Biography (VASI VALLIS)
Vasis first project appeared in 1986. His minimal techno/acid project Galatea became a well known name in the Swiss underground scene. After several Acid productions for Galatea and some co-productions for popular Swiss, Italian and German underground DJ's, his style changed more towards early minimal techno. Vasi became an inhouse producer for several techno labels and worked as a talent scout for Sony Music Switzerland. In 1994 he produced his first pop/eurodance project Provocation which had a top 10 hit in Switzerland and top 50 in the Spanish and Italian club/dance charts. In 1997 he produced some album tracks as a ghost producer for several major labels. (e.g. Ashaya S.I.O.N...) The more he worked with majors, the more he disliked the way they treated their bands and he missed the emotion and passion for music within this highly commerce-focused industry. The following years, he focused on the setup of a new studio, which would give him the possibility to work independently from labels or other producers.
In 2001 he discovered bands like VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, Neuroticfish and Assemblage 23 which combined techno and trance elements with melancholic chords and vocals. He decided to start his own project and found a singer (Henrik Iversen) who's voice fitted perfectly to his new sound. The band was called NamNamBulu and was founded summer 2002. In March 2003 he signed a deal with Infacted Recordings a new label founded by Torben Schmidt. Torben had the ideas, visions and the passion for music Vasi was looking for. The first CD, Distances , became a huge success in the scene and NNB played about 40 gigs all over the world as well as having chart entries in several alternative charts with memories, expansion and alone. Vasi produced more than 25 remixes for bands like Suicide Commando, S.I.T.D, Lights of Euphoria or Absurd Minds. In April 2005, he took on another role, this time as live keyboarder for VNV Nation.
In June 2005, Henrik left NamNamBulu because of personal issues with Vasi. Just two months later, Vasi released the first CD from his industrial Project Reaper . The CD called Angst E.P was planned as a side-project but became more important because of the split of NNB. It stayed in the German Alternative Charts Top Ten for 6 weeks and reached number 1 at the Dutch Alternative Charts. An Album is planned for early 2007.
In November 2005, Vasi presented his new project Frozen Plasma with its talented new singer, Felix Marc. The first Frozen Plasma Album Artificial was released in April 2006.
RELEASES (2003-2006)
REAPER