Oxia should be no stranger to techno fans. Behind his fancy pseudonym we find one Olivier Raymond from Grenoble, France. Deejaying from the tender age of 15, Oxia has been consistently churning out productions under several guises - with Stephane Deschezeaux or the Hacker with whom he runs the Goodlife label.
Born in Palermo, Italy (on January 1- 1976), Jo indulged in his passion for music from a young age, blowing all the money from his paper round on vinyls. At the age of 14 he bought his first drum machine and 'caught the bug' from there. He progressed from making the usual cassette tapes for friends, put together on a cheap set of decks that he wore out learning to mix. After spending money to buy more equipment to make music (multi tracks; synths; multi effects and a DAT recording) he discovered with his friend through experimentation...
A kind of techno that sways between the polarity of emotional overload and concrete rationale
We live in darkened times. A mood has transcended the earth, sweeping through clubland like a long since forgotten pox. The smile of the clubber has gone, now replaced by a distant glare, the rhythmical melody now nothing more than a minimal bleep. But all is not lost. There are still those DJ
Alejandro was born in Viña del Mar, Chile. Since he was a child, he was close to music because his father used to play tenor sax and was the owner of a huge jazz records collection. At the early age of 7 years, he used to spend many hours in front of the stereo. when he became a teenager, he started palying electric guitar in several school bands, influenced by the music of bands like Sonic Youth, Jesus & Mary chain and Pixies, among others.
Smokin Jo DJ/ Producer: Jo began musical career in 1990 when, noticing a lack of female Djs on the dance music scene she bought her own set of decks and started mixing herself. After continued practice, and receiving positive feedback from her mixtapes, she embarked on a musical journey that has taken her to the four corners of the globe. Her cutting edge style and impeccable taste in music has made sure that Jo is always classed amongst the top name DJs. She is still the only female DJ to have won DJ Magazine's prestigious DJ of the Year award.
Thomas Koch aka DJ T. / Biografie Thomas Koch aka DJ T. has been a vital part of music and club culture for more than 20 years, during which time he has built up a reputation in a range of different capacities: DJ, label owner, producer, event organiser, club operator, publisher and journalist. In 2005, he relocated to Berlin, where he’s been living and working ever since. Blame it all on the disco ball.
Lee Burridge is an internationally known house and breakbeat DJ. He is from the UK but lived and worked in Hong Kong and occasionally Thailand during the 1990s. Returning to London, he gained fame and popularity. In 2001, he released the DJ mix Nubreed 005 for the Global Underground Nubreed series. In 2001 he also released the Tyrant 1&2 compilations with Craig Richards on Fabric records, London. In 2003, he released the second mix for the Global Underground series 24:7, and in 2005 he joined with Sander Kleinenberg to release This is Everybody! On Tour.
Born in the early 80's Oli aka Soul Minority has been putting out techno records on several labels from an early age under various monikers.
In 2007 he started his Soul Minority project to release more house orientated music, creating a versatile sound with combinations of tech, deep & funky house. After a bunch of well received remixes, Soul Minority delivered his first EP on Pack up and Dance and it was an instant hit on the new deep house scene: his killer track "A Soul Thing" was number one...
A Techno / House artist based in Lisbon, Portugal and Paris, France. www.myspace.com/marcantona