, licensed diver and purple belt Jiu Jitsu fighter for almost five years, he couldhave just stuck to what he does. But DJing and music is what he really does best.Rodolfo Wehba had it all: a practice dentistry office, working in two big clinics in Sao Paulo andbecoming a purple belt Jiu Jitsu fighter, but that was not enough, he actually crossed the pacificocean all the way to Sydney where he divided his time between teaching english and scuba diving,participating in diving expeditions at the great barrier reef of northern Australia.His involvement in the techno scence in Australia inspired him to continue his dream of becominga DJ. After returning to Brazil he started collecting wax and participating in events. As a producer,his main aspiration led him to create his own sound in techno and its subgenres.In 2004, Wehbba released his first national album titled "Revoltin'" with the support from one ofthe most established labels in Brazil "URBR". The success of the album translated in the sales asit sold out in the first three month of its release. That led Wehbba to perform on one of the biggestfestivals in Brazil: Skol Beats. Since then, his carrier advanced to a new level on a national scale.In 2005, Wehbba reached the no.6 spot on Beatport for a month on a chart roaming with nameslike Valentino Kanzyani, Marko Nastic and labels like Intec.His other ventures got him to work with reputable names like Christian Fischer, owner ofDefinition Records Germnay, DJ Link from Amigos Recordings Portugal, Stephane Signore fromBelgium, to name a few. Establishing his ground, Wehbba went on to release on labels such asGlobal Underground, Great Stuff, Get Physical, Jesus Loved You, Primate, Craft Music, Yinyang,Relic, Concept, Titanium, Amigos, among many others.In 2006, Wehbba managed to sell out his second release, this time supported by the establishedgerman label "Killa Beat Rec." titled "Flapin' my Pie Hole" including smashing minimal electroremix by Kiddaz.fm's Dave Shokh. The release drew attention of the big players such as DJ Hell,Felipe and many others. His constant evolving sound has drawn him a lot of attention from pressand public, as he scales his rythm up and down, with his groovy atmosphere as signature. Inaddition, his DJ skills also surpass the realm of standards as his dynamic style allows him to flipfrom all kind of techno music which carried him to perform globally on a busy schedule startingfrom Europe in early 2007.In 2009, Wehbba launched his label '82 Recordings' making it the beacon for his musical directionand a breeding ground for honorary talented techno producers. His first release on his label hasgenerated thousands of sales and reached Beatport Top10 Techno chart while his contributions toother labels like BluFin and Tronic are attracting more attention from the big players.e-mail: info@djwehbba.com Website & music: www.djwehbba.com
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Special Thanks to Matthew, Iris & Uros
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementF.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off." Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist. F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik...F.SONIK The name of F.Sonik continuously pops up on the wish lists of electronic music aficionados in the region. Launching career with the Ghettotek live-act, later joining SDJF initiative and Flow Management, he already established himself as an unique deejay who is not afraid of such challenges as combining Slovenia's landmark techno heritage with some progressive spices. He already transferred some of this who-dares-wins spirit in his own productions, Something New (ft. Tomy DeClerque) being the most successful so far. This track, which immediately gained support of Umek and was already played on BBC Radio 1, predicts the series of fresh releases in 2008. So you better watch out for this guy! Aleš Furlan alias F.Sonik became involved in electronic dance culture on account of one very innocent occurrence in his youth. And it’s a sole fault of his brother that he ended taming the decks, mixers and effects night after night. “It all started when he brought home some studio mixer and Akai sampler,” remembers F.Sonik “Just a few days later I knew I wanted to produce electronic and become a deejay and I was hooked ever since. I started gathering information about the scene, artists, clubs, music and the whole electronic movement. Living on the Slovenian Riviera it was natural to be influenced by Ambasada Gavioli club as I started attending Valentino Kanzyani’s matinees and performances of leading electronic artists on the regular basis.” It was his friend Alessio who helped him with the first steps: "He was caught by this bug well before me, so he already learned to mix and could thought me a thing or two. I still remember how I use to hang out at his parents house everyday struggling to beat-match the records. And after I started performing he even lent me his records." Shortly after that they teamed up for the live performances. "We've named ourselves Ghettotek. Alessio was mixing the records and I was in charge of putting in some effects. This way I got to perform in most of the hip Slovenian clubs even before my solo career really took off." Thriving on a strong and globally accomplished techno heritage Slovenian electronic scene is still heavily directed by techno. But being influenced by the Global Underground music philosophy F.Sonik dared to go where only a few artists in the region dared before him – he decided he will combine the techno heritage with melodic progressive sounds: "Even Umek was there somewhere, but as he was pure techno deejay back then and I was more into progressive stuff, it were the likes of Sasha, Deep Dish and Steve Lawler that have inspired me the most," admits the young artist. F.Sonik successfully transferred his unique vision of dance music, built on techno and blended with some emotionally rich proggy landscapes, into his own tunes. As a producer he gained the most attention with the track titled Something New, which he produced in collaboration with his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. “We’ve connected really good in the studio, so it was a really good feeling when Umek supported our first track including it in his Essential Mix even before it was officially released. That really inspired us and we already work on a bunch of new tracks,” announces F.Sonik... F.SONIK - July promo track list01 .Boris Werner - Feel Good / Moon Harbour Recordings 02. Santos - Hold Home / Moon Harbour Recordings 03. Leon - Negro / Viva Music 04. NDKj, Marcello Conciald - Siyahamba ( NDKj Mix ) / Circle Music 05. NDKj - Main Course / Heatflow 06. Mendo, Danny Serrano - Coconuts / Clarisse Records 07. Saeed Younan - Kumbalha / Younan Music 08. Steve Lawler - Hocus Pocus / Viva Music 09. Pierce, Jerl - Amourette / Get Digital Music 10. Oliver Moldan - One Drunk Indian / Prawler Music 11. Nick Curly - Pujante / Cocoon Recordings 12. Analog People In A Digital Worl - Rose Rouge / Hysterical 13. F.Sonik - Drums Are Talking / CDR 14. Jenn - La Milonga / Suara Special Thanks to Marian ,Alex & F.Sonik Artist management and general contact: FLOW:MNGMNT Flow management (Slovenia) www.flow-management.net info@flow-management.org +386 41 234552
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement Croatian-born Sunshine has always been an electronic music fan and has had great success ever since she started DJing in 1997. In the beginning she worked on radio show "Clubhopping" (the first show of electronic music in this area) together with dj Loki Masa. Miss Sunshine's first residency was with the popular nightclub "Oxygene", in her home town Osijek, which started in 1999. And she was also a resident in the club "Vega" for 2 years where she played at the serial parties "Drumatica" with the biggest names of techno scene like Bone, Valentino Kanzyani, Jel Ford, Funk D´ Void, Gayle San etc. Sunshine also appeared on Croatian annual music award, Crni Macak (Black Cat), as presenter for category of electronic music in 2000 together with Dj E-Base. In April 2006. she joined Tuborg green DJ Academy in Osijek (Croatia) as teacher. Some of Miss Sunshine's major accomplishments include working in almost all towns & clubs in Croatia, work in Czech Rep.(Fabric, Fleda), Austria (Dom in Berg, Arcadium), Germany (Douala), Slovakia (Radikal), Hungary (Highlander, Kazamata), Macedonia, Romania (Studio Martin, XS, Heat Club, Fashion, Space, Snatch, Zanzibar, Zambara...), Bosnia & Herzegovina (Mlin, Sloga, Hainekeen Inn), Slovenia (Lipa, Sinfonija, Spectrum...) and Serbia (Lifka, Aquarius...). And off course work on some very important festivals like Valkana Beach festival 2002 - official after hour (Croatia), Valkana Beach festival 2003, Exit festival 2002 (Yugoslavia), Sunrise festival 2003 (Croatia), Electro funk festival 2006 (Croatia) and festival with only female djs LADY'S SOUND ATTACK 2003 in Germany. In 2006 Sunshine meets Marko Moree and they are starting project based on techno, minimal and house sound. They released their debut Ep "The Morning After" in 2007 on Decoded Mini records and remixed Mexican artist Isis Signum on Advanced Synergy rec. in the same year. Soon they followed with the “Look Expensive Ep” on Irish label Aciitone Records and remix for Sinisa Lukic’s track “Dry & Wet” on Kaseta Music Records. The remix made quite a big impact and was supported by many respectable dj’s. As if that wasn't enough, Paul Hazendok requested it for the “Sound Shifting 2.0” studio dj mix that was released on Manual Music, the home of many famous producers like: Umek, Daso, Huggotron, Remute, Jeff Bennett, Tigerskin... Soon after that they got a chance to do a remix for great Belgian dj and producer, Tom Hades and his “ Cinema Club“ track alongside with well-known Brazilian dj and producer Wehbba. The release was supported by world famous djs like Laurent Garnier, Joey Beltram, Chris Fortier... More beautiful releases are about to come … In 2009 she joined Queens of Minimal Techno, a music collaboration with Viktoria Rebeka and Alex Monster. Queens of Minimal Techno events stand for quality electronic music, they are an underground music experience presented across Europe! Miss Sunshine has worked with some great names such as Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath, Billy Nasty, Jel Ford, Valentino Kanzyani, Umek, Oxia, Killians, Aril Brikha, Ken Ishii, Christian Smith, Steve Rachmand, La Di Da, Hi-Fi Princess, Lucca, Jean Marie Konne, Timo Maas, Miss Yetti, Mr. C, Slobodan, Corvin Dalek, Bone, Gayle San... Releases: Sunshine & Moree – Restraining Myself (Empro) Tom Hades - Cinema Club (Sunshine & Moree Rmx) (Stolen Moments) Sunshine & Moree – Look Expensive EP (Aciitone ) Sinisa Lukic – Dry & Wet (Sunshine & Moree rmx.) (Kaseta Music ), Miss Sunshine & Marko Moree – The Morning After EP (Decoded Mini) Isis Signum – Destroy the Wall (Sunshine & Moree rmx.) (Advanced Synergy) Tracks appears on: Sound Shifting 2.0 - Sinisa Lukic - Dry & Wet (Sunshine & Moree Rmx) (Manual Music) Future Releases: Andrew Technique - Twinhead (Sunshine & Moree Rmx) - Render Obedience http://www.myspace.com/sunshinecroatia Special Thanks to Marjan & Miss Sunshine Web: www.flow-management.net Space: www.myspace.com/flowmanagement Youtube: www.youtube.com/flowmanagement
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Special Thanks to Matthew & Umek
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementIAN F. (Jesus Loved You) After a decade of successful sound blending Ian F. maintains the status of one of the most fresh-sounding deejays around. Being introduced to the art of music improvisation at an early age and heavily indulging on alternative art as a teenager, he continued to nurse this passion even more after becoming a deejay. Ian F is a member of the Jesus Loved You family, co-founder of Flow Management agency and a long time resident deejay of Ambasadi Gavioli, one of the hottest super clubs in the Mediterranean. He forefronts the new generation of promising young artists that are redefining famous Slovenian techno sound and are heavily supported by artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. Currently Ian F. spends most of the off-deck time producing music and developing his Flux:ology, which combines elements of different art expressions. After a series of releases and remixes on selected labels in Europe, Asia and USA (Jesus Loved You, Advanced, Pure Substance, Traffica, Mashtronic, Decoded, Vezotonik, Dig:Atel …), he’s dedicated to spread his eclectic art of noise even further in the forthcoming months.His production was supported by artists such Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, James Zabiela, Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, D Ramirez, Misjah, Wally Lopez, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Andrea Ferlin, Nick Muir, Wehbba, Marko Nastic, …= = = = = = = = = =CHALLENGES: Productions. Live Act. New expressions.Being obsessed with searching for some fresh stuff all the time, the life of producer is a constant battle for Ian F: “Currently I spend most of the off-deck time developing my own sound under the guidance of my studio guru Tomy DeClerque." Ian F’s recent production Subconscious was picked up by local Apple distributor for a TV commercial and can be heard on the MTV. Some other releases on Tested/Agent Funk, Mashtronic rec., Jesus Loved You (Valentino Kanzyani) and Traffica (Marko Nastić) are scheduled and the preliminary arrangements with some UK and Germany based labels were already struck. “Another intriguing project is Flux, for which I am joining forces with Tomy DeClerque, KayKay and Dave Morgan. Flux is a unique live act, a mixture of live music performance and electronic live act with the addition of other art expressions. It’s very alive. The structure and expression of this project varies all the time as it is under constant development. We’ve already performed in Gavioli and at one open-air party, but a lot of work still has to be put into this project.”Performing at the parties is just one side of Ian F as a musician. He indulges on combining his passion for music with other art expressions on regular basis. He's no stranger to performing at art and fashion exhibitions, poetry recitals, teaming up with pop artists and rock bands or developing soundtrack for an on-line art gallery. He even produced music and performed with a contemporary dance company at selected venues, including premiere at the 7th Annual Gala at the national theatre, which was broadcasted live on the Slovenian national television.REFERENCES: Performances. Releases. Collaborations.Ian F is established artist in the region, performing in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina on the regular basis. His poison is techno & tech-house with expressive warm harmonies and little touches of other genres. As a long running resident of some of the top clubs and events in the north Adriatic region he already performed alongside most of the top techno artists as well as the biggest names in the industry such as Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Tiësto, Steve Lawler, Sasha, John Digweed if we name just a few. He's a resident deejay of Ambasada Gavioli, Fetch the Vibe events and official ambassador of Slovenian Haineken Music events.Ian F's productions were so far spun and included on track lists and charts by Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Marko Nastić, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani and other established deejays. His artist production and remixes were released on Slovenian labels such as F-Recordings, Annunaki, Vezotonik and Vezotonik LTD, Malaysia based Pure Substance and Red Flux Music, Atel - DigAtel (USA), Mashtronic rec. from Germany, Advanced rec. (UK) and Croatian Decoded and Decoded Mini.As a member of SDJF initiative Ian helps develop local club infrastructure and platforms to support young artists on their first steps. Another two promising young artists Andrew Technique and F.Sonik are members of Flow Management agency. Currently he’s also spending a lot of time in and out of the studio with a deejay & producer Aneuria. IAN F. (Jesus Loved You) After a decade of successful sound blending Ian F. maintains the status of one of the most fresh-sounding deejays around. Being introduced to the art of music improvisation at an early age and heavily indulging on alternative art as a teenager, he continued to nurse this passion even more after becoming a deejay. Ian F is a member of the Jesus Loved You family, co-founder of Flow Management agency and a long time resident deejay of Ambasadi Gavioli, one of the hottest super clubs in the Mediterranean. He forefronts the new generation of promising young artists that are redefining famous Slovenian techno sound and are heavily supported by artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. Currently Ian F. spends most of the off-deck time producing music and developing his Flux:ology, which combines elements of different art expressions. After a series of releases and remixes on selected labels in Europe, Asia and USA (Jesus Loved You, Advanced, Pure Substance, Traffica, Mashtronic, Decoded, Vezotonik, Dig:Atel …), he’s dedicated to spread his eclectic art of noise even further in the forthcoming months.His production was supported by artists such Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, James Zabiela, Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, D Ramirez, Misjah, Wally Lopez, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Andrea Ferlin, Nick Muir, Wehbba, Marko Nastic, …= = = = = = = = = =CHALLENGES: Productions. Live Act. New expressions.Being obsessed with searching for some fresh stuff all the time, the life of producer is a constant battle for Ian F: “Currently I spend most of the off-deck time developing my own sound under the guidance of my studio guru Tomy DeClerque." Ian F’s recent production Subconscious was picked up by local Apple distributor for a TV commercial and can be heard on the MTV. Some other releases on Tested/Agent Funk, Mashtronic rec., Jesus Loved You (Valentino Kanzyani) and Traffica (Marko Nastić) are scheduled and the preliminary arrangements with some UK and Germany based labels were already struck. “Another intriguing project is Flux, for which I am joining forces with Tomy DeClerque, KayKay and Dave Morgan. Flux is a unique live act, a mixture of live music performance and electronic live act with the addition of other art expressions. It’s very alive. The structure and expression of this project varies all the time as it is under constant development. We’ve already performed in Gavioli and at one open-air party, but a lot of work still has to be put into this project.”Performing at the parties is just one side of Ian F as a musician. He indulges on combining his passion for music with other art expressions on regular basis. He's no stranger to performing at art and fashion exhibitions, poetry recitals, teaming up with pop artists and rock bands or developing soundtrack for an on-line art gallery. He even produced music and performed with a contemporary dance company at selected venues, including premiere at the 7th Annual Gala at the national theatre, which was broadcasted live on the Slovenian national television.REFERENCES: Performances. Releases. Collaborations.Ian F is established artist in the region, performing in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina on the regular basis. His poison is techno & tech-house with expressive warm harmonies and little touches of other genres. As a long running resident of some of the top clubs and events in the north Adriatic region he already performed alongside most of the top techno artists as well as the biggest names in the industry such as Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Tiësto, Steve Lawler, Sasha, John Digweed if we name just a few. He's a resident deejay of Ambasada Gavioli, Fetch the Vibe events and official ambassador of Slovenian Haineken Music events.Ian F's productions were so far spun and included on track lists and charts by Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Marko Nastić, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani and other established deejays. His artist production and remixes were released on Slovenian labels such as F-Recordings, Annunaki, Vezotonik and Vezotonik LTD, Malaysia based Pure Substance and Red Flux Music, Atel - DigAtel (USA), Mashtronic rec. from Germany, Advanced rec. (UK) and Croatian Decoded and Decoded Mini.As a member of SDJF initiative Ian helps develop local club infrastructure and platforms to support young artists on their first steps. Another two promising young artists Andrew Technique and F.Sonik are members of Flow Management agency. Currently he’s also spending a lot of time in and out of the studio with a deejay & producer Aneuria. Artist management and general contact:Tracklist:1. Indian Cowboy (feat. Fire Tongue) - Masomenos - Welcome To Masomenos2. Soul Digits (Nick Curly rmx) - Terry Lee Brown Junior - Plastic City3. Show Time (Daniel Mehlhart rmx) - Emmanuel - Get Digital Music4. Dubcrystal - District One - 100% Pure5. 123 Yeah Yeah - Willie Graff & Tuccillo - Freerange Records6. Upright Bass - Anthony Collins - mule electronic7. Bau Bau - Livio & Roby & George G. - Cecille Numbers8. Horny - Dop - Eklo9. Marrakech (Martinez big-band-da-boom rmx) - Hermanez - Miconn10. Ma Saucisse (feat. SIS) - Masomenos - Welcome To Masomenos11. Para'Dizer - Reboot - Sei Es Drum12. Damien's Joint - Julien Chaptal - RemoteAreaManagement:FLOW:MNGMNTwww.flow-management.netinfo@flow-management.org
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Special Thanks to Matthew & Umek
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementANDREW TECHNIQUE - biographyBe Ray Ya Book Hey, Can't Play the Piano, Luna Park and Fresh are just some productions which recently invested Andrew Technique as one of the hottest young electronic artists in the region. And it's not a small deal if we take in account he's determined to challenge the infamous Slovenian techno heritage and take it to the whole new level. When he's not abusing the decks and comps on his own, Andrew, a protégé of Flow Management and dedicated member of SDJF initiative, performs as a member of Foreplay!, Parallel Fusion (live) and R&A projects. Well, he sure came a long way so far. Especially if we bear in mind he grew up on metal guitar reefs.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="It’s true. I'm an art junkie,” admits Andrew. “When I was a kid people thought I’d become a successful painter, actor, singer or whatever. But it was the music that attracted me the most for as long as I can remember. In business I believe in professionalism and dedication, but when it comes to producing and performing music I indulge in being lead by my feelings. And I’m very emotional. I can get goose bumps or even a tear in my eye listening to some great piece of music. I’m not ashamed to admit that. I do listen to the comments given by my friends and people that I personally believe they are credible critics. I respect good-intended critic, but I got where I am today mostly because I decided so and worked hard to reach some of my personal goals,” summarizes his career Andrej Šarkanj aka Andrew Technique.Although as a master of his own destiny he almost abandoned his dream not so far ago. “Let’s just say I came to the major life-crossroad and had to decide what I wanted to do with life: I could have ended my music career right there and then or choose to channel all my free-time and energy into production and promotion of my own vision of dance music. It never was, and still isn’t, all roses. But now, that I finally get the positive feedback from the right people I’m happy I decided not to quit," explains Andrew with a tiny sparkle of satisfaction in his eyes. He made some big steps in 2007: he produced bunch of great fresh sounding tunes, his records are now being regularly played by the top deejays such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani, some of his tracks were already broadcasted on BBC Radio 1 … But, regarding the strong competition, Andrew is aware that just a few of good releases will not bring him much. So he doesn’t rest on early successes: "Dedication, sustain quality of releases and a bit of luck are key elements on which I build my future as an artist.”It’s been more than a decade since he developed a passion for 4x4 beats. “I used to be into guitar music. I learned to play the piano, I joined the garage band as a teenager and I grew up on hard rock and metal,” smiles Andrew on not so distant memories. “During the high school period I came in touch with other genres, widened my musical spectrum and finally turned in totally different direction. I started listening to electronic stuff, learned how the music is selected, performed and produced and in a few years established myself as a tech-house deejay." Although some could label his sound more like unique mixture of minimal, electro and progressive elements. "We leave in a time of genre blending, so it’s hard to label one’s sound, anyway,” admits Andrew. "But those who follow my work do know I’ve always had a strong passion for organic African rhythms."And how did he get his name? “Andrew was an obvious choice, just a translation of my civilian name. And I choose Technique since I was always very handy with stuff, I still work in a computer shop, MacGyver is a big hero of mine and the name also reflects what I do as an artist.” And the influences: "I listen to a lot of music and I got inspired by a lot of great artists along the way. I try to find something special in every piece of music and all musicians are mentors to me in a way. But the most important influence for me as an artist was and in a way still is our local super club Ambasada Gavioli. It was the place where I was introduced to electronic culture and where I experienced some great performances of leading global deejays.”Andrew is also known as a “very friendly artist”. He's a member of SDJF initiative that is dedicated to constant development of the local electronic club scene and supporting young artists. And when he's not performing on his own, he abuses decks and comps as a member of Foreplay!, R&S and Parallel Fusion (live) projects: "There were also some others, but this things come and go and only the best stay. The basic idea behind collaborations is to get together with other artists, develop and share ideas or blend genres. And it's always more fun producing and performing music with other people than on your own."As a producer he gets all the help he needs from his musical guru Tomy DeClerque. He established his name as part of Tomy or Zox combo on the house scene back in the 90's and is now successfully running his own studio that is second home to some of the hottest young producers in the region. Tomy and Andrew debuted on Kanzyani's Jesus Loved You label with the Obala EP in late 2007. Tomy also remixed Fresh which was included in Umek's Essential Mix and released on Circle Records: "Studio is my favorite place for spending free time. I go there most of the days and I try to channel my ideas, thoughts, wishes and feelings into the music." And since he's very passionate guy, there's a truckload of new records with Andrew's name on it planned for release in forthcoming months. "I'm already well established artist in the region, so now I'd like to spread my sound trough the rest of the Europe and elsewhere. There are many challenges I'd like to take, but the ultimate would be performing on another planet. I'm not kidding. I believe this is something I could achieve as an artist, so don't be surprised if you get a postcard from Mars or Venus someday."Playlist:1 Snice - Original Mix Ray Okpara Oslo2 01 Analogic Love (Original Mix) Ismael Rivas & Luis Damora Suara3 Who Cares! - Original Mix Agnes Eklo4 Aloo Ma Auzi - Bearweasel's Linear Drum Edit Dragosh Viva Music5 The Swarm - Original Mix Dualton, Masuki Elite Records6 Amelie - Format:B Remix Butch Groove Attack7 So Sexy - Alex Kenji & Sara Galli Mix Combo Starlight8 Circles - Original Mix Loko Soulman Music9 Kamikaze - Sinisa Lukic RMX Unknown Unknown10 Who's Afraid of Detroit? (3 Channels Remix) Claude VonStroke - 3 Channels remix dirtybird11 Vertigo (Ahmet Sendil rmx) F.Sonik Evolution12 73 Tomtom Avenue - Original Mix David K Tsuba13 Korea Tabs - Harry Axt Remix Holgi Star, Holger Flinsch Kiddaz.FM14 Jo The Monster - Agaric Remix Lemos We Are Records15 So Good - Original Mix Daley Padley, Paul Cooper Stealth Records16 London - Original Mix Adam Beyer Drumcode17 Emotion 1 - Dimitri Andreas Remix Dany Rodriguez, Davy Dee MB Elektronics18 F16 - Original Mix Marco Bailey, Tom Hades Hedgehog19 Maki - Original Mix Anja Schneider Mobilee Records Booking contact:FLOW:MNGMNTwww.flow-management.netinfo@flow-management.orgMarian: +386 41 234552Alex: +386 51 352111
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementTomy De ClerqueA member of the new generation of Slovenian deejays, Tomy De Clerque grew up in an environment full of promising development in the sphere of electronic dance music. In front of his eyes the local scene has been turning into a globally acknowledged style of techno music in the hands of artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. A natural choice for a guy with talent and ambition was to jump the train – and Tommy DeClerque has road it ever since.Performing as a deejay since he turned seventeen Tomy DeClerque soon realised that making his own production was essential if he wanted his carrier to really take off. He hooked up with his friend Zox to form the Tomy or Zox duo, and their hard work paid off as their My Desire single received some favourable feedback in Spain, Russia and Mexico. However, it was the Music Makes Me Happy hit single that caught the attention of top artists being remixed by the likes of Mainframe and ATCF, and released on several prestigious compilations, such as Ministry Of Sound, DJ Awards at Pacha Ibiza and Blanco Y Negro Mix. ‘The greatest satisfaction, though, – Tomy says – was when we got set as Essential new tune of the week on Pete Tong’s celebrated Essential selection radio show.’After parting ways with Fox, Tomy felt that it was time to take a break from a demanding life of producer and performer, before he went on to start his solo career. Searching for genuine underground sound that could revive the authentic feeling of electronic dance music he experienced in his youth Tomy turned to Valentino Kanzyani’s Jesus Loved You label releasing a much praised I Don’t Know. Driven by his passion for teamwork, a lot of his studio work is done in collaboration with his friend F. Sonik. The duo’s first major success was winning VONYC remix competition with a remix of Valentino Kanzyani’s Nueva York, which is also a part of Carl Cox & friends at Space Ibiza 2008 compilation.He started the 2009 with Umek's nomination as best producer of the 2008. But he is determined to accomplish even more. ‘You’ll hear a lot about me in the future,’ he promises.Playlist:1-Surrealistic Whale (Original Mix)Edu Imbernon & TriumphSuara2-Mind Games (Tomy DeClerque RMX)Jon RundellTeggno Records3-Bounce Cherry (Alexx Iuliano RMX)Mark MorrisUrbansound Records4-Twister (Dandi & Ugo RMX)Andrea Mattioli, Gabriel CStereo Seven Plus5-Ho`z in this house (Tomy DeClerque RMX)Ariel GPROMO (Behold Recordings)6-One 2.3 Four (Popof RMX)Martin SolveigMixture7-Unintended Maneuvre (Monica Kruse RMX)Umek & Tomy DeClerquePROMO (TerminalM)8-Kung Fu NecktieLance Blaise & Rod B.PROMO (Teggno Records)9-Afrika (Tribal Mix)D-UnityStereo Productions10-LokyTomy DeClerquePROMO (HellYeah)11-Regenerations (Inside Out Remix)GrunjahPROMO (Vise Versa Music)12-Pleasant noise (Original Mix)Tomy DeClerque & F SonikJesus Loved YouSpecial Thanks To Marian,Alex & Tomy
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementANEURIA (Jesus Loved You)Aneuria is a core member of Jesus Loved You collective, household name on leading labels, clubs and festivals in the Central Europe and Western Balkans and trusty studio sidekick of Ian F and Tomy DeClerque. Lately he is redefining his artistic expression, fusing house roots, Balkan ethno and sounds of nature with techno patterns, taking his productions towards warmer, organic spheres. This refreshment was in sync with the new Jesus Loved You music vision and partly influenced by long studio sessions with Valentino Kanzyani.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Aneuria is still quite a fresh name on the scene. His earlier deejay performances were all about house but he soon realized that his interests grow deeper in experimental, underground, and not only electronic sounds. One of the first artists that noticed his talent and endless passion for music was his countryman and one of the original techno pioneers DJ Veztax. Without prejudice he backed him up and invited him to join the Interparty crew. Since then he became regular in the clubs and at the festivals in the Western Balkans and Central Europe.In the early 00’s Aneuria and his then performing and producing partner Mexx founded a Muzika-Eclectica platform. It was designed to spread their sound trough the clubland. Their combos reflected minimalistic approach to groovy techno and were crowned with the success of Los tres puentes, a great summer record that touched the souls and feet of revelers all over the world. Responses from deejays around the globe were excellent and gave him motivation for further work. In that time he also collaborated with Serbian colleague Dejan Milicevic who taught him a lot about music production and still supports him as member of Recon Warriors crew.Parting with Mexx as a regular combo few years ago, Aneuria focused on defining his own production and deejay style. He builds his sets mostly on repetitive loops, percussions and groove, thus creating tension on the dance floor, driving crowd into frenzy that always ends with some kind of surprise. That allows him to play with audience’s feelings and to build his own story, which is the essence of him as an artist.After hooking up with creative soul mates Ian F and Tomy Declerque it didn’t take long ‘till he got in touch with their friend Valentino Kanzyani, too. In the early 2008 he joined the Jesus Loved You collective as independent artist, frequently collaborating with Ian and Tomy. Their most successful joint venture so far was Tommy Joy EP. Aneuria’s own Buenoliter was included on Simplicity vol. 1 compilation and he recorded series of remixes for artists such as Umek, Angel Anx, Antoine Caesar, Danilo Tomic and Glorio Veztacci.Lately he is redefining his artist expression, fusing house roots, Balkan ethno and sounds of nature with techno patterns, taking his sound towards warmer, organic spheres. This refreshment was in sync with the new Jesus Loved You music vision and partly influenced by long studio sessions with Valentino and Ian. The fruits of their labor will be presented in the following months as some of the forthcoming JLY releases. While Aneuria’s next solo releases will be brought to you on labels such as Glorio Music, Recoon Light (Ljubiana EP) and Jesus Loved You (Baronga EP). Artist general contact & booking:JesusLovedYou tina@jesuslovedyou.netANEURIA'S TRACKLIST MUM SESSIONS:1. Livio & Roby, George G. - Invers de palma / CECILLE NUMBERS2. Anthony Collins, Tolga Fidan - La Cadenze / VAKANT3. MarcinTzubala - Jedwab / 8 BIT4. SIS - Sum (Stipe remix) / MITU5. Madato - Mercado Populare / MOSAIKO6. Livio & Roby - Tuxedo Band / FUMAKILLA7. Livio & Roby - Gorilla / CECILLE NUMBERS8. Derrick L. Carter - Friends Talk / 9. Kasper - Untitled one / CYCLICAL TRACKS10. NoiDoi - We love Circoloco / MATERIAL12. Nima Gorji - Futurism / JESUS LOVED YOU13. Dejan Milicevic - See No Evil / JESUS LOVED YOU14. Jimmy, Fer Ferrari - Back to Buenos Aires / SOLID FABRIC15. Jona - Take 5 / GET PHYSICALSpecial Thanks to Marian,Alex & Aneuria
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementIAN F. (Jesus Loved You) After a decade of successful sound blending Ian F. maintains the status of one of the most fresh-sounding deejays around. Being introduced to the art of music improvisation at an early age and heavily indulging on alternative art as a teenager, he continued to nurse this passion even more after becoming a deejay. Ian F is a member of the Jesus Loved You family, co-founder of Flow Management agency and a long time resident deejay of Ambasadi Gavioli, one of the hottest super clubs in the Mediterranean. He forefronts the new generation of promising young artists that are redefining famous Slovenian techno sound and are heavily supported by artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. Currently Ian F. spends most of the off-deck time producing music and developing his Flux:ology, which combines elements of different art expressions. After a series of releases and remixes on selected labels in Europe, Asia and USA (Jesus Loved You, Advanced, Pure Substance, Traffica, Mashtronic, Decoded, Vezotonik, Dig:Atel …), he’s dedicated to spread his eclectic art of noise even further in the forthcoming months.His production was supported by artists such Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, James Zabiela, Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, D Ramirez, Misjah, Wally Lopez, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Andrea Ferlin, Nick Muir, Wehbba, Marko Nastic, …= = = = = = = = = =CHALLENGES: Productions. Live Act. New expressions.Being obsessed with searching for some fresh stuff all the time, the life of producer is a constant battle for Ian F: “Currently I spend most of the off-deck time developing my own sound under the guidance of my studio guru Tomy DeClerque." Ian F’s recent production Subconscious was picked up by local Apple distributor for a TV commercial and can be heard on the MTV. Some other releases on Tested/Agent Funk, Mashtronic rec., Jesus Loved You (Valentino Kanzyani) and Traffica (Marko Nastić) are scheduled and the preliminary arrangements with some UK and Germany based labels were already struck. “Another intriguing project is Flux, for which I am joining forces with Tomy DeClerque, KayKay and Dave Morgan. Flux is a unique live act, a mixture of live music performance and electronic live act with the addition of other art expressions. It’s very alive. The structure and expression of this project varies all the time as it is under constant development. We’ve already performed in Gavioli and at one open-air party, but a lot of work still has to be put into this project.”Performing at the parties is just one side of Ian F as a musician. He indulges on combining his passion for music with other art expressions on regular basis. He's no stranger to performing at art and fashion exhibitions, poetry recitals, teaming up with pop artists and rock bands or developing soundtrack for an on-line art gallery. He even produced music and performed with a contemporary dance company at selected venues, including premiere at the 7th Annual Gala at the national theatre, which was broadcasted live on the Slovenian national television.REFERENCES: Performances. Releases. Collaborations.Ian F is established artist in the region, performing in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina on the regular basis. His poison is techno & tech-house with expressive warm harmonies and little touches of other genres. As a long running resident of some of the top clubs and events in the north Adriatic region he already performed alongside most of the top techno artists as well as the biggest names in the industry such as Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Tiësto, Steve Lawler, Sasha, John Digweed if we name just a few. He's a resident deejay of Ambasada Gavioli, Fetch the Vibe events and official ambassador of Slovenian Haineken Music events.Ian F's productions were so far spun and included on track lists and charts by Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Marko Nastić, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani and other established deejays. His artist production and remixes were released on Slovenian labels such as F-Recordings, Annunaki, Vezotonik and Vezotonik LTD, Malaysia based Pure Substance and Red Flux Music, Atel - DigAtel (USA), Mashtronic rec. from Germany, Advanced rec. (UK) and Croatian Decoded and Decoded Mini.As a member of SDJF initiative Ian helps develop local club infrastructure and platforms to support young artists on their first steps. Another two promising young artists Andrew Technique and F.Sonik are members of Flow Management agency. Currently he’s also spending a lot of time in and out of the studio with a deejay & producer Aneuria. IAN F. (Jesus Loved You) After a decade of successful sound blending Ian F. maintains the status of one of the most fresh-sounding deejays around. Being introduced to the art of music improvisation at an early age and heavily indulging on alternative art as a teenager, he continued to nurse this passion even more after becoming a deejay. Ian F is a member of the Jesus Loved You family, co-founder of Flow Management agency and a long time resident deejay of Ambasadi Gavioli, one of the hottest super clubs in the Mediterranean. He forefronts the new generation of promising young artists that are redefining famous Slovenian techno sound and are heavily supported by artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. Currently Ian F. spends most of the off-deck time producing music and developing his Flux:ology, which combines elements of different art expressions. After a series of releases and remixes on selected labels in Europe, Asia and USA (Jesus Loved You, Advanced, Pure Substance, Traffica, Mashtronic, Decoded, Vezotonik, Dig:Atel …), he’s dedicated to spread his eclectic art of noise even further in the forthcoming months.His production was supported by artists such Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, James Zabiela, Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, D Ramirez, Misjah, Wally Lopez, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Andrea Ferlin, Nick Muir, Wehbba, Marko Nastic, …= = = = = = = = = =CHALLENGES: Productions. Live Act. New expressions.Being obsessed with searching for some fresh stuff all the time, the life of producer is a constant battle for Ian F: “Currently I spend most of the off-deck time developing my own sound under the guidance of my studio guru Tomy DeClerque." Ian F’s recent production Subconscious was picked up by local Apple distributor for a TV commercial and can be heard on the MTV. Some other releases on Tested/Agent Funk, Mashtronic rec., Jesus Loved You (Valentino Kanzyani) and Traffica (Marko Nastić) are scheduled and the preliminary arrangements with some UK and Germany based labels were already struck. “Another intriguing project is Flux, for which I am joining forces with Tomy DeClerque, KayKay and Dave Morgan. Flux is a unique live act, a mixture of live music performance and electronic live act with the addition of other art expressions. It’s very alive. The structure and expression of this project varies all the time as it is under constant development. We’ve already performed in Gavioli and at one open-air party, but a lot of work still has to be put into this project.”Performing at the parties is just one side of Ian F as a musician. He indulges on combining his passion for music with other art expressions on regular basis. He's no stranger to performing at art and fashion exhibitions, poetry recitals, teaming up with pop artists and rock bands or developing soundtrack for an on-line art gallery. He even produced music and performed with a contemporary dance company at selected venues, including premiere at the 7th Annual Gala at the national theatre, which was broadcasted live on the Slovenian national television.REFERENCES: Performances. Releases. Collaborations.Ian F is established artist in the region, performing in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina on the regular basis. His poison is techno & tech-house with expressive warm harmonies and little touches of other genres. As a long running resident of some of the top clubs and events in the north Adriatic region he already performed alongside most of the top techno artists as well as the biggest names in the industry such as Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Tiësto, Steve Lawler, Sasha, John Digweed if we name just a few. He's a resident deejay of Ambasada Gavioli, Fetch the Vibe events and official ambassador of Slovenian Haineken Music events.Ian F's productions were so far spun and included on track lists and charts by Anthony Pappa, Armin Van Buuren, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Marko Nastić, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani and other established deejays. His artist production and remixes were released on Slovenian labels such as F-Recordings, Annunaki, Vezotonik and Vezotonik LTD, Malaysia based Pure Substance and Red Flux Music, Atel - DigAtel (USA), Mashtronic rec. from Germany, Advanced rec. (UK) and Croatian Decoded and Decoded Mini.As a member of SDJF initiative Ian helps develop local club infrastructure and platforms to support young artists on their first steps. Another two promising young artists Andrew Technique and F.Sonik are members of Flow Management agency. Currently he’s also spending a lot of time in and out of the studio with a deejay & producer Aneuria. Artist management and general contact:Ian F. - Miami Underground Movement exclusive set - March 2009(Guarana special after astonishment)1. Damian Lazarus - Moment - Get Physical Music2. Dyed Soundorom - Con Leche - Freak N Chic3. Peace Division - Revival - 8Bit4. Alejandro Vivanco - Nachtstring - International Freakshow5. Marco Carola - The Tribe - Minus 2:M6. Noze - You Have To Dance (Mathias Kaden's beatpolka remix) - Get PHysical Music7. Emad Parandian - Kamanche - Souvenir Music8. Basti Grub - Oma Vovo - Suara Showroom9. Marc Romboy, Mr. K-Alexi - Acid Love (D'Julz Rmx) - Systematic10. Franco Cinelli - Lost In Acid (Mikael Stravostrand Rmx) - Traut Muzik11. Faut Pas Deconner - Stay Togheter - Jesus Loved You12. Valentino Kanzyani & Tomi DeClerque - 33 - Jesus Loved You Special 01Special Thanks to Marian ,Alex & Ian FFLOW:MNGMNTFlow management (Slovenia)www.flow-management.netinfo@flow-management.org
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.01. Intro 02. Lollo - Microminitech (Gennaro Mastrantonio Remix) "Italo Business" 03. Gimikk aka Daniel Sanchez - She Luff "Remote Area" 04. Sergio Costa - Key Gen "Amaze Me" 05. Bodyscrub - Bullshit 2.0 "Overdrive Musik" 06. Miss Jools - La Luna "Mobilee" 07. Pierre Deutschmann - Cougars "Farbenfroh" 08. Eriko Tanabe - Blue Shoes "Titbit" 09. Del Horno - Darkness feat. Mar-C (Kobbe's Voodoo Poison Remix) "Tweekd" 10. Rhythm Code - Where Is Neil "Size" 11. Adam Beyer - Simulated Usage "Figure" 12. Umek & Tomy DeClerque - Reason Reveald "Terminal M" 13. Josh Feedblack & Miniking - Burn Me feat. MJ White (Miniking Remix)"Area 94" 14. Ktodik - Borderline "Fat Sound" 15. Superstrobe - Unique "Karatemusik" 16. Xavi Beat - Cyclic (D-Formation Remix)"Fresco Records" 17. Umek - 2nd To None "Rekluse" 18. Oliver Koletzky - Requiem Fur Die Vernunft (Lutzenkirchen's Max Payne Dubedit) "Stil Vor Talent" 19. Alex Dias - Materia (Wehbba rmx) "Le Club" 20. S.C.A.L. - Sleeper "Yellow Tail" 21. Alex Kenji - Vertigo "303 Lovers" 22. Simon Stokes - Auditory (Abnormal Boyz rmx)"Minibus"Special Thanks to Matthew , Mark & Umek
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Umeks Playlist:01. Intro02. A. Mochi - Hervester "Figure"03. Thomas P Heckmann - City Of Sin "Slotmachine"04. Loko - Johnny Eres Tu "Soulman Music"05. Alan Fitzpatrick - Mau 06. Elia - Talking Fish "Analytictrail"07. Kalon - Man Is The Superior Animal (Regis) "Sandwell District"08. Mario Miranda - Loca Banda "Bosphorus Underground Recordings"09. Lutzenkirchen - Nutcracker "Stil Vor Talent"10. Dan Drastic - Slice Of Life (Johnny D Remix) "Moon Harbour"11. Plus & Minus - Atlantide (Kiko Remix) "Sphera"12. Nono, Tomoki - Sleep & Dance "Saw Recordings"13. Umek - 16 Century Japan "Astrodisco"14. Adam Freemer, Mike Constantini - Dirty City (D-Unity Remix) "Mecha Recordings"15. Eriko Tanabe - Blue Shoes "Titbit Music"16. Michael Burkat - Escape From Nowhere "Temper Music"17. Marco Carola - Bloody Cash "Plus 8 Records"18. Itamar Sagi - One Million Oaks "Soma Recordings"19. Astronivo - Anything You Want feat. DJ Zombi (Miki Litvak & Ido Ophir Remix) "Sprout"20. Johnny DJ - Yawn In The Night (Andy Smile Remix) "Empedo Records"21. Simon Stokes - Kick Back "Monu Digital" Special thanks to Matthew Hoag ,Mark and UmekUMEK BOOKING CONTACT:Tina / Kne'deep Berlin tina@knedeep.netKne'deep BerlinP.O. Box 41 12 0212122 BerlinPhone: +49 30 97 00 23 57Fax: +49 30 79 78 38 53www.knedeep.net
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementTomy DeClerque Bio:A member of the new generation of Slovenian deejays, Tomy De Clerque grew up in an environment full of promising development in the sphere of electronic dance music. In front of his eyes the local scene has been turning into a globally acknowledged style of techno music in the hands of artists such as Umek and Valentino Kanzyani. A natural choice for a guy with talent and ambition was to jump the train – and Tommy DeClerque has road it ever since.Performing as a deejay since he turned seventeen Tomy DeClerque soon realised that making his own production was essential if he wanted his carrier to really take off. He hooked up with his friend Zox to form the Tomy or Zox duo, and their hard work paid off as their My Desire single received some favourable feedback in Spain, Russia and Mexico. However, it was the Music Makes Me Happy hit single that caught the attention of top artists being remixed by the likes of Mainframe and ATCF, and released on several prestigious compilations, such as Ministry Of Sound, DJ Awards at Pacha Ibiza and Blanco Y Negro Mix. ‘The greatest satisfaction, though, – Tomy says – was when we got set as Essential new tune of the week on Pete Tong’s celebrated Essential selection radio show.’After parting ways with Fox, Tomy felt that it was time to take a break from a demanding life of producer and performer, before he went on to start his solo career. Searching for genuine underground sound that could revive the authentic feeling of electronic dance music he experienced in his youth Tomy turned to Valentino Kanzyani’s Jesus Loved You label releasing a much praised I Don’t Know. Driven by his passion for teamwork, a lot of his studio work is done in collaboration with his friend F. Sonik. The duo’s first major success was winning VONYC remix competition with a remix of Valentino Kanzyani’s Nueva York, which is also a part of Carl Cox & friends at Space Ibiza 2008 compilation.As a young player, Tomy DeClerque has accomplished a lot. But he is determined to accomplish even more. ‘You’ll hear a lot about me in the future,’ he promises.Playlist:1 TommyJoy(Original Mix) Ian F. & Aneurya & Tomy DeClerque Jesus Loved You2 Bad Acid - Style Of Eye Remix Deepgroove Underwater Records3 Moment Of Glory - Tomy DeClerque & F.Sonik RMX Alexander Madness Promo - Unreleased4 Ljubav Marko Nastic Promo - Unreleased5 Dandi & ugo Bantan Promo - Unreleased6 Memento - Original Mix Brian Sanhaji CLR7 CowGirl - Marko Nastic & TomyDeClerque RMX Danilo Tomic Promo - Unreleased8 Drugstore Cowboys - Tomy DeClerque RMX Tatoo Detectives Teggno9 2nd To None Umek Rekluse10 Mastermind - Sara Galli 9th Line Remix Ido Ophir, Gabe eVapour811 Unintented Maneuver - My Master Umek & Tomy DeClerque Terminal M12 Koya Si Ti Aneuria Promo - Unreleased13 El remedio blanco Master Valentino Kanzyani & Tomy DeClerque Recon LightSpecial Thanks To Mr Marian & Tomy.Booking and artist contact:FLOW:MNGMNT Flow management (Slovenia) www.flow-management.netinfo@flow-management.org+386 41 234552
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground MovementDJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound��? and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Special Thanks To Umek and Mr Urban Jeram www.umek.siUMEK BOOKING CONTACT:Tina / Kne'deep Berlin tina@knedeep.netKne'deep BerlinP.O. Box 41 12 0212122 BerlinPhone: +49 30 97 00 23 57Fax: +49 30 79 78 38 53www.knedeep.net
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement Playlist: 1. CHRIS BARRATT - Wistlechimes 2. ZERO ABSENCE - I found a Star (Freakteaser rmx) 3. TOMMY DE CLERQUE - I don't know 4. NAGANO KITCHEN - Asama (West) 5. JONA - Manta 6. IDO OPHIR - Schorkel (Fiord rmx) 7. NAMITO - City of gods 8. FUNKAGENDA - What the fuck 9. LUTZENKIRCHEN - Paperboy (D-Nox rmx) 10.MARK MENDES - Hubert is cool 11.PAOLO MOJO - Home 12.CHRISTIAN SOL & PISTOLPUMA - Out your mind (GC Black rmx) Music was my first love…and still I am in love! If you ask him, what is most important in his life…he will answer to you: The Beat, The Drum, The Bassline…The Rythm Of The Heart: HOUSE MUSIC!! As long as he can remember he loved music…the Hard Rock of 70's, the New Romantic Style of the 80's, the Beat of the 90's…in all this years of spinning around he never lost his feeling, always looking for the next evolution step. The reason is maybe that he lived most of his life as a Globetrotter, born in Vienna, growen up in Germany, for short periods he lived in Switzerland, Avstrija, Spain, Croatia. He also loved to check out the Clubs in Europe as an Partyanimal. He's music career started in 1987 in a small discoteque in Dubrovnik/Croatia, where he played the comercial records for the first time. In 1991 his journey took him to back to Germany (Augsburg), where he was quickly noticed and regulary hired to play the music in numerous Clubs and Festivals, also in 1993, on one sunday morning, he invited some people to one Club in Augsburg, to continue one party, the After Party was born! For years was this club in one basement almost every sunday morning, the last exit for partypeople! In 1994 he played for the first time in front of 3000 people at the WOODSTOCK Revival Festival in Ausburg/Halle 6, spinning records of that time. One year later he opened together with a friend he's first club called XTC in Augsburg. In the year 2000 he returned home to Slovenia. After his arrival, he continued his comercial path as DJ and owner of KRA-KRA ale-house (bar), until he become a leaseholder of the Sing-Sing Club where he finally discovered his love for Electric Music in 2002. Two years later he started to organize again After Partys in Ljubljana and introduced himself for the first time to the larger audience. At the After Party of SINDUSTRY 2004, which he organized himself he animated the audience together with DJ UMEK and DJ ALEKSIJ. In a very short period of time he started to play in Slovenian clubs as DJ, while organizing at the same time some of the significant After Partys as: SINDUSTRY 2004, MEET ME AFTER 2005, VALENTINO KANZYANI, DESYEN MASIELLO, DEEP DISH and similar. On his After Party's he hosted names like: Sharam (Deep Dish), Steve Porter, Frederik (Pako&Frederik), Funk D'Void, Sonique, Toni Rios, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, David Penn, Marko Nastic, Hernan Cattaneo... Till today he allready played in all the important clubs and Afters in Slovenia (D.Morales After-Club Lipa, 24 h New Year Afterhour Maraton, Ambasada Gavioli, Fun Factory, Lipa, Jukebox, Stuk Maribor, Trust, Yucatan, Impulz, Escape…) and also a lot of important gigs all over the world: MIAMI WMC 2008, LONDON, ITALY, SPAIN, IBIZA, AUSTRIA ,TURKEY and CROATIA (Nightshift Summer Edition-Bale, Beach Club Punta, Radio Krk, Club Papaya (Pag), Summer Closing Festival (Kostrenica), ...). Also he played on some magnificant Festivals like: DISCONAUTICA, WOODSHOCK, PAPAYA MOTOMUSIC SUMMERFESTIVAL... He played together with well known names in music as: Eelke Klejin, Bob Sinclar, Hernan Cattaneo, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steva Angello, Roman Flugel, Rui Da Silva, Chris Lake, Shapeshifters, The Freemasons, Toni Garcia, Mar-T, Junior Jack, Umek, Valentino Kanzyani, Pako & Frederik, Darren Emerson, Steve Porter, Joe Mama, Aleksij, Eddy F., Davide Manali, Paolo Barbato, Crazy Lemon, MYNC Project, DEF E., Seamus Haji, Sonique, Roby Sartarelli, Miss Jools, Paulette, James Talk, Kiko Navarro, Mark Knight, Steve Porter, Chus, David Penn, Lexicon Avenue, Toni Rios, Sonique, Justin Drake, Silicone Soul, Funk D' Void, Marshall Jefferson, Marko Nastic,…) At the moment he is the Promotor & Resident DJ of the biggest Club »FACTORY« in Ljubljana, the capitol of Slovenia and he is working in the studio on his production with ZERO ABSENCE and a new project called: THE BAWANI PROJECT. With almost 40 years of age and with 20 years of spinning and playing across Europe….he's not going to stop, as long the people will dance to his music! Keep on groovin'! Producer, DJ, Musician/Composer, and vocal… Tomy Declerque, Jackiedj, KayKay and Bawani. Four totally different spirits, it turned out, are stronger connected that it would seem at first sight. Diversity is not only good but its sometimes necessary and indispensable. That was the first lession members of Zero Absence and the Bawani Project won. Four people with different backgrounds, life styles and knowledge joined their forces, not only experiences but energy, expectation, wishes, goals, love for music and huge amount of time. First the Zero Absence was born, than the Bawani Project layed eyes on light of the world. Their first release shows they fell for new, fresh electro vibes. I Found a Star was born. The first creation of Z.A. feat Bawani project was more or less very unexpected success. In a week it occured on top 100 Chart on one of central Slovenian radio stations. It started on 33.th place and in only few weeks it rose to the 1. place where it is in the moment (jan 08) of creating first Biography of this artistic group. Critics were fabulous, response of audience enviable. The group performed life for the first time on Amnesia World Tour in leading Club in Ljubljana – Factory, back to back with some greatest artists as Mar T, Micah. Micah having world tour with Mar T honoured them with performing live with them. People loved it. Another success was presentation of I Found a Star on american portal ourstage.com where they reached 1st place among more than 400 entries and made it to quarter – finals. After first live performance I Found a Star was performed numerously in Slovenia, Croatia, Spain and Italy. A slightly new bit and vibes that carries their first-born is captured in second creation called »Don˙t«. The biggest sucess for Zero Absence, not only for Jackiedj himself, was to present the track at 6 gigs during the WMC 2008 in Miami. Forthcoming release at BEHOLD RECORDINGS: ARTIST: Zero Absence ft Bawani Project TRACK: "I Found A Star" REMIXER: 2-Xclusive Freekteaser Pako & Frederik Troy Hall David Kassi Nonion Breed Alex Seda Liluca LABEL: Behold Recordings Special Thanks To JackieDj Booking Info: jackiedj@gmail.com www.myspace.com/deejayjackie +386 40 557799 +386 31 335288
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the Miami Underground Movement and new Resident Dj UMEK 1605 Session.DJ UMEKUroš Umek is internationally acclaimed music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who’ve joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined “Slovenian techno sound? and successfully invested it as an important driving force on the global club scene.The year 2007 marked the beginning of new chapter in Umek’s music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move for such an established artist as DJ Umek. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he picked up the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his productions are supported by some top dogs in the industry.Umek recent productions include highly acclaimed club releases such as Overtake & Command, Ricochet Effect, Another Matter Entirely and Faithful Nights, but it were MTV supported hit singles Posing as Me and Carbon Occasions that stirred the most media attention and crossed over to the daily radio stations. Umek’s releases were lately included on the premiere club compilations mixed by artists such as Sander Kleinenberg, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, John Digweed, M.I.K.E. or Carl Cox. He was amongst the headliners of esteemed summer music festivals such as Primavera, Monegros or Dance Valley and he conquered the South America on the joint tour with Valentino Kanzyani and Marko Nastić once more. And this was only the introduction in the Umek’s year 2008, when he plans to finally present long expected new artist album and his own live band.Special Thanks To Umek and Mr Urban Jeram www.umek.siUMEK BOOKING CONTACT:Tina / Kne'deep Berlin tina@knedeep.netKne'deep BerlinP.O. Box 41 12 0212122 BerlinPhone: +49 30 97 00 23 57Fax: +49 30 79 78 38 53www.knedeep.netMy URL: myspace.com/mummiamiundergroundmovement
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the premiere of "Miami Underground Movement." UMEK tracklist1. Kiki – Dancing Graffiti (Bpitch Control)2. Lars Sommerfeld – Don't Say Baby (Two Faces Rec.)3. Marc O'Tool + Criss Source – Indigo (X.L.R.8.R)4. Nicolas Stefan – 080Four (Karatemusik)5. Lissan & Stills – Wings (Sic Rec.)6. Pawas Gupta – Alicia (Flash)7. Jeroen Verheij – Chica-Go (Rejected)8. Radio Slave – Bell Clap Dance (Rekids)9. Wollion Harada – Metropolitan Fulltime (BluFin)10. Soren Matschiste – Last Train (Etui Rec.)11. Velkro – BBQ (Lo Kik Rec.)12. Davis and May – Take Off And Leave All Behind (Piemont Rec.)13. Solaris Heights – No Trace (Popof RMX)14. Harvey McKay – Powder From The Gods (Perc Trax)15. CrisP – Monohybrid (Circle Digital)Uros Umek is internationally acclaimed deejay and music producer from Slovenia, seducing the masses with his own music blend for more than a decade. Always on the look for new sounds and determined to challenge every existing cliché in music industry, he managed to define his own vision of vanguard techno. Sure, this would not happen without the support of his loyal peers who've joined him on the production platforms such as Recycled Loops, Consumer Recreation and Astrodisco, with which they defined "Slovenian techno sound" and successfully it as an important driving force on the global club scene. He started his journey to the stardome as an excellent athlete, running between two baskets, but it was Euterpe the Muse of music and poetry that paved Umek's life-path. She got him totally unprepared, seduced him with no further notice, so he had no chance of getting out of her treads. He devoted his life, his heart, all of his passion and energy, to the sounds he discovered as a teenager. Pioneering the genre he became one of its most appreciated ambassadors with faithful worldwide audience simply known as The Father (of Slovenian techno). Sleeping on past achievements was never Umek's thing. So it's nosurprise he decided for complete renovation of his sound and live set performance though being steady member of Top 100 DJ lists for almost a decade. The year 2007 marks beginning of a new chapter in his music career. After spending enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristic sound to the whole new level, he presented new international music therapy called 1605 – Sixteenofive. No doubt this was a very risky move. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he made the right decision at the crucial time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his production is supported by some top names in the industry. FALLING IN LOVE "As far as I remember, my first serious contact with music was trough pop artists such as Michael Jackson, Modern Talking, Falco and Yugoslavian singer Daniel, who rocked the Eurosong audience in the early 80's with the infamous hit single Djuli. (Laugh.) My mother is the one to blame. She bought me my first radio which I've listened to 'till exhaustion," apologizes Uros. He brought his music passion to the next level few years latter, discovering the record button on his first double cassette player/recorder. "That enabled me to start my own music collection. I've recorded songs from Slovenian disco chart program, which presented top commercial tunes on weekly basis. I also managed to get my hands on some rare pirate cassettes with dance and techno tunes, but even few years after Slovenia became independent I didn't really know where to look for that modern electronic sounds that I liked so much. I didn't know anyone who listened to that stuff. Until I discovered Cool Night, specialized broadcast on Ljubljana's alternative student radio station. The Monday evening slot was run by original pioneers of electronic dance culture in Slovenia, Primoz Pecovnik (now boss of indie label Matrix Music), Brane Zorman aka MC Brane of Beitthron and Aldo Ivancic of Borghesia. HE'LL BURN IN HELL If there's any symbolism in the beginning of his clubbing career, DJ Umek won't escape burning in Hell for at least few decades: "I've told my mother I'm going to church to attend festive midnight mass on the Christmas night, but I was determined to visit MC Brane's party at Ljubljana's underground club K4 for the first time that night. I was expected to be home at 1 am, but wasn't 'till 4 am, so the curfew was imminent," Umek remembers popping his club cherry. When the martial law eventually lifted and his mum decided to soften the regime, he found himself dealing with new challenge. He was allowed to go clubbing at the weekends but was expected to be home at 3 am. The trick was, as it usually is, that the first morning bus to his home neighborhood departed from the centre of the city fifteen minutes later. Solving problem wasn't easy, but being young and determined there was no problem for him running trough the half of the city twice a week: "Running few kilometers in the middle of the night after clubbing really wasn't as hard as it seems. I was training basketball at that time, so I was really fit." It's more than a decade since he traded career of basketball superstar for the nightlife debauchery. It would be interesting to see what he could have achieved as an athlete. Namely, he was selected for the junior national team just as he parted from the sports, and some of his former colleagues became key players in the top USA and European basketball leagues. HE GOT HOOKED The industrial designed K4 club in the basement of Student's Union HQ in the centre of Ljubljana is still considered to be Umek's resident club, although he's not an official resident deejay anymore. But since his most loyal fans are still gathering there, K4 remains the playground for testing new productions, concepts and sounds. "It's where everything started. This is the place where I've got in touch with first Slovenian electronic projects such as Anna Lies, Clox or Random Logic. Some of those guys were and still are important part of my life. It was Jure Havlicek who ultimately influenced my decision to get involved in professional music production. Gregor Zemljic is mastering all of my tracks. And I've founded my first band Mouse Trap with Uros and Vid, who have opened my eyes and ears to this culture." It was his friend's Uros home where Umek got in touch with UK based pirate radio stations such as Green Apple/Dance Nation. "We picked up this programs via satellite dish. They played hardcore, breakbeat and techno non stop at the weekend, and even though we were recording it, we never left the house so we would not miss anything!" His friend was also the one who introduced him the Screen Tracker. "It was the very basic 8-bit resolution production tool with four mono channels, but that's how everything started. After I've finally managed to save enough money to buy proper sampler, the outside World ceased to exist. I've became totally obsessed with that box. I've spent up to sixteen hours a day working on that machine." AND SO HE BEGAN Although he's established technician, master of three decks and FX performances, it wasn't easy for Umek to get acquainted with those needles and mixers in the first place. You have to bear in mind his home country was part of former eastern block and most of the small clubs could only afford cassette and CD players at that time. "I could only dream of having my own decks in the beginning of 90's. As a single parent my mother could not afford that kind of expense. But I was lucky I've met few guys that recognized the talent in me and gave me the opportunity to start." Umek was regular at club Palma matinees at that time. He spent most of the afternoons standing in the corner watching deejay mixing records, until one day resident DJ Alf offered him to finish his set. He seized the opportunity, somehow managed to get trough the night and they've agreed he can practice on that decks and mixer for an hour or so before the weekly matinee. "After I've conquered the technique and performed for a few times in Palma, I've got offered opening slot at Aldo's night in K4. It only paid as much to buy one CD, but it was a steady job and I really liked it." It was also the time when he decided to sell his collection of 200 CDs. "It's something I still regret, but it was the only way to earn money I needed to buy vinyl." In the early 90s buying techno records seemed almost a mission impossible for someone living and working in Slovenia. Closest shop with that kind of music was in Germany, almost 500 kilometers away from Ljubljana. "We heard there are some records shops in Munich. So we've booked the weekly shopping bus, drove to Munich, and found that shops on our own. It wasn't easy but we've successfully finished that adventure. I've only had enough money to buy eight records, but this is how my collection started." BUILDING THE SCENE Germany was also the place where Umek got in touch with the rave scene. "It was an amazing experience, when I attended my first Technomania party with 15.000 revelers on seven floors placed in a hangar on the outskirts of Munich. And when I've entered twice as bigger Mayday arena for the first time I knew I want to be in that deejay booth one day. Few years later I was. Although I've thought to myself what the heck am I doing at that commercial masquerade in the backstage, I've changed my mind when I've finally stepped into the deejay booth. I've seen all those kids waving hands and shouting to me as being their god, and I'm sure some of them thought just the same as I did years before them. So, I've just smiled and performed one of the best sets of my career that can still be found on the internet." Totally hooked on exploding ravemania, Umek and his peers started organizing bus transfers to rave parties in Germany. They were enyoing themselves and they were learning along the way. So it was just a matter of time when they decided to start putting up their own events. "The first one was total disaster," remembers Umek. "We've leased the local fireman's hall for the night but only managed to attract hundred of revelers. We were so broke, we couldn't even afford cleaning lady the morning after." But they could not be stopped by that debacle. They worked their way from event to event, got in charge of small club in the outskirts of Ljubljana and gradually became one of the leading promoters in the country. "I still remember the illegal rave party we've organized in the countryside outside Ljubljana. It attracted surprisingly big mass of people and one of the main national newspapers reported of the incident, since we were dispersed by the police. And there was the local politician, real smart guy that made us all laugh: he stated that the cows in the nearby village stopped lactating ( i.e. giving milk) because of the stress induced by loud techno music. … No, I'm not kidding. This really was in the papers and can still be found in the archives." THE BIG BREAK DJ Umek made his name in Slovenia by hosting some of the best club nights in the country. Clubbing scene in Zagreb, Croatia was much stronger in the beginning of 90s, but it was him and his peers that changed that in just a few years by turning their home turf into most prolific party scene in the whole region. It was also the time of experimenting for Umek. He was mostly known as techno deejay, but loved to play underground house, too, especially at the after parties. And since he had the biggest collection of house records in Slovenia, he quickly became involved in building the house scene as well. At some point he was so much into house, he played four gigs a week, but only twice a month techno set. "I felt really suffocated as an artist with all that house, because I couldn't focus on techno, my main genre. One night at Ambasada Gavioli I decided I won't play house anymore. I grabbed some Chicago house records, pitched them, played really banging set and gave farewell to the club. I've returned to K4 and focus on techno again." He returned to Ambasada Gavioli the next year, this time as a techno specialist. Since he was treated as the second resident, the favorite of club management always being his good friend Valentino Kanzyani, Umek had no competitive clause and could take bookings wherever and whenever he desired. Meeting top techno DJs from all over the world, establishing new friendships and gathering contacts he started performing at the best venues all over the World. Quickly he assembled crowds of faithful fans from Berlin to Tokyo, making impression as a great technician and programmer, but it was his special blend of music known as Slovenian Techno which has put him on the map as one of the tope names in the genre. RECYCLED LOOPS As the founding pillar of Slovenian electronic music scene Umek co-founded his first label in the mid 90s. Absense (and its sub-label Expire) was the first specialized techno label in the region, home to artists such as Umek, Anorak, Random Logic, Brother's Yard or Clox, quickly becoming popular with artists such as Laurent Garnier or Sven Väth because of its unique sound. But it were the Recycled Loops in Earresistible Musick labels that really established Slovenian electronic dance sound as one of the driving forces on the global scale. The first mentioned joint venture with Valentino Kanzyani was and still is reserved for underground techno releases, while the second serves as a platform for hard, electronic house experiments. "The idea for starting our own label wasn't originally ours. The plan was to launch Next Wave imprint as Ambasada Gavioli offspring. Everything was set up, we've recorded our first record, but then suddenly Valentino terminated his partnership with the club management, and since I was performing there solely as a favor to him, I left too. But we were determined to release our production and decided to start the label on our own. The first release was distributed by Prime and since it sold good they've supported the launch of our own label. The name was picked up as a statement and description for the sound we were promoting at the same time. Namely, that was the time when we recycled old techno loops." Umek is currently involved in running another two independent labels. He is one of four guys behind experimental Astrodisco project, which is Slovenia's unique answer to "minimal" explosion. The other one is the extension of his new 1605 – Sixteeenofive concept, which was launched in the early 2007 as international platform for promotion and development of new electronic sound structures and approaches to deejay performances. Guy Gerber, Extrawelt, Gregor Tresher, Billy Nasty, Mikkel Metal, Mike del Saar, Matthew Hoag, Alex Long and other artists are already involved. WANT TO RECREATE? Although not so known to international crowd Consumer Recreation project played major role in Umek's career and was really important for the progression of Slovenian electronic music scene, which is still developing nicely. The incentive which includes deejays Bizzi, Dojaja, Psiho & Plotz started as a promotion crew behind some major techno events in the country. It became even more important as the weekly radio show and label of the same name were lunched. "The basic idea behind this project was to promote the freshest stuff on the scene. At that time I was already household name in the global techno circuit, so I was sent a lot of promos which we played in our radio show and at the clubs. For example: our radio policy was to never play any record more than once, since we didn't even have enough time to play everything we wanted." When Consumer Recreation joined forces with Taotech and some other guys Explicit Music was born. It brought the organization part of Slovenian party scene on the whole new level. Big open air festival series such as Meet Me and Sindustry, indoor parties such as EUrora and the string of smaller club nights marked the beginning of new millennium in the whole region, not only in Slovenia. In 2005 Explicit Music was dissolved and Futuristing Music crew stepped into its place continuing the legacy. The productions of FM crew include major annual events such as DiscoNautica gathering, Umek's solo action in Ljubljana's central park Tivoli and The Day of Electronica festival. The Astrodisco project is original Slovenian answer to "minimal explosion". It's designed as a test-platform for creative multimedia boutique club nights wrapped into futuristic electronic sounds. It builds on the whole club experience, authentic music production, unique décor, exclusive VJ performances and unusual combinations of arts and crafts such as building real moving Astrobots. LOOK AHEAD The classic ambient of summer theatre designed by eminent architect Jozef Plecnik hosted Dan elektronike (The Day of Electronica) party, the launch pad for Umek's new project 1605 – Sixteeenofive in May 2007. New international sound development platform is designed to promote live performances of vanguard electronic artists. Gregor Tresher, Guy Gerber, Mikkel Metal, Extrawelt and leading Slovenian producers were hand picked to perform at this event. The launch of 1605 – Sixteenofive platform marks the beginning of a new chapter in DJ Umek's music career as he spent enormous amount of time and artistic energy bringing his characteristics sound to the whole new level. No doubt this was a very risky move. But it was the only way for him to stay on top of the game. And it seems he made the right decision at the right time: the response to his new vision of electronic dance music from his peers, critics, media and most importantly his fans is great and his production is supported by some top names in the industry. The third edition of annual Umek at Park Tivoli open air party which attracted more than 30.000 souls was also the right time and place to test the new equipment. On that occasion Umek put in motion his new digital setup. But this is just the beginning of his live performance refreshments that will be presented to the public once his long expected new artists album will finally be released.Special Thanks To Umek and Mr Urban Jeram www.umek.siUMEK BOOKING CONTACT:Tina / Kne'deep Berlin tina@knedeep.netKne'deep BerlinP.O. Box 41 12 0212122 BerlinPhone: +49 30 97 00 23 57Fax: +49 30 79 78 38 53www.knedeep.netMy URL: myspace.com/mummiamiundergroundmovement
Rod B. & Alvaro Garfunk bring you the premiere of "Miami Underground Movement." Marcelo Cicchelli aka Marcelinho CIC, Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro, began his career as a dj at the age of 11, playing in small parties, just like most djs.When he was 15 old years, Marcelinho CIC was invited to play at nightclubs in Rio.At the search of a new musical option he found on Electronic Music his main option, which he dedicates himself today in research and constant keep ups.His sound follows a very groove line with some funky influences, together with bits of scratches and backs, CIC calls up attention at his presentations.He was proeminent at the big party in Rio, Rio Parade, playing for almost 100 thousand people; beig well pointed by great names of both nacional and internacional scenes. Nowadays he is part of the event´s official cast.- Events: XV Pan American Games 2007, Skol Beats, Sp Groove, Acqua Rave 1° Edição, Acqua Rave 2° Edição, Space Live Music 2 ° Edição, Skol Rio, Skol Spirit, Lokal Bier Carnival Geribá, Club U.B, The Influence, Rio Parade, Ballantines GO PLAY, Hertz, Terêfantasy, Armazém Eletrônico, Kremlin World Tour, Ipanema Stereo Beach,Ceará Music, Piauí Pop, Heineken Thirst, Lokal Bier Concept, LG Music Festival, Technodelic, Chemical Music Festival and Tiesto Summer Tour.- Clubs: Oz Club, Bunker 94, Baronetti, Dama de Ferro, Jump Club. Nova, People Lounge, Hard Rock Café, São Thomé, Melt, Fosfobox, OO (Zero), A Loca (SP), Lov.e (SP), BEC (SP), D-EDGE (SP), Floor (MT), Trend Lounge (DF), Nite Club Car Wash (PR) and Privilege (RJ).- Broadcast: Eletropan 102,1. Transtronic 101, 3, Detonando Transamérica (SP) e Se Liga na Pan Jovem Pan (DF), Audio Link (Livesets), Atitude no Telhado (TVE), Tribos (MultiShow) e Viva TV (Hungary).He has played next to artists such as : Tiesto, Christian Smith, M.A.N.D.Y, Valentino Kanzyani, Umek, Marko Nastic, Luke Slater, Misa Salacova,Preach, Marco Bailey, Anthony Rother, Eric Sneo, Tim Taylor, Miss Kittin, The Hacker, Terence Fixmer, Seb Fontaine, Kai Tracid, Secret Cinema, Laurent Garnier, WJ Henze, Hell, Gui Boratto, Murphy, Anderson Noise, Mau Mau, Renato Cohen, Pet Dou among others such as Marky, Patife and Drummagick.Recently, Marcelinho CIC has been dedicating his time to his productions at his home studio, where he has been producing for at least six years. He works with Logic, Ableton Live and Pro Tools (Mac and PC) softwares. He also does his presentations playing with Serato Scratch Live and effects processors. He also gave speaches at DJ LAB .During 2005, reached the International Market, with releases through several famous labels such as G-Force Records with the Hit ¨Grove Só Prá Ver¨ being executed by several national and international artists. As a consequence he was invited to participate in other labels such as: Fuck Babe Records (Alexandre Koning), Native Diffusion (Patrick Skoog), Ego Traxx (Budai e Vic) and others.Remixed the famous Chaka Khan hit ¨I Feel for You¨ wich made him known among the top DJs, being executed in the sets of many artists. All this happening in less than one year, CIC has become known in the International market, showing his work and taking Brazilian reputation throughout the music horizons.He was invited to play on the most famous Reveillon party on Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro for more than one million people.His international career began in February 2006,his main presentation was at Mayday Festival and some clubs inside of Europe. There he met many artists such.Marcelinho CIC is the manager and owner of the Brazilian Label "Audio Family Recordings", distributed by Triple Vision. In Brazil, 3Plus Artist Management & Agency represents the artist. Enjoy !» 3Plus Artist Management & Agency (Brazil) Rua Bandeira Paulista, 716 Conjunto 91/92 Itaim Bibi | CEP 04532-002 Sao Paulo, SP - Brasil Pabx.: 00 55 11 3073-1615 Web: www.3plus.art.brArtist Agent: neg@3plus.art.br » Bulldozer Media | Publishing London - UK Phone.: 00 44 (0) 20 7929 3333 Web: www.bulldozermedia.comManager: edo@bulldozermedia.com » Audio Family Recordings | DEMOS Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil Mobile.: 00 55 21 9434-2546 Web: www.audio-family.comDemos: demo@audio-family.com » Public & Press Relations | Brazil Advisor Press Tiago Candiani: tiago@3plus.art.brPabx.: 00 55 11 3073-1615 For questions or to contact Marcelinho CIC directly use: info@marcelinhocic.comMy URL: myspace.com/mummiamiundergroundmovement
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