Steel Wheels @ Rovaniemi / Finland
Up! @ Rovaniemi / Finland
The Loud Minority Party @ Vienna / Austria
Biography
It all began in 1988 when Andrej pressed his mother to take him to the primary school of art to enter the piano lessons. It has been a long time since then but his love to music has not disappeared, it has just been multiplying. After long self searches come the era from 1997 to 1998 when he got under the influence of the French television “Wbpm†and the London Radio Station “Radio 1†and he was continuously getting to the music he knew was the one for him. Musicians such as Fatboy slim, Beastie Boys, Les Ryhmes Digitals, Propellerheads, Wiseguys but also the hip-hop artists of the names Public Enemy, Tribe Called Quest, Jazzy Jeff, De La Soul have caused the technical modification of Andrej’s mother’s turntable Tesla NC470 and the first bids for scratching. In 2000, Andrej won the competition for a technician and also for an anchorman of ..ilina radio station called Frontinus and he participated in the rebirth of EXTAZA radio programme a year later. His early radio career has affected his first bids for the commercial playing and sporadic purchase of records and the first turntables. Year 2003 was full of preparations and expectations connected to the opening of the biggest club in ..ilina district, club 69, where Andrej later became a programme manager. He started to play his present style in 2004 and he has travelled almost all over Slovakia since then. As the time goes on, he is beginning to appear also on the world stage. In 2004, Andrej brought back to life the radio programme called EXTAZA. Year 2005 is connected to his semiannual stay in English Birmingham. Andrej Capek is presently only one of a few Djs of northern Slovakia who are engaged in playing nu jazz, break and strong groove. Apart from his home town performance, he regularly appears on Bratislava and other foreign stages. His sets are eclectic, formed with the connection of the underground funk, the 1970’s jazz and the modern compositions, made up with the use of a computer.