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Abe Duque got much of his early musical understanding from his dad who was a gifted musician and evangelical minister. Abe discovered Djing in the 80’s when he became obsessed with vinyl and electronic dance music production. He bought his first synthesizer with money from his newspaper route and played his keyboard in his dad’s church.
In the early 90’s Abe became the... [more]
Auch wenn es bei der Bandgründung 2002 die Idee war eine astreine SKA-Formation zu ins Leben zu rufen, hat das Schicksal Aggressive Snail Attack zu Höherem berufen. Die acht Mittzwanziger aus dem kroatischen Rijeka veredeln ihren SKA-Punk mit den verschiedensten Einflüssen, ohne dabei überladen oder richtungslos zu wirken. Die oft dominante Trompete entführt einen in die mexikanische Prärie, um... [more]
Ahmet Coskun wurde 1977 in Istanbul geboren, Daniel.Fx hat seine Wurzeln in Antwerpen. In den Anfängen ihrer DJ Laufbahn beschallten sie diverse Bars in Berlin, 2002 folgten dann Resident Veranstaltungen im Pfefferberg zusammen mit Daniel Dreier. Ein Jahr später gründen sie die „Berliner Stadtmusikanten“, eine musikalische Plattform für diverse Künstler und Projekte. So entstanden... [more]
Bernd started djing in Graz in 1996 playing drum'n'bass & jungle. At the same time the first drum'n'bass club named 'Alien Bass' was initiated in Vienna by some friends and bernd joined the crew.After djing with acts like James Lavelle, Kruder & Dorfmeister, A Guy Called Gerald, Dj Rush,... Bernd started producing on lo-fi equipment in 1997, bringing him to electro, and more experimental broken... [more]
Blasting out of Graz, Austria comes the political hardcore sounds of the Antimaniax. Mixing up Leftover Crack's squatpunk noise with Propagandhi's more direct delivery they unleash no-nonsense political rage against the G8 group of rich nations, neo-nazis, animal rights abuses and many more heartfelt subjects, while still managing to make great music and have some fun.
After their first demo... [more]
Any Maniac is a young musician from Graz, who already started to work on music in the tender age of 9. Lessons on the keyboard started to get him into music and in 1993 he even signed on for some guitar lessons. He got into electronic music in 1996 and fell in love with it after his brother got his first computer. “Screamtracker” – one of the pioneer tracker software on the PC was one of the... [more]
The young Astpai from Wiener Neustadt (Austria) play fast Punkrock, that comes along unspent, kicks ass at the right times and keeps fun throughout every song. Beside one german-languaged song, the english lyrics tell about everyday-life, politics and self-realisation. There have been 2 Demo´s released up to the release of their first album "Feeling Safe in Programmed Channels" (2005 Rise or Rust... [more]
The name Attwenger comes from an old four-lined stanza, that was played in regional broadcast and later appropriated by Markus Binder and Hans-Peter Falkner. Since 1991, "Attwenger" is a project in constant flux. Markus Binder plays drums, Hans-Peter Falkner the accordian (electric squeeze-box). Both sing and use contemporary electronics in their music. Attwenger is considered one of the most... [more]
Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale. The group are one of the most prominent acts signed with Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music artists. Journalists and fans consider Autechre to be a paragon of IDM, though Brown and Booth themselves do not consider their sound to belong to any... [more]
Wie jedes Jahr trafen sich die Dorfbewohner an jenem Tag, um ein rauschendes Fest zu feiern, und wie jedes Jahr nach Tanz, Liebe und Rausch vernahmen sie das Donnergrollen das langsam, aber unerbittlich, näherkam. Normalerweise trieb die Furcht vor dem nahenden Unheil sie in die Wälder. Doch nicht dieses Mal. Nein, diesmal tanzten sie weiter und harrten aus. Der Donner kam, wurde zu Getöse,... [more]
