About Me
About me
Petros Kapouranis (The Machine) is a DJ/Producer living in Chicago and originally from Kastoria, Greece. It was only a matter of time until he became a DJ/Producer because of his love for electronic music, and his driving passion for achievement. His sound can range from a dark and defiant sound to a minimal, funky, energetic sound, building intensity and gaining momentum into a storm of tribal percussions, dark strings, mysterious industrial sounding synth's, and complete madness. Whether he starts dark and mysterious or fun and funky, he always builds a positive ascending rhythm, giving drama, mood, and suspense to the audience, building up to a climatic epic like finish with tracks the crowd can't get enough of.
Peter was getting into electronic music when he was 14 years old. Going to shows across the globe, He saw how music can influence the crowd one way or another. He also saw how people viewed electronic music through out the course of throwing parties in the Chicago rave scene, and through out his course in and out of college. While he obtained a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering he also gained more interest in electronic music. Music was a part of his culture and childhood. Spending time between Greece and the US greatly influenced his taste in music.Inspired by the creativity and endless possibilities of electronic music, the nightlife scene, and society in general, he adapted himself to the turntables. He was also influenced by the sounds of the large scale European Techno events. Going from one extreme to another. Mauro Picotto was on top of his list along with Chris Liebing, Dave Clarke, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Marco Bailey, even groups such as Lords of Acid, KMFDM, Crystal Method, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, and many other artist's. He basically listened to any style of music from Trance to Techno to Experimental to Industrial to House to Drum and Bass.Peter has been moving dance floors throughout the Chicago land area playing some of the top clubs early in his career including Crobar, Zentra, Vision, and Spybar along side top techno artists such as Adam Beyer, Mistress Barbara, Marco Bailey, The Advent, DJ Apocalypse, Steve Christian, Gabriel Palomo and other Chicago Techno DJs. He has also been a large part of the Friday night line up at Livesets.com radio, one of Europe's top live DJ websites out of Amsterdam which regularly features live radio shows from the likes of Ben Sims, Sweden's Joel Mull & Par Grindvik, DJ Becka from New York, Canada's Jesse Somfay and Trevor Wilkes, France's Tioneb, Denmark's Smartek & Loopo, As well as broadcasting live from some of Europe's largest events like Tresor and Nature One.He still felt like there was something missing from his sets and something missing from his selection of tracks. So he started to produce his own music. In today's times, the ability to access good production software on a computer gave him the chance to express himself with his home based studio. He has been using programs to create his own sounds, drums, synths and effects giving character, mood, and energy to his sound. He is only getting started on producing the sounds that run through his mind for the world to hear and has already had his music featured on several Electronic Youth compilations.Peter's direction and drive will always get him noticed as someone who puts his heart and soul into what he does. In this day and age of technology, He feels electronic music will never die. Nothing can stop his passion and drive when it comes to music.
