Adam Beyer

Adam Beyer became dedicated to the fascinating world of rhythm early on. After playing the drums as a teenager his obsession turned to the decks. In 1990 he bought his first set of turntables and started spinning a wide range of hiphop, hiphouse, acid and techno at local parties and clubs.

Surgeon

His debut EP is regarded by many as seminal, launching his career along with several early Downwards releases, causing a ripple of excitement through the techno cognoscenti of the time. Surgeon has been prolific since, with three albums on Tresor and numerous Counterbalance and Dynamic Tension EPs as well as his ‘Breaking The Frame’ LP in 2011 “Over the course of his career, the Birmingham resident has perfected a unique and uncommonly effective production style. His is a tough techno sound with an industrial murk about it but also plenty of funk, swing and a sophisticated sense of dub-space learned in part from his Chain Reaction contemporaries in Berlin.

Vril

Seemingly out of nothing, through dust and with no bang, Vril appeared on the scene. His music made such beautiful noise that it instantly found his place on Marcel Dettmann’s selection for his Conducted cd and on Ostgut’s release schedule. His sound is a search for the evergoing movement, exploring a never stopping energy. Once he catches you in his groove it will shine so bright you won’t be able to escape it.
Tales of his live sets being heard at the Fusion Festival and the Berghain all share
the same common feature that it was an as euphoric as energetic travel in sound. His recent release on Delsin records has been acclaimed and played everywhere, while his highly anticipated debut album “Torus” from 2014 contained some great surprises.

Sam Paganini

Not many artists are lucky enough to release a track that defies genre classification and reaches into mainstream culture, with people enthusiastically embracing its melody and adopting it as if it were a football anthem.
Taken from the critically acclaimed LP “Satellite” (out on Drumcode in September 2014), “Rave” has become an instant classic…

Alan Fitzpatrick

The continued rise of Alan Fitzpatrick is the biggest story in UK techno right now. Having enjoyed a rapid ascent since his emergence as the new kid on the techno block in the latter half of 2009, Fitzpatrick now enjoys a status as a highly respected and in-demand producer. By releasing his debut album for Adam Beyer’s globally renowned Drumcode label, Alan became the first act to record an album on Drumcode since 2005.

Johannes Heil

Johannes Heil, born on February 3rd 1978 near the town of Bad Nauheim is a German Techno producer and live performer. He took his first steps towards becoming one of the most prolific producers of the scene at the tender age of 14 in Heiko Laux’s Techno Bistro “Kanzleramt” in Bad Nauheim.Laux recognized the young artist’s potential and took him under his wings.

Headless Horseman

Headless Horseman

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This mysterious producer has cemented his place as one of the most exciting live acts in Techno. The eponymous Headless releases sum up the modus operandi of this artist: dark, raw, and rhythmic IDM flavoured Techno.

Brian Sanhaji

Pure, unadulterated techno. Three words that perfectly describe the stunning progression, hallmark sound and promising future of production and performance mainstay Brian Sanhaji. There are a multitude of other adjectives that could be applied to Brian Sanhaji’s multi-faceted career: ‘dedicated’ to mark his 15 years on t..

Shlømo

Paris born Shlømo, 28 years old, is currently one of the new figures of French techno scene.

He discovers this scene in 2005 with electronica and IDM music, being influenced by Warp, Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada. A few years later, he comes accross warehouse techno parties inspired by Sandwell District, his enthusiasm bringing him to buy his first machines to start producing.

Richie Hawtin

Richie Hawtin is a genuine original. His critical acclaim spans the creative realm of the fine art community to the technological vanguard. Meanwhile, as a performing artist, he is constantly pushing conceptual frontiers, moving things forward, welcoming as many as he can to ideas and experiences that would have seemed pure science fiction when he began his career.

Mathew Jonson

Mathew Jonson really is one of a kind.
He’s developed one of the most distinctive voices in electronic dance music: when you hear one of Jonson’s tracks, you almost immediately know it’s his. And yet there’s no mistaking any given track for another.
His music offers a rare fusion of populist intensities and nuanced musicality. With a keen understanding for the needs of the dancefloor and the universal laws of house and techno, he’s thrown out the rule book time and time again.

Randomer

Few have a recent back catalogue as rich and diverse as Randomer. His discography reads like a who’s who of modern techno: across a six year career, he’s produced four EPs for Untold’s Hemlock Recordings; released records for Hessle Audio, Numbers and Clone; and most recently, been cherrypicked for Ron Morelli’s L.I.E.S.

Abstract Division

Abstract Division is a collaboration between Paul Boex and Dave Miller. This challenging project sees them focus on the darker side of no-nonsense techno. Influenced by an exquisite collection of their own favorite sounds from Detroit, Berlin and Birmingham their aim is to educate you using intelligent and abstract tunes designed for the floor.

Shifted

To understand Guy Brewer’s creative output is perhaps more of a perceptive outlook onto the surroundings that have harnessed and fertilized such a mutable yield – a progressive change that is at all times moving forward in its’ impulsivity and temperament. In that dynamic of change is the very constant that has defined the diverse artistic range in sound artistry that Brewer has come to master in his own right.

Chris Liebing

Chris Liebing is dj, producer, radio host of a weekly show and the driving force behind the labels CLR and Spinclub Recor- dings. His sound has continuously evolved during his dj career, always true to his Techno roots. He was one of the rst djs that used the new possibilities in the course of the digitalization of music in a consequent and creative way.

Marcel Dettman

DJ and producer Marcel Dettmann is recognised as one of the most in uential proponents of contemporary techno. Widely associated with iconic trademarks including Berlin, Berghain and Hard Wax, Dettmann stays true to his roots by consistent- ly innovating his interpretation of electronic music, integrating art with the scene.

Michael Mayer

As a DJ, producer and remixer, Michael Mayer remains one of Germany’s core celebrities in dance music. It’s no secret that he spends his weekends traveling around the globe. It’s likely throughout his career he’s played in front of millions.

Stimming Live

“I´m neither afraid of showing my emotions nor afraid to include them in my music.” Few people bring a truly original sound to House music. It’s all very well making some nice grooves and working the dancefloor, but when it comes to longevity and leaving an indelible mark on the genre and the wider musical sphere, you’ve got to bring something new to the table.

Len Faki

Berlin based DJ, producer and label owner Len Faki is one of the most outstanding and in-demand artists in techno’s present age. He is an internationally requested dj, whose productions and remixes are played by techno’s most prominent names. Being a resident at Berlin’s prime techno club Berghain since its opening in 2004 keeps him open-minded as both, dj and producer.

Drumcell

Drumcell was born as Moe Espinosa in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley. Far away from the glamour and glitter of Hollywood, he cut his teeth growing up in a vibrant, culturally diverse neighborhood that still breeds inspiration for his work. San Gabriel Valley is also where he and the Raíz brothers, Vangelis and Vidal, met and founded Droid Behavior in the early 2000s which lead to the infamous Interface warehouse series and lauded techno label Droid Recordings.

Truncate

After being introduced to electronic music back in the early 90’s in Los Angeles, a then teenager David Flores was hooked. He started DJing at all over Southern California at underground warehouses, desert parties, and raves. His style then was as varied as the local scene – a myriad of sounds ranging from house to acid to techno to hardcore.

Raiz

Raíz are co-founders of Droid Behavior and the VRV label. They have released on labels: Electric Deluxe, Droid Recordings,Truncate, and many more. The members of Raíz manage Droid Behavior’s event production, the D-node podcast, and website.

Leon

DJ i promotor, który na scenie muzycznej działa od 2001 roku. W latach 2001-2005 współpracował z takimi klubami, jak W5, Piekarnia i Klatka, gdzie cyklicznie występował oraz organizował popularne cykle imprez – dzięki jego wysiłkom, warszawska publiczność mogła podziwiać występy takich gwiazd, jak Nick Warren, James Holden czy Timo Maas.

Angelo Mike

Jarek Czechowski, known as Angelo Mike, is one of the leading Polish DJs and producers. Awarded with Best Polish DJ and many other awards in electronic music, for many years he has been providing wonderful music experience not only as a DJ, but also as a promoter. It was him to bring to Poland, for the first time, cream of the world’s club scene artists and a series of world renowned club scene events.

Subject9

Za jego sprawą w klubach w Warszawie i poza nią pojawili się artyści tacy, jak: Truncate, Raiz, Rebekah, Dj Emerson, Mattias Fridell, Joachim Spieth i wielu innych. Audio Borderline ma również na końcie świetnie przyjęte wydawnictwo Mattiasa Fridela z [Callum Plant & Carlo Ribeiro, Mono.xID] a także 15 wydawnictw digital.

Kaiserdisco

Frederic Berger and Patrick Buck have rocked the right clubs, remixed the acts that matter, put their names in bold across festival marquees, retained the highest quality through honest endeavour and made the name Kaiserdisco a worldwide authority with guru-like guidance of the groove.

Cari Lekebusch

Cari Lekebusch is a sound architect alongsides other Swedish Techno profiles like Adam Beyer, Alexi Delano and Jesper Dahlbäck. He has borne many pseudonyms over the course of his illustrious career to date including Fred, Mr Barth, Braincell, Shape Changer, Vector, and The Mantis to name a select few.

Joel Mull

Joel Mull is a techno DJ and producer who has released on labels such as Drumcode, Truesoul, Audiomatique, Saved, Cocoon, Kanzleramt and Music Man. He blends rolling basslines, harmonic synths, and energetic percussions to craft an infectious and atmospheric sound.

Jacek Sienkiewicz

Jacek Sienkiewicz is a Polish electronic music producer who also runs the label Recognition. “Walking the line between full-on modern, detroit-inspired techno and digital experimentalism.”

Jurek Przezdziecki

Techno artist producing and releasing on Cocoon, Boshke Beats, Whirlpool Sex Music, Synewave, Living Records and others. Producing electronic dance music since 1996. No matter what music genre he’s currently in, there’s always one goal: originality.

Lukasz Napora

Lukasz is an active club DJ performing regularly all around Poland. Moreover, he released two singles in the past but the proper ones are still in the works. So watch his space!

Gerhard Derksen

Gerhard Derksen is a dj/producer from Amsterdam. He was among the first pioneers of the Polish clubbing scene (1994), playing house & techno music and organising events with Groove Control.

The Advent

Longtime advocates of sonic terrorism even before banding together as the Advent in 1993, Cisco Ferreira and Colin McBean’s assault on conventional techno flourished in part because of abundant glimpses into related styles, from electro and hip-hop to techno.

James Ruskin

London born and based techno producer and DJ. James Ruskin comes from a background that first put him in touch with hip-hop and electro and later with the emerging Detroit techno scenes. This inspired him to become a DJ in 1991 and venture into production with studio-partner Richard Polson by 1994.

Luke Slater

For some fifteen years now the name of Luke Slater has been synonymous with quality electronic music. A techno alchemist, Slater has always sought out the extreme often melding influences and styles into a furious and unique sound that has seen him acclaimed as one of the pioneers of British techno.

Josh Wink

James Baldwin once wrote, “Be careful what you set your heart upon, for it will surely be yours. Embracing a diligent work ethic, a spiritual mindset & a self-taught mastery of dancefloor devastation using little more than a pair of turntables, Josh Wink has worked hard since 1990 to become one of the world’s most in demand purveyors of experimental, electronic, danceable music.

Jeff Mills

Jeff Mills, along with Robert Hood, Carl Craig, and Joey Beltram, is one of the biggest American names in techno. Championed for his music’s relentless pursuit of hardness and his stripped-down, almost industrial DJ sets, Mills is the latest in a long line of Detroit-bred talent to take on an international reputation.

Marco Carola

Marco Carola is a global ambassador of techno. From Napoli in the south of Italy, Marco was instrumental in the development of the electronic scene in the early 90s, he took the flourishing techno Napolitano scene to the rest of the world.

Jim Masters

Jim’s been immersed in the UK dance scene since the mid 80s. As DJ and promoter Jim has been responsible for some of the most popular nights in the UK, most famously BASE which Jim ran with Carl Cox for 7 years @ the Ministry of Sound and more recently HI-TEK-SOUL alongside Derrick May.

Claude Young

One of Detroit’s leading DJs and producers as the ’90s closed, Claude Young filtered the more lush elements of Motor City melodicists with the harder, minimalist stream of Robert Hood and Jeff Mills to create productions which lacked for neither emotion nor hard-hitting trance.