marko fürstenberg aka surphase aka dolby
thinner | a.r.t. less | germany
LIVE P.A.
Marko Fürstenberg was born in December 1976 and raised in the center of Germany. In the middle of the 80's he became interested in electronic music above the EBM and Acid hype. At the beginning of the 90's he began to concern intensively with electronic music and started to mix tracks with tape recorders. In the middle of the 90's and with the period of Basic Channel and Chain Reaction he discovered the mentioned pioneers of dubelectronica. Bound of the deep, heavy rhythms Marko quitted his job as DJ and began setting up an own studio. At the end of of 1999 he settled into a particularly furnished basement to install his studio. There he started
experimenting with different styles. In the fall of 2001 the project vertikal23 was founded, setting Marko to work at songs together with other
musicans and DJ’s. At the beginning of of 2002 he discovered the NetLabel Thinner and was inspired by their releases, so it took a short time until his first EP „Dub Expo“ under the moniker "Dolby" came out. Later he changed his moniker to "surphase" because he was afraid of getting problems with the owner of dolby system name. His latest Tracks came out under his
real name Marko Fürstenberg and these tracks are more Basic Channel inspired than everything before. After a Cut for more than 1 Year, Marko
continues to releasing his Tracks in 2007 on 12“ and Netlabels.
Releases:
• Dub Expo EP (Thinner)
• Midnight EP (Thinner)
• Norddeutsch EP (Thinner)
• Headcrash (Rotary Cocktail)
• Gesamtlaufzeit (Thinner)
• Option EP (Thinner)
• Inaxa-Stream EP (Realaudio)
• Useless Cutz (Stadtgruen)
• Classics (Thinner)
• Instabil EP (Instabil)
Remixes:
• Northern Lights Remixed (Thinner)
• Zu Hause² (Remixes) (Thinner)
• Liquid Times (Realaudio)
• Recore (Thinner)
• Enas Remixes (Thinner)
• Numbers Remixed (Realaudio)
• Absolut Funk EP (Sinergy Networks)
• Crumbed (Remixes) (Stadtgruen)
• Silent Whisper (Instabil)
• Thinnergy (Thinner)
• Enigma (Sinergy Networks)
• Kraftfutter EP (TFE Records)
• Organon Reinterpretations (Realaudio)
• EM.Pulse Remixed (Resopal/Beatport)
www.surphase.com
www.myspace.com/markofuerstenberg
www.techdub.de
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marko+F%C3%BCrstenberg
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Surphase
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dolby
octex
rx:tx | slovenia
LIVE P.A.
Octex aka Jernej Marusic, has been experimenting with music equipment since late 90s, when he fell in love with the sound of old analog synthesizers. In all this years he found himself in doing Organic Crackle and Tone EXperiments (Octex), fusing his diverse influences with the unique flavor of Ljubljana.
This resulted in releases on numerous compilations, the first one being Elektrotehnika Slavenika that later mutated into Tehnika 1. In 2002 he has release his debut album Idei Lahesna on Tehnika records, which received high praises from both critics and the public, and tracks from it got licensed to numerous compilations and mix CDs.. His self-made video for track "Emergon" got played on such TV stations as VIVA, Onyx TV...
In 2004 Octex contributed a fresh track for a 12" compilation Dunkel Platte on a Swiss label STHLMaudio, which received very good reviews.
In 2005 came the long awaited second album Variations, which was released on rx:tx label. On Variations Octex went even deeper and more experimental which confused some of his fans, but gained him other new ones, and got him really good reviews in the press.
He has also become more and more sought for his remixing skills, having already remixed Slovenian alternative legegends Laibach, sound activists Ultra-Red and San Francisco band Tussle, and couple more remixes already planed.
In 2003 he has received Boomerang Award for best new comer of the year, and for the second year in the row, he was selected as one of the 10 finalist for Radio France International Electronic Music Award.
In the meantime he has become one of the most active Slovenian live acts performing on such diverse locations as Club Transmediale (Berlin), Sprawl (London), Dispatch (Belgrade) Exit (Novi Sad), Progress festival, Slovenian Ministry of Culture New Year's party...
He's regularly playing at Chilli Space and rx:tx event's that he also helps organize, and in legendary Club K4, where he was monthly resident in 2003/2004 season.
Octex is also one of the artists involved in multimedia performance Signal-Sever! of Projekt Atol, In 2004 this project was presented on Futuresonic festival / Manchester, Vienna's Karlsplatz. ISEA festival / Helsinki, La Batie / Geneve, Nuit Blanche / Pariz, Progress EX.04 festival / Ljubljana
Releases:
• Deflection (Tehnika)
• Idei Lahesna (Tehnika)
• Variations (rx:tx)
Remixes:
• Anthems (Mute Records Ltd.)
• Wetsound Orchestra (Poeta Negra )
Tracks Appear On:
• Elektrotehnika Slavenika (Wire Magazine)
• Tehnika 1 (Tehnika)
• Datcha Studio (Le Maquis)
• Dunkelplatte (Sthlmaudio Recordings)
• Flow.ers (Sutemos)
• Trans Slovenia Express Vol. 2 (Mute Records Ltd.)
• Progress: The Trieste - Vladivostok EX.04 Line (rx:tx)
www.octex.si
www.myspace.com/octex
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Octex
milos pavlovic
re:set | serbia
DJ SET
Since his childhood Milos got really fascinated and involved with break dance. At that time he was introduced to the electronic beats for the first time in his life. The important step towards his music career was his enrollment into Junior Music School in Belgrade, when he was only eight years old, where he learned the basics of music theory. He got in touch with electronic music when he was fourteen, traveling within England. Since then, his dedication to tech-house and techno music was enormous. Although, being lucky enough to travel a lot around the world, he began collecting and buying vinyls ever since. Milos started his dj career as soon as sixteen years old. At the very beginning he was a resident of a famous Belgrade underground club Omen where he played Thursdays. Later on, after his first appearance in highly regarded club Industria in Belgarde, he joined TTP (Teenage Techno Punks) and gained a weekly residency. By the end of the 1999, when club Omen was already closed, he participated and played in most of the Belgrades finest underground clubs and parties. At that time, he drew a lot attention with his innovative mixing technique and skills, using even three decks for mixture of tech-house and techno. In 2001 he started playing all over Serbia & Montenegro as well as he also had performances in Hungary, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and collaborated with many prominent artists such as Marco Carola, Umek, John Selway, Rino Cerrone, Valentino Kanzyani, Danilo Vigorito, Billy Nasty, Dave Angel, and many others. He also worked as a promoter for a while, hosted many different djs from all over the world and played aside with them on numerous occassions. Even though he was always devoted to it, two years ago, his progression and years of expirience led him profoundly to more deep and innovative sounds of electronic music. Soon enough he developed his new set up in perfoming and got into minimal house, techno and some electronica. Nowadays, Milos dedicates a lot of time on promoting and playing fresh releases from his favorite producers in his weekly residency in a small club in Belgrade. At the moment he's also working on his own music production in his studio. He also made several production collaborations with many of his friends and colleagues. Watch out for his releases under various monikers- soon.
www.milos-pavlovic.net
www.myspace.com/milospavlovic
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ganik
mnml.nl | ekstrakt | zagreb
www.ganik.net
www.myspace.com/ganik
novell
ekstrakt | zagreb
www.myspace.com/velno
