apoll

andré pollmann aka apoll started to make music in 1987. living in an industrial area (duisburg, a town in the german ruhrgebiet) he was involved in the EBM scene which started to grow at this time in belgium. apoll was influenced by skinny puppy, front line assembly, clock dva, tuxedomoon, fad gadget (rip!), soft cell, à grumh…, the neon judgement, front 242 and of course depeche mode, kraftwerk and portion control to name but a few. he founded lots of bands and released loads of cool tracks on different electronic body music compilations. an album was released on spanish label bol records in 1990. after leaving duisburg for switzerland in 1991 apoll quit also the EBM scene and found his love as a producer as well as a dj in electronic, minimal styled dance music. apoll appears on different imprints like tokyo's gyro trax and cologne's sub static, where he released a much acclaimed ep. at the beginning of 2001,  apoll started an own label called tongut. tongut stand for minimal, dubby quality techno and features artists like cologne's top shots rene breitbarth and falko brocksieper plus the likes of novatek, todd bodine or dub taylor - not forgetting apoll, who released the first 3 releases himself. tongut is definitely a label to watch!

http://www.tongut.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

baeka

baeka consist of p.a qvick, producer and zapfe, co producer. they started out in 1998 with the aim to create create and create their own brand of psychedelic house music. now they are one of sweden's finest house acts (super ego) with a style including dub-jazz, dub-house, cut-up-disco and cut-up-everything.  baeka has been a frequent guest on labels, such as börft, clear blu, bleep street, brother p. records, yell house records and native. forthcoming releases include morris audio citysport edition, bush, deeplay music and bumpin city chicago.
they are influenced by a lot of people! among others by marshall jefferson, dj pierre, nick holder, kerri chandler, the seeds, sun ra, theo parrish, the silver apples, curtis mayfield, tamla motown, philadelphia international, juan atkins, karl-axel bissler, marc bolan, bo diddley, moodymann, romanthony, the shamen, lee perry, todd edwards, bobby orlando, kraftwerk, king tubby, jori hulkkonen, dizzy gillespie, charlie parker, john coltrane, skivmagasinet, marc bolan, dorian...etc..etc...

www.baeka.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

canson

canson is amar derradj and lives in zurich. a series of live acts are the outcome of the first release on stattmusik as anatol. soon after he starts his solo project canson, with another ep on stattmusik. he co-founded the label "handheld" in 2002 with a few friends and started off with the first release "itsudemo" (han001). "joypolis" was his next release on handheld (han002) followed by a kickin ep on cologne's substatic ("mittag", sus_27). recent productions include a collaboration with dialogue named "healthcare" (han003) and his limited piece of wax "holiday plug in" on morris audio citysport edition. his style can be described as deep, warm, groovy minimal house! canson style!

http://www.handheldrecords.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cruz

cruz is a swiss dj & producer since 1991, but took it's time to release this first 4-track ep on morris audio citysport edition. he got infected with the minimal-virus by mike ink.'s studio 1 series in 1996. before and after producing all kind of electronic, loop-based music, such as hiphop, triphop, d'n'b and the wide area of techno and house, but always with an extra touch of funk. cruz is aslo co-founder and member of the dj-& studio-network subkutan.net and so collaborating with different other artists & networks like "club hardware", "kriminal konga", "jurasüdfuss", "ski suisse" a.o. main-inspirations over the last 15 years: minimal miles davis, shaky ringo starr for the beats, john lennon for the message & the children's songs, neverending fela, solaar for the lyrics, etta james for the voice, stereo mc's for the deepness, celentano for the smile and all the other brilliant motherfuckers!
cruz is beni stöckling... more to come!

www.myspace.com/cruzsubkutan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dash dude

as a kid, little dash used to sit in front of his parents' radio with a tiny little keyboard on his lap, trying to accompany every song that was played. shortly after buying an amiga computer in 1989, he started arranging his first dance music tracks on a simple four track sequencer program, mainly inspired by the omnipresent acid house sounds of the summer of '88. a few cheap analog synths became his longtime production companions soon after. undecided what musical genre to stick to, he dabbled in everything from hip hop to disco, from ambient soundscapes to detroit techno - however, always just for the matter of fun. it took this swiss guy 10 years to come up with the idea to send in his first demo tape, ... and here we go! the fab „casual friday" ep on morris audio is a deep, minimal and sexy piece of timeless house! respect!

http://www.dash-audio.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dialogue

dialogue is a project created in 2000 by stefan riesen and niels jensen straight outta bern, capital city of switzerland. old school label pioneer riesen joined forces with local young talent jensen to enter the field of minimal deep clicky house, not afraid of using some tasty samples. dialogue released several 12"es on labels like trapez, lo-fi stereo, highgrade, stattmusik, handheld and morris audio. if you are looking for some club action as well as some home listening feel, check out some dialogue vinyl! if you are into some reduced electronic house, do the same!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dub taylor/tigerskin

dub taylor, also known as alex krüger to his friends, has been the source of some of the most outstanding minimal deep house singles around. released under guises like korsakow, retronic, hair and of course dub taylor, he has been constantly producing quality electronic music. he released countless 12es" and albums on labels like force tracks or raum musik. he can move a step beyond into smooth, high melodic elements translated in majestic songlike formation. chilled house rhythms integrate with the glamor of classy vocals, filtered guitars and gratuitous synth melodies. his experience as a guitar player in new wave, punk and funk bands often shines through in his tracks. timeless class!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

duplex 100

duplex 100 is the dj/producer duo sam rouanet (france) and phil stumpf (germany). they met in 1997, started producing tracks together in 1999 in paris and and have since become a very busy duo releasing on several labels (initial cuts, treibstoff, popular tools, onitor) as well as dj-ing together in their memorable ping-pong way. last but not least their long awaited live-act will be ready for may 2005. as residents of the renowned nouveau casino club in paris, duplex 100 are the founders, hosts and residents of the "cult" party series „minimal dancin" (www.minimaldancin.com), which started out as the first minimal house party in paris in 2001. together with top dj´s and live-acts from around the world, duplex 100 have become a reference for straight-forward-funky-get-your-ass-shakin' minimal house!
sam rouanet came to paris via chicago and london, where he was working as dj and jazz musician with people from bands like isotope 217° or tortoise. his solo pseudonym is called reynold (morris audio citysport, trenton, pulsewith). phil stumpf started off as producer and part of the german electro-live-house collective oh. later he became dj and now releases his solo material on labels as tom bone, frankie, festplatten, lumina or morris audio citysport. in 1999 sam and phil also formed an electronic jazz band called canvas, together with the double bass player james sindatry. their debut album "buona modulazione" was released on nacopajaz in 2004, with a second album in the making.

http://www.duplex100.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

echopilot

brian aneurysm has been actively djing since 1996. though back then still spinning and producing trance and progressive house, his love for techno would emerge fairly quickly. In 1998 he moved to dallas/tx, where he and his friend stefan anion started the ai collective, trying help newcomer live pa's to get their start in the scene.in late 2001, brian founded his label iron box music and keeps releasing deep and funky techno from the likes of his mate maetrik. further productions from brian aneurysm can be found on top labels like substatic, poker flat or ware.

http://www.ironboxmusic.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

eriko tanabe

should have talked a little more but, you know, there's not much left to say. i didn't take it badly, since i know her, and i soon begun to think it over: a biography; a biography of a just 25 year old girl, well... it can't take more than one chapter, or maybe less, only few pages. you can talk of the schooland the first travels, then you can talk of the signs of experience in the early works. the matter is that these earliest years of life, are those in which the very tools of perception, that you use to observe the world around you, are shaped. i'm in trouble: i can't wear the glasses, that a 25 year old girl watches through, to look at the world around, simply 'cause they're are not finished yet!  true, some guys at the very same age of 25 have so much experience that their strong built personality stands out clearly. this is the case with eriko. however, i would rather talk of these streams of conscience than talk of relatives and flight tickets - 'cause, yes, eriko has been jumping quite a few times from japan to europe and back - and i think that this is what i'm going to do, indeed. there is finally a ray of light coming out of this fucking screen!
eriko tanabe - the very name made famous by the colleague banana yoshimoto - is thin and cute, and she doesn't waste her time: if she wants something, she gets it, no matter why she wanted it, but it seems she has a very fine taste, which she knows and respects, without any shame.  well, you really don't have much to say to an instrument, it's not like prose-writing, when all you need to do i stand still, trying to fill empty pages, and the more you're confused the better it is. an instrument doesn't need it, it needs will and a well rooted idea. well... it can be all bullshits but that's the way i think she is, eriko. she graduated in computer science - her conservatory - for the only need to show her fine perceptions more precisely. and when you see her working, you feel it. she stays there for hours experimenting softwares to manipulate simple pressure variations. and she seems to smell the best way from the very beginning. she has beautiful black, straight hair that fall before her eyes, as it wants to hide them, but if you try to peep through, you see two houge black eyeballs, sparkling and proud, that get straight to the point, bit after bit.
making music, at the way of eriko tanabe, is maybe her way to tell me that it is possible to write a biography about her. it's a fluid, wavy sound, contemporary, anyway, in the middle between sweaty rhythms and velvet armchairs, where the voices around give the beat, simply laying on. it's not her own voice that she gives ear to, but her way to hear other's. i'd need a music critic to talk about her music - which is not in my range of competences - music that i use as a metaphor of her. it's just a maetaphor, she is not her music. i don't know, taste is maybe not the most important sense we have, the one that shapes us, the one that makes disasters if you don't respect it....so the expression of taste is maybe the expression of the individual himself....maybe....i like it though, taste....i like artists with a strong taste, without shame, as i said. eriko is never ashamed, for sure. she has a quite stable personality, without shyness, few words a good ear, maybe because of her being so well educated. not because she is polite at the dinner table or something, but because she has always been stirred up toward her ambitions, she has never been obstructed or dishartened, and that made her very conscious of herself, her job and, yes, why not, of her hypertechno and super excting wearstyle...with that bottom that's quite easy....
written by poujoo

www.titbitmusic.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clive jenkins aka evil c

founding member of: fruit of the loop, paparazzi records, phictiv records, database 59 collective, vic 20 studios, datatransmission live electro/visual collective, tranquil soundsystem chill out dj collective,boombass dj collective & party promoters, terreaux du temple electroclub, artamis. main releases on paparazzi, goodlife, morris audio, mental groove, phictiv and hosomaki. remixes, co-productions etc.: the hacker, bobby roberto, young gods, miss kittin, dave the hustler, felix da housecat, dj quenem/access 58 a.o. most of the activities of evil c revolve mainly around the vic 20 studio in geneva, which is the building housing the databse 59 collective (basic.ch web radio, music and mastering studios, graphic designers, visual artists, record labels, computer freaks etc.), all in all a very inspiring place.

http://www.mentalgroove.ch/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

geoff white

geoff white is one of the most upcoming american techno producers. if you think of clicks and cuts or the labtop sound, think also of geoff white. with releases on established labels like force inc., cytrax, lofi-stereo, morris audio, delay or background, he made his way with his tricky electronic sound. but not enough with that, he started his own label now, edit. edit embraces the concepts of reuse and redefinition. components are generated, arranged, and fine-tuned. they are stripped apart, processed, and rearranged. sophisticated editing techniques enable this process to continue without end. the resulting audio productions become remixes of themselves.

http://www.edit-audio.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hakan lidbo

hakan lidbo was recently awarded as one of the 100 best producers of electronic music in the world by urb magazine/usa. he is frequently refered to as "the busiest man in the business" and his discography holds more than 120 records and stretches from avant garde click n cuts to well  produced vocal pop-house. hakan has made music for commercials, film, tv shows, computer games and a ballet. he recently produced the new single by swiss cult-duo yello. hakan has remixed artists like ashley beedle, si begg, sophie ellis bexter, ennio morricone, john selway and fatboy slim.

http://www.container.to/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

j antoni

the ex grafitti writer j antoni, stockholm born and raised, started making music in '94. inspired by oldschool electro/funk and hip hop as well as sleazy chicago house and harmonic detroit techno, the first tracks were crafted with a 303, 808 and akai sampler. the early tracks were a potpourri of all the musical influences and didn't really get anywhere, but a distinct style began to evolve and in 1996 he started the collective and label urban electro squad. ues (short for urban electro squad) were one of the few (nearly the only) liveacts on the then flowering stockholm club scene. ues has had a variety of members since then (the only consistent one apart from j antoni being ruba, a close friend since the grafitti days), and a variety of releases on different labels in different styles ranging from beats to deeptechno to jazzy house, experimental stuff on his own ues label and a lot of remixes for other labels, all more or less produced by j antoni. in 1998, he teamed up with s krooks and formed betamax crew, with this project focusing on more cluboriented tracks. ever since, he's released tracks under the various monikers, and also under his own name. upcoming projects includes a collaboration with friend smyglyssna and a betamax crew album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jackmate

ids : jackmate / soulphiction / supatone. dj since 1987. played the first hiphop-jams in the stuttgart-area. 1992 he founded the hiphop-project "agit jazz", together with maximilian herre (nowadays "freundeskreis"). working at the infamous "imports etc." record-store in 1989 he becameinfected to the classic chicago-house sound of larry heard, lil louis a.o. 1989 he started producing his own tracks, but it took time to release his first record in 1996 on the "stir15"-imprint of c-rock (frankfurt). 2001 he`s back on the stage, with some infecting live-sets under the ids of jackmate and soulphiction. catch his unique releases on labels like pokerflat, perlon, playhouse, mosaic, treibstoff or his own philpot records.

http://www.philpot-records.net/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jeff bennett

in 1975 jeff was produced by his parents in warsaw poland, but moved to sweden in 1981 and lives since then in malmoe sweden. jeff who was formerly called mike pung has been involved in electronic music since 1992 but it all began as a bedroom thing that has since then evolved into a habit. he started creating music in 1993 and got hooked on it directly, but it took until 1998 before his first single was to come out on his own label maskros music. since that single he has released 19 singles and has released on labels like poker flat, episode, treibstoff, audio beyond, konvex konkav etc. in 1994 he and a partner opened a record store called cosmic one records that became the first electronic record store in malmoe. with the opening of the record store the dj career got a boost and he started playing on various venues. a year after the store was opened jeff & his record store partner jim groovy started making their own one-off parties and clubs in various sizes. his latest residency was in a house club called thank god it's friday were he played almost every friday for over a year. in 1996 jeff & jim started their first label azurite records. jeff started his own label maskros music in 1998. and the year 2000 two new labels called phunctional & kung fu dub were started by jeff. his musical influences came from detroit. people like derrick may, juan atkins & kevin saunderson, but also from richie hawtin's label plus 8 and the artist there like speedy j, kenny larkin etc. europe also had a big impact on him with artists like stefan roberts, 808 state, klf, dreadzone, terry lee brown junior, tikiman & labels like plastic city, svek, circulation, early network releases  + many more. also a lot of reggae & dub artist like augustus pablo, lee perry, mad professor, andy horace, king tubby + many more.

http://www.jeffbennett.info/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jeff samuel

jeff samuel has been a DJ for 7 years and is known across the midwestern united states for his unique style of mixing. his music choices range from the funky quirks he is known for in his productions to deeper tech-house and more intense techno stylings. jeff changes his style of mixing to fit the mood of the music and the atmosphere. whether it is smooth long mixes or quick cuts and fader tricks, jeff samuel is the DJ that always delivers the funk proper!
growing up in cleveland, jeff samuel did not listen to tangerine dream or skinny puppy. after his aunt spotted him singing a KISS song before he could speak, his family decided that he was musically inclined. quickly after completing his first demo he was signed to frankfurt's lo-fi stereo recordings in 1999. his eccentric, funky and blipped out style soon caught the attention of daniel bell, who signed him to 7th city.
the german mag de:bug called jeff samuel "...an american counterpart to dr. rockit" and his records consistently receive high marks among magazines such as groove. though despite his german accolades, he swears to have "...very little to do with david hasselhoff".

http://www.jeffsamuel.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

john dahlbäck

john dahlbäck was born in stockholm/sweden in 1985. he moved to a small village outside stockholm at an early age. both his mother and father are musicians, and almost everyone in his family too. john got in touch with house music by his older cousin jesper dahlbäck (svek) and started producing brilliant deep house tracks himself.  his first track got released by pawel kobaks label route 33 and his first  full 12" was on the chicago-based label deep4life. john is for sure one of the biggest talents and newcomers in the house scene and no surprise he has lots of releases been signed for labels like toko records or steve bug's dessous recordings! it's deep up north!

http://go.to/dahlback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jussipekka

jussi-pekka parikka  (a.k.a j-p parikka, jussipekka) from finland has a unique sound, combining influences from basic channel -style techno and deep, groovy house. blending these elements together, he creates a smooth vibe for both techno and house audiences.
jussi-pekka started DJing in 1994 when his a friend taught him to spin. from the very beginning he was amazed at how a single person can effect the crowd. with time and patience he developed his own mixing style, smooth and innovative. eventhough he plays mostly deep'n dubby tech-house, he has a place for driving techno in his heart.
"i don't play music i don't like. some DJs do it for the money, but i do it to support the music i love" he says and continues; "even if i'm playing a techno-set, i still like to keep it deep. if the music has no soul, i won't play it".

http://www.frozennorthrecordings.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

luci

born on squash court between two courses of audio persecution, the duo luci, made up of guillaume coutu dumont(egg, flabbergast, and racam) and david fafard (nAnalog) propose "tech-house" both festive and introspective where the creation of unique sonic materials is essential. each with a strong background in percussion and electro-acoustic composition, david and guillaume together compose playful, groovy, hypnotic, minimal and often times supremely intriguing music! under the guise of luci, they took part in mutek.mx - the first edition of the festival in mexico. they have been releasing some of their freaky tracks on labels like mutek or karat (egg) - and now morris audio citysport!

http://www.poultryproduct.info/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

maetrik

from an overly commercial and disgustingly political dallas underground scene, emerges a fresh young talent with a deep understanding of electronic music and an audible dream.
eric estornel, aka maetrik, with more than a decade of actively contributing to the musical world around him. always discovering new sounds and rhythms, eric has managed to, over the years, separate himself from the rest and claim an independence that has made him a force like no other. constantly developing himself as a producer is always on eric's mind, as he makes his way through a fickle industry and reluctant audience.

www.myspace.com/maetrik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

novatek

savvas "dj savage" georgiadis is a techno producer/dj from thessaloniki, greece. his activities in electronic music started in 1987 and since then savvas, using various pseudonyms/projects (like savvas, novatek, the repeater,neuro-d, digitalia) has released his music (ranging from deep mimimal techno to kickin percussive tools to freaky electro) through various labels like bellboy uk, harthouse, treibstoff, morris audio, contrast uk, pof, telepathy and hyperspace new york to name but a few. besides producing, savvas also used to write for music mags and is the owner of kinetik records, the only greek techno label. dj and live appearances include gigs in germany, sweden, yugoslavia, switzerland and austria. the greek dance magazine "freeze" called dj savage "the greek godfather of techno". anyway one chooses to see it, one thing is certain: savvas is definitely a "greek techno pioneer".

http://www.kinetikrecords.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reynold

sam rouanet started playing violin and classical guitar at a conservatory at the age of 6. but a few years later he chose the electric guitar and started jamming with his father (who's an excellent jazz musician). despite early exposure to jazz through his dad and growing up with soul music, by the 90's sam developed a keen interest in the independent rock scene (bands like "fugazi", "no means no" or "helmet"). even back then experimenting with new sounds was mainly what he was aiming for! hip hop was also a big step for sam - especially in terms of production. the need to produce his own music became increasingly more important to him, especially after having met matt lux (the bass player from isotope 217°). sam then moved to chicago and got inspiration from the house and "post rock" scenes (which at the time wasn't even called that way but how else would anyone label tortoise's music, anyway). and so matt and sam formed a funk band called a.u.f.m. and started playing in the chicago local scene! sam then moved to london and his collaboration there with kinobee and scanone led him to concentrating on his own production work. back in france he met phil stumpf and so it was only after a couple of european tours with the band "OH" that the canvas / duplex100 and minimal dancin' adventures got started! two solo projects - reynold and babyreynold - also began developing around that time. he has been releasing several tracks on labels like dumb-unit or morris/audio and also his own label called trenton records that he's running together with chris clause (aka aspro). now he lives in berlin for new sharing experiences in terms of music, cultural and social exchanges!

http://www.babyreynold.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scsi-9

scsi-9 are anton kubikov and maxim milyutenko. anton kubikov was born in 1975 in moscow and started his career in 1994 playing at one of the first moscow's techno clubs - the "hermitage". soon he became a very popular figure on the city's dj scene. in 1995 he created his own radio show on russia's first dance fm radio called the "station". in 1997 kubikov started making his own tracks. in the past few years his projects "scsi-9", "multipliar", "hero city movers", "snowboarder" and "snooker boy" became very popular.
in 2000 kubikov and milyutenko (who lived in germany for many years) have put the equipment they had together to build up their own studio. already being the part of "hero city movers", "snowboarder" and "snooker boy" projects, milyutenko joined kubikov's most advanced electronic project "scsi-9" in 2001. together they presently produce underground dance music on labels like force tracks, trapez or freizeitglauben. in 2002 they recorded their first soundtrack for a theatre staging at one of moscow's drama theaters and even played live at famous clubs such as "fabric london", UK.

http://www.kubatura.ru/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shaka

Since 1989, Shaka has been the pseudonym for Swiss born DJ and producer Kurt Spichiger. Shaka’s first experiences with music came at the age of 13 when he learned to play the Saxophone. It was then that he realized how to create music out from a mood, an idea, and a feeling. This experience gave birth to his love for improvisational music, from Funk, to Jazz to Indian Raga. Soon after, Shaka discovered the seminal German electronic group Kraftwerk, whose innovative sound production would expand his idea of improvisation. As a young and curious music-lover, he always was looking for and open to innovative and exceptional music. After purchasing a mixer and turntables in 1989, he started to record his first mix tapes.  With his steadily growing record collection, and inspiration of films like Beat Street, he initially mixed Hip Hop with Reggae, and Funk.  Later, more Acid, Chicago House and the sounds of Detroit made their way onto his mix tapes, the latter having a profound influence on his development.
In the early 1990’s, he began to organize small parties with friends, and was soon after playing at parties throughout Switzerland. In the mid-1990’s, the unique sound of Shaka could be heard at most bigger electronic music events in Switzerland. As his sets were manly made up with the old Detroit soul and Chicago Sounds, and was less built around kick drums and effect attacks, he was mostly booked in the smaller rooms at the big events, which he appreciated for their intimacy and the freedom it gave him to explore more complicated mixes and music. As a result, Shaka has developed a style that sticks out from the normal fair of big room electronic music and continues to astonish his audiences with surprisingly subtle and organic tracks.
In the mid-1990’s Shaka began to express his own ideas of electronic music.  He worked at first with, which he now considers restrictive, purely analog equipment. In 1995, his first record was released on the Swiss label D3.  After further releases on D3 his first EP was released on the most well known Swiss label of that time, Axodya.  Two years later, he put out a double EP on the legendary label of Woody McBride, Communique. Two more releases on D3 and Axodya shortly followed. In year of 2000, Shaka appeared on the debut release of the groundbreaking Canadian label Revolver.
Shaka then took a break from the demands of releases immersing himself in his studio. With singers, funk and jazz musicians friends, he recorded new projects and explored new technologies, ideas, and sounds. He continued work on developing his solo productions and in 2004, began to release records regularly through Morris Audio, Floppy Funk, Revolver and Stattmusik.  In 2006, he formed a partnership with his Canadian friend, Breandan Davey, to launch the label Corner Records, which begins distribution in early 2007.
For Shaka, the search for new sounds and ideas will never end. It is difficult to categorize his music, falling somewhere between jazz, electro, funk, and minimal house.  He is first and foremost a music-lover, and like all true music-lovers, stylistic barriers are unknown.

www.cornerrecords.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

souichiro masutomi

souichiro masutomi was born and raised in osaka, japan. influenced by his jazz drums playing mother and his new wave loving sister, souichiro grew up accustomed to movie music and some electronic new wave bands. he started learning to play the piano at the age of 9, but soon quit because he was bored. after hearing stuff like "soul 2 soul" or "public enemy" as a 12 year old teenager, he was captured by music. soon after he discovered the 2nd summer of love and his detroit techno heroes. he started composing tracks just for the fun,with a casio synthesizer, a rented guiter and a tape deck. souichiro discovered and listened to lots of different music, like classic music (especially french stuff), jazz like miles, blakey, gill evans, soul, soundtracks, rock, pop and hiphop. at the age of 20, he started making music seriously, and began to dj. a meeting with deetron was then the basis for his first release ever, the magic "4th cycle" ep on morris audio citysport. a beautiful piece of deep house meets detroit with that certain carl craig feel. a big career may have started!

http://www.doxy.jp/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

superjuno

superjuno aka cristiano vinci started his career as a dj in many clubs in central sardinia, italy at the age of 16. after a few years he decided to follow his musical creativity and inspiration by getting into computer music and producing his first tunes. his passion for vintage sounds and old synthesizers of the 80's helped him to define his personal style. 2005 is an important year for his musical career. finally he begins to use the famous roland synth juno 106 in almost any track produced in his home studio, the yellowlab: his alter ego superjuno was born. the first release as superjuno was in june 2005 with rock da bass, on the label of mr. planet funk alex neri, the italian tenax recordings. second release is groovy beat/i want my money back with his friend prudo, on the german dirt crew label. in 2006 started a new project with is friend massimo licari and decided to go out with a new tune, vision, this time using his own name - it's the very first release of presslab electro. with releases on morris/audio and tenax recordings, superjuno will be around!

www.superjuno.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

takuya morita

takuya morita hails from niigata/japan, where it snows heavily every winter. he already began his music career at an early age, playing a toy keyboard. his move to tokyo in 2000 for university reasons also had an impact on his music: he became infected with the real underground club-sound, and was hooked especially on the minimal styled dance music. takuya morita stands for quality techno/house. kind of alex under meets robert hood, in a freaky way. so it's no surprise takuya released his first 12" on cmyk music, the label of spanish boy wonder alex under. with his first release for morris/audio,  the 4-track ep „clutter", takuya morita makes anonther major step in his career. funky club music - ready to rock!

www.myspace.com/takuyamorita 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

burnski

burnski was born 1986 in a small industrial town in the chilly depths of north east england. merging from a seaside town renowned for smog & fish shops, he prefers to spend his time locked away in the studio experimenting with his sound. always keeping it musical, he loves to write music in all shapes and formats. influences in james' music stem from a very broad palette. playing piano over the years, he carries a very large interest in all forms of composition. also a young dj beginning to find his way in the scene, playing & buying records since the tender age of 13. james finds himself representing a wide variation of sounds across the electronic borders, playing a little bit of everything from jazz, trip hop, disco, electro, dub, house, minimal & techno, adjusting his sound for the night in question, always armed with a bag of fresh music, healthy for any hour of the night. james own productions (on labels like infant, trapez or exquisuite music) are currently providing a fitting representation of quality on offer amongst the nubreed of english producers today. always nursing a stash of new music, with dj support from the likes of josh wink, ralph lawson, booka shade, john selway to name a few, we are sure its early doors for the handsome teenager.

 

http://www.myspace.com/planetburnski

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

todd bodine

todd bodine was born in 1976 in berlin. after the berlin wall went down he was searching for identity in the young berlin clubscene. his fascination for the new electronic soundscapes and for djing grew very fast. 1997 he started playing records at the legendary tresor club as a resident dj. he played for a few years his detroit inspired sets, often on three turntables.
his friendship to daniel paul, the owner of cabinet records, introduced todd closer to the world of producing electronic music. in 1999 he released his first record together with daniel paul and dj zky on season records los angeles. todd's second record was released in 2000 on mermaid records (sonarkollektiv) in kombination with daniel paul and honesty. 2001 saw some further coproductions on cabinet records and the release of todd's first solo house-project (travel ep, cab 019).
todd bodine is inspired by jazz, nu jazz, latin beats, detroit sounds and electro. he likes to experiment and to combine different styles and tries to understand music as an entire thing. the result of his ambitions is to reduce sounds and rhythms to the essence. so try to find out what that is and check the release of todd bodine!

www.toddbodine.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tom clark

tom clark started his dj-ing in 1993. he was later casted at the legendary berlin-based " e-werk ", where he soon got an residency. due of the enourmous influence of this club, he started spinning in almost every location in berlin, later germany and europe-wide. since 1995 he is one of the resident djs at the famous tresor club, but one can find him spinning in every hot spot of berlin, be it the " ostgut, sternradio, polar tv (no ufos) so36, pfefferbank to name a few. his music style varied within the typpical berlin groove - from detroit techno to new school electro and back to deep house. apart from this spinning, tom was also the owner and in-house producer of the now deleted "gold plate music" imprint, which was highly influental for the younger record label scene of berlin. gold plate started in 1997 and some of germany´s most acclaimed new artists like "gebrüder teichmann" (now on kompakt, festplatten etc.) released here first. to get things going on, tom started two new labels in october 2000: "highgrade records", which is dealing with traditional and minimalistic deep house music and "laufwerk musik", which is an outlet for techno, elektro and "freaky" stuff.  catch his productions on labels like highgrade, morris audio, superbra, rampe d, pokerflat or cabinet. with more than 100 bookings a year, tom clark is one of the most demanded djs in berlin, and he surely is one of the most creative heads in the ever-pumping berlin club scene.

http://www.highgrade-records.de/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tom ellis & leif

tom ellis and leif are behind the mighty "trimsound" label and are facing a bright future with their sound! tom comes from a very musical family up in the hills of north wales. highly influenced by his brother joe and close friend leif, tom puts a lot of his time into creating his own style of deep and funky dance music. his roots spread wide through all sorts of genres, leaving him with a drive to create lots of different styles whilst keeping the dance music as the main focus. as well as mixing sets of original material and producing for such labels as trimsound and mindtours, he works closely with leif towards live sets using loops and bass guitar - merging live elements with programmed beats and sounds.
uk-based artist leif has a driving passion for all quality music. from classic reggae and deep dub through to trip-hop, funk, house and techno, the influences can be heard in his trademark blend of minimal/dubby yet driving percussive tracks. he often plays and samples live percussion for use in his music and concentrates much of his creative output towards his live dj sets, which combine live loops and effects using a mixture of hardware and vinyl/cd. leif's music can be heard on such labels as trimsound, mindtours and jay haze's net-label textone.

http://www.trimsound.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t-polar

gary spence started producing in 1997 inspired by patchwork melodies of the orb, the funky future soul of moodyman and theo parrish and the solitary oddness of two lone swordsmen not to mention a lot lot more. always relying on the instinct of making things sound original and as personal as possible with a disregard for current trends and fashions in electronica is the main inspiration these days and payback finally came from the debut ep on longhaul which received great feedback from a series of top djs. the ep never got past promo release though as the label folded shortly before release.
next up was the escort girls ep on modernism which combined soulful grooves with future funk all tied up with a minimal vibe, this too received great feedback and chartage from a number of djs over the globe. this resulted in a number of gigs in dublin and london one of the highlights being jane fitz's 'house' @ plastic people which he still reckons to be the best sound system hes ever heard in a club. 2004 sees an upturn in events with the release of his debut album on morris audio citysport and eps on karloff, epsilonlab and thinnerism.
only time will tell where it will all lead but gary spence is perfectly sure he has only just started and there is much much more to be explored and twisted.

http://www.t-polar.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

barada / bryan zentz

Barada is the original high maintenance funky robot. Assembled in a creaky attic deep in Virginia in the USA around 1994, Barada was originally programmed to serve Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva's  Plus 8 offshoot record label "Definitive". Built from a multitude of scrap parts such as an Ensoniq ASR10, Roland TB303, SH101, TR909, Korg Wavestation, Poly800-2, JVC boombox, lots of soda and many late nights, Barada faithfully became the main work horse of his creator, programmer and neurotic mad scientist Bryan Zentz.
Together, along w other sci-fi super hero types such as Robotman (aka Plastikman) and Omegaman (a tough guy tattoo artist with soul) they travelled a path towards a new hybrid of electronic house music. "Weird house" as  Mr. Hawtin first described it... long before the "tech-house" genre-fication.
Initially Barada's output was fierce, spurting out quirky acidic jams like "Glue", "Gasoline", and "Mathematics". Chicago + Detroit + Germany + Virginia became the formula concocted by Zentz for his robot to follow. Influenced by other scientists who came before him such as Cajmere (aka Green Velvet), Hardfloor, Mr. Lee, Phuture, Mr. Fingers, Kerri Chandler, DBX, Air Liquid, and Kevin Saunderson, Zentz tried to expand on the audio template laid down by these pioneers. He also wished there was a shuffle mode on the TB303 and vainly tried to trick it into swinging. Although generally good natured in spirit, Barada could also get tough and nasty churning out stripped down (minimal?) dance floor power tools such as "Pilot" and "Meanstreak" both named after products often used to deface public property.
Soon the robot was ready for public display and was first demo-ed at several "rave" type events in the midwest. Zentz quickly learned the trials and tribulations of taking this robot on the road, working with limited memory, dodgy power sources and using a combination of his own and borrowed parts. Often the wrong parts where supplied at various venues. Still the shows went on and Barada was jacked into sound systems from North Carolina to Toronto to Detroit to San Francisco, Glasgow and London.
Eventually the time came for a proper manifesto: a full length album called "Strategies for a Deeper Design". A combination of the previous formula mixed with disco and even instrumental hip hop. Given the nature of this robotic funk sound, the talents of graffiti art veteran and "Crank Yankers" mastermind Reas AOK aka Todd James were employed to supply the sleeve art. While Definitive released the vinyl release, Virgin Records Canada handled the compact disc format thus spreading the Barada virus onto the shelves of various mainstream retail outlets.
Sadly though Definitive later came to a halt, forcing the funky robot to question his mechanical purpose and eventually go rogue, occasionally making outbursts on labels like Placktown Sounds, Low Pressings, and the super limited yellow vinyl acid house burner on Strive while his creator pursued his own selfish endeavors. Barada has since been revamped, upgraded, downgraded but never degraded. While utilizing some of the original parts which will always be a part of his structure, new technology such as hard disk recording and plug-ins.. (mainly glade) have been employed as well. Stay tuned as the funky robot renews his circuits on Morris Audio in early 2007...

www.myspace.com/baradaone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sleazy mcqueen

sleazy mcqueen was keen on electronic music even in his early days in the deep south. the central north carolina disco was sparse, to say the least, but with the help of a friendly farm combine, a chicken, and five hundred pounds of recyclable pabst cans, he began creating sounds far more complex than anything the townspeople had heard before. while honing his worthless production skills, he was soon involved in a scheme to lose great quantities of cashola. it was simple, really; each month, he and his evil twin maxula would hire world-renowned deejays willing to play for bargain prices and two-bit haybed accommodations to play for the two of them and one or two other townsfolk, and each month the pair would lose a few hundred more dollars. eventually, mcqueen's billfold was empty. persistent nonetheless, mcqueen spent the next two years relentlessly pursuing other sure-fire schemes to lose money, culminating in an all-out relocation to new york city.
as we all know, the new york sound doesn't have much to do with chickens, so mcqueen took it upon himself to learn the intricate ways of the synthesizer, common household spring apparati and kitchen utensils. while drunk one night with a japanese-hispanic-italo-american and his aforementioned twin maxula (who had, as of late, been consumed in the throes of a quarter-life crisis), mcqueen gained complimentary access to a mega-club in the city's notorious chelsea neighborhood to attend a dj performance by mark farina. after the customary rope-side congratulations, mcqueen entered the club just in time to hear farina playing a song he himself had created. it was at this point that mcqueen realized his sound was, indeed, streetworthy. following in the footsteps of other great brooklyners, mcqueen continues to provide an outlet for his culturally-confused funked-up house sound. blazing along the time-space continuum, mcqueen can see a future that is bright and promising.
his record bag has found occasion to travel to chicago, new york, tokyo, florence, and london, and has allowed him several tours of california. his computer and keyboards have signed releases on icon recordings, eight-tracks, deepfunk records, morris audio, boogie farm, greenhouse records, anonymous records, uncut records, bumpin city records, odds and ends, deep house project, pilot recordings, and queep organic music.

www.sleazymcqueen.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

marcin czubala

marcin czubala began his adventures in music in 1987. between 1991-1994 he performed over 300 classical music concerts featuring big events such as "nantes festival" (france), "warsaw autumn" (Poland), "singapore international festival" and performances with experimantal music legend krzysztof penderecki in 1992. in 1995 graduated kurczewski's music school in poznan and begun his dj/producer career - going on a long way to support the polish independent techno scene.
1999 was another significant period when the first polish techno label currently processing was founded, where marcin released his debut 12“. besides running his own label carabinieri, he recorded for labels like currently processing, lasergun, mutter or neue heimat and performed in clubs such as maniac love (tokyo), stammheim (kassel), tresor (berlin) or rex (paris). nowadays, marcin is workin on a more minimal type of sound, with releases scheduled on morris audio citysport and mobilee.

www.marcinczubala.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mossa

 

andomat 3000 & jan \ apoll \ baeka \ barada \ burnski \ canson \ cruz \ dash dude \ dialogue \ dub taylor/tigerskin \ duplex 100 \ echopilot \ eriko tanabe \ evil c \ geoff white \ hakan lidbo \ jackmate \ j antoni \ jeff bennett \ jeff samuel \ john dahlbäck \ jussipekka \ luci \ maetrik \ marcin czubala \ mossa \ novatek \ ralph sliwinski \ reynold \ scsi-9 \ shaka \ sleazy mcqueen \ souichiro masutomi \ superjuno \ t-polar \ takuya morita \ till von sein \ todd bodine \ tom clark \ tom ellis and leif \