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Raeyk is the recent project of the initiator and head of the label Varianz. His focus lies in spreading the music he likes! With big passion he plays an interesting and very energetic live act between spooky-detailed and functional Techno. In addition he devotes much time to discover music from known and unknown artists. His musical roots are no doubt the mid 90s, since then his musical involvement with own projects and projects in collaboration with other artists is still tracked with high intensity.

Paul is not only a producer; he is also one of the rare genuine German Techno Live Acts, who still play live without laptop; just using his hardware. He has played at clubs and festivals all over the world since 1999. Russia, Japan, Scandinavia Europe just to mention some places. His strength is defined by a timeless understanding of music and a distinct accuracy regarding arrangements as well as exploring new sounds. With experiences at the legendary Omen club during Techno’s formative years in Germany in the early 90s and the sound of Detroit as a stylistic checkpoint in mind, Brtschitsch developed his own narrative style over the course of twelve years, accessing a rich sonic pool, which is anything but related to the contemporary.

In 1996 Paul released his first record on the Tritone label which was directly discovered and played by worlds famous Jeff Mills. At the same time he started to work at Neuton, a specialised vinyl distributior, where a lot of later becoming super stars used to work in the warehouse: Ricardo Villalobos, Heiko Laux, Anthony Rother, Andre Galluzzi and Paul. That´s the reason why Taksi was founded in the same year with Pauls´s working mate DJ André Galluzzi. Their track „Schneesturm“ was picked up by Richie Hawtin´s Plus 8 and got a re- release including a remix of Richie in 2001. The duo released the full lengths „Rundfahrt“ and „Bordell“, as well as several tracks on labels like Force Inc., Ongaku and Music Man. Their Tracks become frequently played by DJ´s like Hawtin, Josh Wink and at least Sven Väth, which opens the door for André going as an artist to Cocoon in 2003.

Meanwhile Paul focused on his own productions. Since 2000 he released three albums under his name on the Frisbee label to critical acclaim („Surftronic“, „Venex“ and „Memory“). He always followed the concept of creating an album like one of his Live Sets – soft build up, hard middle, and consolable ending – without forgetting to explore never heard sonic spaces. When doing so, Brtschitsch does not rely on laptops and software. His set up is much more complex, resulting in the fact that he really is playing live and not triggering loops or arranging his studio material in front of a crowd. His sets last for one and a half to two hours and are always spontaneously crafted according to crowd and atmosphere.
In summer of 2006 he moved to Berlin and dropped a release on world famous Berghain´s imprint Ostgut Ton. „Twirl/Under“ was the second realease on the fresh founded label. In the same year he released a record on Belgiums famous and historical Label MusicMan called Infrared/Lowrider. The following year Paul decided to found his own label “Rootknox“with the philosophy of an interactive developing tree: “together from the roots up to the treetop”. Seven releases were already released until today, which are already “en vogue” from Europe over the USA to Russia and Japan. One of this releases is Paul´s 5th solo Album which came out in summer 2009 “Me, myself and Live”. The title shows his 3 facets as producer, live act and collaborator.

In 2007 Paul co-produced Anja Schneider’s album debut “Beyond the Valley” released 2008 on her world known Label Mobilee. Both have a good working flow in the studio that´s the reason why Paul is the co-producer of almost all releases which came out titled “Anja Schneider” in behalf the last 2 years. “Belize”, “Mole”, “Beyond the Valley” and several Remixes for artists like Butane, Samuel Session and even German´s Pop Band “Rosenstolz“were produced by Paul and Anja. Together with Gabriel Ananda he contributed a track on his Label Karmarouge. Paul latest releases are coming out on Rootknox containing remixes by Anja Schneider, Kollektiv Turmstrasse and John Selway.

Hailing from Argentina where his name is synonymous with quality and showmanship, introducing a stalwart such as Mariano DC is not as straightforward as one might think. The Argentinean jock has been at the top of the Techno scene in Buenos Aires & various other parts of South America since 1994.

One must understand that besides constantly being at the forefront of Techno and playing alongside the very best in the field, he has reached a certain top status whilst always remaining true to the Underground, in the very sense of the meaning. He has played every legendary venue in Argentina both old & new.

On an international scale his skills have taken him from La Feria in Chile to San Francisco, Brazil, Uruguay, Punta del Este, Berlin, Frankfurt Malta just to name but a few.

Besides being the most unique Techno spinner in Buenos Aires, Mariano also acts as an Ambassador of quality music in his native country promoting the very highest caliber of Techno through his medium & club, the legendary true underground club Cocoliche. Mariano's style can be defined as relentless and uncompromising with pin point mixing and excellence behind the decks.

On a production side Mariano releases through the Berlin based label Varianz, . Check out his latest track - 'Brains Eaters' which has been remixed by Swedish Drumcode Kingpin Joel Mull, and is currently being played by the likes of Dubfire, Stephan Bodzin, Dettmann & Klock, Gregor Thresher, John Selway and Alan Fiztpatrick etc. A new bomb is on the way with his remix for Paul Brtschitsch <http://www.myspace.com/paulbrtschitsch>. Stand by!

A Techno vinyl purist, his genius can be seen every weekend at his long standing residency at Cocoliche as well as around various top clubs around the globe.

Its only a matter of time till Mariano's distinct sound hits the world to great acclaim.... Be prepared!

In the 90’s Mike Wall made first experiences with electronic music. In this years he started mixing tapes and playing his first gigs in Mecklenburg. But under the name Mike Wall he released for the first time on the record label Modulat in 2005 and thenceforth things were looking up for him. In the same year he played at the legendary Melt Festival and refurnished his studio. These changes brought a fresh wind in EP..s like “Loose Changes” or “She Comes” and let the production seems much more smooth and warm. For the variety in his sets he is known over the border of Germany, because even listeners in Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and Swiss are enthusiastic about his dynamic sound. His vinyldebut was realeased on the london minimal label Safari Electronique in 2006, where he belonged to the core of producers asides Italoboyz, Delete and Arnaud le Textier. Since then a lot happened and he released on labels like smallroom music, Dilek, Lordag, Meerestief and his own label Orphik and for sure also of Varianz records. With the foundation of Orphik Recordings he took a further step into independence and he began to pushes unknown artists and labels with the credo of having the best fun out of it. Although artists like Steve Bug had influencing control over him he found his own sound.The symbiosis of techno and groove lays perfectly in the warm baselines, but Mike himself not to rest. Further releases and long partynights are already planned for 2010.

Whilst other kids learned walking, the apocalyptic Italiens Deo & Z-Man started creating their wicked flow. This was brought to perfection since they graduated from basic education studies in century-sessions at the basement studios, as well as performing gigs in front of nice perspiring catholic highschool graduates. Neither extreme atmospheric conditions nor acute schizophrenic moods can’t stop the Mafiosis producing tracks by using an electric raster microphone combined with an 8000 Voltage battery. Without exaggeration, these tunes bring tears to an Almöhi’s eyes. Even with eight fold gravitation and special reinforced cardboard in their head, these two DJs create cocktails out of their vinyl. All this and even more is definitely reflected in their bit-cell sounds which are also handled as mega-hits in their home country. When you scream out now: ‘Stop! Isn’t godlike grandeur in times of generic maculation dictatorship strictly forbidden?’. Then we just say: ‘What???’.
(The English press release makes even less sense than the German version!)