Sometimes described as the largest holiday village in the world, the lively Catalan city of Barcelona has also become home to many established electronic music artists over the last decade. The city brings together a famous night life scene with Mediterranean culture and it is further known around the world for its three-day annual Sónar Festival for electronic music and multimedia arts, which first took place in 1993.
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Chilean of origin but raised in the UK's Midlands, Cristian Vogel's music fetish began in the late eighties when he hooked up with Si Begg's 'Cabbage Head Collective'.
His first EP 'Infra' (1993) on Dave Clarke's Magnetic North, burst the techno scene...
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The man behind Lok44 enjoyed a long standing reputation for being the most uncompromising innovator in Viennese techno, in his productions as well as in his inspired work behind the decks. Heeding the call for the lush Mediterranean coast in 2000, he pulls the strings behind the curtains of the Pomelo label. His contributions to...
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Taking his name from the George Clinton character 'D'Void of Funk', Glasgow-born Lars Sandberg has been recording quality techno since the mid 90s, mostly for Glasgow's Soma label. His more house-oriented productions appear under the name Francois Dubois....
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Dave Tarrida started his DJ career in 1991 helping Edinburgh, Scotland's Sativa club gain its legendary reputation during the five thriving years it existed. He joined the early-Nineties free-party circuit, traveling and playing Northern Europe but...
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Hailing from the land of the emerald sun, though now based in Barcelona, Chymera produces big brash techno with enough melodic touches to keep things very interesting. Since his break-through in 2007, the Irish producer has recorded for the cream of the crop of techno labels, including Delsin Records, Ovum, and - most recently -...
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Daniel Lodig became known as a pioneer of minimal techno in the early 90s with releases for New York's Tension Records, Munich's Kurbel label and most of all through his exceptional DJ skills that had him playing across Europe for many years. Today Daniel...
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Ex-Parisian and Barcelona-emigrant Antoine Harispuru rocks a mean electronic funk, employing elements of disco and nu rave in equal measure. After two 12"s for Gomma his debut album 'Hot Robot' is destined to make it big.
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Crossing the boundaries between classical and electronic music with admirable ease, Francesco Tristano Schlimé belongs to a rare breed of artists who manage to make their mark both in the classical and contemporary music world. He has attended...
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Guillermo Scott Herren, a.k.a. Prefuse73, is an experimental Hip-Hop producer spoiling the world with his ingenious productions ever since releasing his ground-breaking début album Vocal Studies And Uprock Narratives back in 2001. Originally hailing from...
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At the age of 14 Paco Osuna's interest in music made the transition from hobby to passion. By the time he was in his early 20s he was honing his techno production and DJ skills which would earn him a residency at the legendary club Amnesia in Ibizia, as...
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Layers of evolving sounds and rich ancestral textures take us on a journey where space and time become intertwined and confused. This is Pulshar, a band formed by Pablo Bolivar, music producer with an extensive discography, and Aphro (Sergio Sainz),...
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Born in Siena, raised in Naples, it took a trip to London for Davide Squillace to discover electronic music. Wooed by the mood and sound of the British scene, he returned to Naples flush with energy, excitement and a knowing that this new calling would consume him. Davide immersed himself in this world in every conceivable way. In...
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Audiofly (or occasionally Audiofly X) is Barcelona based production duo Anthony Middleton and Luca Saporito, known for its acclaimed DJ sets and productions for top-tier labels like Get Physical, Tsuba, and Rekids.
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Murcof is the project of Mexican electronic music artist Fernando Corona. Originally from Tijuana, Corona was a member of Mexico's famous Nortec Collective for a while before moving to Barcelona and working under the name Murcof. His experimental...
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Cardopusher is Barcelona-based producer Luis Garban, whose fascination with the tougher side of the broken beat genre previously found its expression in albums for Ad Noiseam and Tigerbeat6. After excursions into dubstep he dived head-first into the...
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