DJ Tarkan

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In 2008, Dimitri released a new pearl, ‘Run and hide’. The track was a first step in amore emotional curve of his productions. Soon after he made remixes for Marc Romboy and Chelonis R jones (Get Physical) on Systematic recordings.(Elif,Pompadour) As well as some very deep emotional remixes he also made moreenergetic remixes on MBelektronics, Girafe sauvage that year.

More collaborations with other DJs, artists and producers occur again in 2009. Lately Dimitri has been working withMarc Romboy in the studio and together they remixed a track from Marc’s latest Album, ‘The Beat’. A few months later, Dimitri released ‘Pharaoh’. Again he produced not only the music, but also a video on this track. As he’s alsoworking on tv  commercials and different side-projects, these experiences mirror more and more in his cinematic way of arranging tracks. Due to these experiences, Dimitri now creates a music video for most of his releases. 2009 also saw releases and remixes appearing on Suara, Circle Music, Robotronic Recs and Yoshitoshi.

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Luca Ricci

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Erphun

It may have been fate that Erphun’s very first gig was on Halloween, because his music is brooding, pounding, moody and transformative, as if from another realm entirely. His ability to build a mood is mesmerizing and transports the listener to that alternate spiritual level that his moniker infers. Having spun around the US, Mexico and Canada at legendary clubs such as 1015 Folsom (San Francisco), Circus (Montreal), MINC (Dallas), Broadway (San Diego), Voodoo Lounge (Las Vegas), Risqu (Las Vegas, New Year’s Eve 2004), and the Shelbourne Hotel (Miami, Winter Music Conference), Erphun began to make his mark. Erphun’s music has been spun in clubs all over the world and is succinctly summed up by Steve Lawler as a “deep, dark and underground unique sound” that trademarks his pieces.

With releases on UMEK’s “1605”, Stephan Bodzin’s imprint, Herzblut, Fergie’s Excentric Muzik, Alan Fitzpatrick’s label 8 Sided Dice , Rekluse, Audio Therapy, ViVa MUSiC and more recently to John Digweed’s Bedrock Records, his name is now instantly recognizable among the tech-house, minimal, techno world of spinning producers who globe trot his compositions to be dropped on every conceivable audience. The reaction of the listener to his slow, driving builds that weave between the almost symphonic-like movements of each of his pieces is always jaw dropping and is usually followed by an exclamatory “SIIIIIICK!”.

Erphun is also a highly sought after re-mixer for artists who want to hear the 4AM version of their pieces. The only way to really experience this immense talent is to see him in action. A night of Erphun’s making heightens the listener’s musical aesthetic and aurally illustrates his personal musical vision.

myspace.com/djerphun

Luca Angelli

Luca Agnelli, 32 years old, from Tuscany (Italy), dj, producer and remixer in continuous sound evolution, always.Looking for new stimulus and objectives , always experimenting new routes, reinventing new languages.Eclectic, creative, involving, he has a unique style, he transmit passion, adrenaline and emotions.In his sets he manipulates, transforms, contaminate the sounds, searching for unlimited possible combinations, challenging precepts and prejudices, playing wisely with technology and everything that enables him to create and rework music.He doesn’t like to classify his sounds in a precise kind, but you can easily perceive his house roots, strongly affected by the most contemporary techno and deep.He collaborates regularly with M2o for the program “La Noche Escabrosa” that on airs his dj sets.In 2004 he won the Bybloscar Award for the category “Best Deejay of the Year”.

In November 2005 he has been selected to take part of the jury for th European project “Amaze Me”, realised by Show Studio from London for the launch of the new Portable PlayStation (PSP).Since January 2007 he is testimonial of Ableton Live (www.backline.it).

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Marcel Knopf

He tried this Digital-DJ-Turn-Stuff. But rocking rarities should be played best from vinyl and without a screen that helps mixing when you are wasted once again. His vinyl rack brims over with special records between Matthew Hertbert, dub, house and every groove from techno wonderland. Not only is this credible but also worth listening to. Lounging impossible! Oh yeah and another thing: marcel is expecting his first baby in autumn: name: dusty dance, weight: 15g, seize: 12cm, sex: house.

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myspace/marcelknopf

Eelke Kleijn

Spring 2007 saw Eelke taking the next leap towards fulfilling his dreams. Months of labour finally paid off when his debut artist album ‘Naturally Artificial’ was snapped up by Global Underground. It did not take the guys at GU long to see its potential. “Needless to say I am extremely happy about it!”, he adds. “Global Underground is one of the labels that have been around since the beginning, you don’t get a chance like this every day”.

It is difficult to describe Eelke’s sound in a few words though. “I am easily bored with music, I don’t like recycling sounds and ideas all the time”, he explains. “As with my DJ sets, I need variety in order to remain interested in what I’m doing. Producing different styles is almost like a way to express the different moods I’m in”. The signing of ‘”Walkabout” on Ork Recordings with Nick Hogendoorn is a perfect example, receiving critical acclaim from artists as diverse as Fish Go Deep, Nic Fanciulli and Anthony Pappa. Outside the Box Music, Eelke’s label launched in 2006, reflects his taste in music like nothing else. Many releases are not easy to pigeonhole into a certain style but instead cross the conventional borders between them. Eelke’s ambitions don’t stop at dance music however. His production work for Nike shows a very different side of his music, balancing on the fine line between hip hop and electronica. In 2009 Eelke wrote music for their “V is for Victory” and “Create_Space” campaigns.

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myspace/eelkekleijn

Pelacha

Pelacha is one of the most relevant DJs of the Spanish techno scene. She started behind the turntables in 1992 in one of the most significant clubs in those days, Barfly. Later she was also resident DJ at Epsilon, Consulado and Omensound, alternating these sessions with her first gigs outside Madrid in north Spain.

In 1998 she creates Interstate collective, with which she produces several festivals in the Capital, and also collaborates in Art Futura and Festimad festivals. During 1999 she was resident DJ at Davai club, and in another after session at Arena, where she used to perform tech-house sets. From that year until today, next to being a resident DJ, she has also been one of the creators of One, club which has in its six years become one of the main references of the techno music in Spain, and with which she has recorded the CD-mix One a different club (Aire Music), which achieved a great success.

Next to it, during the years 2002-2003, she has been resident DJ at Surface
session in Groove and Electrik, both clubs in Madrid.

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myspace/djpelacha

Nick Curly

As one of the main protagonists behind the so-called Mannheim sound, Nick has exploded on to the scene in 2008 with a string of releases on Cecille, 8Bit, murmur and Supernature – with the recently released ‘Dubnoise’ EP and ‘Television’, in particular, proving absolutely huge with DJ’s around the world.

Not content with simply making great music, as the owner of the Cecille and 8Bit labels, Nick has developed a talent as a taste-maker and overseen an amazing year for his labels as releases from the likes of Johnny D, SiS, Markus Fix, Robert Dietz, Lemos and Kreon have propelled many of these artists on to the global stage.

His work on his own labels as caught the eye of many and as a result the next months hold in store output on Liebe*Detail, Get Physical, Mobilee and murmur. In the biggest news of all, his debut album on, naturally, Cecille Records is due to hit in spring 2009.

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Badme

Badme, led by her passion for electronic dance music, which began with Josh Wink’s “Don’t Laugh” and Radio 2019, which has a quite impact on the birth of the electronic music scene in Turkey. It is the Switch Club in Istanbul, who gave her the urge to dig more about electronic dance music and after the sad confinement of the club, something unexpected -“Something just pushed my button and like I was all programmed for it.”- occured for her and she started DJing and she has appeared in various clubs and festivals from that time, which is 2003.

Badme started the formation called Redukt in 2009, and while working with talented producers and DJs from all over the world under the roof of Redukt together with her partner in crime; Clone Kent, she carries out the label works and determining Redukt’s inclinations as an international formation.

Also the inheritance of Fino Attack, turned into Redukt’s radio show under the name “Reduktiv Radio Show” at Dinamo FM has grown a reputation for the past 4 years and on air every saturday night at 22:00 (GMT). Badme plays once in a month and she welcomes her guests along with other Redukt artists on the show and spread the sound.

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myspace/badmetech

Matt Rowan

Matt Rowan’s DJ career spans two decades of house music and continues to grow and evolve today. Having commenced his first residency back in 1998, Matt has gone on to become a regular at many a Sydney nightclub and event. A style that’s been described as “Bass-driven House Music”, Matt’s sets incorporate a strong rhythmic and techy feel whilst remaining light hearted and funky: A combination which gets any dance floor moving! This dance floor oriented approach to set structure and programming, combined with deft skills, has seen Matt hold residencies at Sounds on Sunday, Habit, Robotique and Sydney’s premier progressive night SweetChilli. With dates both at home and abroad, 2006 saw Matt make his WMC debut with numerous guest appearances alongside some of the industry’s finest, whilst 2008 promises to be a big year with further dates in Europe and South America. Making his production debut in 2005, Matt soon went on to compile a solid catalogue of tunes and remixes on a variety of labels – Hope, Baroque, Only, Rapid Response, Proton and Babylon to name a few.

myspace/djmattrowan

Derek Howell

He strove to create something fueled by his musical roots, but driven by the future. To this day he has sought to invent a place where the products of others’ musical heydays and his visions of the future of music can come together and groove. At the start of his career he released records on such labels as Fade Records, Bedrock Records and 3 Beat Breaks. He has since had releases on Matthew Dekay’s DK Records, Randall Jones’s Mynt Music imprint, Proton Music and the ever present Global Underground. In addition, he has been featured on quite a few well known compilations including the infamous Nick Warren’s GU 028: Shanghai, Desyn Masiello’s Balance 08, GU’s Electric Calm v2 downtempo compilation as well as their Digitized 2 compilation and two of Hernan Cattaneo’s Renaissance compilations.

Derek’s collaboration work with fellow producers Peter Martin and Joshua Michael has birthed the Pinkbox Special/Alley Qats and Lonestar projects respectively, under which releases on Armada Music, Maris Music, Proton Music and Fade Records have ensued. These things being all in the past but certainly never forgotten, Derek’s goal for tomorrow and the years to come is to create dance and electronic music, not simply dance tracks. He strives to push himself in different directions and to never be content with settling on any one style, genre or subgenre of the music he chooses to create. Music has always remained a very important part of his life, and that trend shall continue. Hopefully, with a lot of hard work, and a boat load of faith, his music will become an important part of so many others’ lives as well.

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myspace/derekphowell

Gentetz

Gentetz was born in Japan in 1975 and studied recording and engineering at college in Shinjuku, Tokyo.1994 saw him making music using an eight-track so he could hear his sounds played loud in a club.After a couple of years he developed a serious addiction to sampling vinyl and making beats on his MPC, digging the sounds coming from Tokyo, New York and London. In 1998 a Ninja-tune event opened his consciousness to overseas sounds.Year 2000 and his friends introduced him to Rave for the first time, From there on he started beating electronic drums, shifting sideways to dance music, phat beats and the polyrhythms of african drums. Sydney 2005, Gentetz and LRS (obscure.co.nz) met and formed the minimal techno unit Jackboot. Since then Gentetz has been making experimental techno. Gentetz creates his audio by starting with a sketch of his imagined sound-scape using clay and color pencils – recognizing the frequencies and rhythms as a spatial solid.

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myspace/gentetz

Taylan Yılmaz

As a man dedicated to art, Taylan Yılmaz was introduced to music at a young age and has been expressing himself with music ever since. Aside of being a musician he is an art graduate from MSU Art Academy.He is panting artist, professional photographer, illustrator, director and composer. His painting skills have been appreciated by art society since the age of ten and his illustrations and paintings have been published by major and wellknown comicbooks and magazines in Turkey so far.

He started his own club Auf, where he hosted and played with some of the biggest names such as Bruno Pronsato, Savas Pascalidis, Bangkok Impact, Stephan Sieber, Rennie Pilgrem and many more.

AUF came to an end as a nightclub. in 2007 released first ep from londons Living Records owned from Dub Kult. He started new solo booking and event management agency called AUF.organized parties, worked and play with Dub Taylor, Akufen, Bruno Pronsato, Sammy DEE, …

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Alex Medina

Alex medina hails from las palmas on the spanish canary islands, although he also spent some time living in madrid and barcelona. he has been djing since the mid-90’s, and he has performed at many clubs and festivals around europe. his music ranges from hypnotic minimal techno to funky house. he has a bucket of releases and remixes on labels like meerestief limited, sinergy networks, zey productions, unlock, suara, misniskecth, minicule, flumo, miniatura, alertha, nulogic, polytone, djookee, and others. alex medina is also one-half of the duo tobias pronto alongside daniel vallejo, with releases on sinergy networks. he also has a dubby downtempo project called nectar alongside vocalist javier vila (a.k.a. viltown), plus he performs music alongside a visual artist (pedro mujica) under the name low definition.

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myspace/alexanderground

Alex Costa

Alex remix “Future Force” from USA (Beat Freeze Rec.) & Relative Depth ITA (Emotiva Rec.) and sign other contract with digital label Second Coming UK & 32Bit UK for future release on 2007. Also on the late 2006 Alex music have been received a lot of interest by other label like 852,Elektrofone,Presslab,Kubism,Red Ant and he has upcoming releases on this label on 2007. For start the 2008 Alex sign more releases on Minimo, Meridional, Sirion, Dropit and BlauBeat (Baroque) but make also new releases on Presslab (Pull & Bear appears on S.Lawler “Viva Toronto” Compilation).Also in this year Alex start its work by A&R of Carica Limited Rec. sub label of Carica Rec. Now Alex continues his works by playing his music with a great electro-house style and indeed he continues his productions with DeepTronikz, Electro Therapy, Alex Costa and also the new Costantino project.

myspace.com/djalexcosta

Alex Henning

Alex Henning started his experience on the music scene when he was 17, assisting the dj’s in the clubs in Germany, also learning the work’s tricks. He had his first parties when he was 20, after three years on dj sets, playing music with influences of deep, minimal and tech house sounds; the time spent in clubs was useful to understand the kind of sound that people wanted to hear. In 2002 he moved to Italy, taking advantage of the situation for comparing two music’s concepts: the German techno and the italian house – minimal. He started to feel the need to create his own music, based on deep sounds with a melodic background, going from progressive house to minimal concepts, passing through tech house sounds.

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