Smash TV used to be Holger Zilske & Michael Schmidt, but Michael left the band. They've released a dozen 12'' and an album in Berlin label BPitch Control, gaining some success in the tech-house scene. Holger's webpage is http://www.myspace.com/holgerzilske
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Chicago born and bred Melvin Oliphant aka Traxx is known for constructing the "jakbeat" sound -- "a turbo-charged take on old school acid and Chicago house for the '00s put together with the unmistakeable tones of classic analogue gear such as the TR-909, TR-808, and, of course, the TB-303". Traxx himself talking about this phenomenon:
"It's a truly separate genre in its own right... the reason is because jakbeat is influenced from not just by techno and house...
Acid Pauli is the alter ego of Martin Gretschmann, mastermind behind Console and member of the The Notwist as well as other projects. In his Acid Pauli incarnation he produces various remixes (See Johnny Cash - I See a Dark(er)ness) DJ-Sets as well as own songs. He is an important figure in the Weilheim music scene. His nickname and logo resembles the Hamburg/Germany based soccer club St. Pauli and the AcidHouseSmiley.
DJ Babu (born Chris Oroc) is a Filipino-American DJ and is a member of a crew of DJs called the Beat Junkies, a group which includes others such as Melo D, DJ Rhettmatic, and J-Rocc. DJ Babu introduced the title "Turntablist" in order to differentiate what he was doing (scratching vinyl records) from more conventional aspects of DJ-ing. He is a member of the hip-hop group Dilated Peoples, along with Rakaa and Evidence.
One of Toronto
Hailing from the UK, Mark Rae made his mark in Europe
Matt John is a Berlin based artist who has recorded for prestigious labels such as Perlon and Jay Haze's netlabel textone, as well as for the new Bar25 label. Getting in touch with techno sounds in the mid-nineties he followed his calling for electronic music in starting DJing all over Thuringia/Germany. He loves to communicate with the audience in catching them with his groovy minimal tech house and intelligent techno, further kicking them with new experimental inputs into other dimensions.