| 1. Gregor Tresher (dj set) 2. Karotte 3. Patrick Siech 4. Romano Alfieri, Marco Effe, Luca Bear |
Welcome, Break New Soil Recordings !
“Label run by Gregor Tresher.”
Berlin Kreuzberg Institut is honoured to present you three exclusive DJ sets by BNS artists Gregor Tresher, Karotte, Romano Alfieri & Marco Effe & Luca Bear.
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Welcome, Gregor Tresher!
In the field of electronic music, Gregor Tresher is by no means a debutant. For more than ten years, the thirty-four-year old DJ and producer from Frankfurt gathered merits modernizing the algorithms of electronic music. It has been his “Still EP“ in 2004 that upgraded him into the “Champions League” of European Techno producers. After many highlight releases like “Neon“, “Full Range Madness“, “The Wombat“ or “The Now People“ on labels like Intacto, Cocoon, Great Stuff or Rebel One, it was his eagerly-awaited debut album “A Thousand Nights“ that defined the state of the art of his electronic dance music in 2008, its’ titletrack being the year´s best selling Techno song on Beatport, which helped him being awarded high rankings in their yearly reader´s polls over the past 5 years by readers of German magazines Groove and Raveline.
Gregor’s musical roots have always been electronic music. With his project Sniper Mode, he tried to achieve an aesthetic development of the motorbeat from the beginning, releasing two critically-acclaimed artist albums on Frankfurt’s electronica label Elektrolux. But it had mainly been his releases under his real name for Anthony Rother’s Datapunk Recordings, his remix for Sven Väth’s “Komm“ and his contribution to Cocoon’s Compilation F (“Full Range Madness“) that introduced Gregor to a wider audience.
Gregor has been a DJ since the early nineties, long before he even knew how to produce music – his career as a producer has been underlined and heavily inspired by gigs in the prime clubs worldwide: from London to Barcelona, from Sao Paulo to Toronto, from Moscow to Istanbul, from Paris to New York.
“To play anything from deep Tech-House to Techno in one set and present it in an exciting voyage is what modern DJ-ing means to me.” (Gregor Tresher, 2004)
However, Techno has never been a fixed category for his production and DJ-ing, but more of an open reference-system between past, present and future of electronic music. “With musical roots ranging from New Wave classics by New Order or Anne Clarke over the German Techno-Explosion in the early nineties to my personal discovery of classic Detroit Techno and House not so long ago, I see my own musical direction in constant development.“
In 2008 (besides producing Monika Kruse’s artist album „Changes Of Perception“) Gregor’s new releases „Break New Soil“ on the Leipzig based label Moon Harbour Records and his Remix for Dubfire´s Label Sci+Tec already showcased new facets in Gregor’s sound, and 2009 became another important year: besides releasing on Josh Wink’s prestigious Ovum Recordings („95 Days / The Joker“, March 2009), Gregor started his very own label Break New Soil Recordings. With the first release „The Heartbeat Orchestra“ Gregor underlined his versatility as an artist, presenting two raw and massive songs that were highly praised by the press („Another paradigm of Gregor´s talent of creating epic Technotracks with enigmatic harmonies to make them true anthems of the night.“, Groove, #117) - but were only a foretaste to his second album “The Life Wire”, which was released in late summer 2009 and once more showcased new exciting changes in the development of Gregor Tresher´s very own sound, that became a quality trademark in the world of electronic music.
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Welcome, Karotte !
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Welcome, Patrick Siech !
Official bio:
One of the latest talents to emerge from the prominent Swedish techno scene, is Patrick Siech. As a die hard club promotor and DJ, he’s been rocking the regions of Southern Sweden with quality techno for many years – Now, with his 12″ release on Adam Beyer’s long running techno mainstay Drumcode, he’s joining a prosperous stable of producers already hosting his fellow Swedish countrymen Adam Beyer, Cari Lekebusch, Joel Mull, Jesper Dahlbäck, Nihad Tule, Nima Khak and Agaric to name a few.
His EP “Crude” on Drumcode received massive support from the worlds biggest names in techno, peaked at #6 at the Beatport techno chart, and even got into the prestigious Resident Advisor “Top 50 charted tracks”. With his EP and remixes on both Gregor Tresher’s A-class imprint Break New Soil and SianĘĽs Octopus records gaining support among all the big players, and with upcoming releases on Drumcode and Truesoul, this young producer sure is a name to watch out for!
With a preference for dubby synth landscapes his track selection spans between the darker sides of monotonous techno, and hypnotic driving conga grooves. As a thoughtful and often groove-focused setbuilder, Patricks skills lay in his ability to span between warmup sets for some of the highest acclaimed DJs in the world, as well as delivering peaktime madness at underground basement clubs, and after-hours festival sets outside at the time of sunrise. All within the realms of techno – Deep yet driving. Cold yet soulful.
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Welcome, Romano Alfieri & Marco Effe & Luca Bear !
Official bio Romano Alfieri:
Romano Alfieri was born in Pisa in the 28. 05. 1982. He began his career in the early part of new millenium in Tuscany, where he had the opportunity to play with internationally renowned guests and on important events such as Cocoon and Minus nights. From season 2007 / 2008 he became the most important resident dj of Re:flex Club (Pisa). In those years he started to produce electronic music and in December 2009 he releases “Moved To Love Ep”, one of the biggest dancefloor destroyers of the winter season on Break New Soil. His productions are now played and appreciated by the best techno djs in the world. In 2010 he released many eps and remixes on the best European labels including: Break New Soil, Strictly Chosen, All Inn Limited, Bla Bla, International Freakshow, Kling Klong, Great Stuff, Big City Beats and many others. Thanks to the success of his work, he won “Elettrowave Italy”, a historical competition for new talents. Thanks to his perseverance he became part of “Family Affairs booking agency” that gave to him the possibility to play in important clubs like Studio 80 (Amsterdam) (ADE 2010), Cocoon Club (Frankfurt), Sankeys (Manchester) and many others across the Europe. His Dj-sets are characterized by influences ranging from funky, to house until more electronic and techno influences.
Official bio Marco Effe:
Born and raised in Livorno in 1985, Marco Effe is considered to be one of the most promising Italian talents. In just such a short time, thanks to his record productions that are always supported worldwide by the best artists in the clubbing scene, he succeeds in affirming himself straigt to the sector of the international major’s level. Studio partner’s and his friends are Ilario Alicante and Romano Alfieri, he began to compose his own music in 2007 and immediately the desire grew in him to publish his first release.. “Wet June ep” followed and was released in November 2008, receiving a lot of recognition.
From that moment on his activity subsequently intensified and Marco had the opportunity to work together with an established label such as Big City Beats (Frankfurt). Hungry for more, Marco did it again touching the spirit of the time, as he released “Malaysia / Muar ep” (one of his ep’s numerously played by Richie Hawtin in 2010) on Break New Soil.
This allowed him create a close collaboration which brought him to join the Dj booking agency “Family Affairs” and work together with some of the most famous & high-ranking international artists of today. In spring 2010 he returns with a new release on the album “CĂ©cille Italy”. His track is called “Janet” and expresses 100% of his unmistakable House / Tec style, edged by an elegant sonority which is also to find on his “From Kalida To Hyden ep” published on Dubfire’s brilliant Label Sci+Tec.
Thanks to his accurate technique, he keeps his dj sets unique, always succeeding in conquering the crowd, amusing and delightfully presenting his style in the best clubs & festivals the electronic music scene has to offer.
Official bio Luca Bear:
Luca Orsini aka Luca Bear, dj & producer, was born in Pisa in 1985. The first approach to vinyl comes at the age of 14 years.
In 2006 he had the opportunity to be resident at Re:flex Club In Pisa, one of the most important electronic clubs in Italy. Here, Luca Bear played with international artists like Karotte, Troy Pierce, 2000 and One, Joris Voorn, Ilario Alicante, Alex Neri, Barem, Marc Houle and many others.. Luca Bear’s dj set and productions reflect an eclettic and positive style that goes from House to Dub and Techno music.
In December 2009, with his productions partner Romano Alfieri, he release on Break New Soil the track ”Love U”, Its one of the biggest dancefloor destroyers of the winter season supported and played by all the big djs like Reboot, Boris Werner, Nick Curly, Matt Star, Nic Fanciulli and many others. 2010 starts with the new killer releases on Viva Music, Robsoul, Level non Zero, Bla Bla and others…
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