label boss: @radiantrecords l resident: @la-noche-party @adonisadonisadonis @refugeworldwide @powerdanceclub
bookings: lisa@ekipa.agency l americas: nicole@muisca.la

Culture Box is a central hub for the electronic music scene in Denmark. Ever since the venue opened in 2005, Culture Box has delivered lineups of the best international and local artists of the underground music scene on a weekly basis.

9/1 – Poly Chain

10/1 – HotLap

16/1 – ADRIANNA

17/1 – DJ Ruby

23/1 – CASSIMM

24/1 – GIGEE

30/1 – Drum & Bass Klubben: Metanoia

31/1 – Culture Box 21st Birthday Rave

6/2 – Mha Iri

13/2 – Harrison BDP

14/2 – TRIART

20/2 – Alinka

28/2 – Invaria 

7/3 – Shaktu: Annyrock

13/3 – Drum & Bass Klubben: Pythius + Elevate presents Bass Rave

UK - I won't go as far as to say I am a professional DJ, but let's say I know a thing or two about music. I've always loved listening to it: my first CD was Prince's "Sign o' the Times", which I bought with my sister Cecilia. I had one of those CD 10s by Phillips, the first portable reader that came out. It weighed a ton, but it was very cool and somehow to this day still works! Since then I have listened to pretty much everything, staying as far away as possible from "club culture". When I was about seventeen I started spinning my first records, mostly rap. I had a huge basement where I started setting up house parties. One of the best times was Halloween '94, where I remember spinning my first half hour of vinyl. In time my tastes changed and I started getting into dance music. This was when the "in" thing to do was to celebrate your eighteenth birthday party at a club, at a friends' house, in a restaurant, wherever. And that's pretty much what I did. A lot of time has passed since then, and I've had the chance to play all over Italy and abroad, with a bunch of friends that I grew up with. Pretty neat. A few years ago I realized that I was not going to be a DJ when I grew up. Not because I didn't want to, or because I wasn't any good at it, but because I wanted this hobby of mine to remain just that, without having to conform to the pressures of the biz. Now I try and fit a gig here and there around my work schedule, taking every chance I can get to travel and spin a few records!

IT - Non posso definirmi un Deejay professionista, mancherei di rispetto alla “categoria”, però se si tratta di musica mi so difendere. Ho sempre amato ascoltarla. Il mio primo cd acquistato è stato Sign 'O' The Times di Prince in partnership con mia sorella Cecilia, dopo aver ricevuto in regalo il CD 10 della Philips, il primo lettore cd portatile, che pesava una cifra, ma era molto cool e fra l’altro funziona ancora. Da lì in poi ho imparato ad ascoltare di tutto, tenendomi ben lontano però da tutto ciò che fosse club culture. Verso i diciassette ho avuto l'illuminazione e ho iniziato a far girare i primi dischi, rigorosamente rap. Avevo la fortuna di avere un grande magazzino sotto casa che è diventato la mia base logistica per una serie di party, organizzati inizialmente alla buona, poi con interventi sempre più mirati. Una delle feste meglio riuscite è stata quella di Halloween del '94 e forse proprio lì ho messo la mia prima mezz’ora di dischi. Con il tempo i miei gusti sono cambiati e mi sono avvicinato alla musica "unz-unz". Era il periodo in cui andava di moda festeggiare i 18 anni in giro per locali, bar, ristoranti, case e con un gruppo di amici ho iniziato a muovermi anch’io. Così da studente e quindi con molto tempo libero, ho cominciato a suonare in vari locali della zona. Da allora ad oggi è passato molto tempo, ho avuto la fortuna e la possibilità di suonare molto in Italia e all'estero, di organizzare feste con amici con cui sono cresciuto, togliendomi tante soddisfazioni. Qualche anno fa ho capito che da grande non avrei comunque fatto il deejay, non perché mancasse la voglia, quella mai, o la capacità, ma solo ed unicamente perché volevo che questa mia passione rimanesse tale, in modo da non dover sottostare alle regole dello show business. Oggi fra un impegno di lavoro e l'altro, quando riesco, non mi lascio sfuggire la possibilità di girare... girando dischi!

Since being a kid, Bulgarian- born and German- raised Chpimpas soon discovered his passion for music. In his early years, he switched from his electric guitar to the turntables, influenced by names such as Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Nervo, Bingo Players, David Guetta, Avicii and many others. By the age of 17, Chpimpas began throwing huge private partys and started to work soon in bars and nightclubs. Chpimpas' diversity and creativity as an artist and DJ have shown through in his production work. 

“There are at least a few people in this thing determined to keep House Music weird. Chicago’s Alinka is one of them.” – Terry Matthew, 5Magazine

Alinka is the kind of DJ other DJ’s will tell you about. She has a unique power on the decks that comes from lifelong passion and time served, with a focused devotion to her first love – house music. Raised on Chicago’s vibrant house sound with toes dipped into Detroit techno, Europe’s more robust approaches to bass music and the myriad of genre’s coming from cities like Berlin, London and Paris.

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, her early childhood included reluctantly learning the piano, her mother is a pianist, while trying to convince her parents to let her play guitar. Her exposure to Western music was limited, living in a communist country where censorship was common practice. Her family eventually immigrated to Chicago as Jewish refugees in the late ‘80s as the USSR crumbled. This was her first experience of pop music and she fell head over heels for the chart sounds of Madonna and Janet Jackson. Then came house music from local radio shows where you could frequently hear tracks by Chicago legends like Cajmere and DJ Funk, and shows like Sonic Boom helped expose underground music to the masses.

By the late ‘90s, music had taken over her life. Teenage Alinka immersed herself in the dance music scene spending her summer pulling double shifts at a local pool and moonlighting for rave promoters to build up enough cash to buy decks. After a year of skipping class to relentlessly practice her mixing skills, she began her full-time musical pursuit. Working for various club promoters, doing odd jobs passing out flyers and helping with party logistics - anything just to get into clubs underage to see her favourite DJs - all while spending hours digging for tracks at Chicago’s legendary record shop Gramaphone. In 2001 Justin Long recruited her to be the opening resident for his .Dotbleep party at Smartbar where she honed her skills for the best part of a decade.

In 2012, an impromptu meeting with former Hercules and Love Affair vocalist, Shaun J. Wright, changed her life forever. Their evolving friendship resulted in what would be the first of many musical collaborations. The pair launched their Twirl parties and label, continually strived to inspire each other both musically and spiritually, the result has been an impressive catalogue of material for both of them collaboratively and individually on the likes of The Classic Music Company, Jackathon Jams, Crosstown Rebels, Leftroom, and of course Twirl, where as well as their own material the duo have welcomed renowned artists like Spencer Parker, Virginia, LA-4A, Kim Ann Foxman, and Jason Kendig onto the label.

Recent years have seen Alinka really hit her stride as a producer with successful releases on world renown labels like Rekids, Crosstown Rebels, Need Want, Permanent Vacation, and Peggy Gou’s Gudu Records. She also turned out a standout collection of remixes for labels Me Me Me, Live At Robert Johnson, Correspondant, and Get Physical.

Now living in Berlin, Alinka has well and truly found her feet and inspiration. Alinka has used this base to throw down at parties across Europe from Berghain/Panorama Bar to Circoloco, with regular visits back to the US to play standout clubs like Smart Bar and Ukraine's famous ∄ club in Kyiv, where she stands as club’s first international resident, playing a minimum of six shows per year including a curated show.

Her evolution continues with the recent re-launch of her Twirl imprint, highlighted by the ‘Day Dreamer’, ‘Sorry For Not Trending’ and ‘Edgewater’ EPs that finely balance Alinka’s future-focused ethos, with a unmistakable, proud passion for her Chicago heritage.

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