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7 Samurai

Gamm Records, Munich/D

Who? Producer/DJ duo Marc Frank & Tom Wieland
Previously called: LesGammas (Compost)
Hometown: Munich
Style: Pirate Soul
Live: Soundsystem with Marc Frank on Drums & Effects, Tom Wieland on turntables & visuals & Alicia ‘Blue Eyez’ Smith on da mic.
Not: one hit wonder
Radio show: Trans Europa Express
Label: Gamm records

Who? Producer/DJ duo Marc Frank & Tom Wieland
Previously called: LesGammas (Compost)
Hometown: Munich
Style: Pirate Soul
Live: Soundsystem with Marc Frank on Drums & Effects, Tom Wieland on turntables & visuals & Alicia ‘Blue Eyez’ Smith on da mic.
Not: one hit wonder
Radio show: Trans Europa Express
Label: Gamm records

www.samurai.fm/transeuropaexpress

Ada

Areal, Köln/D

1st release on Areal: 2002 (before that she played in Rock bands)
Known for: her Minimal korg set-up
Style: charming live Techno
Releases: 12’ Believer/Arriba Amoeba, 12’ Lovelace, LP Blondie etc.

1st release on Areal: 2002 (before that she played in Rock bands)
Known for: her Minimal korg set-up
Style: charming live Techno
Releases: 12’ Believer/Arriba Amoeba, 12’ Lovelace, LP Blondie etc.

www.areal-records.com

Al Haca

Different Drummer, Greifswald/D

What? an open source production collective with members based in Germany (Greifswald, Stuttgart, Berlin), as well as in Birmingham/UK.
At the core of the project are the main members (MCC and RQM plus Arnd Wollmann and Ras T-Weed)
Labels: Different Drummer, Klein Records, Metapolyp
Style: Imagine Roots Manuva’s take on HipHop, mixed with some of them dirty basslines and broke-fuck-up-beats of Dizzy Rascal, but still warm sounding like that future Soul of a Sa Ra Partners collective - retouched and dubbed to the outer limits by a Mad Professor
History: Ten years in the game as a sound system, 5 as a production team, two classic records released internationally along with a catalogue of remixes all amounting to well over 11 thousand records sold in 3 years

What? an open source production collective with members based in Germany (Greifswald, Stuttgart, Berlin), as well as in Birmingham UK.
At the core of the project are the main members (MCC and RQM plus Arnd Wollmann and Ras T-Weed)
Labels: Different Drummer, Klein Records, Metapolyp
Style: Imagine Roots Manuva’s take on HipHop, mixed with some of them dirty basslines and broke-fuck-up-beats of Dizzy Rascal, but still warm sounding like that future Soul of a Sa Ra Partners collective - retouched and dubbed to the outer limits by a Mad Professor
History: Ten years in the game as a sound system, 5 as a production team, two classic records released internationally along with a catalogue of remixes all amounting to well over 11 thousand records sold in 3 years

www.kleinrecords.com
www.diffdrum.co.uk
www.metapolyp.de

Alan Brown

Soulseduction, Vienna/A

From London, now based in Vienna
Profession: DJ
Sound: eclectic
Homebase: Soulseduction, Black Market

From London, now based in Vienna
Profession: DJ
Sound: eclectic
Homebase: Soulseduction, Black Market

www.soulseduction.com

Any Maniac

disko404, Graz

History: involved with electronic music since 1996
Style: from Drum’n’Bass and Jungle to Tekkno as well as Breakcore
Heavily influenced by the local Widerstand parties
Liveact: Breakcore with humour

History: involved with electronic music since 1996
Style: from Drum’n’Bass and Jungle to Tekkno as well as Breakcore
Heavily influenced by the local Widerstand parties
Liveact: Breakcore with humour

disko404.org

Anyone

Montreal/Can

Profession: VJ
Fact: Voted world’s 5th top VJ of 2005 by DJ Mag, 9th in 2004, VJ Anyone has delivered many lecturing, curating and promotion projects.
Founded a string of audiovisual performances with Bristol’s Electro sensation Motorboy, at the Thames Festival in London, New Media Festivals in Thailand, Armenia and more. Released two solo DVDs (Nite Lites / Graph Beats) for MixMash, Pioneer’s exclusive DVJ content provider.

Profession: VJ
Fact: Voted world’s 5th top VJ of 2005 by DJ Mag, 9th in 2004, VJ Anyone has delivered many lecturing, curating and promotion projects.
Founded a string of audiovisual performances with Bristol’s Electro sensation Motorboy, at the Thames Festival in London, New Media Festivals in Thailand, Armenia and more. Released two solo DVDs (Nite Lites / Graph Beats) for MixMash, Pioneer’s exclusive DVJ content provider.

www.anyone.org.uk

Ark

Dialect, Paris/F

From: Paris, France
Profession: DJ, producer
Style: Minimal Cut Up Techno at its finest
Status: a precursor, always light years ahead of his time
Labels: Perlon, Katapult, Playhouse
Known as: the most crackbrained man in club-business
Feared by: Sound Engineers
Collaborations: Copacabannark (with Cabanne),  Shalark (Ark with Shalom), Krikark (with Krikor)
Clubs; Rex, the Batofar, the Scene, the New Casino, Panorama Bar, Le Pulp
Recent album: ‘Caliente’,

From: Paris, France
Profession: DJ, producer
Style: Minimal Cut Up Techno at its finest
Status: a precursor, always light years ahead of his time
Labels: Perlon, Katapult, Playhouse
Known as: the most crackbrained man in club-business
Feared by: Sound Engineers
Collaborations: Copacabannark (with Cabanne),  Shalark (Ark with Shalom), Krikark (with Krikor)
Clubs; Rex, the Batofar, the Scene, the New Casino, Panorama Bar, Le Pulp
Recent album: ‘Caliente’,

www.dialectrecordings.com
www.djouls.com/ark

Artquitects

Graz/A

Style: no limits
Club-night: ‘taboo’ at Veilchen / Forum Stadtpark

Style: no limits
Club-night: ‘taboo’ at Veilchen / Forum Stadtpark

B.L.O.

Shellbeach, Graz

Local DJ from Graz
Label: shellbeach

Local DJ from Graz
Label: shellbeach

shellbeach.org

Balkanizer

Bushman Technologies, Graz/A

From: Balkan and beyond
Homebase: Graz
Label: Bushman Technologies
Clubnight: Balkanica
What? a collective of musicians, a transnational melting pot, making new Balkan music, an electronic folk parade, inspired by the south-east.
Influences: HipHop, Dub, Tszigane, 80s. Machosexism, Homo Balkanicus, Jewish Wedding Music in Ragga, Tango Love Mortale

From: Balkan and beyond
Homebase: Graz
Label: Bushman Technologies
Clubnight: Balkanica
What? a collective of musicians, a transnational melting pot, making new Balkan music, an electronic folk parade, inspired by the south-east.
Influences: HipHop, Dub, Tszigane, 80s. Machosexism, Homo Balkanicus, Jewish Wedding Music in Ragga, Tango Love Mortale

www.myspace.com/balkanizer
balkanica.ortlos.at

Bernhard Fleischmann

Wien/A

From: Vienna
Born: 1976
Profession: Producer, Musician
Education: Trained piano player and drummer, played in many bands
Style: emotional Electronics, IDM
Labels: Charizma, Morr
Cooperations: Duo 505, Villalog
Classic: ‘Pop loops for breakfast’
Last album ‘The Humbucking Coil’, 2006

From: Vienna
Born: 1976
Profession: Producer, Musician
Education: Trained piano player and drummer, played in many bands
Style: emotional Electronics, IDM
Labels: Charizma, Morr
Cooperations: Duo 505, Villalog
Classic: ‘Pop loops for breakfast’
Last album ‘The Humbucking Coil’, 2006

www.bfleischmann.com

Bill Brewster

London/UK

Hometown: London
Profession: DJ, theorist, author
Sound: just great – from Disco to House
News: The new edition of Bill’s book Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (a modern classic!) has just been published by Headline in the UK

Hometown: London
Profession: DJ, theorist, author
Sound: just great – from Disco to House
News: The new edition of Bill’s book Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (a modern classic!) has just been published by Headline in the UK

www.djhistory.com

Binder & Krieglstein

Zeiger, Graz/A

Profession: producer, drummer
Style: exciting Pop mixing clubby Breakbeats, Ethno-Pop, Jazz, Soul and all kinds of other influences
Albums: ‘International’ and ‘Trip’
Label: Zeiger Records
News: working on new album in Berlin, produced by Shantel
Famous for: Wir wissen nicht …(Shantels Bucovina Remix)

rofession: producer, drummer
Style: exciting Pop mixing clubby Breakbeats, Ethno-Pop, Jazz, Soul and all kinds of other influences
Albums: ‘International’ and ‘Trip’
Label: Zeiger Records
News: working on new album in Berlin, produced by Shantel
Famous for: Wir wissen nicht …(Shantels Bucovina Remix)

www.zeiger.com
www.mikaella.org/bk

Bitz & Puschmann

Houseverbot, Graz/A

Hometown: Graz
Who? Florian Puschmann and Matthias Scherz
Profession: DJs, producers
Style: Minimal Techno
Label: Houseverbot Recordings
Club: Birds

Hometown: Graz
Who? Florian Puschmann and Matthias Scherz
Profession: DJs, producers
Style: Minimal Techno
Label: Houseverbot Recordings
Club: Birds

www.houseverbot.org

Bugz In The Attic

London/UK

Collective consisting of DJs, musicians and producers
Artists: Kaidi Tatham, Mark Force, Seiji, dkd, Daz-I-Kue, Alex Phountzi, Cliff Scott, Mikey Stirton, The Lord
Label: Bitasweet Records
Founded: 1999, London
News: Bugz studio album to be out in 2006

Collective consisting of DJs, musicians and producers
Artists: Kaidi Tatham, Mark Force, Seiji, dkd, Daz-I-Kue, Alex Phountzi, Cliff Scott, Mikey Stirton, The Lord
Label: Bitasweet Records
Founded: 1999, London
News: Bugz studio album to be out in 2006

www.bugzintheattic.net

Bunny Lake

Vienna/A

Who? Christian Fuchs (voc., lyrics), Dr. Nachtstrom (music, prod.), Suzy on the rocks (voc.), Christof Baumgartner (Live-Bass)
Style: Electro-Pop, Late Night Glam
Debut Album: ‘Late Night Tapes’
News: a vinyl-12’ with remixes by Christopher Just, DJ Glow and Marflow to be out soon
Label: Universal/monkey

Who? Christian Fuchs (voc., lyrics), Dr. Nachtstrom (music, prod.), Suzy on the rocks (voc.), Christof Baumgartner (Live-Bass)
Style: Electro-Pop, Late Night Glam
Debut Album: ‘Late Night Tapes’
News: a vinyl-12’ with remixes by Christopher Just, DJ Glow and Marflow to be out soon
Label: Universal/monkey

www.bunnylake.net

Burt Latino & Mavis

London/UK

Hometown: London, UK
Profession: DJ, music connoisseur, Visual Artist
Sound: Just crazy
Live: Together with VJ Mavis
Quote: ‘Life is way too short to take anything too seriously, especially yourself!’
Latest release: ‘Burt’s Commercial Breaks Vol.1’

Hometown: London, UK
Profession: DJ, music connoisseur, Visual Artist
Sound: Just crazy
Live: Together with VJ Mavis
Quote: ‘Life is way too short to take anything too seriously, especially yourself!’
Latest release: ‘Burt’s Commercial Breaks Vol.1’

www.burtlatino.com

Carl Craig

Planet E, Detroit/USA

Age: 37
Hometown: Detroit
Status: genius
Education: studied electronic music
Genre: Futuristic Techno
Important releases: ‘More Songs About Food & Revolutionary Art’ (1997), ‘Landcruising’ (1995)
Last mix CD: ‘Fabric 25’
Label: planet e communications

Age: 37
Hometown: Detroit
Status: genius
Education: studied electronic music
Genre: Futuristic Techno
Important releases: ‘More Songs About Food & Revolutionary Art’ (1997), ‘Landcruising’ (1995)
Last mix CD: ‘Fabric 25’
Label: planet e communications

www.planet-e.net

Christian Candid

Klein Records, Vienna/A

Hometown: Vienna
Profession: Producer, remixer and labelhead of Klein records
Doing what? Signing artists like the Sofa Surfers, Seelenluft, I-Wolf, Mika, Mum, The Bug, Bauchklang, Louie Austen or Coloma
Since 2005: club night called FACT:club – held regularly in Vienna and Graz

Hometown: Vienna
Profession: Producer, remixer and labelhead of Klein records
Doing what? Signing artists like the Sofa Surfers, Seelenluft, I-Wolf, Mika, Mum, The Bug, Bauchklang, Louie Austen or Coloma
Since 2005: club night called FACT:club – held regularly in Vienna and Graz

www.kleinrecords.com

Christian Gerlich

electronic beat lounge, Graz/A

Hometon: Graz
Profession: Architect
Passion: DJ, Promoter
Style: Techno, Electro
Club: Suncity
Crew: the electronic beat lounge
Label: EBL_Music

Hometon: Graz
Profession: Architect
Passion: DJ, Promoter
Style: Techno, Electro
Club: Suncity
Crew: the electronic beat lounge
Label: EBL_Music

www.ebl.cc

Christoph Risco

Claramoto

Houseverbot, Graz/A

DJ, producer
From: Graz
Style: Minimal Techno
Fact: member of kamuflaas digital and m³
Label: Houseverbot Recordings
Club: Birds, m³

DJ, producer
From: Graz
Style: Minimal Techno
Fact: member of kamuflaas digital and m³
Label: Houseverbot Recordings
Club: Birds, m³

www.houseverbot.org

Clemens Neufeld

Giant Wheel, Graz/A

Who? Austrian musician, DJ and studio alchemist and founder/musical director of Giant Wheel Records,
Status: Austrian House and Techno pioneer
Hometown: Just moved to Graz
Fact: Clemens Neufeld hosted Austrias first weekly underground Techno/House club ‘Space Jungle’ in 1991/92 at Viennas legendary ‘U4’ club, which became the gathering place for the early Vienna electronic scene
Best album: ‘Bye, bye Berlin’
Current Label: Giant Wheel records

Who? Austrian musician, DJ and studio alchemist and founder/musical director of Giant Wheel Records,
Status: Austrian House and Techno pioneer
Hometown: Just moved to Graz
Fact: Clemens Neufeld hosted Austrias first weekly underground Techno/House club ‘Space Jungle’ in 1991/92 at Viennas legendary ‘U4’ club, which became the gathering place for the early Vienna electronic scene
Best album: ‘Bye, bye Berlin’
Current Label: Giant Wheel records

www.clemensneufeld.com
www.giant-wheel.de

Coldcut

Ninja Tune, London/UK

Hometown: London
Who? Jonathan More and Matt Black
Profession: DJs, sound architects, producers
Sound: groovy funked up breaks with a twist of HipHop and sampledelica
Status: Pioneers
Label: Ninja Tune
Facts: ‘Say Kids…’ was released in 1987 becoming the UK’s first sample-built record. In the same year the duo defined the term ‘remix’ on Eric B and Rakim’s ‘Paid in Full,’ cutting and pasting Israeli singer Ofra Haza’s vocals in a notorious reworking which became a worldwide classic.
Coldcut’s talent was recognized by a BPI ‘Producers Of the Year’ award in 1990. Their debut album, ‘What’s That Noise’, went silver.
Since then: founding Ninja Tune, signing artists like Roots Manuva, Amon Tobin, Herbalizer, founding Ntone and Big Dada thousands of projects and collaborations.
Radio Show: ‘Solid Steel’ on Kiss FM
Recent Album: ‘Sound mirrors’

Hometown: London
Who? Jonathan More and Matt Black
Profession: DJs, sound architects, producers
Sound: groovy funked up breaks with a twist of HipHop and sampledelica
Status: Pioneers
Label: Ninja Tune
Facts: ‘Say Kids…’ was released in 1987 becoming the UK’s first sample-built record. In the same year the duo defined the term ‘remix’ on Eric B and Rakim’s ‘Paid in Full,’ cutting and pasting Israeli singer Ofra Haza’s vocals in a notorious reworking which became a worldwide classic.
Coldcut’s talent was recognized by a BPI ‘Producers Of the Year’ award in 1990. Their debut album, ‘What’s That Noise’, went silver.
Since then: founding Ninja Tune, signing artists like Roots Manuva, Amon Tobin, Herbalizer, founding Ntone and Big Dada thousands of projects and collaborations.
Radio Show: ‘Solid Steel’ on Kiss FM
Recent Album: ‘Sound mirrors’

www.coldcut.net
www.ninjatune.net

Cristian Vogel

Mute, Barcelona/Es

Born: Chile, 1970
Profession: DJ and Producer
Style: Techno, Electronica, IDM
End of the 80s: interest for production Technology, tools
1991: studying ‘music of the 20th century’ in Brighton
1st album: ‘Absolute Time’, 1995 on Tresor
Fact: used to be in Super_Collider with Jamie Lidell
Status: innovator
Labels: Magnetic North, Ferox, Mille Plateaux, Trope, Tresor, Nova Mute
Last releases: 1968 Holes EP, Station 55 LP/CD
News : producing bands in Barcelona and constantly working on new material

Born: Chile, 1970
Profession: DJ and Producer
Style: Techno, Electronica, IDM
End of the 80s: interest for production Technology, tools
1991: studying ‘music of the 20th century’ in Brighton
1st album: ‘Absolute Time’, 1995 on Tresor
Fact: used to be in Super_Collider with Jamie Lidell
Status: innovator
Labels: Magnetic North, Ferox, Mille Plateaux, Trope, Tresor, Nova Mute
Last releases: 1968 Holes EP, Station 55 LP/CD
News : producing bands in Barcelona and constantly working on new material

www.no-future.com
www.cristianvogel.de

Darcosan

Vienna Scientists, Vienna/A

DJ and producer
Hometown: Vienna
Style: Drum’n’Breaks
History: After his band’s split up Darcosan traded his drumset for a pair of Technics 1210’s and became a DJ. Around 96 - already posessing a massive reputation for his finely crafted DJ sets - he discovered Drum’n’Bass and became one of Vienna’s prime leaders in the new field.
1997 saw the release of his first production entitled ‘Babe Factor’ on Vienna Scientists I.
Label: Aikolab, Vienna Scientists
News: Darcosan’™s new Aikolab soundrecording Studio based in quartier 21-electric avenue is a new platform for DJ & Producer workshops, as well as a production studio and a forthcoming internet radio station (under construction, starting early 2006)

DJ and producer
Hometown: Vienna
Style: Drum’n’Breaks
History: After his band’s split up Darcosan traded his drumset for a pair of Technics 1210’s and became a DJ. Around 96 - already posessing a massive reputation for his finely crafted DJ sets - he discovered Drum’n’Bass and became one of Vienna’s prime leaders in the new field.
1997 saw the release of his first production entitled ‘Babe Factor’ on Vienna Scientists I.
Label: Aikolab, Vienna Scientists
News: Darcosan’™s new Aikolab soundrecording Studio based in quartier 21-electric avenue is a new platform for DJ & Producer workshops, as well as a production studio and a forthcoming internet radio station (under construction, starting early 2006)

www.viennascientists.com

Dat Politics

Chicks On Speed, Lille/F

Founded: 1998 in Lille by Claude Pailliot, Gaetan Collet, Vincent Thierion and Emeric Aelters
Influences: noise, Rock and experimental stuff, bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine or The Boredoms
Style: laptop based Minimal-Glitch-Techno, IDM
Labels: Tigerbeat6, Chicks on Speed Records

Founded: 1998 in Lille by Claude Pailliot, Gaetan Collet, Vincent Thierion and Emeric Aelters
Influences: noise, Rock and experimental stuff, bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine or The Boredoms
Style: laptop based Minimal-Glitch-Techno, IDM
Labels: Tigerbeat6, Chicks on Speed Records

www.ski-pp.com

Decollage.tv

Graz/A

Hometown: Graz
What? a VJ-team with a lot of love and passion for moving pictures. And for parties.
Fact: The word ‘decollage’ comes from the french word meaning the opposite of ´to glue´. It is also used at french airports. When a plane takes off
Process: Take some static images (e.g. selfmade photographs) and digitally cut them into pieces. Add some moving footage and a breeze of color. Serve it hot with a loud tune and a fresh cocktail. That´s decollage.tv!

Hometown: Graz
What? a VJ-team with a lot of love and passion for moving pictures. And for parties.
Fact: The word ‘decollage’ comes from the french word meaning the opposite of ´to glue´. It is also used at french airports. When a plane takes off
Process: Take some static images (e.g. selfmade photographs) and digitally cut them into pieces. Add some moving footage and a breeze of color. Serve it hot with a loud tune and a fresh cocktail. That´s decollage.tv!

www.decollage.tv

DJ Beware

FM4, Wien / A

Der 27-jährige DJ Beware kommt ursprünglich aus Hong Kong und ist seit 1996 DJ. Er arbeitet genreübergreifend und mischt alles von Soul, Rock, Reggae über HipHop und Breakbeats bis hin zu Garage und Drum’n’Bass.DJ Beware war dreimal hintereinander Sieger der Technics DMC-Competition in Hong Kong (2001-2003) und ist auch Teil der britischen Turntablist-Crew Truesicians, die den DMC-Contest für England 2003 für sich entscheiden konnten. Beware ist der Tour-DJ für Patrice und I-Wolf. Neben seiner eigenen Mix-Show auf FM4, The Playground, ist er neben DJ DSL Resident DJ der wöchentlichen FM4 Hip Hop Sendung Tribe Vibes.

27 year old DJ Beware, originally from Hongkong, holds the title of 2001, 2002 and 2003 Technics DMC Hong Kong Champion, and is member of the former UK turntablist-crew Truesicians, who hold the title of DMC UK team champions 2003.
Drawing his influences from Soul, Rock, Reggae, HipHop, Breakbeats, Garage and Drum’n’Bass, DJ Beware manages to extract the essence of all these styles to blend and arrange them in a way that is both impressive and entertaining to his listeners. DJ Beware is the Tour-DJ for Patrice and Klein Records artist I-Wolf.
As well as having his own mix show The Playground, DJ Beware, together with DJ DSL, is resident DJ for weekly urban music show Tribe Vibes, both shows on FM4.

www.djbeware.com

DJ Bleed

De:Bug, Berlin/D

Aka Sascha Kösch
Hometown: Berlin
Profession: DJ, author
Style: Techno, House, anything that rocks the dancefloor
Founder and chief editor of de:bug-magazine, the bible of hip electronic culture

Aka Sascha Kösch
Hometown: Berlin
Profession: DJ, author
Style: Techno, House, anything that rocks the dancefloor
Founder and chief editor of de:bug-magazine, the bible of hip electronic culture

www.de-bug.de

DJ Boru-t

House FM, EMC, Ljubljana/Slo

DJ from Ljubljana, Slovenia
Style: House
Platform: House FM, EMC

DJ from Ljubljana, Slovenia
Style: House
Platform: House FM, EMC

www.housefm.com
www.chillout.si

DJ Ganesh

Paris, France

DJ Rocca

Maribor, Slovenia

Started in: 2000
Style: Funky Disco House, Deep House, Deep Funk
Club residency: Supernova

Started in: 2000
Style: Funky Disco House, Deep House, Deep Funk
Club residency: Supernova

DJ Scotch Egg

Adaadat, Wrong Music / UK

Once was: Brighton noise musician and promoter Shiez 2000
What? 2 Gameboys, a Megaphone and a shouting Japanese Man. He’s not a DJ; he’s definitely not Scottish and he’s probably not an egg.
Labels: Adaadat, Wrong Music

Once was: Brighton noise musician and promoter Shiez 2000
What? 2 Gameboys, a Megaphone and a shouting Japanese Man. He’s not a DJ; he’s definitely not Scottish and he’s probably not an egg.
Labels: Adaadat, Wrong Music

www.djscotchegg.com

DJ Snare

Graz/A

Real name: Lukas Zamponi
He founded the strictly.beats sessions, regular Drum’n’Bass parties in various locations
Producer and live-technician for the band ‘Loco Verschärft’
www.djsnare.com

Real name: Lukas Zamponi
He founded the strictly.beats sessions, regular Drum’n’Bass parties in various locations
Producer and live-technician for the band ‘Loco Verschärft’

www.djsnare.com

DK7 aka Jesper Dahlbeck & Mark O Sullivan

Stockholm/S

Who? Jesper Dahlbäck and Mark O Sullivan
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Profession: Producer team who also release independently
Style: Electro, IDM with loads of various influences
Label: Output
Debut album: ‘Disarmed’, 2005
Status: one of the finest producer collaborations around

Who? Jesper Dahlbäck and Mark O Sullivan
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Profession: Producer team who also release independently
Style: Electro, IDM with loads of various influences
Label: Output
Debut album: ‘Disarmed’, 2005
Status: one of the finest producer collaborations around

www.dk7.nu

Donnacha Costello

Minimise Rec., Dublin/Ir

Hometown: Dublin
Profile: started writing music in 1989, discovered Minimal electronic music in 1996.
Education: studied music and was introduced to Steve Reich, John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen
Labels: Minimise
Album: ‘Growing Up In Public’

Hometown: Dublin
Profile: started writing music in 1989, discovered Minimal electronic music in 1996.
Education: studied music and was introduced to Steve Reich, John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen
Labels: Minimise
Album: ‘Growing Up In Public’

www.minimise.com

Dorian Pearce

Graz/A

DJ from Vienna
Moved to Graz this year
Various club-nights at Veilchen / Forum Stadtpark

DJ from Vienna
Moved to Graz this year
Various club-nights at Veilchen / Forum Stadtpark

www.club7.cc

Dynamite MC

Ultimatedilemma, Bristol/UK

Schon seit seiner Kindheit von Musik, anfänglich insbesondere von Motown und Reggae beeindruckt, wollte Dynamite MC eigentlich DJ werden. Da er sich aber keine Turntables leisten konnte, übte er sich am Leistbaren, dem Mikrophon. Als er Roni Size und DJ Krust 1993 in einem Club traf, war er schon fixer Teil der Szene und praktizierender MC. Obwohl er nur auf dem Eröffnungstrack (Railing) des 1997er Albums New Forms involviert war, wurde er bald ein wichtiger Teil der Live-Shows von Roni Size’s Reprazent und ist unter anderem auch auf dem Smasher Dirty Beats zu hören. Nach verschiedenen Guest-Appearances bei anderen Artists wie DJ Zinc und Nextmen sowie einer Phase bei Talkin Loud veröffentlichte Dynamite MC sein erstes Solo-Debüt The World of Dynamite auf seinem eigenen Label Strong Records. Das Album ist bahnbrechend und Zeugnis einer engen Zusammenarbeit mit den wichtigsten Drum’n’Bass-Produzenten, wie etwa Roni Size (Gold, The Scene), Andy C (Hotness) und Marky und XRS (The Feeling).
Darüberhinaus hat er noch mit zwei der derzeit angesagtesten Vocalisten gearbeitet, nämlich mit MC Skibadee auf ’Over Here Now’ und Jamaica's Man of the Moment, Dancehall MC Elephant Man auf ’Pressure’.

The magnetic brilliance of front man Dynamite MC began developing with his childhood influences spanning early Motown and Reggae. Initially harbouring ambitions to be a DJ, Dynamite discovered he couldn't afford a set of turntables and opted for the next best thing. A natural on the mic, he was already a jobbing MC when he met Roni and Krust in a club in '93. Though Dynamite only featured on the opening track of 1997's 'New Forms' album, 'Railing', he became an integral part of the Reprazent live experience and can also be found on Dirty Beats. Having developed his style considerably, Dynamite is known and loved well beyond the Drum’n’Bass scene and has also provided guest vocals for the Nextmen, Skitz and Zinc on their own projects. Signed to Talkin Loud as a solo artist in his own right, Dynamite MC started recording his debut album 'The World of Dynamite'. When Talkin Loud was closed down by Universal, Dynamite took the decision to finish the album and release it himself, forming his own label Strong Records for that very purpose.
The album is a landmark release from a vocalist from the Drum'n'Bass scene. Working with the cream of the D'n'B producers Roni Size (Gold, The Scene), Andy C (Hotness) and Marky and XRS (The Feeling), Dynamite was keen to bring out all his influences and spread out across the spectrum of UK dance and urban music. Dynamite has also worked with two of the most respected fellow vocalists around fellow MC Skibadee on ’Over Here Now’ and Jamaica's man of the moment, dancehall MC Elephant Man on ’Pressure ’.

www.dynamitemc.co.uk

Ed Rush

London/UK

Hometown: London, UK
Profession: DJs & Producers
Style: Drum’n’Bass
Status: legends
Influences: HipHop, Acidhouse, Jungle
Ed Rush & Optical founded Virus Recordings, on which they released their 1998 debut ‘Wormhole’
Fact: During their cooperation the two blew about 15 pairs of monitors

Hometown: London, UK
Profession: DJ & Producer
Style: Drum’n’Bass
Status: legends
Influences: HipHop, Acidhouse, Jungle
Ed Rush & Optical founded Virus Recordings, on which they released their 1998 debut ‘Wormhole’
Fact: During their cooperation the two blew about 15 pairs of monitors

Eddy meets Yannah

Compost Rec., Aquarius, Zagreb/Cro

Eddy meets Yannah, Zak
Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia
Sound:  Nu-Jazz, Soul, Electronica
Club: Aquarius, Zagreb
Label: Compost
Recent Release: ‘Just Like’ LP (Compost Rec, 2005)

www.aquarius.hr

Elektricutes

Maribor, SLO

Who? Three brothers DJ K!, DJ MURKO & P.J.D.
What? Three decks, two mixers and a lot of strong, bass-driven  breakbeats
Residents at: Ljubljana's legendary K4 club

Who? Three brothers DJ K!, DJ MURKO & P.J.D.
What? Three decks, two mixers and a lot of strong, bass-driven  breakbeats
Residents at: Ljubljana's legendary K4 club

Elektrosacher Cakebeat Collective

Trieste, Italy

Hometown: Trieste, Italy
What? 6 DJs collective
Style: Drum'n'Bass, Brazil, Rare Groovez, Funk, Broken Beat and more
Label: Ohm Records
Radio: Radio Fragola
Club: Etnoblog, Trieste

Hometown: Trieste, Italy
What? 6 DJs collective
Style: Drum'n'Bass, Brazil, Rare Groovez, Funk, Broken Beat and more
Label: Ohm Records
Radio: Radio Fragola
Club: Etnoblog, Trieste

www.electrosacher.it

Fabio

London/UK

From: London, UK
Profession: DJ, producer
Style: Drum’n’Bass
Label: Prototype
Invention: Liquid Funk
Status: been there, seen it all
Partners: Grooverider, LTJ Bukem
Fact: more than 20 years behind the decks

From: London, UK
Profession: DJ, producer
Style: Drum’n’Bass
Label: Prototype
Invention: Liquid Funk
Status: been there, seen it all
Partners: Grooverider, LTJ Bukem
Fact: more than 20 years behind the decks

Felix Da Housecat

USA

From: Chicago
Producer and DJ since: 1986
Style: 80s influenced House
First hit-single: ‘Phantasy Girl’ (1986)
Most popular album: Kittenz & Thee Glitz
Remixes for Diana Ross, Kylie Minogue, Black Science Orchestra and X-Press 2
Loved by: Pete Tong
Performed with: P. Diddy
Credo: ‘Fuck The Concepts, fuck the heart, I'm just gonna do what I want to do’
New singles: ‘Jack U’ & ‘Tweak’

From: Chicago
Producer and DJ since: 1986
Style: 80s influenced House
First hit-single: ‘Phantasy Girl’ (1986)
Most popular album: Kittenz & Thee Glitz
Remixes for Diana Ross, Kylie Minogue, Black Science Orchestra and X-Press 2
Loved by: Pete Tong
Performed with: P. Diddy
Credo: ‘Fuck The Concepts, fuck the heart, I'm just gonna do what I want to do’
New singles: ‘Jack U’ & ‘Tweak’

www.felixdahousecat.com

Felix Fuchs

electroNix, Wien/A

Hometown: Vienna
Profession: DJ
Works for: Red Bull Music Academy
Style: House
Clubs: Tournee Idyl/Club Gourmet Gold/ElectroNIX

Hometown: Vienna
Profession: DJ
Works for: Red Bull Music Academy
Style: House
Clubs: Tournee Idyl/Club Gourmet Gold/ElectroNIX

www.electro-nix.com

Flimmerflitzer

Graz/A

Flimmerflitzer
VJ team consisting of the three students of architecture Johannes Paar, Romana Rust und Mike Langeder
Concept: 3D-objects and graphics, flickering images

Flimmerflitzer
VJ team consisting of the three students of architecture Johannes Paar, Romana Rust und Mike Langeder
Concept: 3D-objects and graphics, flickering images

www.eye-con.tv/sub/artists_flimmerfritze.htm

Foreign Beggars

Dented, London/UK

Who? 5 man crew comprising of rappers Orifice Vulgatron and Metropolis, DJ NoNames, Beat Boxer Shlomo and Producer Dag Nabbit
Hometown: London/UK
Label: Dented
Award: ‘Best Group’ and winners of ‘Best single’ at the Lyric Pad HipHop awards 2005
Debut LP: ‘Asylum Speakers’
Forthcoming projects with: DJ Sparo, DJ Vadim, Dudley Perkins, WildChild (Lootpack), OHNO, Dj IQ, Dj Mentat and Euphrates
Venues: Glastonbury, Fabric and HipHop Kemp in Prague.
Support for: Public Enemy, Roots Manuva, Beatnuts, Masta Ace, Grand Master Flash, Talib Kweli, Wu Tang, Asian Dub Foundation, Last Emperor, Mark Ronson, Ja Rule, Blak Twang
News: second album to be released in April 2006

Who? 5 man crew comprising of rappers Orifice Vulgatron and Metropolis, DJ NoNames, Beat Boxer Shlomo and Producer Dag Nabbit
Hometown: London/UK
Label: Dented
Award: ‘Best Group’ and winners of ‘Best single’ at the Lyric Pad HipHop awards 2005
Debut LP: ‘Asylum Speakers’
Forthcoming projects with: DJ Sparo, DJ Vadim, Dudley Perkins, WildChild (Lootpack), OHNO, Dj IQ, Dj Mentat and Euphrates
Venues: Glastonbury, Fabric and HipHop Kemp in Prague.
Support for: Public Enemy, Roots Manuva, Beatnuts, Masta Ace, Grand Master Flash, Talib Kweli, Wu Tang, Asian Dub Foundation, Last Emperor, Mark Ronson, Ja Rule, Blak Twang
News: second album to be released in April 2006

www.dentedrecords.com

G.RIZO

Codek Records, Gigolo Records/NY

aka Ihu Anyanwu
Hometown: New York City
Profession: Singer
Sings with: In Flagranti, G.D.Luxxe, Patrick Pulsinger, Trio Exklusiv and Alexander Robotnick.
Described by XLR8R Magazine as ‘a cross pollination of dirty Booty Bass, Dubby No Wave, (and electric RnB) sung with sexy, irreverent lyrics’
Live: ‘Technotainer’ and ‘l'ektronikaraoke’, ‘a one-woman kamikaze’
News: ‘Eye wann c u’ to be released on International Deejay Gigolo Records with a remix by Patrick Pulsinger
She is publishing and editing the cultural zine ‘Repellent’

aka Ihu Anyanwu
Hometown: New York City
Profession: Singer
Sings with: In Flagranti, G.D.Luxxe, Patrick Pulsinger, Trio Exklusiv and Alexander Robotnick.
Described by XLR8R Magazine as ‘a cross pollination of dirty Booty Bass, Dubby No Wave, (and electric RnB) sung with sexy, irreverent lyrics’
Live: ‘Technotainer’ and ‘l'ektronikaraoke’, ‘a one-woman kamikaze’
News: ‘Eye wann c u’ to be released on International Deejay Gigolo Records with a remix by Patrick Pulsinger
She is publishing and editing the cultural zine ‘Repellent’

www.myspace.com/gdotrizo

Gabriel Ananda

Köln/D

Hometown: Cologne
Profession: DJ, Producer
Style: mixing Techno, House and Dub
Influences: in the early years Nirvana, later on electronic music and Minimal music à la Steve Reich
Labels: Karmarouge, Traum, Trapez, Ladomat, Treibstoff

Hometown: Cologne
Profession: DJ, Producer
Style: mixing Techno, House and Dub
Influences: in the early years Nirvana, later on electronic music and Minimal music à la Steve Reich
Labels: Karmarouge, Traum, Trapez, Ladomat, Treibstoff

www.gabrielananda.de

General Midi

Distinctive, London/UK

DJ and producer
Style: a ‘level crunching, Dub flavoured and Bass fuelled musical ride’
Emerging from: the Bristol Club scene
Clubs: Fabric, Chew The Fat, Blow Pop, Sounds On Sundays (Sydney), Two Tribes (Australia), Zouk Singapore, Budapest, all across the USA, Hungary, Spain, Serbia, China, Hong Kong…
Important tunes:  ‘The Westoner’(1999), ‘Daft Funk’ (2001),’Bass Rockerz’ (2004) & ‘House of Funk’ (2005)
Labels: TCR & Kilowatt
Recent album: ‘Midi Style’ (Distinctive, 2005)

DJ and producer
Style: a ‘level crunching, Dub flavoured and Bass fuelled musical ride’
Emerging from: the Bristol Club scene
Clubs: Fabric, Chew The Fat, Blow Pop, Sounds On Sundays (Sydney), Two Tribes (Australia), Zouk Singapore, Budapest, all across the USA, Hungary, Spain, Serbia, China, Hong Kong…
Important tunes:  ‘The Westoner’(1999), ‘Daft Funk’ (2001),’Bass Rockerz’ (2004) & ‘House of Funk’ (2005)
Labels: TCR & Kilowatt
Recent album: ‘Midi Style’ (Distinctive, 2005)

www.generalmidi.co.uk

Genetic Arts

Paris/F

Visual artists
Hometown: Paris

Visual artists
Hometown: Paris

Geo

Kompakt, Köln/D

Age: 25 years
Hometown: Cologne
Original name: Gregor Schütz
Occupation: DJ, shop-assistant
Style: Minimal House

Age: 25 years
Hometown: Cologne
Original name: Gregor Schütz
Occupation: DJ, shop-assistant
Style: Minimal House

www.kompakt-net.com

Gerald Sidot

Zeiger, Graz / A

Style: Electronica, Drum’n’Bass
Label: Zeiger Records

Style: Electronica, Drum’n’Bass
Label: Zeiger Records

www.zeiger.com

Hadrian

Soundsilo, Graz/A

Profession: DJ, producer
Style: Techno, House
Part of the Soundsilo producer crew

Profession: DJ, producer
Style: Techno, House
Part of the Soundsilo producer crew

www.soundsilo.com

Hans Nieswandt

Köln/D

Profession: DJ, author, producer
Style: House Music
Labels: Ladomat, Ware
Last Release: ‘The True Sound Center’ (Ware, 2004)
Books: ‘Plus Minus Acht’ (KiWi)
Used to be editor for Spex and member of Whirlpool Productions
News: His new book ‘Disko Ramallah und andere merkwürdige Orte zum Plattenauflegen’ is out now!

Profession: DJ, author, producer
Style: House Music
Labels: Ladomat, Ware
Last Release: ‘The True Sound Center’ (Ware, 2004)
Books: ‘Plus Minus Acht’ (KiWi)
Used to be editor for Spex and member of Whirlpool Productions
News: His new book ‘Disko Ramallah und andere merkwürdige Orte zum Plattenauflegen’ is out now!

www.hansnieswandt.de

Hell

Gigolo, Berlin/D

Born in Altenmarkt bei Traunstein, Oberbayern
43 years old
1 internationally successful label (International DeeJay Gigolos)
3 LPs as artist
1 license as football-trainer
4 music-awards
1 Ford Mustang
1 own club
He released Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Fischerspooner, Zombie Nation, Psychonauts, Terranova and many more
Thousands of DJ gigs
Has rocked each and every club from New York to Tokio
Burning FC Bayern fan
Loves his mother’s hog roast
Hell collaborates with P. Diddy, the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, Donatella Versace and star designer Raf Simons from Belgium
All these things in one single life. All these things is DJ Hell

Born in Altenmarkt bei Traunstein, Oberbayern
43 years old
1 internationally successful label (International DeeJay Gigolos)
3 LPs as artist
1 license as football-trainer
4 music-awards
1 Ford Mustang
1 own club
He released Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Fischerspooner, Zombie Nation, Psychonauts, Terranova and many more
Thousands of DJ gigs
Has rocked each and every club from New York to Tokio
Burning FC Bayern fan
Loves his mother’s hog roast
Hell collaborates with P. Diddy, the Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, Donatella Versace and star designer Raf Simons from Belgium
All these things in one single life. All these things is DJ Hell

www.djhell.de
www.gigolo-records.de

Herwig Baumgartner

Exclusive Lingerie, Graz

Member of the VJ-collective Exclusive Lingerie, founded with Iris Rampula in 2001

Member of the VJ-collective Exclusive Lingerie, founded with Iris Rampula in 2001

exclusivelingerie.mur.at/

Hollenstein

Graz/A

DJ and Producer
Style: improvised Drum'n'Bass, Jazz flavoured HipHop,
History: studied e-Bass and music technology; played in several bands from
Punk to Drum'n'Bass, but always using Jazz as a reference
Band: Frozen Bits
own label: Infraphil Records
news: debut album 'Hollenstein' to be out soon

DJ and Producer
Style: improvised Drum'n'Bass, Jazz flavoured HipHop,
History: studied e-Bass and music technology; played in several bands from
Punk to Drum'n'Bass, but always using Jazz as a reference
Band: Frozen Bits
own label: Infraphil Records
news: debut album 'Hollenstein' to be out soon

Jennifer Cardini

Dirt Crew, Paris/F
www.jennifercardini.com

Jo Saurbier

Kompakt, Köln/D
www.kompakt-net.com

Joachim Knoll

comeonfeet, Linz/A

DJ since 1995
started with House, now playing Broken Beat
part of the Comeonfeet - Collective
current project: Oracle, first track to be released in May

DJ since 1995
started with House, now playing Broken Beat
part of the Comeonfeet - Collective
current project: Oracle, first track to be released in May

www.comeonfeet.net

John Acquaviva

Definitive Rec., Windsor/Can

Hometown: London, Ontario, Canada
Labels: BlueFine
History: DJ since the 70s appeared at close to 2000 international clubs and events since 1990 with another couple of thousand local sessions amassed over the 80s
Fact: he is always on the go and off to the next club or party, vast record collection of over 50.000 pieces of vinyl
Latest release: John closed out 2005 releasing his latest mix CD called ‘Back2Basics’ with a solid and once again critically acclaimed mix of 2005 club gems
This is but the latest in a long line of mix CDs that started with Xmix and spanned the series From Saturday to Sunday over the years
News: regular weekly residency in Ibiza with Privilege for the summer
Technics: he has been instrumental in the development and launch of Final Scratch and Beatport.com

Hometown: London, Ontario, Canada
Labels: Definitive Rec., BlueFine
History: DJ since the 70s appeared at close to 2000 international clubs and events since 1990 with another couple of thousand local sessions amassed over the 80s
Fact: he is always on the go and off to the next club or party, vast record collection of over 50.000 pieces of vinyl
Latest release: John closed out 2005 releasing his latest mix CD called ‘Back2Basics’ with a solid and once again critically acclaimed mix of 2005 club gems
This is but the latest in a long line of mix CDs that started with Xmix and spanned the series From Saturday to Sunday over the years
News: regular weekly residency in Ibiza with Privilege for the summer
Technics: he has been instrumental in the development and launch of Final Scratch and Beatport.com

www.john-acquaviva.com

Jürgen Kirsch

Stil vor Talent / Glückskind / Nürnberg

Hometown: Nürnberg
Profession: DJ & Producer
Releasing on ‘Mr. Mückenschwarm’ Oliver Koletzki’s label ‘Stil vor Talent’
Own label: ‘Glückskind Schallplatten’
News: Tracks by Gabriel Ananda, Someone Else & Christian Quast to be released on ‘Glückskind’
Party: ‘Hotel Hoppe’ in Zoom Nürnberg

Hometown: Nürnberg
Profession: DJ & Producer
Releasing on ‘Mr. Mückenschwarm’ Oliver Koletzki’s label ‘Stil vor Talent’
Own label: ‘Glückskind Schallplatten’
News: Tracks by Gabriel Ananda, Someone Else & Christian Quast to be released on ‘Glückskind’
Party: ‘Hotel Hoppe’ in Zoom Nürnberg

www.juergenkirsch.net

Kayos & GK

DJs from Graz
Style: House, Techno, Minimal
Members of the shellbeach-collective
Clubs: Wundertüte, Invitation

DJs from Graz
Style: House, Techno, Minimal
Members of the shellbeach-collective
Clubs: Wundertüte, Invitation

www.shellbeach.mur.at

Kowalski

Kraak & Smaak

Amsterdam/NL

Who? Oscar de Jong, Mark Kneppers and Wim Plug
From: Netherlands
Style: funked-up breaks
Fact: ‘We all just met quite randomly’
Inspiration: Jazz, HipHop, Funk, Breakbeat and all experimental music
Label: Jalapeno Records
Recent album: ‘Boogie Angst’
Liked by: Pete Tong, Lottie, Laurent Garnier and XFM

Who? Oscar de Jong, Mark Kneppers and Wim Plug
From: Netherlands
Style: funked-up breaks
Fact: ‘We all just met quite randomly’
Inspiration: Jazz, HipHop, Funk, Breakbeat and all experimental music
Label: Jalapeno Records
Recent album: ‘Boogie Angst’
Liked by: Pete Tong, Lottie, Laurent Garnier and XFM

www.kraaksmaak.nl

Krikor

Karat, Root-Down, Paris/F

Born in: Valence
Hometown: Paris
Education: classical (piano as a child, bass studies in Los Angeles, studies for sound Engineering in Paris)
Producing since: 1995
Producing for: Karat, Tiger Sushi and Dialect
Own label: Root-Down Records
Performs as: laptop live act with vocals
Style: Funk and Dub rhythms
Remixes for: Ark, Octet, Cosmo Vitelli, Benjamin Diamond, Freestyle Man
News: Sugar Plum EP, Francecopland EP, new album in 2006

Born in: Valence
Hometown: Paris
Education: classical (piano as a child, bass studies in Los Angeles, studies for sound Engineering in Paris)
Producing since: 1995
Producing for: Karat, Tiger Sushi and Dialect
Own label: Root-Down Records
Performs as: laptop live act with vocals
Style: Funk and Dub rhythms
Remixes for: Ark, Octet, Cosmo Vitelli, Benjamin Diamond, Freestyle Man
News: Sugar Plum EP, Francecopland EP, new album in 2006

www.dialectrecordings.com

Krust presents The Hidden Knowledge Experience

Bristol/UK

From: Bristol, UK
Profession: DJ, producer
Style: eclectic Drum’n’Bass
Started: at the early age of 14 he was playing HipHop, Soul and Funk in youth centers all over Bristol
Important Releases: ‘Register’ was Krust’s first release on Full Cycle in 1993 and that year marked his first remix, ‘Resister Soul’ for Sub Base.
In 1994 came his legendary ‘Jazz Note’ and alongside Roni’s ‘It’s a Jazz Thing’ this track was integral in attracting the Talkin’ Loud interest.
Krust also did a lots of remixes for the likes of Goldie and DJ Krush to name a few.
News: Krust has hidden himself away in the studio for most of 2005 working on his solo album entitled 'Hidden Knowledge' which will be released in the spring of 2006.

From: Bristol, UK
Profession: DJ, producer
Style: eclectic Drum’n’Bass
Started: at the early age of 14 he was playing HipHop, Soul and Funk in youth centers all over Bristol
Important Releases: ‘Register’ was Krust’s first release on Full Cycle in 1993 and that year marked his first remix, ‘Resister Soul’ for Sub Base.
In 1994 came his legendary ‘Jazz Note’ and alongside Roni’s ‘It’s a Jazz Thing’ this track was integral in attracting the Talkin’ Loud interest.
Krust also did a lots of remixes for the likes of Goldie and DJ Krush to name a few.
News: Krust has hidden himself away in the studio for most of 2005 working on his solo album entitled 'Hidden Knowledge' which will be released in the spring of 2006.

www.fullcycle.co.uk

L'Ottimo

Graz / A

Larry Heard

Alleviated, USA

Le Petit Orb

Kompakt, Köln/D

‘Le Petite Orb’ is the live-version of ‘The Orb’
Founded: early 90s
Key members: Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann
Style: Pop-Ambient, Shuffle-Techno, Dub-Techno
New album: ‘Okie Dokie, It’s the Orb on Kompakt’

‘Le Petite Orb’ is the live-version of ‘The Orb’
Founded: early 90s
Key members: Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann
Style: Pop-Ambient, Shuffle-Techno, Dub-Techno
New album: ‘Okie Dokie, It’s the Orb on Kompakt’

www.theorb.com
www.kompakt-net.de

Legowelt

Bunker, Den Haag/NL

Profession: DJ and Producer
From: Netherlands
Style: Old School Electro, Techno
Influences: Underground Resistance, Model 500, Blake Baxter and Chicago heroes such as Farley Jackmaster Funk, Armando Gallop and Mr. Fingers
1st release: Pimpshifter 1998 on Bunker
Status: Cult
Collaborations: Legowelt vs. Orgue Electronique 

Profession: DJ and Producer
From: Netherlands
Style: Old School Electro, Techno
Influences: Underground Resistance, Model 500, Blake Baxter and Chicago heroes such as Farley Jackmaster Funk, Armando Gallop and Mr. Fingers
1st release: Pimpshifter 1998 on Bunker
Status: Cult
Collaborations: Legowelt vs. Orgue Electronique 

www.bunker-records.com

Lindström & Prins Thomas

Oslo/N

Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Who? Lindstrom a muso-wizard, Prins Thomas a underdog remix-champ; Producers and DJs
Style: Futuristic Disko and Universal Boogie
Influences range from Punk to Gospel via Country to Heavy Metal to Folk, Krautrock and Psychedelia
They run their own labels Feedelity, Full Pupp and Tamburin
Fact: Lindstrom’s remix of LCD Soundsystem’s Tribulations was one of the greatest dance tracks last year
Future: stardom

Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Who? Lindstrom a muso-wizard, Prins Thomas a underdog remix-champ; Producers and DJs
Style: Futuristic Disko and Universal Boogie
Influences range from Punk to Gospel via Country to Heavy Metal to Folk, Krautrock and Psychedelia
They run their own labels Feedelity, Full Pupp and Tamburin
Fact: Lindstrom’s remix of LCD Soundsystem’s Tribulations was one of the greatest dance tracks last year
Future: stardom

www.feedelity.com

Louie Austen

Wien/A

Who? Austria’s most successful Electro-crooner
What? A Rat Pack voice á la Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin combined with contemporary House and Disco
Status: brilliant entertainer, womanizer
Labels: Cheap, Kitty Yo, Klein Records, Universal
Last album: EP ‘Heaven’s Floor’ (Universal)
News: June 2006 ‘Hear My Song: The Best of Louie Austen’ to be released on Tirk Records/UK, October 2006 new album on Klein Records/A

Who? Austria’s most successful Electro-crooner
What? A Rat Pack voice á la Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin combined with contemporary House and Disco
Status: brilliant entertainer, womanizer
Labels: Cheap, Kitty Yo, Klein Records, Universal
Last album: EP ‘Heaven’s Floor’ (Universal)
News: June 2006 ‘Hear My Song: The Best of Louie Austen’ to be released on Tirk Records/UK, October 2006 new album on Klein Records/A

www.louie-austen.com

Luigi Van

Maribor, Slovenia

Who? Alojz Gostencnik
Born: November 27th, 1980
Hometown: Maribor, Slovenia
Roots: Rock, Grunge
First DJ gig: 1998
First record: - Paradigme EP (Future Frontier)
Releases on Evil Deception, Kazumi and Spore
Went to SAE college to become audio engineer

Who? Alojz Gostencnik
Born: November 27th, 1980
Hometown: Maribor, Slovenia
Roots: Rock, Grunge
First DJ gig: 1998
First record: - Paradigme EP (Future Frontier)
Releases on Evil Deception, Kazumi and Spore
Went to SAE college to become audio engineer

Lux

Graz/A

VJ
Real name: Lukas Gruber
Hometown: Graz
luX uses no pre-produced graphics or videos. The only source for his visuals is live-music. Geometric forms overlap and mix to be again torn apart at the next beat.

VJ
Real name: Lukas Gruber
Hometown: Graz
luX uses no pre-produced graphics or videos. The only source for his visuals is live-music. Geometric forms overlap and mix to be again torn apart at the next beat.

www.kanalattacke.org/lux/

M.A.R.S.

Soundsilo, Graz/A

Hometown: Graz
Profession: DJ, liveact
Style: Techno, House
Part of the Soundsilo producer crew

Hometown: Graz
Profession: DJ, liveact
Style: Techno, House
Part of the Soundsilo producer crew

www.soundsilo.com

M.I.A.

Kompakt, Sub-Static, Köln/D

Hometown: Cologne
Style: Minimal Techno
Labels: Kompakt,  Sub-Static
She is running the labels sub static and karloff
Output: numerous 12’es on trapez, traum and sub static, as well as remixes for The Modernist, Contriva, Jake Fairley etc.

Hometown: Cologne
Style: Minimal Techno
Labels: Kompakt,  Sub-Static
She is running the labels sub static and karloff
Output: numerous 12’es on trapez, traum and sub static, as well as remixes for The Modernist, Contriva, Jake Fairley etc.

www.kompakt-net.de
www.sub-static.de
www.karloff.org

Malente

Unique/D

Style: Electro-stompers with heavy load of Funk
Label: Unique, Moonbootique Records
Since 2000: 3 albums on Unique
Clubhits: ‘We Came to Party’, ‘I Sell Marihuana’, ‘Dancefloor Whore’, ‘Funk the Rich’, ’Washington’ and ‘Crowdrock/Tight With You’
Remixes for: Louie Austen, Thomilla, Groove Rebels, Bob Sinclar, The Strike Boys, Frank Popp Ensemble, Monosourround and Le Hammond Inferno
News: August 2006, new album ‘How Can You Still Stand To Stand Still’.

Style: Electro-stompers with heavy load of Funk
Label: Unique, Moonbootique Records
Since 2000: 3 albums on Unique
Clubhits: ‘We Came to Party’, ‘I Sell Marihuana’, ‘Dancefloor Whore’, ‘Funk the Rich’, ’Washington’ and ‘Crowdrock/Tight With You’
Remixes for: Louie Austen, Thomilla, Groove Rebels, Bob Sinclar, The Strike Boys, Frank Popp Ensemble, Monosourround and Le Hammond Inferno
News: August 2006, new album ‘How Can You Still Stand To Stand Still’.

www.m-a-l-e-n-t-e.de

Marco Passarani

Finalfrontier/I

Aka J's Pool, Monomorph und Ambit 3
Hometown: Rome
Profession: DJ and Producer
Style: Detroit Techno, Acid, Old School
Known for organizing some of Rome’s best parties
Labels: Generator, Peacfrog
Latest album ‘Sullen Look’, 2005
Hit : ‘Critisize’ with Orlando Occhio alias Erlend Oye on vocals

Aka J's Pool, Monomorph und Ambit 3
Hometown: Rome
Profession: DJ and Producer
Style: Detroit Techno, Acid, Old School
Known for organizing some of Rome’s best parties
Labels: Generator, Peacfrog
Latest album ‘Sullen Look’, 2005
Hit : ‘Critisize’ with Orlando Occhio alias Erlend Oye on vocals

www.finalfrontier.it
www.peacefrog.com

Marek

Graz/A

Profession: Singer/Songwriter, Producer, DJ
Style: Psych-Folk, Electronica, Cut Cp Techno, the dark side of Disco
Live: this time playing a live-set with the fabulous Fabry
Album: ‘It’s these magic moments that I’m living for’
Labels: Niesom, Outstanding!, SVC-records
News: Debut album ‘It’s these magic moments…’ to be re-released on Spoilt Victorian Child-records, UK soon

Profession: Singer/Songwriter, Producer, DJ
Style: Psych-Folk, Electronica, Cut Cp Techno, the dark side of Disco
Live: this time playing a live-set with the fabulous Fabry
Album: ‘It’s these magic moments that I’m living for’
Labels: Niesom, Outstanding!, SVC-records
News: Debut album ‘It’s these magic moments…’ to be re-released on Spoilt Victorian Child-records, UK soon

www.marek-music.com
www.svcrecords.co.uk

marfloW

electroNix, Wien/A

Profession: DJ, producer
Label: Diskokaine
Style: dirty Electro
Cooperation: il diskokaines with Princess Superstar

Profession: DJ, producer
Label: Diskokaine
Style: dirty Electro
Cooperation: il diskokaines with Princess Superstar

www.diskokaines.com
www.electro-nix.com

Martin Klein

Linz/A

Profession: DJ, producer, record shop owner
Hometown: Linz
Label: con.trust music

Profession: DJ, producer, record shop owner
Hometown: Linz
Label: con.trust music

www.contrust-music.at

MC Coppa

London/UK

Started in 1998
He has played with artists such as Zinc, Bryan G, Adam F, J Majik, Fresh, Total Science, Optical, Generation Dub, Mampi Swift, and Ray Keith, Donovan Badbwoy Smith alongside Roni Size and Dynamite
Resident MC at DKay and Rawfull`s Beat IT at Flex nightclub 
Fact: His unique brand of DJ complementary timing and modern Ragga/HipHop lyricism makes Coppa a favourite with many crowds and DJs worldwide.

Started in 1998
He has played with artists such as Zinc, Bryan G, Adam F, J Majik, Fresh, Total Science, Optical, Generation Dub, Mampi Swift, and Ray Keith, Donovan Badbwoy Smith alongside Roni Size and Dynamite
Resident MC at DKay and Rawfull`s Beat IT at Flex nightclub 
Fact: His unique brand of DJ complementary timing and modern Ragga/HipHop lyricism makes Coppa a favourite with many crowds and DJs worldwide.

www.mccoppa.co.uk

MC Jakes

Bristol/UK

MC and Producer from Bristol
has worked with Kosheen, Timo Mass, General Midi, EZ Rollers, Jean Jaques Smoothie, Technical Itch, T.C, Distorted Mind's, Die / Clipz to name a few. The list still grows.
Releases: on various record labels including D. Styles, Moving Shadow, Kaos, Valve, Tech Itch, Distinctive and React
Fact: founder of a Dubstep Cru called H.E.N.C.H from Bristol who are tipped to be hot this year

 

MC and Producer from Bristol
has worked with Kosheen, Timo Mass, General Midi, EZ Rollers, Jean Jaques Smoothie, Technical Itch, T.C, Distorted Mind's, Die / Clipz to name a few. The list still grows.
Releases: on various record labels including D. Styles, Moving Shadow, Kaos, Valve, Tech Itch, Distinctive and React
Fact: founder of a Dubstep Cru called H.E.N.C.H from Bristol who are tipped to be hot this year

 

MC Rage

London/UK

MC Ryme Tyme

London/UK

Born in Jamaica
Hometown: London
Status: MC since 1988
Produced with: Mathematics, Physics, Resound, Megablast
Releases for Virus,V-Recordings,Bingo Moving Shadow, Dsci4, No U-Turn
MC for: Ed Rush, Optical, Grooverider, Bad Company UK, Dom & Roland
Own Label: 1210 Recordings

Born in Jamaica
Hometown: London
Status: MC since 1988
Produced with: Mathematics, Physics, Resound, Megablast
Releases for Virus,V-Recordings,Bingo Moving Shadow, Dsci4, No U-Turn
MC for: Ed Rush, Optical, Grooverider, Bad Company UK, Dom & Roland
Own Label: 1210 Recordings

MC Verse

Crunch Recordings, London/UK

Born in Leeds
Hometown: London
Status: well known and loved in Graz
Produced with: Dom & Roland, Bad Company UK, Renegade Hardware
MC for: Bad Company UK, Pendulum, Dom & Roland, SUV,
Own Label: Crunch Recordings

Born in Leeds
Hometown: London
Status: well known and loved in Graz
Produced with: Dom & Roland, Bad Company UK, Renegade Hardware
MC for: Bad Company UK, Pendulum, Dom & Roland, SUV,
Own Label: Crunch Recordings

profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=21926466

Michael Madden

Noiseshaper, Berlin/D

Sound: Dub, Downbeat, Ragga
History: In 1999 the Viennese born duo Axel Hirn and Flo Fleischmann founded the Dub/Downbeat project Noiseshaper in Berlin. Michael Madden is their lyricist.

Sound: Dub, Downbeat, Ragga
History: In 1999 the Viennese born duo Axel Hirn and Flo Fleischmann founded the Dub/Downbeat project Noiseshaper in Berlin. Michael Madden is their lyricist.

www.noiseshaper.net

Microthol

Trust, Vienna/A

Who? Philipp Hafner und Constantin Zeileissen
Hometown: Vienna
Profession: Producers
Style: Retro-Disco, Electro-Dub
Labels: Trust, Pomelo Indigo
Album: ‘Mikrokosmos’ (Trust/Soulseduction)

Who? Philipp Hafner und Constantin Zeileissen
Hometown: Vienna
Profession: Producers
Style: Retro-Disco, Electro-Dub
Labels: Trust, Pomelo Indigo
Album: ‘Mikrokosmos’ (Trust/Soulseduction)

www.brick-5.at/microthol/index2.htm

Milou

shellbeach, m3, Graz

Style: Minimal Techno
Label: shellbeach
Member of m³

Style: Minimal Techno
Label: shellbeach
Member of m³

shellbeach.mur.at/shellbeach

Miss Dissenter

Graz/A

Style: Electro, Techno, tribal
History: came across electronic music by accident in 1994
Clubs: FZ WUK, Subzero, Konkav, p.c.c., Acardium, Cazin

Style: Electro, Techno, tribal
History: came across electronic music by accident in 1994
Clubs: FZ WUK, Subzero, Konkav, p.c.c., Acardium, Cazin

www.femalepressure.net

Montage Sauvage

Graz/A

What? VJ-Collective
Founded after the springfive visuals workshop in 2005
Members: Julian Ausserhofer, Johannes Paar, Manuel Kostk
Style: found footage, short films, flickering structures, wild cuts

What? VJ-Collective
Founded after the springfive visuals workshop in 2005
Members: Julian Ausserhofer, Johannes Paar, Manuel Kostk
Style: found footage, short films, flickering structures, wild cuts

sauvage.mur.at

Mox

London/UK

Based in London
VJ for Coldcut, Hexstatic
Inspirations: 60s, 50s, vintage polish Jazz videos and comedies
Label: Ninja Tune

Based in London
VJ for Coldcut, Hexstatic
Inspirations: 60s, 50s, vintage polish Jazz videos and comedies
Label: Ninja Tune

www.ninjatune.net

Naritia

Depattern, Graz

What? VJ-system from Graz founded in late 2003
Who? Florian Absenger
Process: Through an experimental process Depattern creates new, fast and anti- entropic mediascapes in the time of the digital revolution

What? VJ-system from Graz founded in late 2003
Who? Florian Absenger
Process: Through an experimental process Depattern creates new, fast and anti- entropic mediascapes in the time of the digital revolution

www.depattern.com

Nevenko

Balkanica, Graz/A

profession: BJ (= Balkan Jay, similiar to DJ and VJ)
Style: all things Balkan
Founded: Balkanica with and BJ Crna Trava ‘to promote south slavic roots and contemporery music and to explore (sub)culture phenomenous from the Balkan countries’

profession: BJ (= Balkan Jay, similiar to DJ and VJ)
Style: all things Balkan
Founded: Balkanica with and BJ Crna Trava ‘to promote south slavic roots and contemporery music and to explore (sub)culture phenomenous from the Balkan countries’

balkanica.ortlos.at

Nick Matthews

Best Kept Secret, London/UK

Age: 27
Hometown: London
Status: Single & Looking!
Education: Private & Posh
Genre: Disco & Disko and some other stuff
Important Fact: Represented U.K as the 'future face of U.K Jazz' at Rome Jazz Festival
Last mix CD: Think Outside the B.K.S

Age: 27
Hometown: London
Status: Single & Looking!
Education: Private & Posh
Genre: Disco & Disko and some other stuff
Important Fact: Represented U.K as the 'future face of U.K Jazz' at Rome Jazz Festival
Last mix CD: Think Outside the B.K.S

www.bestkeptsecret.uk.com

Nick Whizz

Style: HipHop
Label: Contra

Style: HipHop
Label: Contra

Norman David

Northern Lite

1st Decade, Erfurt/D

Who? Producers Andreas Kubat, Sebastian Boon, Sascha Littek
Doing what? Melting Techno, independent Rock and Electro
Important: their stage visuals und art works
Label: 1st Decade Records, Warner Music
Last album: ‘Temper’, 2005
News: new album out mid 2006

Who? Producers Andreas Kubat, Sebastian Boon, Sascha Littek
Doing what? Melting Techno, independent Rock and Electro
Important: their stage visuals und art works
Label: 1st Decade Records, Warner Music
Last album: ‘Temper’, 2005
News: new album out mid 2006

www.northernlite.de
www.1stdecade.de/northernlite

OchoReSotto

Graz/A

Who? Stefan Sobotka and Volker Sernetz
What? Visual artists
Equipment: Super 8mm films and projectors, all things analogue
Style: bizarre and old school

Who? Stefan Sobotka and Volker Sernetz
What? Visual artists
Equipment: Super 8mm films and projectors, all things analogue
Style: bizarre and old school

www.super8mm.at

Optical

london/UK

Hometown: London, UK
Profession: DJs & Producers
Style: Drum’n’Bass
Status: legends
Influences: HipHop, Acidhouse, Jungle
Ed Rush & Optical founded Virus Recordings, on which they released their 1998 debut ‘Wormhole’
Fact: During their cooperation the two blew about 15 pairs of monitors

Hometown: London, UK
Profession: DJs & Producers
Style: Drum’n’Bass
Status: legends
Influences: HipHop, Acidhouse, Jungle
Ed Rush & Optical founded Virus Recordings, on which they released their 1998 debut ‘Wormhole’
Fact: During their cooperation the two blew about 15 pairs of monitors

Optimo

Glasgow/UK

Hometown: Glasgow
DJs, remixer, true pioneers
Style: mixing anything from Krautrock to Minimal Techno
Club: They run their own club called Optimo
Compilations: ‘How to kill the DJ pt 2’ and ‘Psyche Out’
News: ‘Crazy Girl - The Rebel (JD Twitch's Gris Gris Optimo mix)’ out on Tummy
Touch Records, ‘Franz Ferdinand - Outsiders (JD Twitch and The Truffle Club's Optimo Refreak)’ out on Domino

Hometown: Glasgow
DJs, remixer, true pioneers
Style: mixing anything from Krautrock to Minimal Techno
Club: They run their own club called Optimo
Compilations: ‘How to kill the DJ pt 2’ and ‘Psyche Out’
News: ‘Crazy Girl - The Rebel (JD Twitch's Gris Gris Optimo mix)’ out on Tummy
Touch Records, ‘Franz Ferdinand - Outsiders (JD Twitch and The Truffle Club's Optimo Refreak)’ out on Domino

www.optimo.co.uk

Pendulum

Perth/Aus

What? Drum’n’Bass / Techstep crew from Perth, Australia.
In 2003 the crew relocated to the UK
Who? Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul Harding.
Debut album: ‘Hold Your Colour‘ (2005), one of the biggest selling Drum’n’Bass releases of all time
Collaborations: Pendulum have also collaborated with The Freestylers, MC Spyda and Tenor Fly
Label: Breakbeat Kaos

What? Drum’n’Bass / Techstep crew from Perth, Australia.
In 2003 the crew relocated to the UK
Who? Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul Harding.
Debut album: ‘Hold Your Colour‘ (2005), one of the biggest selling Drum’n’Bass releases of all time
Collaborations: Pendulum have also collaborated with The Freestylers, MC Spyda and Tenor Fly
Label: Breakbeat Kaos

www.planetpendulum.com

Pixelcrash

(Designtree, Graz/A)

Anhand von experimenten mit Architektur, Mathematik, Photographie,
Pure-Data und menschlichem Verhalten produziert Pixelcrash live-Visuals
mit einer netten unberechenbaren Zufälligket, äußert chaotisch, manchmal
lustig, manchmal traurig, aber immer anders.

Based on experiments with architecture, mathematics, photography,
pure-data and human-behavior pixelcrash produces live-visuals with a nice incalcuable haphazardness, deucedly chaotic, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always different.

www.designtree.at

Princess Superstar

K7, New York/USA

From: New York/USA
Profession: singer, producer, DJ,
Style: sleazy electro punk hip hop
Hit: 'Fuck me on the dancefloor'
Quotes: 'The Princess may have just found her superstar status' - M8, Sept 2005; 'Intelligent and highly foxy lady' - IDJ, Sept 2005
Recent album: 'My Machine'

From: New York/USA
Profession: singer, producer, DJ,
Style: sleazy electro punk hip hop
Hit: 'Fuck me on the dancefloor'
Quotes: 'The Princess may have just found her superstar status' - M8, Sept 2005; 'Intelligent and highly foxy lady' - IDJ, Sept 2005
Recent album: 'My Machine'

www.princesssuperstar.com/

Rainer Klang

Klein Records, Vienna/A

Hometown: Vienna
Club: Private Dancer
Label: Klein Records (Seelenluft, Sofa Surfers, The Bug, I - Wolf, Stratus, Mum, Bauchklang, Planet E etc. )
DJ since the early 90s, collects records, DJed for the Sofa Surfers, used to be resident at Klein Social Club
Style: House, Punk Funk, Electro and Disco

Hometown: Vienna
Club: Private Dancer
Label: Klein Records (Seelenluft, Sofa Surfers, The Bug, I - Wolf, Stratus, Mum, Bauchklang, Planet E etc. )
DJ since the early 90s, collects records, DJed for the Sofa Surfers, used to be resident at Klein Social Club
Style: House, Punk Funk, Electro and Disco

www.kleinrecords.com

Red Astaire

Stockholm, Se

Red Astaire aka Freddie Cruger aka Fredrik Lager
Hometown: Stockholm
Started out with: 80s HipHop
Style: a blend off old school HipHop and B-Boy grooves mixed up with dirty Funk, Soul, Reggae, Latin and Disco rhythms
Label : Gamm Records
Worked with: China Moses (DeDe Bridgewaters’ daughter), Bob Powers (A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots), Rappadon, Baz Baz, La Nata (France), ADL, Desmond Foster, Linn, Swing Fly, Anthony David, Bas-1 and many more
Classic : EP ‘Follow Me/The Wildstyle’

Red Astaire aka Freddie Cruger aka Fredrik Lager
Hometown: Stockholm
Started out with: 80s HipHop
Style: a blend off old school HipHop and B-Boy grooves mixed up with dirty Funk, Soul, Reggae, Latin and Disco rhythms
Label : Gamm Records
Worked with: China Moses (DeDe Bridgewaters’ daughter), Bob Powers (A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots), Rappadon, Baz Baz, La Nata (France), ADL, Desmond Foster, Linn, Swing Fly, Anthony David, Bas-1 and many more
Classic : EP ‘Follow Me/The Wildstyle’

www.myspace.com/redastaire

Red Star

Graz/A

Style: HipHop
Label: Contra

Style: HipHop
Label: Contra

Roman Rosenmayr

Soundwaves Productions, Wien/A

Born: in Vienna 1976
Influences: Vienna Scientists and the Sofa Surfers debut album Transit
Profession: DJ
Label: Soundwaves Productions
Self description: ‘Searching for the perfect sound wave and the attempt to create a homogeneous piece of music from different elements, styles and genres’

Born: in Vienna 1976
Influences: Vienna Scientists and the Sofa Surfers debut album Transit
Profession: DJ
Label: Soundwaves Productions
Self description: ‘Searching for the perfect sound wave and the attempt to create a homogeneous piece of music from different elements, styles and genres’

www.soundwaves-productions.com

Saturday Simon

House FM, EMC, Ljubljana/Slo

From: Ljubljana, Slovenia
History: Getting into the electronic music scene at the beginning of middle 1990's.
Quote: 'Music is fun to me, and making people having fun is my goal and pleasure. When I drive the crowd to ecstasy with music, I feel close to God.'
Labels: House FM, EMC, Pulapola

From: Ljubljana, Slovenia
History: Getting into the electronic music scene at the beginning of middle 1990's.
Quote: 'Music is fun to me, and making people having fun is my goal and pleasure. When I drive the crowd to ecstasy with music, I feel close to God.'
Labels: House FM, EMC, Pulapola

www.housefm.com

Scratch Perverts

London/UK

Who? Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One
Founded: in 1996
Style: Progressive HipHop DJing
Known for: Two consecutive World DMC Team titles, Plus One's World DMC Champion and World Vestax Champion titles, Prime Cut's back to back World ITF Scratching crowns etc.
Quote: ‘We still have that proper B-Boy ethic deep down at the core of it all’

Who? Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One
Founded: in 1996
Style: Progressive HipHop DJing
Known for: Two consecutive World DMC Team titles, Plus One's World DMC Champion and World Vestax Champion titles, Prime Cut's back to back World ITF Scratching crowns etc.
Quote: ‘We still have that proper B-Boy ethic deep down at the core of it all’

www.scratchperverts.com

Scrubber Fox

Wigan/UK

Producer and DJ
Style: fresh electronica
From: Wigan, near Manchester in the UK.
History: making tunes since 1995/6
Fact: Part of Manchester's Hippocamp crew
Debut: 'Ruffled Muffle'
played gigs all over the place with U-ziq, Leafcutter John, Team Doyobi, Rob Hall, Freeform, Machine Drum

Producer and DJ
Style: fresh electronica
From: Wigan, near Manchester in the UK.
History: making tunes since 1995/6
Fact: Part of Manchester's Hippocamp crew
Debut: 'Ruffled Muffle'
played gigs all over the place with U-ziq, Leafcutter John, Team Doyobi, Rob Hall, Freeform, Machine Drum

www.scrubberfox.co.uk

Sebastien Leger

Paris/F

DJ and Producer
History: son of two professional musicians; attended the academy of music from the age of five to 15; started creating his own House productions in 1998
Influences: Ian Pooley, Daft Punk and DJ Sneak
Fact: one of the world´s most demanded remixers, working for artists like Armand Van Helden, Kevin Saunderson, Ron Carroll, Jakatta feat Seal or Paul Johnson
Labels: Defected, Intec

DJ and Producer
History: son of two professional musicians; attended the academy of music from the age of five to 15; started creating his own House productions in 1998
Influences: Ian Pooley, Daft Punk and DJ Sneak
Fact: one of the world´s most demanded remixers, working for artists like Armand Van Helden, Kevin Saunderson, Ron Carroll, Jakatta feat Seal or Paul Johnson
Labels: Defected, Intec

www.sebastienleger.net

Shantel

Essay Rec, Frankfurt/D

Original name: Stefan Hantel
Born: 1968
Hometown: Frankfurt/Main
DJ and producer
Style: Balkan-House, Polka-Brass-Beat
Early 90s: he opened his own club Lissania Essay in Frankfurts red light district
1995: 1st Shantel-Album ‘Club Guerilla’ (Infracom)
Since 2002: Bucovina club nights
Famous Output: Bucovina Club Vol. 1 and 2

Original name: Stefan Hantel
Born: 1968
Hometown: Frankfurt/Main
DJ and producer
Style: Balkan-House, Polka-Brass-Beat
Early 90s: he opened his own club Lissania Essay in Frankfurts red light district
1995: 1st Shantel-Album ‘Club Guerilla’ (Infracom)
Since 2002: Bucovina club nights
Famous Output: Bucovina Club Vol. 1 and 2

www.bucovina.de

Silicone Soul

Soma, Glasgow/UK

Who? Craig Morrison and Graeme Reedie
Hometown: Glasgow
Profession: DJs, Producers
New album ‘Staring Into Space’
Quote: ‘We have tried to make an album of music with a vibe running through it rather than a ‘House’ album.’
Hit: their stunning homage to Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Right On!’
Influences: From that Jamaican Dance Hall vibe of the '70's to Funk, Soul and Disco through to the Wild Pitch sound, DJ Pierre, Felix Da Housecat, the classic Chicago sound, Basic Channel
Label: Soma

Who? Craig Morrison and Graeme Reedie
Hometown: Glasgow
Profession: DJs, Producers
New album ‘Staring Into Space’
Quote: ‘We have tried to make an album of music with a vibe running through it rather than a ‘House’ album.’
Hit: their stunning homage to Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Right On!’
Influences: From that Jamaican Dance Hall vibe of the '70's to Funk, Soul and Disco through to the Wild Pitch sound, DJ Pierre, Felix Da Housecat, the classic Chicago sound, Basic Channel
Label: Soma

www.somarecords.com

Simonlebon

Vienna/A

Who? Simon Birner
Born: 1975 in Vienna/Austria
Style: Electronics, Dub, HipHop, Funk, Breaks, Electro, House, Techno
Clubnight: ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ inspired by a Grace Jones song in 2002, monthly at Spark in Vienna and unregularly around Austria and in the South of Germany
Founded the international culture exchange project ‘ProjectEast’
In 2002 Simon started to produce his own tracks
Label: klein records

Who? Simon Birner
Born: 1975 in Vienna/Austria  
Style: Electronics, Dub, HipHop, Funk, Breaks, Electro, House, Techno
Clubnight: ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ inspired by a Grace Jones song in 2002, monthly at Spark in Vienna and unregularly around Austria and in the South of Germany
Founded the international culture exchange project ‘ProjectEast’
In 2002 Simon started to produce his own tracks
Label: klein records

www.kleinrecords.com

Sinclair & Yoshiva

Graz/A

Style: House, Future Boogie, Soulful Techno
Facts: Vinyl Junkies
Clubnight: Boogeebasement

Style: House, Future Boogie, Soulful Techno
Facts: Vinyl Junkies
Clubnight: Boogeebasement

www.boogeebasement.com

Slack Hippy

Vienna/A

DJ
Born in the UK, lives in Vienna
Style: Funk, Soul, Groove, HipHop, House, Techno, Jungle, Breaks…Slack Hippy can play it out
Radio: FM4
History: in 1996 Slack Hippy joined the weekly House and Techno show (La Boum Deuxe) as resident DJ

DJ
Born in the UK, lives in Vienna
Style: Funk, Soul, Groove, HipHop, House, Techno, Jungle, Breaks…Slack Hippy can play it out
Radio: FM4
History: in 1996 Slack Hippy joined the weekly House and Techno show (La Boum Deuxe) as resident DJ

Sophie Solomon

London/UK

Who? Good looking violinist from London
Known as Keith Richards or Eddie van Halen of the violin
Founder of the legendary hipster-band Oi Va Voi, soloist in the London Symphony Orchestra
Melting Classics and Klezmer, Gypsies and Gnawa, Dvorák und Tango, Club and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and modern productions
New album: Poison Sweet Madeira (Decca / Universal Classics)

Who? Good looking violinist from London
Known as Keith Richards or Eddie van Halen of the violin
Founder of the legendary hipster-band Oi Va Voi, soloist in the London Symphony Orchestra
Melting Classics and Klezmer, Gypsies and Gnawa, Dvorák und Tango, Club and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and modern productions
New album: Poison Sweet Madeira (Decca / Universal Classics)

www.sophiesolomon.com
www.bucovina.de

Stereotyp

G-stone, Klein Records, Vienna/A

Who? Stefan Moerth
New Yorker at heart, eats and drinks like an Austrian, smokes like Jah people
Labels: G-stone, Klein Records
Style: Soul and Dancehall with Sci-fi future twist.
Influences: Hubert Tubbs (The Tower of Power), Tikiman, DJ Collage, Cesar, Trigga to name a few
News: Producing the next Al Haca record featuring Dunlok Backson

Who? Stefan Moerth
New Yorker at heart, eats and drinks like an Austrian, smokes like Jah people
Labels: G-stone, Klein Records
Style: Soul and Dancehall with Sci-fi future twist.
Influences: Hubert Tubbs (The Tower of Power), Tikiman, DJ Collage, Cesar, Trigga to name a few
News: Producing the next Al Haca record featuring Dunlok Backson

www.g-stoned.com
www.kleinrecords.com
www.stereodeluxe.com

Strukt

Salzburg, Linz/A

Strukt
What? Visual artist network
From: Salzburg, Linz
History: Founded in summer 2002. It all began with the need for a platform to present free, non-commercial, experimental graphic design works.
Strukt Design Compilation Magazine Issue #1 was born out of the necessity to join forces, and soon fabulous live multimedia events brought it all together.

Strukt
What? Visual artist network
From: Salzburg, Linz
History: Founded in summer 2002. It all began with the need for a platform to present free, non-commercial, experimental graphic design works.
Strukt Design Compilation Magazine Issue #1 was born out of the necessity to join forces, and soon fabulous live multimedia events brought it all together.

strukt.at

Superpitcher

Kompakt, Köln/D

Original name: Aksel Schaufler
Profession: producer and DJ
Style: Techno-Pop, Singer-Songwriter-Techno, Glam
Album: ‘Here comes Love’
News: Mix-CD ‘Today’
Label: Kompakt

Original name: Aksel Schaufler
Profession: producer and DJ
Style: Techno-Pop, Singer-Songwriter-Techno, Glam
Album: ‘Here comes Love’
News: Mix-CD ‘Today’
Label: Kompakt

www.kompakt-net.de

Syrous

Zeiger, parkside DJ Massive, Graz / A

DJ
Hometown: Graz
Sound: Elektro, Acid House, Breakbeat
Label: Zeiger Records
Fact: tallest DJ in Graz

DJ
Hometown: Graz
Sound: Elektro, Acid House, Breakbeat
Label: Zeiger Records
Fact: tallest DJ in Graz

Tayo

London/UK

involved in the breakbeat scene: since its beginning
career: first a journalist writing about the music, then a club promoter
first breaks club: Friction (with Adam Freeland and Rennie Pilgrem)
DJ residencies: Home, Fabric, Bugged Out and many more around the world
Releases: four mix albums; also for Skint Records, Mantra Breaks, Passenger records and Fat! Recordings
Remixes for: Jaydee, Basement Jaxx,  Dave Clarke and Lady Sovereign amongst others
current mix album: ‚These Are The Breaks’ (for DMC)
extras: started Mob Records in 1999 kickstarting the Stanton Warriors in a new breakbeat direction and releasing albums from Beber & Tamra, and NuBreed as well as the first mix album from The Plump DJS.
Is the only person to have two y4K albums for Distinctive.
After doing a show on Kiss100 for three years Tayo has recently moved to Radio One to do their "Residency" show, playing his own mixture of dubwise beats and electro breaks.

 

involved in the breakbeat scene: since its beginning
career: first a journalist writing about the music, then a club promoter
first breaks club: Friction (with Adam Freeland and Rennie Pilgrem)
DJ residencies: Home, Fabric, Bugged Out and many more around the world
Releases: four mix albums; also for Skint Records, Mantra Breaks, Passenger records and Fat! Recordings
Remixes for: Jaydee, Basement Jaxx,  Dave Clarke and Lady Sovereign amongst others
current mix album: ‚These Are The Breaks’ (for DMC)
extras: started Mob Records in 1999 kickstarting the Stanton Warriors in a new breakbeat direction and releasing albums from Beber & Tamra, and NuBreed as well as the first mix album from The Plump DJS.
Is the only person to have two y4K albums for Distinctive.
After doing a show on Kiss100 for three years Tayo has recently moved to Radio One to do their "Residency" show, playing his own mixture of dubwise beats and electro breaks.

Tetsuo

shellbeach, Graz

Local DJ from Graz
Label: shellbeach

Local DJ from Graz
Label: shellbeach

www.shellbeach.mur.at

The Glimmers

Eskimo Rec., Bel

Hometown: Gent, Belgium
Profession: DJs, Producers
Sound: eclectic Disco, House, New Beat, Rock, anything really good
Labels: K7, Eskimo
Fact: They had to change their name from ‘Glimmer Twins’ to ‘Glimmers’ because in their wild days Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were called ‘The Glimmer Twins’
Last mix-CD: DJ-Kicks
News: remixing, re-editing, DJing, keeping the party rockin’

Hometown: Gent, Belgium
Profession: DJs, Producers
Sound: eclectic Disco, House, New Beat, Rock, anything really good
Labels: K7, Eskimo
Fact: They had to change their name from ‘Glimmer Twins’ to ‘Glimmers’ because in their wild days Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were called ‘The Glimmer Twins’
Last mix-CD: DJ-Kicks
News: remixing, re-editing, DJing, keeping the party rockin’

www.glimmertwins.com

The Modernist

Kompakt, Köln/D

Original name: Jörg Burger
Roots: early 90s when he established the Delirium record-store together with Wolfgang & Reinhard Voigt, Jürgen Paape & Michael Mayer (which later became Kompakt)
Style: Techno, Ambient
Influences: T.Rex, Orange Juice, Prefab Sprout
Label: Kompakt
Last release: ‘Kangmei’
News: new album to come soon

Original name: Jörg Burger
Roots: early 90s when he established the Delirium record-store together with Wolfgang & Reinhard Voigt, Jürgen Paape & Michael Mayer (which later became Kompakt)
Style: Techno, Ambient
Influences: T.Rex, Orange Juice, Prefab Sprout
Label: Kompakt
Last release: ‘Kangmei’
News: new album to come soon

www.popular.org
www.kompakt-net.de

Tibcurl

female:pressure, Wien/A

DJ from Vienna
Style: experimental and Electronica sounds, Techno
History: At age 17 she discovered House and Techno – started mixing in 1998 and made her first attempts in Tokyo.
She initialized ‘Electronic Resistance’, Sound System Demos against the Austrian right wing government.
Releases: ‘Electronic Resistance’ and ‘Electronic Resistance, The Jingles’ (featuring Electric Indigo, Pulsinger & Tunakan, Tosca, Christopher Just, Bernhard Fleischmann etc.)
Club: ICKE MICKE, Vienna
Label: female:pressure

DJ from Vienna
Style: experimental and Electronica sounds, Techno
History: At age 17 she discovered House and Techno – started mixing in 1998 and made her first attempts in Tokyo.
She initialized ‘Electronic Resistance’, Sound System Demos against the Austrian right wing government.
Releases: ‘Electronic Resistance’ and ‘Electronic Resistance, The Jingles’ (featuring Electric Indigo, Pulsinger & Tunakan, Tosca, Christopher Just, Bernhard Fleischmann etc.)
Club: ICKE MICKE, Vienna
Label: female:pressure

www.ickemicke.at

Turnmaster Tim

SC Istra, Porec/Cro

aka Christoph Ertl
From: Porec, Croatia
Profession: DJ
Instrument: Decks
Former band member as turntablist in: Deishovida, Supernova

aka Christoph Ertl
From: Porec, Croatia
Profession: DJ
Instrument: Decks
Former band member as turntablist in: Deishovida, Supernova.

turnmastertim.com

VJ Inocybe

Maribor/SLO

VJ from Maribor, Slovenia
Performed at last year’s springfive festival
She likes to work with samples from tv-shows and creates an organic unit of music and visuals

VJ from Maribor, Slovenia
Performed at last year’s springfive festival
She likes to work with samples from tv-shows and creates an organic unit of music and visuals

Winterstrand

Park, Graz/A

Who? Three brothers, risen from the same passionate blood that now is responsible for each one´s passion for music
Hometown: Graz, Berlin
Sound: Soundscapes, Heavy Breaks, relaxed (but never loungy) Rhythms combined with a melodic intensity
Influences: early 90ies Electronic, Folk, Jazz, Old School HipHop and early Jungle,

Who? Three brothers, risen from the same passionate blood that now is responsible for each one´s passion for music
Hometown: Graz, Berlin
Sound: Soundscapes, Heavy Breaks, relaxed (but never loungy) Rhythms combined with a melodic intensity
Influences: early 90ies Electronic, Folk, Jazz, Old School HipHop and early Jungle,

winterstrand.net

Zvonko

disko404, Graz

Style: IDM, Experimental
Member of disko404-collective

Style: IDM, Experimental
Member of disko404-collective

disko404.org