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hard techno

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I grew up in and around a small town called "Saint-Quentin" in the north of France. There is not much to do in Saint-Quentin, but in the late 1990s I discovered clubbing and soon was spending my weekends in the little village of "Peck" in Belgium. My fellow mate Greg was renting a tiny studio flat in Lille near the border of Belgium and France that quickly turned out to be our melting pot, the point de rendez-vous of our epic rides to the Cherry Moon, Fuse and H2O.

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Mark Hawkins

There are two artists under the name of Mark Hawkins 1.Mark Hawkins is a technical metal guitarist/producer who hails from tallahasee 2.Mark Hawkins is in the vanguard of the new wave of new wave UK techno. Beginning his career in 1999 with a split EP with Michael Forshaw on the latter's much loved Chan 'n' Mike's label, Hawkins was soon noticed by Saskia Slegers for whom he has now recorded 6 eps on her well known Djax Up Beats imprint. He has also released on, amongst others, Pro-jex, Mosquito and H

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Paul Mac

Paul Mac is the name of two artists: 1. A UK techno DJ aka Paul Souter.
2. An Australian electronica producer musician, born Paul McDermott 1. UK Paul Mac: After following the seemingly amazingly familiar UK path of electro/hip hop/acid house/techno it has now been nearly 21 years since Paul Mac started dj’ing and he has been producing for nearly 14, having recorded for over 50 labels including Sino, Intec, Ingoma, Kb Records Inc and Kanzleramt to name only a few and with nearly 120 release’s to his name its probably fair to call him a veteran of the scene.

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Chris Liebing

Chris Liebing had his first residency as a DJ in a small club called "Red Brick" 1991 in Giessen, near Frankfurt. Already in the beginning of 1995 the club had to close down and Chris began working for Eye-Q Records in Frankfurt. During that period, he met his friend and partner Andre Walter. Together they started to build up a studio and work on music. In November 1995, Chris had a chance to play at the OMEN in Frankfurt and shortly after became resident DJ. About a year later, influenced by his DJ'ing, he created "Fine Audio Recordings" together with Under Cover Music Group.

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Sandy Warez

The serious start of Sandy comes in 1995, there is a club called “La Grange (Charente Maritime France)” that offers him a residency, he spins there every day from June to September 1995.

During this event he meets David Duriez (private la Grange resident).
From October to November 1995 they start to work together on an hardcore project which has been released on a label in Antwerp called ZOMBIE Records in January 1996.
Meanwhile Sandy has another residency in a club called Café Face, which is also owned by the chief of “La Grange”.

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