Kazuki Yamaguchi a.k.a. Kez YM is one of Tokyo's up and coming house music producers. A participant of 2007's Red Bull Music Academy, his 'Sweetly Confused' EP put him on the map in 2008, receiving support from the likes of Moodymann and Cassy. Andy Vaz signed Kez to his Yore label for last year's 'City Soul EP', which was equally well received and made us hungry for more soulful house by this musical...

Raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Barclay Crenshaw fell in love with the beat by listening to popular broadcasts of the Electrifying Mojo's Midnight Funk Association on local radio. After unsuccessfully trying to persuade Juan Atkins to hire him as sound engineer at age 16, Crenshaw got into the film industry, eventually relocating to San Francisco and directing a documentary on DJ culture called...

California based John Tejada is easily one of the most productive DJ/producers in modern dance music. While most of his colleagues work on establishing a signature sound within one specific genre, John Tejada works in all genres simultaneously. Whether house, techno, electronica or drum & bass, every scene gets something from this multitalent and Tejada manages to move within each field as if it...

Phil Kieran might be best known for his metal-flavoured electro as part of the acclaimed Alloy Mental project, but the Belfast-based DJ and producer is far from being a one trick pony, having recorded in a range of styles from techno to electro and breaks on prestigious labels such as Soma, Skint, or most recently Cocoon. Since 2007 Kieran is operating his own label Flying Cabbage.

Matt Edwards a.k.a. Radio Slave a.k.a. Rekid like no other dance producer manages to deliver a greater diversity of remixes and productions, ranging from Chicago House to the most brutal Pop tracks, while expressing his romantic side in his other project Quiet Village. Did we mention he is constantly touring the world with his record bag full of italo classics and the freshest shit you can't buy for...

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 and numerous releases of deepest house on labels like Oslo and Cécille he quickly found himself on the olymp of contemporary dance music producers while DJ'ing all the relevant clubs across Europe. Production-wise,...

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 developing the dub-techno style with their first releases in 1994 and 1995, the pair has since dedicated their production work to the fusion of dub and electronic music and runs the Basic Channel label family, which...

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 Señor Coconut (a.k.a. Atom Heart), Ricardo Villalobos or Dandy Jack. In 2000 he moved to Switzerland, releasing his music on Mental Groove, Klang Elektronik and Peacefrog, either as Luciano or as twin alter ego Lucien-N-Luciano. In...

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 and successfully scored for television and film, e.g. the UNESCO sponsored series 'Treasures of The World'. In 2003, he finally received much-deserved recognition and...

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. During his career, spanning over more than 25 years, he released on labels such as 100% Pure, Tresor, Music Man and Delsin.

Britain's Oliver Ho is best known for the music he has produced for Blueprint and his own label Meta for over more than a decade. Making a name for himself by pioneering percussive techno in tune with the styles of Jeff Mills or Adam Beyer, Ho has always maintained a more experimental edge over many of his peers by delving deeper into the polyrhythmic possibilities of his style. Feeling the urge to...