IONIC Benton - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 1972
At the age of 8 years
he began to play drums. As he grew
up he became more interested in keyboards. From this very young age he
was fascinated by electronic music and was a fan of Jean Michel Jarre,
Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. The appearance of the legendary
Commodore64 computer in the early 80's marked the beginning of his
musical creation & production. He started with Tracker Software
and
with them later produced his music on the second mindblowing computer,
the AMIGA 500. Then, in order to have more control over his sound
producing he bought his first synthesizer, a Casio CZ101 and later a
whole bunch of Hardware filled his studio. Developing his sound he
decided to work as a Dj.
Kemmi Kamachi - Amsterdam, The netherlands - 1974
Started spinning
records at the age of 11 and never stopped since.
After having been collecting and spinning almost every possible genre
of dance music, he developed a strong taste for techno music in the
90's.
Always with a pinch of extravagance Kemmi Kamachi nowadays mixes
technoid elements, driving beats and groovy interludes to a style made
up of groovy techno, minimal and tech house. All that coupled with an
occational muffled vocal gives rise to a very special musical
experience. that has enriched many an event.
Vali T aka (Claude Fizz in secondlife) - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Vali
T is a DJ/producer from Luxembourg. She started DJing in the 90's under
her dj name Vali T. and played at a variety of clubs, acid house
parties and forest raves. She spins energetic techno with hardtech and
tribal elements, and namechecks the noisy and distorted dark techno of
"The Delta" as her favourite producer. In the studio, Vali T takes on
the moniker Dorum Belugoris, producing dark ambient electronica.
"I got into DJing because I always liked to play music for others, and
yeah I found it interesting to mix tracks together. The main point of
my love for mixing is to have for a moment a sort of new track as you
fade parts together. When I produce I do a lot with hardware - I was
given a Korg Sigma synth and I loved playing with it and destroying
sounds. Slowly I bought myself other synths, but mostly for screwing
around and trying to make sounds. Dorum Belugoris is ambient scary
stuff. It's really made for horror movies, so not a relaxing ambient
sound!"
Vali T runs the new label " Contrast Records " with Ionic Benton, and
in Second Life is part owner of the Contrast club at the United Beats
sim. Contrast records just goes on now with 3 EP's
coming out june 2010
NlightN Nootan - lisbon, portugal - 1982
In 1994/1995 he
started listening to electronic music and playing with
music software, making his first attempts of a tune.He started dj-ing
in 1996 to listen to his favourite tunes and to
create his own compilations. What he loves about it is the involvement
with the crowd and the energy that it creates.
His record collection
goes from House to Techno and all their sub
genres, Break Beats and some Drum and Bass.
In 2005 he came to Brighton and
have since become one of the most requested DJ's in the underground
scene.
Artec Amat - Frankfurt, Germany - 1968
Pascal Mollin is a
dj, producer and live act based in
Frankfurt, Germany.
At the age of 14 Pascal started his dj activities, after he visited the
legendary airport club "Dorian Gray" for the first
time. He was so inspired about the feeling and the vibes of club music,
that he decided to start buying records and djing.
Since 2007 he spins continious in many Second Life underground clubs
like Code 415, The Factory and other clubs and events. Pascals dj-style
is a mix of minimal, techno and house. Not to strong but always
powerfull and hypnotic. In 2007 Pascal released the ep
"Virtuality" under his virtual name
"Artec Amat".
Moos Hultcrantz - Dortmund, Germany - 1957
Too old to Rock'n'Roll, too young to die... but...!
In the age of fifteen his biggest wish was to start an apprenticeship
as a sound engineer - but it remained a dream. He always loved music.
In the early 70's he was the leadsinger in a teenie band and DJ on kids
dance parties. He started his experience on the music scene in 1986
with djing and remixing of music. Since the late 80's he spun on many
events in germany. In all the years he changed his style from Pop to
Acid, from House to Techno, from Trance to Minimal etc.
In 2008 he starts his first set at the metaverse 'Second Life' with his
alter ego 'Moos Hultcrantz' - first with Psytrance, later Minimal and
Techno! At the moment his sets are not determined of any special style
- they are a mix of several styles like 'Techno', 'Tech-House' and
'House' with some 'Minimal' elements.
Silver Titanium - Glasgow
From a relativley young ages he began listening to bands like The Doors,Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more, as he grew up he began learning to play the guitar, but never really got into it.
Eventually as he got older he also listened to bands like Kraftwerk and
Jean Michel Jarre and other electronic artists, by the age of 24 he
then took up djing and by 25 he was playing the club circuit in
glasgow, alongside many big name djs. At this time he was also
trained too be a sound engineer and passed the course sucessfully.
In 2007 he started producing music seriously with Colin Bain and soon
after that the BCR Boys were born, also our labels were formed soon
after and we have recieved support from the top djs in the world. He
also produces under the name of iformat.
Labels were on: Perc, Synewave, NYC Proper, Sleaze, Impact Mechanics, Gynoid Audio, Android, Muziq, Diva, Ketra, Aenaria, BCR, Transmissions, Hype Muzik, Brillaint, Seta, Frappant, IF, dLMR and a few more.