Jona

Always driven by his desire to explore new sound perspectives and ideas, Jona has forged his path into the electronic music scene by consistently bringing exciting and forward-thinking music. He developed his own unique sound, incorporating a wide range of styles into his work. At first a guitarist during his teens, largely influenced by blues…

Kevin Saunderson

AWARDS: BBC Radio Top 10 Dance Records of All Time Inner City “Big Fun” Resident Advisor Top 10 remixes of 2008 Inner City “Good Love (Luciano remix)” (KMS) M8 Magazine Top 20 Compilations of 2007 “The Detroit Connection” Best Dance Act in the World DMC 1989 & 1992 4 Gold Singles & 1 Gold Album…

King Britt

What King Britt has done in the past could be considered very important. His curiosity has paved the way for the artist he is now. From creating house tunes for the legendary Strictly Rhythm, djing for Sector 6 comrades Digable Planets, starting Ovum Recordings with techno wunderkind, Josh Wink, being tapped to underscore Michael Mannʼs…

Derrick May

Derrick May If one name crops up again and again in discussions of techno, it is that of Derrick “Mayday” May. Alongside Atkins, Juan, Craig, Carl and Saunderson, Kevin, May is regarded as one of the kings of the Detroit sound. Inspired by Yello and Kraftwerk, he began to make electronic music with Atkins and…

Mirko Loko

Mirko was born in 1979 in Lausanne and has loved music for as long as he can recall. After DJing in the clubs, Couleur3 (Swiss national radio) snapped him up as a DJ and programme planner between 1997 and 2001. During this time he continued DJing nationally but also started performing internationally at places like…

Martin Buttrich

Martin Buttrich is famously as fluent behind a mixing console as in front of a virtual drum kit. That technical prowess, combined with a fascination for music of every shape, has resulted in outstanding releases on influential labels such as Planet E, Four:Twenty, Cocoon, Poker Flat, Nervous and Desolat. He’s also put his sonic thumbprint…

Franck Roger

Franck recalls vividly toying with his audiotape recorder, cutting voices out, matching the beat, a symptomatic, diy approach to music that soon translated into a mission of instinction; the very same intuition underneath the house movement from the beginning: a need for loops and beats. From raw-edged, stripped-down tracks to those flourishing with an intense…

Psycatron

2009 is proving to be a landmark year for Psycatron aka Paul Hamill & Dave Lievense as they take things to the next level with a string of high profile productions being released on some of the world’s most respected labels, receiving props from some of the biggest names in the business and the sales…

Kirk Degiorgio

One of the most respected DJ/Producers in the world, Kirk Degiorgio began his DJ career aged 15 in his adopted hometown of Ipswich, Suffolk in the UK. Raised on a musical diet of disco, funk and electro – Kirk would spin sets on borrowed 1200’s for the local B-Boys at break-dance contests before moving on to…

Reference

  Reference consists of the Detroit-based artists Luke Hess & Brian Kage. The group was created for the expression of underground music and dance culture. Luke Hess is a name synonymous with a new wave of ‘Detroit techno’ producers, but his roots go deeper than that. His continued hard work as a musician and his…