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Deniz Kurtel developed a deep love and connection to the sentiments of electronic music during her studies in the USA. Growing up with constant exposure to art from her mother, an influential artist in Turkey, and years of classical piano training left her with a professional work ethic and a passion for art. An accomplished interactive sculptor, she quickly made a name for herself in the experimental art scene in New York, specializing in light sculptures with the use of LEDs and mirrors.

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Rui da Silva is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single "Touch Me" (featuring the vocals of Cassandra Fox) topped the UK Chart in 2001. At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician to have a UK hit and hence was the first to score a UK number one. Rui started producing house music in 1992, just as club culture was getting established in Lisbon. Noticing the lack of dance music labels in Portugal, Rui teamed up with DJ Vibe to form Kaos Records, the first label in Portugal specialized in house and electronic music.

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Real Name: Carlos Mendoza and Peter Christianson
Profile: Carlos Mendoza and Peter Christianson formed LawnChair Generals in 2001 while working together at Seattle's Platinum Records. The duo have been shaping the future of underground House music ever since. With their talent both behind the decks and in the studio, LCG have simultaneously blazed their way into the crates, mix compilations and ranks of the world's elite House music acts.

Chris Carrier: There are two kinds of DJs: those whose goal is to make a name for themselves and those whose goal is to make music - and let the rest follow. Parisian Chris Carrier is among the latter. For more than a dozen years he's been an underground icon, churning out more than one-hundred records and remixes for a host of labels including Adult Only, Catwash, Brique Rouge, Get Physical, Ghostly, Supplement Facts and many more. Too busy working to chase a spot in the limelight, Carrier is nevertheless rightly revered as one of the most gifted, prolific producers on the dance scene.