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SALA QBK, c.Mejico 7-9/pl.Espanya
23 May 2007:
STEWART WALKER
Producer and Live Performer born in Atlanta Usa and recently moved to Berlin. After having released for labels as Tresor, Force Inc. and Minus, he decided to start his own label "Persona" with the intention to bring humanity back to electronic. After Kraftwerk, and Plastikman, he felt it was time to dispose of dehumanized avatars, and hopefully communicate human emotion through analog and digital waveforms, and occasionally the plucked guitar string.
persona records
+MAX VU (ITA - SHADOW SYNC) +ALEX FKZ (MINISKETCH VIR) +MRFREEX (WK PEOPE)
6 June 2007: FREE ENTRY
SWAT SQUAD: CANCELLED
LUDOVIC VENDI
French DJ/producer Ludovic Vendi is a musician at heart. Raised in a musical family, hes been cultivating his passion since he was born. His Dad, a crooner and pianist, gave him his first taste for music and inspired him to develop his ear by playing the same instrument. His brother then taught him the guitar which lead Ludovic to joining a pop rock band in his teens as the lead singer / guitarist. It was later on when he discovered electronic music that he got stuck into production work. He spent more time in the studio creating tracks than dancing in clubs. From time to time, he would go and see his favourite DJs to find inspiration Sven Vath , R. Hawtin , Troy Pierce , Damian Lazarus or live set with Gabriel Ananda , Matew jonson... This encouraged him to also start Djing, proving that his talents are not restricted to studio work. His DJ sets are a musical journey through deep techno and minimal electro. Dark and hypnotic at times, groovy at others and progressive un parts, he likes to play on big soundsystems to amplify each little bleet, bleep and distortion. He played in Paris , Germany, Spain ( Barcelona - Bilbao ) Croatia ( Zagreb - Zadar ) Portugal , england ( London - nottigham - Lescester ) Venezuela (Caracas - Valencia ) Ibiza ( Space ) .... Production wise, Ludovic Vendi mixing minimal sounds with electro-funk grooves creating his own style. He quickly made a name for himself as a consistent and prolific producer with signings on respected labels - Dirt Crew and Criminal (Germany), Waskids (Wordandsound),Gourmet (Chicago). His tracks have been playlisted by the worlds leading Djs such as Steve Bug, Sven Vath, Mattew Jonson,Funk d Void ,John Aquaviva ,Mr C, M.A.N.D.Y., DJ Karotte , Ralph Lawson, Luciano, Silversurfer. His first EP which was released on cutting-edge French label Dialect, known for bringing out the best new talents, particularly got great reactions from critics and Djs and put him in the spotlight. He also got a lot of attention and respect on the circuit. Ludovic Vendi also produces with fellow French DJ/producer Anthony Collins as part of the Vibe Dealers. Their latest production, Vibe Di Laine released on Criminal, has been played out by the likes of Tiga, Tiefschwarz, John Dalback, Digitalism, Abe Duque, Phonique, Chloe.... Track also features on the French magazine Traxs cover mount CD the mag is the French bible for the best new music around.But also in Live Project with Sascha B. Wagner under the name Robotique with one EP on dialect 008 .... DJ requests in Europes most cutting-edge clubs , Ludovic Vendi will soon be proving what he is worth....
www.minisketch.com
www.paradigmamusik.com
+ALEX FKZ (MINISKETCH VIR) +MRFREEX (WK PEOPE)
13 June 2007:PRE SONAR PARTY
TOUANE
Touane is Marco Tonni, born in 1979 in Rimini, a tourist-choked seaside in the north of Italy. After playing bass and guitar in rock bands during his youth, he began to experiment with electronic music at 17, creating music to reconfigure the incomplete memories of his favourite songs into a new and signature sound.He spent his university years in the more stimulating town of Bologna. Here, Marco started collaborating with other musicians with whom he achieved small but important successes in the city, focusing on DJing and performing live at the famous Link club as well as exchanging ideas and opinions about software, production techniques not to mention their love for music.During his final two years in Bologna, he worked to spread a fresh kind of do-it-yourself musical aesthetic for non-musicians. Marco and his colleagues organized a series of events and parties which culminated at the end of April 2004, in the Homework Festival, which showcased the panorama of the young and emerging computer artists and musicians in that isolated but open minded college town.As he continued building relationships and friendships with artists of the northern European minimal music scene, he finally decided to move to Berlin, Germany in 2004. , He also collaborates with Stewart Walker at Persona Records and with Stewart's help and guidance, he has managed to develop and distinguish his own sound.2005 was the year of his debut 12” “Afasia”, with the release of his first singles which were charted by Djs such as Troy Pierce, Falko Brocksieper, Jeremy Caulfield and Steve Bug. He also released, “Awake,” who got him good attention from magazines and music lovers all over Europe. He started touring Europe, playing cities such as Madrid, Moscow, and Rome, while simultaneously refining his studio and his live show performance ceaselessly.If this first year of productions marked a strong but still discrete entrance into the european music scene, the year 2006 seen the definitive recognization of his talents: at first with his top-charting single Bassic , which got licensed for the Fabric Live Cd mixed by Tiefschwarz and for the U.S. magazine XLR8R Berlin Issue Compilation, then with more releases on Dumb-Unit, Trenton, Regular, and finally on Persona with two more singles. Spree Baptism and Prosa have been suggesting clearly the path he wanted to follow, taking his sound signature production techniques far from genre categorization and a step above the sometimes excessive monotony of certain minimal techno.Over the recent months he's kept touring and adding new cities to his CV including Tokio and Paris, Bruxelles and Naples, making himself a name thanks to the success and the warmth of his live performances, while still keeping the studio side at the centre of his career. The near future will see Marco releasing remixes for EinmalEins, Minisketch and Curle Recordings, and his own singles on Persona and LanMuzic, as well as a groundbreaking new album to be out later this spring, Figura.
(persona records)
CAROLA PISATURO
(claque musique)
Electronic music was a discovery and abandonment of inhibitions. Carola was born in Rome and at the tender age of eight transported to Naples, Italy with mom and dad. At eighteen she left home, traveled north and began hanging out in the world of dance music, which introduced her to electronic sounds. She was captivated. The sonority of these manipulated compositions opened the port to an enchanted voyage, delicately preparing for her debut. Her DJ carrier started in 1997, from that point on, Carola plunged in compulsively exploring and experiencing sounds inspiring her personal path. In 2002, she graduated in sound engineering and worked for studio productions in Rome and Milan. Then, it was back to Naples. In her apartment, she built a studio where her impulse twisted and shaped ingenious sounds into her own sleek, funky style. After achieving her first releases, in 2005 she set up Titbit Music, which has rapidly become one of the "it" labels for funky, minimal techno. She has also established the label Claque Musique and the net sister Claque Net as a playground for both well-known artists and newcomers. Carola lives in Naples, where she continues her exploration and love of release through music.
MASSI DL
(frankie rec, claque musique, adagio)
The talented and very young Massimo Di Lena was born in Naples in 1988. He listens to all kind of music since he was a child, from Michael Jackson to Tupac, Oasis, Madonna. At the age of 12 he prematurely starts listening to electronic music and Plastikman’s productions (Richie Hawtin). At the age of 14 he decides to buy 2 cdj and a mixer to better interact with music and he starts playing hip-hop music accordingly with the trend of the time, even though the passion for this kind of music ends quickly whereas his interest for the techno increases. He decides then to buy two turntables and to invest his money in “vinyls” struggling to get a spot at friends’ parties or little events. At the age of 16, thanks also to his innate good musical ear, he starts using the programs for musical compositions and he is immediately willing to create new and different sounds. Massi DL, as he is known by today, has been mistakenly contacted by Multivitamins’ label in a chat and, as in the best novels, that was his opportunity to propose his tracks to the label Managers. The English label, positively impressed, has released 2 of his tracks, multivitamins 04 and 05. Today, this tiny Neapolitan talent, has signed with other labels like safari electronique, leftroom, frankie rec. and he is going to surprise u with some more fresh stuff in the future..stay tuned!
+ALEX FKZ (MINISKETCH VIR)
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