The Mind started DJing at the age of 14 at the Plastic Academy of Barcelona. After a while he bought two turntables and started practicing frequently at home. Since the beginning, he has always been recognized for his dark and convincing sounds typical of Cataluña (Hard Techno, Hardcore, Hard Trance, Hardstyle). By the age of […]
Darek Mazzone has been a Producer/DJ for the last 20 years, starting in Boston, MA at a production company called Interlock Media Associates. Darek produced films about the struggles of indigenous tribes to protect their land and way of life from encroaching modernization and exploitation. Films such as “Rainforests Proving their Worth” and ” The […]
Michael Manahan is an essential and vital element of the Pacific Northwest electronic music community; Hailing from Seattle, he brings DJ sets that are deep and heavily influenced by both cutting edge and ancient sounds. Known for mixing genres and styles in his sets, this DJ, performer, producer, and space cowboy is an innovator and […]
Nicolas Jaar is a Chilean-American musician and founder of record label ‘Other People’ . He was a member of the New York based outfit DARKSIDE. ‘Space is Only Noise’ is the name of his first record. He resides in New York. Jaar’s music is ruminative and emotional (he calls it “blue-wave”), drawing inspiration from fellow […]
David Gvaberidze (Stimmhalt) was born in 1991, 27th February in Tbilisi, Georgia.
You might not be familiar with the name Doza, but if you’re any fan of deep House music you’ve likely heard his work. Carlos has been contributing to the American underground House sound since 2001 as half of LawnChair Generals, one of the most respected House music duos in the U.S. Although LCG is known […]
Joe Kay is the co-founder of Soulection, as well as host of Soulection Radio and an active DJ in the worldwide music community especially at home in Los Angeles. As a worldwide tastemaker and Head of A&R for Soulection, Joe oversees all artists and musical output of the label while consistently digging for “The Sound […]
Jessica Phillippe is diehard, born with true grit and skills to pay the bills. Despite her success with the Dirtybird gang, she’s still out there in record stores on the regular… digging, uncovering precious gems and weaving them into her dynamic sets with panache. She’s a hard-working, dedicated lady who refuses to compromise and aims […]
Sone is Seattle based DJ and Producer Brian Sonnleitner. His first exploits into music was being immersed in the underground punk scene growing up in Wisconsin during the 90′s. Then late one August evening, after witnessing Chris Liberator melt his mind, Brian shifted gears into pursuing his passion for techno full time. Sone is now […]
Early releases gained support from some of music’s most important names. Benji B, Gilles Peterson, and Jamie XX were early champions, Ikopol was released as part of Adult Swim’s {UNCLASSIFIED} compilation alongside tracks from Burial, Kode9 and Untold. Having toured extensively as a DJ, headlining club shows all around the UK and Europe, Dauwd has […]
David Brian Pezzner was born in Tarzana, California in 1975 and currently lives in Seattle, Washington. He is 5 foot 7 inches in height and weighs about 165 lbs. His brother, Bill works at the Port Of Seattle and has four children, two of whom are actually step-children. Bill’s wife owns a local publication and […]
1/3 of Lost Boys DJ crew. Studio 4/4 resident. KINGDOM resident. Foundation Nightclub resident. Creative Director of Q Nightclub. Booker for Trashed events. A&R Mgr at Build It Records.
Sean Horton aka Nordic Soul has long been enamored with artistic expression, the creation of music, and the technology that fuses it all together. Today he is best known as founder, curator and president of the Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance Visual Art and New Media in Seattle. In 2014, Sean was named […]
It’s not enough to call Strategy a producer of electronic music; Portland-based Paul Dickow stretches his skills among ambient and dub, high-spirited techno, house and sound art, all couched in musicianship and a community-minded DIY weird-punk approach. As complex and nuanced as his music can be, it’s not distractingly ornate: Dickow embraces certain low-fi aesthetics, […]
One of techno’s true underground heroes, Function (Dave Sumner) has been DJing and making music for over 15 years. Hailing from New York, he was seduced by techno music when Jeff Mills held a residency (as well as his own first) at the Limelight in the early 90s. Dave started to produce music and from […]
Born and raised in Seattle, Briana Marela has traveled some but has always called the state of Washington home. There is a sense of place in her music — a sense of nature, of the northwest and of the unique space that exists between cities and wilderness. More than that, however, Briana draws inspiration from […]
Right now Dylan Stark doesn’t have a Facebook following, or a twitter feed. He hasn’t been hyping his Tumblr presence or pushing for subscribers on Youtube. Instead the 24 year old Portland, Oregon resident has focused every bit of his time making some of the most richly immersive and intricate music we’ve ever heard. Dylan’s […]
Dasha Rush is Russian born, but actually she is a citizen of the world. Combining her activities as a techno producer on her own Fullpanda label among the others and dj with multi-artistic collaborations alongside artists and dancers, Dasha Rush brings up a mixture of rather rare techno electronic experimentation’s, and synthesized sounds more akin […]
Laurel Halo is a producer and live electronic musician from Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Influenced by her Midwest roots, the music speaks to new club ecologies, explored via abstracted rhythms, chaotic ambience and moody jazz elements. As Halo once told to The Wire Magazine, “Techno is a meditative force that can process darkness and […]
Manatee Commune, a.k.a. Grant Eadie, began in the misty trees Bellingham, Washington. Combining textures of the rainy woods and the windy seas of the Pacific Northwest with the calming mood of clean surfy guitar licks and rolling arpeggiated sine waves, Manatee Commune seeks to capture the atmosphere of taking a thoughtful, self-reflecting stroll through the […]
Margaret Chardiet was born and raised in New York City. She has been making power electronics / death industrial music under the name Pharmakon for five years. As a founding member of the Red Light District collective in Far Rockaway, NY she has been a figurehead in the underground experimental scene since the age of […]
Jayson Jenkins, better known as Mick Jenkins (his stage name), is an American hip-hop recording artist born in Huntsville, Alabama on April 16th, 1991. He was then raised on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. Jenkins is a member of Free Nation, a hip-hop group that promotes creative thought without accepting narrow views imposed by […]
Aaron Carmack also known as Mr. Carmack is a DJ, music producer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He is a member of the LA based Team Supreme collective as well as Soulection; an international group of producers also based in LA. During his rise to fame in 2013, Mr. Carmack achieved the #1 spot […]
Grey Filastine is the composer of a gritty electronic music that collides the lowest frequencies of bass music with the highest-level beat science, acoustic instruments and field recordings. His work often features Javanese indie rapper Nova and avant-garde cellist Brent Arnold. These two can frequently be seen onstage with Filastine at some of the nearly […]
Classic modern techno is exactly what Sian and his label Octopus represent. When you have interests ranging from entomology, cosmology and marine biology, to the social impact of the rave generation, you tend to make unusual art. Sian stands out as a little more bohemian than the average electronic talent. Born in Dublin, Ireland and […]
Natasha Kmeto is an electronic producer/vocalist dedicated to the art of emotional engagement. Writing, producing, and performing all her material, Kmeto combines her sensuous voice with a dancefloor ethic, exuding a thoughtful physicality that rewards openness and vulnerability. Stylistically she explores the lines intersected by RnB, soul, and dance music, built using an electronic toolkit […]
Drumcell was born as Moe Espinosa in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley. Far away from the glamour and glitter of Hollywood, he cut his teeth growing up in a vibrant, culturally diverse neighborhood that still breeds inspiration for his work. San Gabriel Valley is also where he and the Raíz brothers, Vangelis and Vidal, met […]
Stwo is a 21-year-old producer from Paris, France. Only starting to release tracks in 2013, he has grabbed the attention of millions of fans with his most recent EP ‘Beyond’ featuring “Lovin U”, and his debut EP ‘Moans’. Signed to label Huh What & Where alongside the likes of Kaytranada, his musical style of smooth future […]
As Experimental Housewife, Evelyn Malinowski is a playful yet potent force. Mixing a variety of genres together, ExHouse’s hope is to offer surprise and therapeutic irony, as well as synchronicity, to listeners. While she is celebrated for both lengthy, solid dance sets as well as multi-layered drone sets, both of which maintain a signature of […]
A relative newcomer to the Portland scene, Ginkgo has wasted no time building a community of DJs, artists, and dancers aiming for nothing less than the elevation of dancefloor culture. Believe You Me, the new deep house monthly party he founded with partner Andy Warren, has been welcomed with enthusiasm by ecstatic dancers, Burners, and […]
There is an air of mystery shrouding the true meaning behind the acronym of M.A.N.D.Y., an alias which embodies the mutual talents of childhood friends Philipp Jung and Patrick Bodmer. The pair readily indulge this curiosity by toying with various clever possibilities, including Me AND You, but the truth is likely a giggle under each […]
Since being introduced to electronic music back in the early 90’s, David has been hooked. At the age of 15 he started DJing and playing out at local underground events and raves around the Southern California area. You would’ve found him spinning various styles from house, acid, & techno to hardcore techno. After years of […]
Producers and label owners Vangelis and Vidal Vargas have performed worldwide from North America to Europe to Japan. Through their connection with Drumcell they developed the label, production group and music collective Droid Behavior. Aside from curating forward thinking events such as Interface, Raíz have released affective music on labels including Electric Deluxe, Historia Y […]
Conjuror of party magic and resident DJ for Believe You Me Productions in Portland, OR.
Blowing up from what seems like out of thin air, future bass producer AWE is beginning to take the world by storm. Little has been officially released by this producer so far, but has been released are quality goods. The new alias by dubstep/electronic producer Zachary Urman (previously known as Zaku Chan) is already making waves […]
P L L, Chris Davis’s Basic Channel informed modular improvisational techno project. Davis is a member of Brain Fruit, Master Musicians of Bukakke, as well as a long standing MOTOR resident. The name P L L refers to a phase lock loop, which Davis states is the concept behind this project, creating a loop, a […]
Sean Pierce Sumler is an artist currently operating out of Portland, Oregon. In the early aughts Pierce began focusing his efforts on creating experimental music using audio tape, home made electronics, and other objects that were never intended to make music. Recently, Pierce began organizing these sounds to create patterns and rhythms evocative of early […]
For Djemba Djemba, versatility is king. From bass pow- ered festival bangers to mass-appealing future pop to intelligent headphone music, Djemba’s main focus is to create truly authentic, and refreshingly unexpected music that defies classification. His ever-changing solo work, extensive collaborations, and thoughtful curation has made him something of an Internet legend among fans, tastemakers, […]
Experimental moniker of the techno artists Shifted.
After years of producing music under various guises, Jon Charnis found his true calling in the slower, darker, and deeper shades of house music. This re-invention was part of a bigger shift in the artist’s life, as he relocated from Washington DC to Los Angeles, and launched a new moniker under his actual birth name. […]
Dedicated purveyors of all that is good in house music, System of Survival are Pietro ‘Bingo’ De Lisi and Alex Carpentieri, and have been resident DJs at that bastion of underground Ibiza, Circo Loco, since the party first began over decade ago. Living, playing, producing and releasing material together since ’89 in Italy, they were […]
For a number of years Gilligan Moss has been producing left-field house music on the sly; his creative outlet for navigating post collegiate life in his native Chicago. Dissatisfied with the routine of “adult life” Moss began sharing tracks with friends and soon devoted himself to music in 2014. He has since been steadily producing […]
Photay is the solo musical endeavor of Evan Shornstein, a 21-year-old hailing from the lush and peaceful evergreen valley of Woodstock, NY. Having been introduced to Aphex Twin at the tender age of 9, he quickly began to embrace music in all of its forms. This early inspiration provided a foundation for his musical growth […]
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that 2011 was an incredible year for Mr. Julio Bashmore. The Bristol native rounded off a string of stellar EP’s on an array of prolific labels with the highlight being a filmic piece of house music for Futureboogie Recordings. ‘Riff Wrath’ was the perfect embodiment of Bashmore’s fluid modern […]
Launching his music career from his freshman dorm room, the Los Angeles-based 22-year-old producer/DJ, Justin Jay, has already seen success that extends well beyond his years, but he is surely not resting on any laurels as he further refines his expertise as a true artist. As the youngest member of the dirtybird family, Justin has […]
“The one thing I knew was that I wanted this record to be a trip. When I go out, I want to give myself up to music. That was the idea for the album.” If the main motivation whilst making Drone Logic was to take the listener on a hi-fidelity trip for the duration of […]
“We were never happy just making music on acoustic guitars,” says Tom Howie of the organic-electronic sound of Bob Moses, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Canada duo he formed with partner Jimmy Vallance. “Our live show combines what a DJ does with a rock band,” Vallance adds. “Everything flows together in a continuous mix for the dancefloor, but it’s […]
“Vril is a low-key techno artist who delivers his message simply and powerfully. You won’t have noticed significant shifts in his style since he started releasing under the name in 2010. Instead, the Hannover artist has gradually refined a brand of deep, loop-driven techno that draws from the dub techno blueprint of Basic Channel. Much […]
Sango is a Seattle-born, now Grand Rapids, Michigan based producer who is most known for his remixes of Aaliyah, Drake, Little Dragon, Nas, The Weeknd, and now his debut album ‘North’. He is currently signed to Los Angeles record label Soulection, and music collective AGO. At the young age of 12, Sango started producing music […]
The best music is made by those who expose our very guilty pleasures with undeniable, stimulating creations. This can be said of the mere samples we have received this year from rising producer CYRIL HAHN. The Bern, Switzerland native experimented early on with music production during high school and abandoned it after leaving his hometown […]
Dj Tennis born in 1970 and raised between New Jersey, Sicily and Parma in a family where music was such a small thing. No relatives playing any musical instruments, nothing to play at home, no one giving music any special amount of love. But despite this, his creative and artistic attitude have always centered around […]
ESTA is a beatmaker’s beatmaker. An open-minded, loyal supporter of all music philosophies,ESTA maintains zero barriers in his meticulous method of danceable, yet sexy music making. Based in Southern California and part of Los Angeles-based imprint, Soulection, ESTA is a rising star within the future music ecosystem comfortably sitting at a nearly 73k worldwide following […]
The cavernous and beautiful project of renowned DJ and Further Records headmaster Chloe Harris, Raica walks a fine line between lucid animation and blurred darkness. “Originally released as a tape in 2012, Dose marked a difficult transition for Chloe Harris, the Seattle-based producer and co-head of Further Records. Before she made experimental synth music as […]
Over the past few years, U.S. dj/producer Jack Coleman aka JAK has seen his profile steadily rising with releases on respected labels such as Trapez, Torque, Slap Jaxx, Fade Records, Illegal Alien, Subspec, and his own label SubSensory Recordings. Jack’s original tracks and remixes have hit the top 50 sales charts on leading outlets. His […]
“Vox Mod, aka Seattle native Scot Porter, has been dropping a succession of sleek, futureshocked hip-hop collections – including the excellently titled Selected Transient Works 04-09 – on his Bandcamp for a little while now. A full-length proper, SYN-AESTHETIC, is due later this year, and will feature turns from THEESatisfaction associate Erik Blood and Robot Koch’s […]
Drawing from an eclectic palette of musical influences, Shaprece’s latest artistic direction ranges from electronic beats to orchestral arrangement, soulful vocals to ambient soundscapes. Blending digitally altered tones with sultry and smoky vocals, she has aspired to create a category to call her own. Throughout the creative process, she’s gathered inspiration from the likes of […]
Now recognized as one of the principal profiles in techno, Joseph Capriati has established a reputation as a universally popular and in-demand talent. A naturally charismatic DJ with a back catalogue of standout productions, Joseph is an instinctive performer with a genuine enthusiasm for entertaining; marking him out as a leading light amongst the next […]
Mysterious French DJ and producer Shiba San’s deep connection with music, specifically hip hop, is well known. It forms his infectious, ghetto leaning deep house for labels like the influential San Fran label ‘Dirtybird’ and Amine Edge & DANCE’s hotter than hot House outlet ‘Cuff’. Fusing classic analogue sounds with current technology, his rock-solid productions […]
It all started with one of these Chicago Trax compilations on DM/STREETSOUNDS. As a reaction to his thirsting for more of these crazed beats from overseas and with a view to his tight budget, the greatest hits of these expensive imported 12” singles were soon released in the form of a compendium. This opened Pandora’s […]
Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner. Known for crafting a brand of subtle, musical techno, his recorded output ranges across tempo and genre […]
Gary based producer Jlin, who some of you might remember for her track “Erotic Heat” (Bangs and Works Vol.2 – Planet Mu 2011), or from her moment in the mainstream light providing music for fashion designer Rick Owens’ F/W 14 Paris runway show, is stepping further into the light with a stunning eleven track debut […]
Buoyed by the whirlwind success he has achieved since emerging as the new kid on the techno block in 2008, Alan Fitzpatrick is at the top of his game and brimming with the confidence you would expect of a talent acknowledged as one of the most influential techno artists of the moment. On the back […]
Agoria (born Sébastien Devaud on January 16, 1976) is a French electronic music producer, composer and DJ. He has made four albums entitled “Blossom” (2003), “The Green Armchair” (2006), “Impermanence” (2011) and the soundtrack to the movie “Go Fast”. He is one of the founders of the record label InFiné. Closely affiliated to the city […]
Young Ejecta is an electronic duo based in Brooklyn, NY comprised of singer-songwriter Leanne Macomber (Fight Bite, Neon Indian) and acclaimed producer Joel Ford (Autre Ne Veut, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ford & Lopatin). Their collaboration began in 2012 when Ford sifted through years of Macomber’s foggy melodic bedroom demos. He, in turn, offered instrumental pieces […]
Tin Man is an artist in the truest sense of the word. Over the last decade now the man born Johannes Auvinen has explored an ever evolving sound palette that touches on house, techno and ambient. Much like his namesake’s character in the Wizard of Oz, he has been on a mission to find his […]
The Acid came together from three separate worlds. They are globe trotting, Grammy nominated DJ & Producer Adam Freeland, creator of subversive crossover hit ‘We Want Your Soul’, spearhead of a scene and label boss of Brighton’s Marine Parade Records; Californian Polymath Steve Nalepa, whose time is split as a producer, composer, professor of music […]
Brooklyn-based producer, composer, pianist, DJ and live musician Taylor McFerrin is set to release his first full length LP, Early Riser, in June 2014 on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder record label. Taylor’s musical style is equally influenced by the legends of 60s/70s Soul, the kings of the Modern Beat Generation, Golden Era hip hop, free form […]
A longtime collector of music, Recondite had his first experience with drum machines and hardware synths just a few years ago in a small studio next to the forest in lower Bavaria. It wasn’t long after that he moved to Berlin to build up Plangent Records, where the artist rapidly established his name. Plangent #001 […]
With the success of Dan Deacon’s 2007 album Spiderman of the Rings, came an opportunity for the electronic-music iconoclast to increase the breadth and depth of his entire musical project. Deacon moved from self-contained computer music to orchestral epics. His interactive live show, honed in DIY spaces, was taken to museums and concert halls. He […]
Tim Hecker is a Juno award-winning Canadian composer and sound artist. He has spent the last decade inhabiting a unique intersection between noise, dissonance, and melody. In his varied and celebrated works, digital and organic sources tightly intertwine. The result is a hybrid aesthetic that recalls electronic abstraction and psychedelic minimalism. Hecker purposefully obfuscates the […]
“Music is like sculpture. It’s like trying to capture a moment of ultimate momentum, and distill it forever”. – Clark, August 2014 ‘Clark’, boldly eponymous, is the Warp experimentalist’s seventh album in 13 years? climaxing a narrative that commenced with ‘Clarence Park’, the first “Clark” attributed album ‘Body Riddle’, through the Yin and Yang of […]
Simon Green, AKA Bonobo, is an artist very much at the peak of his powers. His 2013 album ‘The North Borders’ was the high watermark of his career to date: a masterful record, marrying Green’s inimitable melodic genius to cutting edge electronics, bass and drums. An artist that constantly pushes himself outside of his musical […]
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Driven from a diverse musical background in jazz, psychedelic rock, post-punk, and metal, Archivist (Alex Markey) plummeted his way into techno’s darkest corners. His sets are inspired by insurgent outdoor techno parties in Eastern Washington and dark, grimy Tacoma basements, fused with the expansive landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In 2012, he joined Seattle artists […]
Alex Tsiridis and Hüseyin Evirgen formed Cassegrain in 2008 after meeting at the Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, having quickly bonded over their mutual appreciation of electronic music. Turkish-born Evirgen had had a strict musical education, playing piano from the age of seven while studying composition in Istanbul and at the Mozarteum University in […]
“…[A]n increasingly respected DJ, known for uplifting sets that balance established anthems with idiosyncratic selections. She’s an accomplished producer, too, with a string of irresistible tracks—‘Exodus’ and ‘A Jealous Heart Never Rests’ among them—that still get plenty of airtime two years later. And then there’s her position as the talent buyer at Chicago’s Smart Bar, […]
Named for partially for a character in Star Wars and partially for his birth year, Seattle-based producer Branden Clarke makes lush, atmospheric electronic music under the moniker IG88. After picking up classical guitar in his youth, Clarke eventually moved towards making electronic music under his current moniker (as well as hip-hop under the name Triceracorn.) […]
“Josef Gaard is part of the Seattle crew secondnature, who have put on parties with Abdulla Rashim and Varg, among other heady artists. Those Swedish producers are good reference points for Levenson’s own material, which is techno so deep you can barely find the kick drum. For the Portland label Blankstairs, he makes immaculate surround-sound techno […]
Brendan Angelides is a Los Angeles based music producer & composer who records and performs live as Eskmo. His multi-genre compositions have been featured on influential labels like Ninja Tune, Warp, Planet Mu and most recently, the small Belgium label that first introduced the world to Aphex Twin, Apollo (the sidearm of R&S.) The new […]
It was spring 2010 when the cologne natives decided to kick their ass into gear and get out of their Studio to bring their beats to the world. Less than 12 months later Andhim were voted in the top-ten German newcomers of Groove and Raveline Magazine and their records were found in the cases and […]