Jan B

Biography of Jan B
Jan Bergamin aka Jan B was born in Zurich/Switzerland on November 11, 1975 as a son of a vocalist and as a grandson of a componist. At the age of seven, he learned how to play the drums and – shortly thereafter - founded his own band together with some friends. He evolved an excellent understanding about music and rhythm.
The band turned towards trash- and death-metal due to their fascination of its hard sound. At this point of time, Jan B already kept an eye on the fast growing techno scene and felt attracted to this brand new trend. In 1992, when the band finally split, Jan B began acting as a DJ and played tracks from Hardcore and Progressive up to Acid. But he still did not find what he was really looking for.
Eventually, in 1999, Jan B discovered Detroit Techno and found what he searched. With big enthusiasm and lots of energy he found his personal style, which turned him to a groovier, harder and faster aspect of Detroit.
In 2002 Jan B became more and more know in the scene and got in contact to other DJs and event organizers. He performed at Raveolympia (White Wulf Productions) and founded the underground club U4. Two years later he helped to found a label called Stahlplatten and organised his first mass events Audio Shock I and II.
These days, Jan B is a popular artist in the techno scene. While he is starting up an enterprise called Monomental, with its subsidiary companie Sputnik-Events, Jan B still performs. The crowd gets very enthusiastic and is always thrilled, when he presents his tracks. Jan B enjoys his status pretty much – not only as a well known artist but also as a happy father of his daughter, who was born in 2007.
The most important clubs:
U4, AG (CH) / Tunnel Club Linz (AT) / Dynamo, ZH (CH) / Minus 1, AG (CH) / Technobar25, AG (CH) / Kugel, SG (CH) / Hunter, ZH (CH) / Ozon, ZH (CH) / Stadtkeller, SG (CH) / Stattbahnhof, Schweinfurth (DE) / Etzel Lounge, ZH (CH)/ Radio Kanal K (CH)
The most important events:
Stahlplatten Label Tours (CH,D,AUT) / Audio Shock (CH) / Sputnik (CH) / Moscow Discow (CH) / Raveolympia (CH) / Synapse.FM (CH) / Hardgroove Session (CH) / Deep Impact (CH) / Astro groove (CH) / Swiss Connection (AUT) / Destination (D) / Techno für Erwachsene (D)