Exactly who are we getting so excited about ??
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DEETRON :: music man records, intec, Switzerland ::
Over recent years, Sam Geiser aka Deetron has emerged as a rising star in the Techno world. His list of musical achievements stretch back to the early nineties – and on paper it makes for quite an impressive body of work. This is all the more remarkable, considering the fact that Sam is still 26 years of age. This can probably be explained, in part, by his family background. Born in Bern, Switzerland, Music was a constant in the Geiser family home. Sam’s father’s activities as a jazz musician ensured that he was surrounded by music from a very early age, sewing the seeds of his own musical interests. But it was Hip-Hop that encouraged this to flourish into an active involvement in music, during his teens. Sam soaked-up the music of Gangstarr, A Tribe Called Quest, and Prince Paul like a sponge, and was quick to realise the role of the turntable within this context, taking up DJing in 1992. Early Hip-House producers, such as Todd Terry, also captured his attention, and Sam began to make the transition to more 4/4 orientated sounds – picking up on the now classic output of Chicago and Detroit- based electronic musicians and introducing this into the sets he was, by now, playing around his home town, and further afield in Switzerland. This led, in 1994, to his first big break – securing a residency at Zurich’s reputed club, Trax at the Rohstofflager. A meeting with Stefan Riesen, head of the fledgling Phont music, led to the release of Deetron’s first single – as Soulmate, in 1997. Possible the most fruitful partnership of his career so far is that with Belgium’s Music Man label. Beginning with the ‘Dolls For a Diva’ 12” in 2001, and including several more 12”s and a superb mix CD that acts as ample testament to Sam’s skills behind the turntables. Music Man are also the label that Sam has chosen to release his debut full length release, due to drop in 2005. Geiser has come a long way in a relatively short period of time, but it’s no fluke ascension given his considerable talent and hard work. What’s more, he shows no sign of flagging. Whilst 2003 has been a very busy year, with extensive worldwide DJ dates, singles for Music Man and Intec, and high profile remixes for Ennio Morricone, Victor Simonelli, Gary Martin, and Mark Broom, 2004 has taken his DJ-schedule to yet another level and he remixed Funk D’Void, Oxia, Joris Voorn and Monika Kruse. A new single is set for release on Music Man in March 2005 and he’s now near completion of the aforementioned debut long-player, set to combine Sam’s love of house, classic techno, electro, latin and jazz influences – oh, and expect a few surprises, too…
KAZU KIMURA :: CL Records, Bris/Japan/Spain
Kazu started his DJ career back in 1987 playing at clubs in Tokyo and Nagano Japan. His passion for the music convinced him to become a professional DJ at the early age of 19 which was no easy task at this time Japanese society. Teaming up with DJ Baby Tokyo at the early age of 20 they went on to launch some of the earliest dance parties in Tokyo setting up Voice Production in 89’ The concept was a multimedia mix control (DJ event/visuals/fashion) company and it was a big movement for the Club culture of Tokyo at the time. 15 years later he is still at it, a master of his craft. Kazu first toured the USA back in 1990 playing club Medusa in Chicago and the legendary Trax in Washington DC. After returned from the States he started production of his own where he was featured on early Japanese compilations such as Tokyo Explosion ’, Vol 1 andl2 of Crown Records and as collaborative projects with DJs like Honda, Hiroshi Fujiwara and DJ Heyta. After mastering his native country of Japan Kazu took the risky step of re locating to Brisbane, Australia in 1993 after marrying an Aussie girl and quickly established himself not only as the states but one of the countries finest techno exponents. He was received with open arms wowing local crowds and was immediately enlisted for shows across the country – from Perth to Sydney, Hobart to Melbourne (techno city) where he was widely acclaimed as the most popular techno DJ. All this while still travelling between Brisbane and Tokyo where he would play at the famous super club “Liquid Room” Tokyo. One of Holland’s best underground Techno / House Labels ” Touché ” approached him to release his own material and has to date released ‘Sound Media’ 4 Tracks EP through Touche’s sub label Jam 95’. Mushroom Distribution service Australia approached him to mix the first ever DJ Excursions series CD vol 3, a first for Australia. Over the past 6 years he has gone on to become a household name in Germany (through Cocoon bookings), Holland, Eastern Europe and Spain where he now currently resides (Madrid) due to his busy DJ schedule. He is a regular at clubs including E Love (Hong Kong,) U60311 (Frankfurt), Palazzo (Bingen) Stammheim (Kassel), Warehouse (Cologne), Basement (Wiesbaden), Signalwerk (Mainz), Etec and Div (Eisfield), Time Club (Amsterdam), Night town (Rotterdam), and the super techno club ” Ambasada Gavioli ” Isola (Slovenia) to name only a few. To express himself more freely Kimura has once again returned to the studio already releasing for the acclaimed CL-Recordings imprint and with a double pack for Ben Sims Theory and WetMusik in progress…. Kazu owns his style, always rocking but never obvious with razer sharp mixing skills over three decks, Kamikaze style…
