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-- feat techno legend --
STEVE STOLL
ProperNYC, Novamute, Music Man, Synewave. 2HR LIVE PA
Alongside names like Joey Beltram, Steve Stoll would easily rank amongst the "most important techno figures to EVER emerge from NYC" shortlist. In fact, Steve has lived one of the most profilitic & influential careers in techno history. Never settling for the norm, Steve has always came through with a refreshing unflinching style that is undeniably "Stoll". Steve's extensive discography feels like reading a book, beefed up with remixes from close friends Cari Lekebusch & Damon Wild to fellow staple artists such as Speedy J, The Advent, Joey Beltram, & Hardfloor just to name a few - not to mention he has personally remixed everyone from Gary Numan to DJ Rush. Steve has had the pleasure of playing for crowds all over the world from Europe to Asia at some of the biggest clubs and festivals including I Love Techno, Fuse, Omen, Cocoon, Tresor, Mayday, Love Parade, 10 Days of Techno, Mt. Fuji to name a few. Besides all these accomplishments, he is also the founder & owner of staple techno labels "proper n.y.c." & "212 productions" amongst various sub-labels. Steve's unique sound / productions brought him to global fame & have always caught the ears & eyes of techno's biggest players.
Stoll has been banging around the worldwide techno and electronic scene since the early '90s. His first 12" was released on Richie Hawtin's Probe imprint. Since that time, Stoll has followed standard techno artist protocol by changing labels, handles and partners only slightly less often than his synth patches. His recordings can be found under Steve Stoll, Dark Man, Mr. Proper, Gaiden, Acid Farm, Ausgang, Datacloud and of course his most famous moniker the "Blunted Boy Wonder", and on a countless range of labels including Mute (London), Music Man (Belgium), Synewave (Poland) and his own label, Proper NYC (just to name a few).
Recently Stoll has been more busy than ever, remixing non stop while developing his own hardware company "Proper Boy" (producing items like custom feedback looping pedals, effects processors etc), not to mention working as a Software developer for Ableton Live. Besides his busy remix schedule, in 2008 Stoll released two new experimental full lengths albums on Fax Records (Germany) amongst a slew of new releases. In 2009 he released an album showcasing his new Ambient project with Jeff Green titled "Tangled" on staple Ambient label Databolem, however he didn't stop there. Later that same year Steve released another full length album featuring 10 tracks titled "Windows to the World" which gained international success, multiple releases including "Proper Dub Plates" on his own imprint Proper NYC, a rework of the classic 212 productions release "Handiwork" feat remix work by Cari Lekebusch, not to mention his phenomenal remix of Little Nobody's "Robota" amongst a slew of other others. As you may have guessed 2010 has shown no sign of slowing down either, Steve is currently knee deep in the studio while also spending time in Chicago working with Martin Atkins (ministry/revolting cocks/nine inch nails) on a new to be released project & following tour. Don't miss Stoll on the peak of his hot streak at this rare Detroit appearance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPe4aaZyxXE
WOODY McBRIDE
Communique, Bush, Drop Bass. Minneapolis. LIVE PA
WOODY MCBRIDE OF MINNESOTA, AKA "DJ ESP" HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE, ENTHUSIAST AND ORGANIZER OF ARTS & MUSIC ACTIVITIES SINCE HIS HUNGRY EARLY-80'S JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS IN AN ARTISTICALLY UNDER-RATED BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WHERE HE ENJOYED HIS ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE CINEMA 100 FILM GROUP, THE NORTH DAKOTA PEACE COALITION, THE BISMARCK STATE STUDIO ARTS DEPARTMENT, THE BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE NEWSPAPER AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE POWER OF CHEMICAL-FREE STRAIGHT-EDGE ARTISTRY AND MUSICIANSHIP.
THIS EXPERIENCE AND FUTURE DEDICATION LEAD HIM TO BE THE 2000 RECIPIENT OF THE RESPECTED "MINNESOTA MUSIC AWARD" FOR "BEST ELECTRONICA ARTIST" STANDING ALONGSIDE OTHER WINNERS SUCH AS PRINCE, SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS, AND KID JOHNNY LANG....HIS ALBUM "STRANGELY ARRANGED" (FEATURING DOZENS OF TWIN CITIES AND NOTED INTERNATONAL ARTISTS WAS VOTED AS ONE OF THE DECADES "TEN BEST" BY THE AWARD WINNING WEEKLY MINNEAPOLIS "CITY PAGES" IN 2000.
AFTER MOVING TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 1988, THE VOLUME GOT TURNED UP TAKING HIS FINE ARTS AND WRITING BACKGROUND TO A NEW LEVEL, ONE OF PERFORMANCE ART, "CHEMICAL-FREE LIVING" ADVOCACY IN THE ART AND MUSIC COMMUNITY, JOURNALISM, GRAPHIC DESIGN, TRIBAL AND CELTIC STYLE DANCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COACHING BASKETBALL AND DJING SPIRITUALLY ORIENTED ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC.
HAVING MENTORED WITH TWIN CITIES OMNI-GENRE MUSIC PIONEER DJ KEVIN COLE (NOW CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR AMAZON.COM) ESP BRANCHED OUT TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S PRIMIER ELECTRONIC MUSIC DJ'S, PRODUCERS AND PROMOTERS, NOW OVERSEEING THE FAMILY OF COMMUNIQUE'S TEN RESPECTED ELECTRONIC MUSIC (TECHNO, HOUSE, FUNK, AMBIENT) RECORD LABELS AND GLOBETROTTING WITH HIS EVER CHANGING COLLECTIVE OF ARTISTS PERFORMING TODAY'S MOST AVANT-GUARD MUSIC.
SINCE 1991, ESP HAS COMPOSED HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC TRACKS ON HIS LABEL COMMUNIQUE SUCH AS "BASKETBALL HEROES, COMEDY TRAGEDY, PSICK AND TIRED, SOUNDBURNT AND ELECTRIS" AS WELL AS "HIDDEN" (LABWORKS), "RATTLESNAKE" (MAGNETIC NORTH) "THE EARTHWORM SINGS" (EX), "SLO MO" (DEFINITIVE) AND MANY OTHER GREAT RECORDS AND REMIXES ON BUSH, TLC, MISSILE, ANALOG, FOODCHAIN, TRANSATLANTICEXPRESS, BLUE LINE, 611, SWELL, OVUM, SYNEWAVE AND URBANGROUND.
FROM THE EVENT PROMOTION PERSPECTIVE, FOR YEARS HE HAS ORGANIZED SOME OF AMERICA'S MOST WELL-RESPECTED EVENTS SUCH AS "TURNED ON, MENTAL, APOCALYPSE WOW!, FURTHER, ELECTRIC DISCO, DEPTH PROBE, CLOSER, I LIKE TO GET DOWN, SUGAR" & THE MEMORABLE "STAIRWAY TO HEADPHONES. "TURNED ON 2" HELD IN NOVEMBER 2000 PROVED TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST EXCITING EVENT IN MIDWEST AMERICA HISTORY WITH OVER 7000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDENCE AND WAS THE FIRST TRULY OUTSPOKEN "DRUG FREE RAVE EVENT" IN US HISTORY"! THE EVENT FEATURED Q-BERT, SANDRA COLLINS, HENRIK B, DERRICK CARTER, FRANKIE BONES, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE AND DOZENS MORE...
HIS EVENTS HAVE FEATURED AMAZING ARENA SIZED SOUND SYSTEMS STACKED IN HIS TRADEMARK "WALL OF BASS" FORM SOMETIMES MEASURING 20 FEET HIGH AND 150 FEET LONG, PUSHING AS MUCH AS 1,000,000 WATTS OF GOOD CLEAN FUN. HE'S SET THE AMERICAN LIVE-SONIC STANDARDS FOR A NEW ERA OF A BRAND NEW GENRE OF MUSIC.
ESP IS A CHAMPION OF FUN AND A REVOLUTIONARY NEW DRUG-FREE ELECTRONICA CONCERT PROMOTER TAKING A SOUND BY POPULAR DEMAND TO A FORUM IT DESERVES. "NOTHING AGAINST WAREHOUSE AND OUTDOOR EVENTS - AND THE MYSTIQUE OF THEM IS HUGE.. BUT THOSE DAYS ARE GONE - KIDS COULDN'T BEHAVE THEMSELVES AND OUR SOUNDSYSTEMS COULD BE HEARD FOR TEN MILES... SO WE NOW TAKE OUR MASSIVE TO THE ARENA, THE CLUB AND THE SANCTIONED UNDERGROUND AND ENJOY THE MUSIC IN A SAFE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY".
THAT STANDARD HAS ALSO TAKEN HIM INTO THE UPPER REALMS OF "TODAY'S" SOUND AS HE WAS RECRUITED TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR 2000 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RALPH NADER (A DRUM & BASS ROCKER), A SCORE FOR HAZELDEN DRUG TREATMENT FACILITY PREVENTION VIDEO, MUSIC FOR A BMW AUTOMOBILE COMMERCIAL, SEVERAL SCORES FOR THE AWARDED MINNESOTA FILMAKER STEVEN SMITH, AND WAS HIRED TO ANCHOR THE A & R AT K-TEL RECORDS - THE LABEL THAT WAS THE "BACKBONE" OF THE THE 70'S AND 80'S DISCO ERA.
THIS COMBINED HE'S LAID A FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WORLD OF MIDWEST AMERICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT NOW FEATURES DOZENS OF LOCAL DJS AND WORLD-FAMOUS PRODUCERS. HE HAS ALSO RECORDED FOR DOZENS OF LABELS INCLUDING TRESOR, BUSH, TLC, LABWORKS, SYNEWAVE, MISSILE, MAGNETIC NORTH, EX RECORDS, CONTACT AND DROP BASS NETWORK RECORDS. THE CLUBS HE HAS ROCKED INCLUDE ULTRASCHALL, REX CLUB, STAMMHEIM, CROBAR CHICAGO (RESIDENCY), FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), QUEST MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), CHAOS MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY) LIQUID ROOM, BOOM, MINISTRY OF SOUND, ORBIT, EUROBEAT 2000, TERRIAKIANARKISAKI, BLUE MOON, ESSO 36 AND MANY MANY MORE. ESP IS PROUD TO SAY HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SUCH RESPECTED ARTISTS AS DERRICK CARTER, DJ T1000, THE REVEREND ELVIS NIXXON, FREDDY FRESH, IFFY AND KIRK JOHNSON, TIM TAYLOR, JACK TRASH, JOE MANU, TERRY MULLAN, PAUL BIRKEN, FRANKIE BONES, JEFF MILLS, MAN AT ARMS, DIEGO ROCA, DJ HELL, DJ DAN, JOSH WINK, HOSCHI, ROLAND CASPER, CHRIS LIBERATOR, DAVE CLARKE, DAMON WILD AND MANY MANY MORE...
NOW, AFTER RACKING UP OVER A MILLION FREQUENT FLYER MILES AND HAVING PERFORMED ALL OVER EUROPE, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND NORTH AMERICA DJ ESP IS CURRENTLY SUBMERGED IN PRODUCING TRACKS IN THE POST-RAVE ERA OF SOPHISTICATED HYBRID ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR THE MORE INTIMATE AND HOME SETTINGS AS WELL AS THE SMALL DARK TECHNO CLUB - WHERE HE IS AT HIS BEST.
AS THE ELECTRONIC AGE BECOMES MORE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO US ALL MCBRIDE'S "COMMUNIQUE MULTIMEDIA" AIMS TO REMAIN IN STEP PROVIDING AMUSEMENT, WIT, HUMAN ASSISTANCE, A POSITIVE EXAMPLE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS'S VOLATILE REALM OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND TO OFFER ENGAGING INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC- VISION.
"WE ARE CONSTANTLY RETURNING TO THE SOURCE, TO THE ENERGY OF OUR PEERS, TO OUR PRINCIPLES OF CLEAN LIVING... RETRACING THE STEPS THAT CONNECT US TO ONE ANOTHER... IN STEREO", HE SAYS. "DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND ABUSIVE,ADDICTIVE BEHAVOIR DESTROY LIVES, FUTURES AND FAMILIES... BUT WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS HEALTH, FULFILLMENT AND THE POWER TO STOP THESE PATTERNS IS POSSIBLE... FIND THE TOOLS AND USE THEM IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN HAVE FUN AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR LIFE".
ARTHUR OSKAN
Matrix, Night Drive, Thoughtless, Toronto. LIVE PA
As a teenager during the late 80’s and early 90’s, Arthur Oskan began immersing himself in a variety of musical styles. During this time he listened to and soaked in information about studio gurus like Georgio Moroder, Vince Clark and AlanWilder, and industrial bands such as Nitzer Ebb, Cetu Javu, and Front 242. In his quest to quench his appetite for synthetic music he eventually purchased his own EPS Sampler, a TR-606 drum machine, a Roland JX3P and a 4-Track. These early years of training proved invaluable as they provided him with a solid foundation for his budding studio prowess.
By the mid-nineties, following a brief period producing for and performing with Toronto industrial and techno acts, he began recording a series of studio sessions under the pseudonym Auracle. Years later, these very same live studio sets were re-distributed and caught the attention of local event promoters. Armed with his growing collection of analog relics and a 24 channel mixing desk, Oskan dropped incredible sets for several underground events during this time. As time went on, he introduced a more percussive edge to his synthesizer lines and drum programming. By the end of the decade, he had found his place among a solid group of Toronto electronic music producers and DJs, and he was performing with both local and international talent alike.
During the early 2000’s while Oskan was establishing his career outside of music production as a graphic designer, he spent some time in his studio away from gigging. In 2002 he re-emerged and resumed performing live sets at various high profile club events in Toronto. Since then, he has been producing and recording his innovative breed of techno music almost non-stop.
After years of orienting his music releases around harder dance floor techno labels, Oskan decided to expose more of his music by adding productions to his catalogue that were simpler and more delicate. Coincidentally, minimal music was on the rise to its pinnacle of popularity and, as a result, Oskan’s newer productions have been frequently noticed by international labels and artists.
In 2006, under his newer nom de plume, Myers Briggs, Oskan’s performed at MUTEK‘s Le Placard showcase led to the opening of more doors. This exposure connected him to more record labels – Thoughtless Music, Beretta Grey, and Noah Pred’s Sentient Sound – which subsequently released several of his singles and one of his widely celebrated EPs. Today, Oskan’s previous and current productions appear on a variety of labels representing a comprehensive spectrum of techno. His releases reside on labels including Thoughtless, Night Drive, Restructured, SecretWeapon, Cratesavers, Beretta Music, and Matrix Records.
More recently Arthur's new productions have brought him to the Global limelight, seeing acclaim given to his recent work by several of the world’s top dj’s and producers – Richie Hawtin, Funk D’Void, Laurent Garnier, Dubfire, Los Hermanos, Claude Von Stroke, Ken Ishii, Chymera, Slam and Fabric Lig just to name a few. His “Resolutions” EP topped Alan Oldham‘s chart for Tresor (Berlin), and his nine-minute long “Forever” as Myers Briggs, appeared on John Digweed’s “Transmission Vol. 4“. The track has been widely celebrated by James Holden, Nic Fanciulli, and Argentine great, Hernan Cattaneo.
As one of Toronto’s leading live acts, Oskan has performed alongside such international artists including Alex Under, Omar S, Troy Pierce, Heartthrob, John Selway and Someone Else just to name a few. He continues to perform live and produce music for several labels in 2010, and is now working with Fabric London's publishing arm to further grow his international exposure.
TESTE as
PERCEPTRONS
Switch Records, Plus 8, Probe, Toronto. LIVE PA.
TESTE was the combination of two very special individuals. Himadri Ghosh and Dave Huren worked together in the greater Toronto, Canada area to create some of the strangest and deepest experiments that were to be released on Probe & Plus 8. Upon driving home early one morning from an early Toronto Rave event, Richie Hawtin put in a demo tape that had been handed to him by two crazy guys. That tape held the original version of Teste's THE WIPE which so consumed Hawtin and his brother Matthew at the time, that they nearly had to pull over to the side of the road. Teste THE WIPE became the repetitive soundtrack to that day's four-hour drive along Highway 401 back home to Windsor, and later stormed the world to be one of the most celebrated post-club, halluciangenic tracks of its days, arguably thee biggest minimal record of all time.
Teste has put out countless releases since the early 1990's to present (as Teste, Perceptrons, Himadri and other monikers) and spanned from Berlin to Detroit playing legendary, sometimes branded lifechaging live pa's spanning through the depths of Techno, Acid, Minimal & Idm. Teste is now touring with their new live show in celebration of the recent The Wipe remixes (by Marco Carola and others) and also their upcoming Switch release. This set is going to be leaning more on the techno side than the last few years of heavy acid not to mention Himadri & D have promised to deliver + some. Long story short to those of you who know these two you know very well to watch out if they felt it necessary to mention this, prepare.
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STEVE STOLL
ProperNYC, Novamute, Music Man, Synewave. 2HR LIVE PA
Alongside names like Joey Beltram, Steve Stoll would easily rank amongst the "most important techno figures to EVER emerge from NYC" shortlist. In fact, Steve has lived one of the most profilitic & influential careers in techno history. Never settling for the norm, Steve has always came through with a refreshing unflinching style that is undeniably "Stoll". Steve's extensive discography feels like reading a book, beefed up with remixes from close friends Cari Lekebusch & Damon Wild to fellow staple artists such as Speedy J, The Advent, Joey Beltram, & Hardfloor just to name a few - not to mention he has personally remixed everyone from Gary Numan to DJ Rush. Steve has had the pleasure of playing for crowds all over the world from Europe to Asia at some of the biggest clubs and festivals including I Love Techno, Fuse, Omen, Cocoon, Tresor, Mayday, Love Parade, 10 Days of Techno, Mt. Fuji to name a few. Besides all these accomplishments, he is also the founder & owner of staple techno labels "proper n.y.c." & "212 productions" amongst various sub-labels. Steve's unique sound / productions brought him to global fame & have always caught the ears & eyes of techno's biggest players.
Stoll has been banging around the worldwide techno and electronic scene since the early '90s. His first 12" was released on Richie Hawtin's Probe imprint. Since that time, Stoll has followed standard techno artist protocol by changing labels, handles and partners only slightly less often than his synth patches. His recordings can be found under Steve Stoll, Dark Man, Mr. Proper, Gaiden, Acid Farm, Ausgang, Datacloud and of course his most famous moniker the "Blunted Boy Wonder", and on a countless range of labels including Mute (London), Music Man (Belgium), Synewave (Poland) and his own label, Proper NYC (just to name a few).
Recently Stoll has been more busy than ever, remixing non stop while developing his own hardware company "Proper Boy" (producing items like custom feedback looping pedals, effects processors etc), not to mention working as a Software developer for Ableton Live. Besides his busy remix schedule, in 2008 Stoll released two new experimental full lengths albums on Fax Records (Germany) amongst a slew of new releases. In 2009 he released an album showcasing his new Ambient project with Jeff Green titled "Tangled" on staple Ambient label Databolem, however he didn't stop there. Later that same year Steve released another full length album featuring 10 tracks titled "Windows to the World" which gained international success, multiple releases including "Proper Dub Plates" on his own imprint Proper NYC, a rework of the classic 212 productions release "Handiwork" feat remix work by Cari Lekebusch, not to mention his phenomenal remix of Little Nobody's "Robota" amongst a slew of other others. As you may have guessed 2010 has shown no sign of slowing down either, Steve is currently knee deep in the studio while also spending time in Chicago working with Martin Atkins (ministry/revolting cocks/nine inch nails) on a new to be released project & following tour. Don't miss Stoll on the peak of his hot streak at this rare Detroit appearance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPe4aaZyxXE
WOODY McBRIDE
Communique, Bush, Drop Bass. Minneapolis. LIVE PA
WOODY MCBRIDE OF MINNESOTA, AKA "DJ ESP" HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE, ENTHUSIAST AND ORGANIZER OF ARTS & MUSIC ACTIVITIES SINCE HIS HUNGRY EARLY-80'S JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS IN AN ARTISTICALLY UNDER-RATED BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WHERE HE ENJOYED HIS ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE CINEMA 100 FILM GROUP, THE NORTH DAKOTA PEACE COALITION, THE BISMARCK STATE STUDIO ARTS DEPARTMENT, THE BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE NEWSPAPER AND HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE POWER OF CHEMICAL-FREE STRAIGHT-EDGE ARTISTRY AND MUSICIANSHIP.
THIS EXPERIENCE AND FUTURE DEDICATION LEAD HIM TO BE THE 2000 RECIPIENT OF THE RESPECTED "MINNESOTA MUSIC AWARD" FOR "BEST ELECTRONICA ARTIST" STANDING ALONGSIDE OTHER WINNERS SUCH AS PRINCE, SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS, AND KID JOHNNY LANG....HIS ALBUM "STRANGELY ARRANGED" (FEATURING DOZENS OF TWIN CITIES AND NOTED INTERNATONAL ARTISTS WAS VOTED AS ONE OF THE DECADES "TEN BEST" BY THE AWARD WINNING WEEKLY MINNEAPOLIS "CITY PAGES" IN 2000.
AFTER MOVING TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 1988, THE VOLUME GOT TURNED UP TAKING HIS FINE ARTS AND WRITING BACKGROUND TO A NEW LEVEL, ONE OF PERFORMANCE ART, "CHEMICAL-FREE LIVING" ADVOCACY IN THE ART AND MUSIC COMMUNITY, JOURNALISM, GRAPHIC DESIGN, TRIBAL AND CELTIC STYLE DANCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COACHING BASKETBALL AND DJING SPIRITUALLY ORIENTED ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC.
HAVING MENTORED WITH TWIN CITIES OMNI-GENRE MUSIC PIONEER DJ KEVIN COLE (NOW CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR AMAZON.COM) ESP BRANCHED OUT TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S PRIMIER ELECTRONIC MUSIC DJ'S, PRODUCERS AND PROMOTERS, NOW OVERSEEING THE FAMILY OF COMMUNIQUE'S TEN RESPECTED ELECTRONIC MUSIC (TECHNO, HOUSE, FUNK, AMBIENT) RECORD LABELS AND GLOBETROTTING WITH HIS EVER CHANGING COLLECTIVE OF ARTISTS PERFORMING TODAY'S MOST AVANT-GUARD MUSIC.
SINCE 1991, ESP HAS COMPOSED HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC TRACKS ON HIS LABEL COMMUNIQUE SUCH AS "BASKETBALL HEROES, COMEDY TRAGEDY, PSICK AND TIRED, SOUNDBURNT AND ELECTRIS" AS WELL AS "HIDDEN" (LABWORKS), "RATTLESNAKE" (MAGNETIC NORTH) "THE EARTHWORM SINGS" (EX), "SLO MO" (DEFINITIVE) AND MANY OTHER GREAT RECORDS AND REMIXES ON BUSH, TLC, MISSILE, ANALOG, FOODCHAIN, TRANSATLANTICEXPRESS, BLUE LINE, 611, SWELL, OVUM, SYNEWAVE AND URBANGROUND.
FROM THE EVENT PROMOTION PERSPECTIVE, FOR YEARS HE HAS ORGANIZED SOME OF AMERICA'S MOST WELL-RESPECTED EVENTS SUCH AS "TURNED ON, MENTAL, APOCALYPSE WOW!, FURTHER, ELECTRIC DISCO, DEPTH PROBE, CLOSER, I LIKE TO GET DOWN, SUGAR" & THE MEMORABLE "STAIRWAY TO HEADPHONES. "TURNED ON 2" HELD IN NOVEMBER 2000 PROVED TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST EXCITING EVENT IN MIDWEST AMERICA HISTORY WITH OVER 7000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDENCE AND WAS THE FIRST TRULY OUTSPOKEN "DRUG FREE RAVE EVENT" IN US HISTORY"! THE EVENT FEATURED Q-BERT, SANDRA COLLINS, HENRIK B, DERRICK CARTER, FRANKIE BONES, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE AND DOZENS MORE...
HIS EVENTS HAVE FEATURED AMAZING ARENA SIZED SOUND SYSTEMS STACKED IN HIS TRADEMARK "WALL OF BASS" FORM SOMETIMES MEASURING 20 FEET HIGH AND 150 FEET LONG, PUSHING AS MUCH AS 1,000,000 WATTS OF GOOD CLEAN FUN. HE'S SET THE AMERICAN LIVE-SONIC STANDARDS FOR A NEW ERA OF A BRAND NEW GENRE OF MUSIC.
ESP IS A CHAMPION OF FUN AND A REVOLUTIONARY NEW DRUG-FREE ELECTRONICA CONCERT PROMOTER TAKING A SOUND BY POPULAR DEMAND TO A FORUM IT DESERVES. "NOTHING AGAINST WAREHOUSE AND OUTDOOR EVENTS - AND THE MYSTIQUE OF THEM IS HUGE.. BUT THOSE DAYS ARE GONE - KIDS COULDN'T BEHAVE THEMSELVES AND OUR SOUNDSYSTEMS COULD BE HEARD FOR TEN MILES... SO WE NOW TAKE OUR MASSIVE TO THE ARENA, THE CLUB AND THE SANCTIONED UNDERGROUND AND ENJOY THE MUSIC IN A SAFE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY".
THAT STANDARD HAS ALSO TAKEN HIM INTO THE UPPER REALMS OF "TODAY'S" SOUND AS HE WAS RECRUITED TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR 2000 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RALPH NADER (A DRUM & BASS ROCKER), A SCORE FOR HAZELDEN DRUG TREATMENT FACILITY PREVENTION VIDEO, MUSIC FOR A BMW AUTOMOBILE COMMERCIAL, SEVERAL SCORES FOR THE AWARDED MINNESOTA FILMAKER STEVEN SMITH, AND WAS HIRED TO ANCHOR THE A & R AT K-TEL RECORDS - THE LABEL THAT WAS THE "BACKBONE" OF THE THE 70'S AND 80'S DISCO ERA.
THIS COMBINED HE'S LAID A FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WORLD OF MIDWEST AMERICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT NOW FEATURES DOZENS OF LOCAL DJS AND WORLD-FAMOUS PRODUCERS. HE HAS ALSO RECORDED FOR DOZENS OF LABELS INCLUDING TRESOR, BUSH, TLC, LABWORKS, SYNEWAVE, MISSILE, MAGNETIC NORTH, EX RECORDS, CONTACT AND DROP BASS NETWORK RECORDS. THE CLUBS HE HAS ROCKED INCLUDE ULTRASCHALL, REX CLUB, STAMMHEIM, CROBAR CHICAGO (RESIDENCY), FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), QUEST MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), CHAOS MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY) LIQUID ROOM, BOOM, MINISTRY OF SOUND, ORBIT, EUROBEAT 2000, TERRIAKIANARKISAKI, BLUE MOON, ESSO 36 AND MANY MANY MORE. ESP IS PROUD TO SAY HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SUCH RESPECTED ARTISTS AS DERRICK CARTER, DJ T1000, THE REVEREND ELVIS NIXXON, FREDDY FRESH, IFFY AND KIRK JOHNSON, TIM TAYLOR, JACK TRASH, JOE MANU, TERRY MULLAN, PAUL BIRKEN, FRANKIE BONES, JEFF MILLS, MAN AT ARMS, DIEGO ROCA, DJ HELL, DJ DAN, JOSH WINK, HOSCHI, ROLAND CASPER, CHRIS LIBERATOR, DAVE CLARKE, DAMON WILD AND MANY MANY MORE...
NOW, AFTER RACKING UP OVER A MILLION FREQUENT FLYER MILES AND HAVING PERFORMED ALL OVER EUROPE, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND NORTH AMERICA DJ ESP IS CURRENTLY SUBMERGED IN PRODUCING TRACKS IN THE POST-RAVE ERA OF SOPHISTICATED HYBRID ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR THE MORE INTIMATE AND HOME SETTINGS AS WELL AS THE SMALL DARK TECHNO CLUB - WHERE HE IS AT HIS BEST.
AS THE ELECTRONIC AGE BECOMES MORE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO US ALL MCBRIDE'S "COMMUNIQUE MULTIMEDIA" AIMS TO REMAIN IN STEP PROVIDING AMUSEMENT, WIT, HUMAN ASSISTANCE, A POSITIVE EXAMPLE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS'S VOLATILE REALM OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND TO OFFER ENGAGING INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC- VISION.
"WE ARE CONSTANTLY RETURNING TO THE SOURCE, TO THE ENERGY OF OUR PEERS, TO OUR PRINCIPLES OF CLEAN LIVING... RETRACING THE STEPS THAT CONNECT US TO ONE ANOTHER... IN STEREO", HE SAYS. "DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND ABUSIVE,ADDICTIVE BEHAVOIR DESTROY LIVES, FUTURES AND FAMILIES... BUT WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS HEALTH, FULFILLMENT AND THE POWER TO STOP THESE PATTERNS IS POSSIBLE... FIND THE TOOLS AND USE THEM IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN HAVE FUN AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR LIFE".
ARTHUR OSKAN
Matrix, Night Drive, Thoughtless, Toronto. LIVE PA
As a teenager during the late 80’s and early 90’s, Arthur Oskan began immersing himself in a variety of musical styles. During this time he listened to and soaked in information about studio gurus like Georgio Moroder, Vince Clark and AlanWilder, and industrial bands such as Nitzer Ebb, Cetu Javu, and Front 242. In his quest to quench his appetite for synthetic music he eventually purchased his own EPS Sampler, a TR-606 drum machine, a Roland JX3P and a 4-Track. These early years of training proved invaluable as they provided him with a solid foundation for his budding studio prowess.
By the mid-nineties, following a brief period producing for and performing with Toronto industrial and techno acts, he began recording a series of studio sessions under the pseudonym Auracle. Years later, these very same live studio sets were re-distributed and caught the attention of local event promoters. Armed with his growing collection of analog relics and a 24 channel mixing desk, Oskan dropped incredible sets for several underground events during this time. As time went on, he introduced a more percussive edge to his synthesizer lines and drum programming. By the end of the decade, he had found his place among a solid group of Toronto electronic music producers and DJs, and he was performing with both local and international talent alike.
During the early 2000’s while Oskan was establishing his career outside of music production as a graphic designer, he spent some time in his studio away from gigging. In 2002 he re-emerged and resumed performing live sets at various high profile club events in Toronto. Since then, he has been producing and recording his innovative breed of techno music almost non-stop.
After years of orienting his music releases around harder dance floor techno labels, Oskan decided to expose more of his music by adding productions to his catalogue that were simpler and more delicate. Coincidentally, minimal music was on the rise to its pinnacle of popularity and, as a result, Oskan’s newer productions have been frequently noticed by international labels and artists.
In 2006, under his newer nom de plume, Myers Briggs, Oskan’s performed at MUTEK‘s Le Placard showcase led to the opening of more doors. This exposure connected him to more record labels – Thoughtless Music, Beretta Grey, and Noah Pred’s Sentient Sound – which subsequently released several of his singles and one of his widely celebrated EPs. Today, Oskan’s previous and current productions appear on a variety of labels representing a comprehensive spectrum of techno. His releases reside on labels including Thoughtless, Night Drive, Restructured, SecretWeapon, Cratesavers, Beretta Music, and Matrix Records.
More recently Arthur's new productions have brought him to the Global limelight, seeing acclaim given to his recent work by several of the world’s top dj’s and producers – Richie Hawtin, Funk D’Void, Laurent Garnier, Dubfire, Los Hermanos, Claude Von Stroke, Ken Ishii, Chymera, Slam and Fabric Lig just to name a few. His “Resolutions” EP topped Alan Oldham‘s chart for Tresor (Berlin), and his nine-minute long “Forever” as Myers Briggs, appeared on John Digweed’s “Transmission Vol. 4“. The track has been widely celebrated by James Holden, Nic Fanciulli, and Argentine great, Hernan Cattaneo.
As one of Toronto’s leading live acts, Oskan has performed alongside such international artists including Alex Under, Omar S, Troy Pierce, Heartthrob, John Selway and Someone Else just to name a few. He continues to perform live and produce music for several labels in 2010, and is now working with Fabric London's publishing arm to further grow his international exposure.
TESTE as
PERCEPTRONS
Switch Records, Plus 8, Probe, Toronto. LIVE PA.
TESTE was the combination of two very special individuals. Himadri Ghosh and Dave Huren worked together in the greater Toronto, Canada area to create some of the strangest and deepest experiments that were to be released on Probe & Plus 8. Upon driving home early one morning from an early Toronto Rave event, Richie Hawtin put in a demo tape that had been handed to him by two crazy guys. That tape held the original version of Teste's THE WIPE which so consumed Hawtin and his brother Matthew at the time, that they nearly had to pull over to the side of the road. Teste THE WIPE became the repetitive soundtrack to that day's four-hour drive along Highway 401 back home to Windsor, and later stormed the world to be one of the most celebrated post-club, halluciangenic tracks of its days, arguably thee biggest minimal record of all time.
Teste has put out countless releases since the early 1990's to present (as Teste, Perceptrons, Himadri and other monikers) and spanned from Berlin to Detroit playing legendary, sometimes branded lifechaging live pa's spanning through the depths of Techno, Acid, Minimal & Idm. Teste is now touring with their new live show in celebration of the recent The Wipe remixes (by Marco Carola and others) and also their upcoming Switch release. This set is going to be leaning more on the techno side than the last few years of heavy acid not to mention Himadri & D have promised to deliver + some. Long story short to those of you who know these two you know very well to watch out if they felt it necessary to mention this, prepare.
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