Falko Brocksieper
Berlin
INTERPULL | Sub Static | Treibstoff
Falko Brocksieper first encountered electronic music in 1993 when attending numerous raves and clubs, and soon after he began acquiring his own skills as a DJ. The european rave-techno of the time was the initial counterpoint, after-which he discovered artists from Detroit, Chicago and the Midwest, such as Robert Hood, Woody McBride, Daniel Bell and ...
Jonas Kopp
Buenos Aires | Argentina
Curle | Ostgut Ton | Spectral Sound | Traut Muzik
Jonas Kopp was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981. His career as a producer was launched when he was 19 years old. After seven years of hard work we find one of the most representative argentine talents for the House and techno global scene. Jonas is very well depicted by the constant hypnotic flavour ...
Alland Byallo
Berlin | Germany
Bad Animal | Pokerflat
Dubbed an “elegant dark lord of the dance floor” by XLR8R Magazine, Alland Byallo is a DJ, producer, label owner, graphic designer and event organizer – a tour de force within the club and underground music scenes. Born in Los Angeles, Alland began his musical journey at a young age. Trying his hand at piano ...
Agaric
Berlin | Germany
Dumb Unit | Ovum Recordings | We Are
Patrik Skoog isn’t only one of the youngest veteran techno and house producers from Sweden, he’s also one of the most interesting and inspired. Though incredibly versatile, the sustained energy in his sets and productions are equally exceptional. In the last two years, Agaric established the Club Tracks 10” series on his label We Are. ...
John Selway
New York
CSM | INTERPULL
In a world of electronic-music hit and runs, John Selway is a rare beast: an innovator and originator whose current work genuinely rivals his groundbreaking early projects. And while the DC-born, NYC-based producer and DJ has left his mark on countless styles, he’s defined by none of them, remaining devoted to his own multi-faceted muse. ...
Recognition
Warsaw | Poland
Cocoon Recordings | Recognition Records
Recognition is the club-oriented alias of Warsaw based Jacek Sienkiewicz, one of the pioneers of Polish underground electronic dance music. Combining classic sounds and inspirations with cutting-edge machinery, hypnotic beat science with otherworldly melodies, this is the sound of techno music rooted in past, looking into future, happening here and now. Jacek was born in ...
Cari Lekebusch
Stockholm | Sweden
H-Productions
Cari Lekebusch is a Stockholm-based sound architect alongsides other Swedish Techno profiles like Adam Beyer, Joel Mull, Alexi Delano and Jesper Dahlbäck. He has borne many pseudonyms over the course of his illustrious career to date including Fred, Mr Barth, Braincell, Shape Changer, Vector, and The Mantis to name a select few. In addition to ...
Stefny Winter
Montreal | USA
Archipel
Stefny's true love has always been music. She came from a classical background, playing the flute and self taught the piano. At this time she was able to pick up just about any instrument and play it. Later her influences came from 70’s and 80’s electronica, new wave, pop, underground hip hop, dancehall, and classic ...
Quenum
Geneva | Switzerland
Clapper | Crosstown Rebels
DJ/producer Philippe Quenum is a long-time player with an extensive track-record. You would need a lifetime to assemble his lavish discography, from his own recording labels to other highly recognized imprints. He founded Access 58 in London with Paulo Nascimento, Cadenza with Luciano and is now running Clapper records with his friend and studio partner ...
Jin Choi
Berlin | Germany
Archipel | Private Gold | Ware
Jin Choi is a musician, producer, DJ and live artist based in Berlin, Germany. In his music he equally focuses on groove and melodic structures, which are based on Techno, House, Soul and Dub. Themusic fuses electronic and naturalistic sounds, which are twisted, bended and whirled for an always bubbling and breathing rhythmic experience. Functionality ...
Dave Tarrida
Vienna | Austria
Dave Tarrida started his career in 1991 at Edinburgh´s infamous Sativa club, as promoter and dj. this was the club that also saw the debut´s of Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt. 1994 saw the start of Sativae Recordings which he ran with Steve Glencross, seeing influential releases from close friends like Cristain Vogel and Landstrumm ...
Metope
Berlin | Germany
Beachcoma Recordings | IRR | Sender Records
Metope’s tracks sometimes seem as if they longed to turn their digital being into real flesh. Unable to achieve this, they try to imagine what it would be like, by using bit reduction processes to simulate half forgotten thoughts. After years of calculations and communications with the spirit of a long forgotten master called 'Sid', ...
Frank Martiniq
Berlin | Germany
Shock Play | Stroboscopic Artefacts
Frank Martiniq is an international DJ, producer and sound design pioneer. His unique vision of electronic dance music, combined with his talent, dynamism and experimental projects have acted as a springboard, propelling him to the forefront of house and techno global club scenes. It all started in 1991, Germany, Frank Martiniq devoted his life to ...
Mia Grobelny
Berlin
Sub Static
Emerging from Cologne's electronic scene in the late 90's, Mia Grobelny (formerly known as M.I.A. and not to be confused with the UK/Sri-Lankan pop star) has since proven to be among techno's most genuine and consistent female producers and DJ's. With Falko Brocksieper she co-founded the much-respected labels Sub Static and Karloff Rekordings, which have ...
Dana Ruh
Berlin | Germany
Aras | Brouqade | Crosstown Rebels
Born and raised in the German small town Gera, Dana Ruh soon found her way to the capital Berlin. Besides her daytime job she got herself into the beat and sound of the vibrating music scene where she started her steadily rising career as a DJ in 2005. Since then she experimented with electronic, house ...
Derek Plaslaiko
Detroit | USA
Perc Trax | Spectral Sound | The Bunker
There's nothing wrong with modesty. But some DJs are too modest, and Derek Plaslaiko is one of them. As someone that has thrived in some of the most competitive scenes for electronic music in the world, he has plenty to brag about. Plaslaiko cut his teeth in Detroit at the city's famed Record Time store, ...
Agaric & Walker Barnard
Berlin
We Are
Walker Barnard and Patrik Skoog met in the summer of 2006 at a back alley falafel stand in Kreuzberg. The hit it off famously and so proceeded to spend the next three days getting to know each other at a rained-out open air event in the suburbs of East Berlin. Years later, after countless late-nights ...
Brendon Moeller
New York | South Africa
Electric Deluxe
New York based South African, Brendon Moeller has been seriously producing since 1994. His compositions have been released on Francois K's Deep Space Media; Third ear Records, Echocord, Mule Musiq, Eskimo recordings and then some. He records as Brendon Moeller, Beat Pharmacy and Echologist. Dub, techno, jazz, afrobeat and psychedelics are inspirations that appear in ...
Walker Barnard
Berlin | Germany
Adjunct | Jackoff Records | We Are
Walker Barnard grew up on an ashram outside the American mainstream, listening to Balinese monkey chants, classical Indian music and The Beatles White Album. His first experience of the funk came early on when his father, who was making music videos for Motown, brought him to hang on the set of the shoot for Rick ...
Mario & Vidis
Lithuania
Best Kept Secret | Silence Music
The unique partnership is the brainchild of local dance music aficionado DJ Vidis. He teamed up with top Lithuanian producer Mario Basanov in 2007 to form the most influential local production combo and to deliver what could be the freshest sounding and most adventurous House music in Lithuania and around. Their first production effort, a ...
Oscar Mulero
Madrid | Spain
PoleGroup | Warm Up Recordings
The mid-eighties, Madrid. The Spanish capital is teeming under the grip of a musical explosion the likes of which has never been seen before. In the midst of that rabid swirl, a teenager, unknown and unassuming, enters a record shop to blow his savings on an album, Standing on a Beach, by The Cure. Little ...
Cristian Vogel
Geneva
Shitkatapult
Cristian Vogel is a composer, music producer and sound artist, known worldwide for his experimental DJ and Live performances, compositions for contemporary dance and many studio productions. Born in Chile 1972 and raised in the UK, the long-term innovator in composition, mixing and performance of electronic sounds is now based in Geneva. Over a 20 ...
Developer
Los Angeles
Modularz
Developer is one of a few active DJ/Producers that emerged from the Los Angeles techno scene in the early 1990's. After ending his residency as a DJ on radio station 88.7FM kspc back in 1995, Developer went to New York City to learn about the record distribution business and assisted in the launch of the ...
Jeff Mills
Detroit | USA
Axis Records
Mills is part of the glorious history of electronic music. Born in June 1963 in Detroit (the historic capital of today’s techno), Jeff is of the same generation as its illustrious pioneers such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson. His career is just as precocious as theirs, having built his early reputation in ...
