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Satoshi Tomiie is a Japanese DJ and producer based in New York. He had early success in 1989 with “Tears,” a co-production with Frankie Knuckles. In the early 1990’s, he toured with Ryuichi Sakamoto, and has become known for remixes of artists including U2, Mariah Carey, Photek, Simply Red, and David Bowie.

At the turn of the millennium, Satoshi introduced a new club sound via 1999’s “Full Lick,” album that helped define a developing house scene. The single “Love In Traffic,” became a worldwide underground hit.

In 2015 he launched new label Abstract Architecture and released his 2nd album “New Day“

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Composer / Musician / Producer / Mastering / DJ

Despite his young age, Weisemann has been DJing since 1997. His musical influences ranges from Classic, Soundtracks, Soul and Jazz, Deep House and Dub to his beloved Detroit Techno and US House. As a producer, his music draws deeply on the legacy of Chicago and Detroit, yet somehow manages to end up sounding as fresh as a daisy – records such as ‘Vibe’ and ‘Slices’ are house music that is half atmosphere and half beats, and not afraid to take its sweet time to lull the floor with their charms.

A self-taught musician who plays piano, acoustic guitar and percussion, Weisemann also composes jazz and soundtracks – traditions which also inform his house records no doubt, many of which you can find on Meanwhile, House Café Music, Apple Pips, Kann, a.r.t.less, Wandering, Liebe*Detail, Real Soon, Styrax Leaves, Essays, Freund Der Familie, Fauxpas Musik, Echocord, Delsin, Telrae, Just Another Beat and especially Mojuba, where Weisemann’s music slots together with friends Nick Solé and Oracy to form a distinct, and highly collectible, label sound.

Several pseudonyms are in circulation.

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DJ/Producer from Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Owner of Ogun, Irenic & Autodidact.
Yoyaku artist

Born in Arnhem (the Netherlands), raised on early 90’s hiphop in Nijmegen. As a kid, always drawn to making mixtapes and fiddling around with the old records in the attic, but never realizing he’d be ending up creating music and playing records. His passion for movies and hiphop kept him occupied. It took a giant (first) rave on his 18th birthday to see the real potential of house music and his objective was clear. In the years following he got the chance to warm up crowds on a regular basis at the legendary Planet Rose clubnights, which made his hometown Nijmegen an excellent place to develop his skills as a warm up DJ and to obtain a broad taste in music. The dutch town always had a strong history in electronic music, but remained small enough not to be influenced by trends or hypes: a perfect spot to create your own sound and identity, playing alongside the greats.

After his first solo releases on the local Wolfskuil Records he co-founded ESHU (and ESHU Records) in 2011. Recognision came after a string of well received solo releases on Fear Of Flying Records (and sub-label SuddenDrop), his many collaborations with Ivano Tetelepta and numerous other collabs (like Dilated Pupils, ARC# and Novio Dub Tribe). A few years down the line it was time for a new direction which resulted in parting ways with ESHU to start his own label OGUN Records and a few monikers (like the recent Monoaware and less recently Gasometric Run) to provide him with the creative freedom he was looking for. Since he joined Paris based Yoyaku (label/store/distribution) he had the chance to release music on a few of the recordstore’s in-house labels like Joule Imprint, Aku and Tartouffe and on the renowned label Sushitech. With their support, he set up two more labels to meet his output; Irenic Records and Autodidact Records. More details soon.

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DJ and producer based in Berlin, Germany. Releases on Innervisions, Permanent Vacation, Maeve and Hivern Discs. Countless remixes.
Founder of Aleph Music.

A decade of producing and releasing some of the most renowned tracks on the leading labels of our time made Aera a highly sought after producer and DJ. Aera’s unique sound and production style always stood out which created the high demand from forward thinking DJs and record label owners alike.

From collaborating with labels such as Innervisions, Hivern Disc and Maeve (to mention just a few) to Aera’s recent full-length album on Munich’s Permanent Vacation, the artist has been touring the world from South America to the Middle East, Asia and across Europe.

Besides being a studio wiz Aera spent his time from an early age digging for music of all styles, rare gems and dance floor killers. His incredible collection and ear for the special and unique gave him the edge as a fascinating and exciting DJ though still always in touch with the crowd and emotions of the day.

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The music world first took note of Baaz when the young man from Berlin released his first vinyl record, the highly acclaimed ‘Granular Senses’ EP on Agnès’ beloved House label Sthlmaudio in 2007. 

This impressive entrance to the electronic music scene was followed shortly after by a release on Daniel Bell’s label Elevate which was just as accomplished as his frst record and another big success in the clubs. So with just two records Baaz had made himself a name as a respectable producer of stripped-down House with a great sense of warm and deep atmospheres.

But what the music world didn’t know at that time is that Baaz had been around the block for quite a while already: He had started his DJ career in 1998 – mainly with Hip-Hop records, but turned to House and Techno soon afterwards. With that much experience under his belt Baaz is a real pro when it comes to building long arcs of suspense in his DJ sets. He loves sets which seem to shift gradually but when you attend them for a longer time and immerse yourself into his straight but deep sounds you realise which great turns his sets take and how carefully the bigger picture evolves.
This talent for telling long stories is both present in Baaz’ DJ sets as well as his music productions.

After his frst releases on such highly respected labels as Sthlmaudio, Quintessentials and Slices of Life, Baaz took another big step and founded his own label Ofce in 2012 which has proven to be a runaway success since then. And in 2016 the ever busy man ups the ante with his new project Eric Miller for Sushitech in which he focusses on deep and dubby Techno – both as a music producer on his frst two extremely successful records for Sushitech as well as in his DJ sets: Straight and reduced but always sublime with a good sense of deepness Eric Miller’s sets in clubs are celebrating Techno in various shades and colours and always make for a fascinating live experience.

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Cloutier’s nature – one of zeal and infatuation towards the warm, dubby, hypnotic house and techno that has come to characterize his sound as well as his ability to bridge the gap between dance music’s past and its future.

Aron Freidman, Thump: “When I was in Berlin last December, I must have heard around twenty different DJs play in one weekend. But only one of them really stuck with me, and that was Eric Cloutier. His sound was dark but warm, steady but dynamic, techno but still house; original and captivating.”

Eric Cloutier’s standards are representative of the pre-social media craze and arguably the old adage of letting music speak for itself. Cloutier’s twenty-plus year commitment has been built upon his integrity as a DJ and authority as a selector. A self-described “record digging psychopath,” one only has to refer to his mix of highly sought after cuts from Driftwood Records to see the lengths Cloutier will go to in order to procure the perfect selection. This is truly Cloutier’s nature – one of zeal and infatuation towards the warm, dubby, hypnotic house and techno that has come to characterize his sound as well as his masterful ability to bridge the gap between dance music’s past and its future.

An exception to the norm, Cloutier is not one to capitalize on his Detroit origins. Moving to New York in his 20’s, he became a regular face at The Bunker where he began to further define his innate style of body orientated music. Now situated in Berlin, where he often shows up behind the decks of niche alcoves as well as the world’s best clubs, Cloutier’s reputation as an unequivocal, dexterous force is increasingly becoming one of note. His talents as a producer have also been growing of late, with the establishment of his own imprint Palinoia, Greek for “the obsessive repetition of an act until it is perfected or mastered.” The label has become the new home and optimization for Cloutier’s evolving undertakings. Through Palinoia, Cloutier manages to further synthesize slick, dubby club music to slide into his DJ sets as well as feature lesser known talent he’s discovered. He’s a DJ for whom quality – above all else – is the watchword.

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Imagine this scenario: Sometime during the last XX years. You`re navigating in one of the trustworthiest club in Leipzig. You receive an unpredictable, instantly hip-loosening, expertly, but oh-so-casual performed set, in which you want to dance for evermore. A light-footed ride over the keyboard of contemporary and universal sounds from organic-melodic house and disco through to soulful techno. You have to know who operates the controller here. You’re dancing towards the DJ booth. Who do you behold behind the turntables? Filburt. His sets between turntablism and beat match expertise, mindful of his flowing together in the great Floor formula style horizons are no more regional phenomenon. As 50 % of Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt and also as a producer / DJ on his own Filburts effective radius has expanded into the national and international in the recent years.

As the former manager of the renowned Leipzig Vinyl Dealers Freezone Records and owner of the label O*RS was or is he active at all possible switching points of the scene. The experience behind the decks and in the periphery trains his sense for the perfect club track for years. Several formulations with this feeling for House and everything adjacent have already appeared on labels like Permanent Vacation, Liebe*Detail, Mirau, Dirt Crew, Compost and Riotvan.
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Missing Linkx (with MK), ManmadeScience (with Nik Reiff & Phlegmatic), League of ordinary Gentlemen (with Highfish)

Owner of Philpot-Records and Phil e.

jackmate, aka soulphiction, born in stuttgart, owner of philpot-records & phil_e

in 1989 michel baumann started spinning as a hiphop-dj at local jams in the stuttgart area. in 1991 he became infected with chicago and detroit based house music, whilst working at a record store. 1996 was the year in which his first two releases came out on frankfurt’s “stir15” label, followed by the classic “the jacker” on the then new poker flat label. since that time he has released on perlon, playhouse, mosaic, freude am tanzen, and many more..

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marko fürstenberg was born in 1976 in thuringia, germany. influenced by the 80s music such as depeche mode, a-ha and new order he was attracted to electronic music from its beginning. very early marko made his first steps in recording his own tapes as “dolby”. in the beginning of 1995 he started dj-ing at several parties in thuringia and already then showing a techno-orientation originated from labels like x-trax, force inc., klang and later basic channel. a few years later he started creating his first own electronic sounds with a pc and thus he invested constantly in technical equipment. in 2000 his first project “vertikal 23” was established, in cooperation with local musicians. the outcome was a mixture between downbeat & trip hop but later on marko developed his own deep sound. providing his music on the internet, marko got in touch with the “thinner” netlabel, which published his first release under “dolby” alias in 2002. further releases followed also on other netlabels such as realaudio, stadtgruen and instabil, as well as remixes for digitalverein, rktic, lod and sarah goldfarb. the success story began: between 2003 and 2005 marko performed at some international festivals and clubs, e.g. in canada, greece, sweden, poland, suisse, austria, etc. after publishing quite a number of netreleases, his first vinyl track on “thinner allstars pt.1” (2003) was published under the pseudonym “surphase”. very soon after that marko decided to use his real name marko fürstenberg for his future work. after moving to leipzig in 2006, marko approached a peak level in productivity, releasing a number of songs in rapid succession with labels like a.r.t.less, tfe and rotary-cocktail. marko’s success within the constantly changing techno scene didn’t come as a surprise: together with diverse dj partners as well as solo artist marko fürstenberg is now performing regularly in clubs & parties all over europe. his live sets combine classic dub-techno elements with current techno trends, which is much valued by his audience. with this kind of electronic music marko is considerably involved in the development of dub- and deep-techno.

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Mesak is an artist & producer from Turku. A key figure in the 90´s electro scene in Finland, later moved on producing techno & hiphop but also creating more experimental music and sound art.

Mesak performs his music in clubs, festivals and other events regularily.

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The most club swarms usually receive Sören Bodner aka Monkey Maffia as half of the DJ-duo, which for 17 years brought the most eclectic exaltations to the dancers of the world. The Wighnom-y-lotion of classy techno is History! One is the magic number!

As an operator of the Freude am Tanzen/Musikkrause workshop and record store founder (Fatplastics) he loves the luminosity of the coarse and fevered dance music in every cubic centimeter of his soul. Vinyl is his daily bread, what pumps in his veins. Monkey belongs to the early 90’s as one of the tireless torch carriers whom bass drums provided the pace for his free spirit-sidekick the most club abstract. Peppered with a grotesque, lovely madness with a wink of the eye included.

Essentially he is an anarchistic selector with a sharp sense for the particular and distinguished note of a genre which has no name. Drilling through with his genre straddling style the borders of house and techno. Thereby he detected the often strict formalism of many a dance floor with a joyful stringency for surprise pickled with intensity with a dash of dramatics. Sounds seasoned as a real beat cuisine.

Monkey Maffia – A real cosmopolitan with a deep love for his home, a gentleman in a bear suit, and a free thinker as opposed to a drone is known as one of the most creative distribution centers of electronic music.
Tirelessly he spins on the controllers as if they were wheels, thereby a determined focus on the dance floor is brought forth which is then unfolded. A richness of ideas yes, obsessive compulsive no – here the life is lived, not compelled!

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Guided by an innate sense of rhythm, musicality and flow.

After a five year hiatus to concentrate on a career in professional cycling, Sheffield born artist Nyra who is now residing in London is back with a bang.

Having launched his own imprint, already gaining masses of support from Jackmaster, Midland, Jacques Renault, Annie Mac, Ben Sims, Krankbrother and more, he is heading out on the road again.

Nyra, aka Ryan Davis, first emerged in 2008. In the years after he soon amassed a solid discography of no frills house and techno that was expertly designed to turbocharge dance floors. His effortlessly effective, inventively rhythmic style found favour with bosses at esteemed labels like Never Learnt, Elastic Dreams and Secretsundaze and saw him play high profile gigs all over Europe from Fabric London to Sonar to ADE.

At the same time, he founded influential Sheffield warehouse party Downlo at Dan Sane and welcomed a who’s who of underground heroes from Marcel Fengler to Norman Nodge to Ben UFO and Baby Ford. That party paved the way for the city’s now celebrated Hope Works venue, whilst Ryan himself went on to pursue a career in cycling. It was something he started to fall in love with and he soon ascended through the ranks, getting signed by ever better professional teams. Reaching the top of the sport in the UK, he started getting the music itch once more so is now back with a vengeance and plenty to offer.

2016 saw him make an immediate impact with sets at Carl Cox’s Music is Revolution party in Ibiza as well as an appearance on the Terrace for Sundays at Space. Now he proudly launches Canoe, a new label in cahoots with Oushe—a long time producer, some time Red Bull Music Studio employee and life long friend.

Nyra was also was the co founder of the successful club and club night Downlo at Dansane.

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