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Deckhard

do androids dream of electric sheep?

About Me


[ENG] João M. Gonçalves has been involved in the portuguese underground music scene since his teenage years. In the late 80s he was a fanzine editor, then he colaborated on various pirate radio stations and eventually became involved as a singer and lyricist with various musical projects [ZuKunft, Gene ADN, Ermo de Um Deus and Dell'Irium]. Currently he integrates the electro-industrial act Waste Disposal Machine . From 2002 to 2004 he was part of the Playground collective which organised a monthly club night in the templar city of Tomar. Refusing to be categorised as a DJ, he joins Paulo Bastos in BioniC . Simultaneously, João maintains the blog Agenda Electrónica [online since 2003]. In 2006 João adopts the alias Deckhard ["stolen" from the android hunter in Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' and Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner']. Still refusing to be seen as a DJ, Deckhard's sets are a mixture of different electronic genres, focusing mainly on the ever-growing netlabel scene, mixing minimal techno, electro, experimental electronica and idm.


[PT] João M. Gonçalves está ligado ao meio musical praticamente desde a adolescência. No final dos anos 80 foi editor de um fanzine, depois colaborou em várias rádios piratas e locais e acabaria por integrar diversos projectos musicais como vocalista e letrista [ZuKunft, Gene ADN, Ermo de Um Deus e Dell'Irium], continuando hoje essa actividade nos electro-industriais Waste Disposal Disposal Machine . De 2002 a 2004 integrou o colectivo Playground e ajudou a revolucionar as noites de Tomar. Nunca se assumindo como dj, junta-se em 2004 a Paulo Bastos na dupla BioniC com a qual cria as noites hellectro-crash! e electroni/tech, mantendo simultaneamente o blog Agenda Electrónica [em actividade desde 2003]. Em 2006 adopta a designação Deckhard ["roubada" ao caçador de androides da obra 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' de Philip K. Dick que daria origem ao filme 'Blade Runner'] para a sua actividade como sound selector. Continuando a rejeitar a designação dj, nos seus sets Deckhard vagueia por diversas áreas da música electrónica dando especial ênfase a trabalhos oriundos do imenso universo das netlabels, cruzando techno minimal, electro, electrónica experimental e idm.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2006
Band Website: musica-digital.blogspot.com
Band Members: João M. Gonçalves
Influences: [some] composers + producers + bands:
Adult. / Anne Clark / Aphex Twin / Art of Noise / Borbounese Qualk / Cabaret Voltaire / Chicks on Speed / Closer Musik / Coldcut / Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft / The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy / Depeche Mode / Einsturzende Neubauten / Ellen Allien / Front 242 / Front Line Assembly / Future Sound of London / Gang of Four / Gary Numan / The Human League / I-F / Isolée / KMFDM / Kraftwerk / Laibach / Laurie Anderson / Massive Attack / Matias Aguayo / Matthew Dear / Ministry / Mouse on Mars / Murcof / Negativland / New Order / Nine Inch Nails / The Orb / PIL / Pop Dell'Arte / Portable a.k.a. Bodycode / Propaganda / Skinny Puppy / Soft Cell / Suicide / Thomas Brinkmann / Thomas Fehlman / Throbbing Gristle / Tones on Tail / Tuxedomoon / The Young Gods / Zentex / Zombie Nation.
[some] composers + producers on netlabels:
Andrey Kiritchenko / Baier Box / Benfay / Brian Kage / Cezna / Christian Bloch / Christian Dittman / Cubenx / Danny Kreutzfeldt / Destreza / Digitalis / Ezekiel Honig / Fax / Fussible / Fusiphorm / Gaston Arévalo / Jesse Somfay / Kampion / K-Fog / LOD / Lump / Manrico Mantero / Mateo Murphy / Paul Keeley / Pellarin / Peter F. Speiss / Pheek / Philip Weigls / Popkan / Ronny Pries / Sellfish / Social System / Someone Else / Sumergido / T-Polar / Transistor.
[some] portuguese composers + producers + bands:
Antalgic / Beeper / Camarão / Dead Combo / Micro Audio Waves / M-PeX / Nisios / Sci Fi Industries / Shhh... / Stereoboy / TatsuMaki / Thermidor / U-Clic / Urb.
[some] labels:
~scape / Areal / Bpitchcontrol / Datapunk / Digital Hardcore / Disko B / Ersatz Audio / Gigolo Records / Ghostly International / Industrial / Kompakt / M-Nus / Mille Plateaux / Mute / Perlon / PIAS / Rephlex / Sender / Shitkatapult / Sonig / Suction Records / Süd Electronics / This.Co / Traum Trapez / Warp.
[some] netlabels:
-N / 2063music / Archipel / Cyan Recs / Filtro / Fragment / Intoxik / Pentagonik / Sinergy-Networks / Textone / Thinner / Unfoundsound / Uran97 / Yuki Yaki.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Beats Play Free


Posted by Deckhard on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:53:00 PST

Música:Digital

New updates @ Música:Digital. Check them out here....
Posted by Deckhard on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:02:00 PST

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Posted by Deckhard on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:27:00 PST

Música:Digital

The weblog Música:Digital has changed its look.Check it out here: http://musica-digital.blogspot.com/...
Posted by Deckhard on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:41:00 PST

STFU in Portugal

«What is STFU?STFU is an open collective of electronic musicians and visual artists who use the internet as their main means of communication. It is a network of groups and individuals who come togeth...
Posted by Deckhard on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:03:00 PST

Thomar [Thisk.42 Thisco Compilation]

The sound of my [small] town will be released as a compilation CD through Portuguese label Thisco Records sometime later this year. Find all about here [Portuguese only]."Thomar" [Thisco Records, This...
Posted by Deckhard on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:28:00 PST

Música:Digital

Germany-based netlabel Yuki Yaki @ Música:Digital.Check it out here: http://musica-digital.blogspot.com/2007/02/19-yuki-yaki.html ...
Posted by Deckhard on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:56:00 PST

Música:Digital [X 3]

German netlabel Subsource @ Música:Digital.Check it out here:http://musica-digital.blogspot.com/2006/11/16-subsource .html--|--Portuguese netlabel Monocromática @ Música:Digital.Check it out here: http...
Posted by Deckhard on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:31:00 PST

Música:Digital

Canadian based netlabel Epsilonlab @ Música:Digital.Check it out here: http://musica-digital.blogspot.com/2006/11/14-epsilonlab.htm l.Netlabel unfoundsound records @ Música:Digital.Check it out here: ...
Posted by Deckhard on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:39:00 PST

Música:Digital

Netherlands-based Redevice netlabel @ Música:Digital.Check it out here: http://musica-digital.blogspot.com/2006/11/13-redevice.html. ..
Posted by Deckhard on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:04:00 PST