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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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New York City
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Those declared dead live longer: Formed in 1997 by the MCs Priest, Beans, M. Sayyid and beatsmith Earl Blaize, Anti-Pop Consortium was one of the most ground-breaking underground...
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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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Paris
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Aufgang is the project of Francesco Tristano, fellow pianist Rami Khalifé and Cassius drummer Aymeric Westrich. Creating music mainly with two pianos and a set of drums, Aufgang's sound...
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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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London
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Croydon's Beni Uthman, better known as Benga, is an unusual talent, having released his first tracks on the influential Big Apple label at the age of 15. Now in his early 20s, Benga has...
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Sheffield
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Originally formed by Ken Downie, Ed Handley, and Andy Turner, The Black Dog became one of the most influential UK techno acts of the 90s, spearheading the 'intelligent techno' movement...
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Brussels
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French-born composer Sylvain Chauveau's native instrument is the electric guitar, but he also records reflective, melodic compositions for piano, strings, winds and discreet electronic...
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Vienna
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Viennese shooting-star and keyboard wizard Dorian Concept's style is as diverse as it is unique: Incorporating stumbling dope beats to wobbly rave sounds and much in between, Concept...
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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...
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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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Miami
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With a recording career spanning well over two decades, Claudio 'Debonaire' Barrella is something of a legend in Miami bass music. He has had his hands in the production of...
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Berlin
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One of the most noteworthy producers to recently emerge from Berlin's sprawling techno scene is Mike Dehnert, DJ, producer and owner of the increasingly well known Fachwerk label....
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Leipzig
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After a few years of experimenting with different equipment and styles, from Gabber over digital hardcore to electronica, Leipzig's Jan Gleichmar a.k.a. Disrupt came to love dub and...
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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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Paris
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Should you bump into the guys from Nôze, chances are that their close friends dOP are not far behind - their tight affiliation with the Circus Company camp has brought the Parisian...
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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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Cologne
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Jump-starting her DJing career as a resident of Munich's legendary Ultraschall club, Cio D'or has rapidly gained recognition for her own productions since her first release, 'Hokus...
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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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Copenhagen
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Efterklang is a band based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and consists of 4 core members: Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen, Thomas Husmer and Rasmus Stolberg. The four Danes have playing together...
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New York City
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FaltyDL is New York City's Drew Lustman, whose hotly tipped productions merge 90s UK rave aesthetics with a wide range of contemporary influences, ranging from garage to dubstep, dancehall and wonky hip-hop. So far his releases have...
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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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Leipzig
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Recording as Surphase as well as under his real name, Marko Fürstenberg has become one of Germany's most prominent producers of dub-inspired techno in recent years. Born in Thuringa, East-Germany, Fürstenberg started producing early...
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Leipzig
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Good Guy Mikesh and frequent collaborator Filburt are two music lovers who met in Leipzig and decided to pool their creative energy. Combining disco, pop, soul and house in their charismatic productions for Permanent Vacation, Mirau...
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London
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One of the UK's most successful dance music projects, Groove Armada has been founded by Tom Findlay and Andy Cato in the mid-1990s. Findlay and Cato have made Groove Armada one of the most versatile acts in their field, incorporating...
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Berlin
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Over the course of a career spanning two decades, Richie Hawtin has earned his position as one of the most prominent figureheads of contemporary electronic music. Born in Banbury,...
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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...
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Chicago
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Tevo Howard started playing with his brothers turntables when a skateboard accident confined him to his home. The pastime became a passion, and during high-school and college, where he...
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Bristol
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Everyone who has missed Joker's furious productions over the past 2 years must have spent them on another Planet - since 2007 the young Bristolian producer has been putting out some of...
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Karlsruhe
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German avant-garde music project Kammerflimmer Kollektief records music which transgresses styles from improvisational jazz to folk, pop and electronica. The collective was founded in...
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Tokyo
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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...
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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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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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Oulu
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Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti, perhaps 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...
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Copenhagen
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Mikkel Meldgaard's musical career started as a guitarist in various bands before he discovered electronic music during the mid-90s. Armed with a sampler his style shifted from broken...
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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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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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Modeselektor + Apparat = Moderat. Coming together for the first time in 2003 for the EP 'Auf Kosten Der Gesundheit', the Moderat boys have returned in 2009 with their monumental 'audio-visual declaration' album 'Moderat', which...
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New York City
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Originally the drummer of a South African indie band, Brendon Moeller tried to convince his band members to move to New York, but eventually ended up moving there by himself. To compensate for the loss of his collaborators, Moeller...
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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 rather obscure 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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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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Chicago
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A hugely influential group in the development of house music, Phuture are commonly credited for inventing the 'acid house' style with their first recording, 'Acid Tracks' in 1987....
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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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Brighton
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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...
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London
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With releases on 2nd Drop, Soul Jazz and Apple Pips, David Kennedy a.k.a. Ramadanman has lately become one of the leading figures in a new movement within the dubstep world: artists...
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Berlin
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Masked producer Redshape first appeared on the scene in 2006 and his elegant productions of Detroit-influenced techno had people immediately guessing about the origins of this mystery...
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Lausanne
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Also know as one half of Lazy Fat People, Raphaël Ripperton started his DJ career in 1993 and has since then done plenty of highly credited remixes for the likes of Shinedoe, Laurent...
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Florence
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Alexander Robotnick, alias Maurizio Dami, is an Italian music producer whose song 'Problemes D'Amour' became a global hit in 1983 and forever tied his name to the history of Italo...
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London
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Growing up the son of a Jamaican preacher, Rodney Smith, also known as Roots Manuva, began rapping as a wee lad on the dusty streets of Stockwell, South London. Known for his Jamaican...
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Pittsburgh
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An electro veteran whose favourite records include both Kraftwerk's 'Computer World' and Portishead's 'Dummy', Rudiman can make dark, twisted techno both listenable and sexy. He conveys...
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Berlin
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Originally hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, Jeff Samuel was exposed to music from both Detroit and Chicago early on, with both cities located within driving distance from Cleveland....
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Berlin
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Combining a sense for deepness and soul with impeccable production skills has established Henrik Schwarz firmly at the top of the international deep house elite. In 2005, he was chosen to compile one of !K7's exclusive DJ-Kicks...
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Berlin
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Paul Rose a.k.a. Scuba is one of the most notable artists boldly expanding the dubstep sound universe. His own productions as well as his label Hotflush Recordings regularly explore the...
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Gothenburg
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With a dead sure intuition for dance floor functionality, Samuel Larsson has started his career as a techno producer in the mid 90s, liberally appropriating the sounds of Detroit and...
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London
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It might be dangerous to mark a musical era with a single track, but in the case of dubstep, this track would be Skream's 'Midnight Request Line': the 2005 single by the then hardly...
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia's Starkey is one of the US' most versatile producers and DJs in the field of dubstep and grime. From his experimental beat onslaughts for Actress' Werk Disc label, to his...
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London
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Swayzak - apparently in Polish this means 'union' - was founded 1996 London by James Taylor (a.k.a. Darkfarmer) and David Brown. They have been making music together since 1993 and run...
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Manchester
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Tracks like 'Rephase V', off their newest record 'ORCH.V' on Skam, perfectly exemplify Team Doyobi's playful yet articulate sound. The duo behind Manchester's experimental darlings Team...
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Los Angeles
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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...
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Paris
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Multi-instrumentalist Sébastien Tellier released his first album 'L'incroyable Vertité', in 2001. The first album already contained the typical Sébastien Tellier sound which should...
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For some, Jimi Tenor's name will always be synonymous with 'Take Me Baby', the accidental techno pop hit born out of a two minute gadget on his 1994 debut EP. While this is something of a misunderstanding, given the breadth and scope...
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Montreal
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Tiga Sontag started his career in the early 90s as a DJ pioneering acid house and techno in Montreal's clubs and in 1998 launched the label Turbo Recordings together with fellow DJ Mark...
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Columbia
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Toro Y Moi is the alias of 23 year old South Carolina native and resident Chaz Bundick, whose albums 'Causers Of This' is currently handled as one of the most promising debuts of the...
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Vienna
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Consisting of Rupert Huber and Richard Dorfmeister (of Kruder & Dorfmeister fame), Tosca have been responsible for some of the highlights in Viennese downbeat music. Active since 1995, Tosca are recording to this day and have so far...
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Amsterdam
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Raised on a steady diet of hip-hop and jazz, Tom Trago began to study of contemporary music when he entered his twenties and kicked off his DJ career in the Dutch club scene. His debut...
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Berlin
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T.Raumschmiere is a man with many faces. You can see him either as drummer of his punk rock band The Crack Whore Society, as label boss and producer for his own Shitkatapult record...
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Chicago
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Chicago native Ron Trent became a DJ in the mid eighties, releasing his first record 'The Afterlife' in 1990 at age 17. The single's b-side, 'Altered States' (featuring edits by Chicago...
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Copenhagen
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For any casual observer Trentemøller's success story, spanning only a few years time, must seem astonishing: Leaving live-house project Trigbag in 2000 to pursue a solo career, Anders...
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San Francisco
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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....
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Berlin
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After selling his guitar and abandoning lead singer and rock ambitions in 1993, Stewart Walker started to assemble a synthesizer-based hardware studio. He'd work his supermarket job...
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Copenhagen
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What happens if you throw a house DJ, a Bowie-loving bassist who can even sing and an avant-garde jazz-guitarist together in a pot? Who Made Who's music combines disco, funk, punk,...
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Amsterdam
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Dylan Hermelijn a.k.a. 2000 and One is one of the major figures of the Dutch House music scene, only just now receiving the accolades for almost two decades of DJing, production and...
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