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Berlin
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The First Lady of German techno with an ongoing career for over ten years, DJ, producer, BPitch Control label boss and A&R Ellen Allien is well known not only to regular followers of...
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London
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Where Richard James leads, others follow. It is almost impossible to overstate the importance of Aphex Twin on the electronic music landscape of today. From humble beginnings DJ'ing at...
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Berlin
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Sascha Ring, a.k.a Apparat, regards his move from the provincial backwaters of eastern Germany to Berlin in 1997 as one of the best decisions he has ever made. Since 1999 he runs,...
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Berlin
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Basic Channel is the project of Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, owners of Berlin's well known record store Hardwax and the Dubplates & Mastering studios. Commonly credited for...
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Detroit
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Having started out in the late 80s, guided by his friend and mentor Derrick May, Carl Craig has since enjoyed an exceptional career with landmark projects such as 69, Innerzone Orchestra or Paperclip People. He has further built an...
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Berlin
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Dan Curtin's fascination with music was sparked when he discovered East Coast hip hop while still in primary school. Hip hop, along with new wave, electro, and other sonic innovations...
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Mannheim
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As the son of Eritrean refugees, Johannes Debese (better known as Johnny D) became acquainted with a wide array of music styles at an early age - from Tigrinya, the Eritrean music of...
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Stockholm
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John Dahlbäck was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1985. He moved to a small village outside Stockholm at an early age with both his mother and father being musicians, and almost everyone...
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Berlin
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Dirt Crew consists of Berlin-based producers James Flavour and Break 3000 whose name has quickly become synonymous for a new breed of electro-flavoured, minimalistic house music. After...
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Frankfurt
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If you talk about the new breed of Frankfurt, Germany based artists it can't be done without mentioning Sascha Dive. With the foundation of his own imprint Deep Vibes Recordings in 2006...
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Berlin
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This boy is a disc jockey in the truest sense of the word. His infamous 'Off Limits' DJ-mixes placed him firmly on the international map and his Wahoo project cemented his reputation as...
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Detroit
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Terrence Dixon's long-time alliance with the Godfather of Techno Juan Atkins has helped forge his own powerful sound in the world of minimalist Techno. Dixon produced two highly remarkable releases as Population One on Metroplex and as...
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Detroit
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Dopplereffekt first came into the public eye in 1995 with a series of low-budget releases on their own Dataphysix Engineering label, melting Detroit techno and Kraftwerk influences with a controversial image that immediately grabbed...
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Detroit
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Drexciya were formed in 1989 but only began to reach a larger audience in 1993 when they were signed to legendary Detroit techno label Underground Resistance for their second release 'Bubble Metropolis'. Drexciya not only crafted an...
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New York City
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Discovering DJing in the 80s, Abe Duque became obsessed with vinyl and electronic dance music production. In the early 90s he became the keyboard player for the then techno supergroup Program2. In 1993 Abe made a decision to start his...
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Berlin
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Philipp Sollmann releases under the name Efdemin since his debut 'Joni' on Dial Records in 2001, showing his very own production approach combining the past, present and future of...
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Los Angeles
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Great nephew of Alice Coltrane, Flying Lotus started out recording for seminal LA label Plug Research, where his debut '1983' appeared in 2006. Recording abstract electronic hip hop in...
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Rome
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Alongside Jolly Music and Mat101 partner Mario Pierro (a.k.a. Raiders of the Lost ARP, Francesco de Bellis is on the forefront of the Italian new disco movement, incorporating techno...
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Tel Aviv
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A man responsible for some memorable end of night moments on dance floors across the globe: Guy Gerber's universally embraced single 'Stoppage Time' became a standout anthem of 2006 at Ibiza clubs like The Cocoon at Amnesia and Dc10...
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Detroit
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Dubbed 'The Math Assassin' for his scientific approach to composition, Robert Hood became known during the 90s through his releases for Detroit label Hardwax and as a member of Underground Resistance. After his split from the legendary...
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The Hague
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Ferenc E. van der Sluijs - better known as I-f, Inter-Ference or The Parallax Corporation started out making music in the early 90s. Our man from Den Haag was friends with the creative squat scene in his home town and was instrumental...
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Hamburg
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Isolée is a minimalist house producer whose music is reminisent of indie electronic pop music of the early eighties and ambient techno from a decade on. Isolée is credited with creating the very first microhouse record to reach the...
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London
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Jimpster is the project of producer and Freerange founder Jamie Odell.
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Hamburg
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One of Germany's highest valued producers and an illustrious entrepreneur in the music scene. He has come a long way since he already was a star in early German Hip Hop times with a 2nd place in the German DMC Championships in 1990,...
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Berlin
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Heiko Laux started his label Kanzleramt in 1994, in order to release his own material. His releases of powerful techno soon earned him the nickname 'The Hessen Techno Tiger' and in the...
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Dublin
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Recording since 2005, Dublin based producer Lerosa is just being hailed as one of deep house' freshest talents, his current releases for Uzuri and Millions of Moments as well as his recent live sets are certainly contributing to his...
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Oslo
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Raised on country and western music in the outskirts of the Norwegian oil town Stavanger, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm now lives in Oslo, from where he is making contemporary disco often lined up with his friend Prins Thomas and/or Todd Terje...
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Heidelberg
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Testing his musical and production talents in a wide variety of activities around his 800achtspur label (founded in 1996), Lopazz has played guitar and drums in several bands, worked as a sound engineer for Alex Cortez and Bergheim 34...
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Zürich
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Born in 1978, Lucien Nicolet started out as a DJ in 1993 promoting numerous clubs in Santiago de Chile alongside many innovators of the Latin American electronic music scene such as...
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Berlin
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Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti, best known as Vladislav Delay, has been presenting his experimental pop-house project Luomo to a world-wide audience with three albums as well as in...
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Cologne
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Michael Mayer was born in the Black Forest in the west of Germany. As a young boy he already started his passion for the DJ's craft and collecting records from Italian disco, the Pet...
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London
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Born in Germany and partly raised in the USA, Spain and England, Thomas Melchior has been resident in London for over 20 years. With the arrival of an Atari computer, he began to discover the world of reduced music, which lead him to...
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Detroit
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Growing up in the 1970s, Alton Miller soaked up the musical environment surrounding him in the Motor City, taking a particular interest in the sounds of Motown, Philadelphia, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Santana. It was during the early...
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Chicago
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As one of the most prominent and influential figures in the history of techno, only few artists in the electronic music business are fit to hold a candle to Jeff Mills. Acclaimed in equal measures for his ground-breaking production...
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Malmö
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When Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson formed Minilogue they came from quite opposing backgrounds: Sebastian was trained as a classical musician playing the organ, piano and the...
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Paris
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Grenoble born Caroline Hervé, a.k.a. Miss Kittin, has in recent years firmly established herself in the top-star league of the electronic music scene. With first major successes as a...
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Who is the man behind Arto Mwambé? We know that he makes beautiful records and that his releases were among our favourites from the last year, but his identity remains uncertain. His releases appeared so far on his home label...
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Leeds
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Master of the smoked out, chilled out sound, Nightmares On Wax began by producing heavy, experimental acid and techno cuts, before neatly turning things in their head with the release...
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Paris
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Brought together by intransparent family relations, Rumanian-born Nicolas Sfintescu and Frenchman Ezéchiel Pailhès started releasing music as Nôze in 2004 and since that time run the...
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London
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Ask any seasoned club-goer who their favourite male vocalist is and nine times out of ten Robert Owens' name will come up. Sure, there are other great house vocalists out there, but with almost twenty years as a DJ, producer and singer...
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Istanbul
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Onur Özer began his musical career in the late 90's, when house and tech-house were making a resurgence in Istanbul. In a city, oppressed by both a stifling heat and a musical style...
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Paris
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Alter ego of Dial Records artist Hendrick Weber, Pantha Du Prince has become everybody's darling since his 2007 smash album 'This Bliss' and is possibly the only man who can join the...
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London
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Andrea Parker started out producing for James Lavelle's legendary Mo' Wax label, helping shape its characteristic downtempo electronica sound along artists like DJ Krush, DJ Shadow,...
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Rome
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Marco Passarani (a.k.a Passarani 2099, PSS2099 and Analog Fingerprints) is without a doubt one of most influential players in Italy's vast electronic music scene. He has started his...
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Berlin
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With a number of releases on labels such as Detroit Underground
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Phon.O, or Carsten Aermes to his mum, has pioneered a tough electronic sound that sits somewhere in...
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Vienna
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As an accomplished composer, producer and remixer, Patrick Pulsinger is known for traveling an idiosyncratic path through diverse fields of contemporary music. Always on the lookout for...
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Amsterdam
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Steve Rachmad is considered by many being the Godfather of Detroit Techno in the Netherlands. Respected in the world of electronic music for his deep, groovy sounds that tend to rest on impressive strings, melodies, funk and soul....
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