1. Balrog - Phunk Block [HYDRO176]

🩸Hard Techno Freak | Schranz⚔️Industrial
🩸Resident for @elysiumpecs
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Hi! Im Ilya. Synthesizers, drum machine, groovebox and sampler. Electronic music.

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Resident of AVILYS
“TheDuality” podcast host 
Hard techno and electronic music DJ 
Based in Vilnius, Lithuania
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Upcoming Dates (2025):
08/02 - Hi-Tech @ Beaverworks, Leeds
28/02 - Siah @ Bunker Club - Turin, Italy
11/04 - Northern Groove Association @ Mintwarehouse, Leeds
03/05 - Mint Festival, Leeds (Disco & House Set)
09/05 - Interuption, Dublin
10/05 - Twistd @ Lavery's, Belfast
30/05 - Poznan, Poland
20-23/06 - Collide Festival, Bristol
26/07 - TBC, Poland 
08/08 - Noctivus, Cardiff
09/08 - Techno Gathering @ Freedom Mills, Leeds
22/08 - Void Disco, London
05/09 - Northern Groove Association @ Eastern Bloc., Manchester
04/10 - Hi-Tech @ Beaverworks, Leeds
18/10 - Manchester, Stage & Radio
21/11- Manchester, TBA

The Industrial Groove Association…

Hailing from Leeds in the north of the UK, Balrog (Alex) is an artist whose style focuses on heavy rolling drums, driving bass lines, and distorted vocals. His tracks take influence from classic funky and groove focussed techno but with a fresh injection of modern industrial power. Focussing on this signature sound of industrial groove techno has seen him release on labels including Soma, Ear To Ground, Hydraulix, Crisis Of Man, Player, NAKT, Instruments Of Discipline, Moments In Time and Green Fetish.

The industrial groove sound also characterises Balrog’s high-energy DJ sets which have seen him headline events in cities such as New York, Berlin, London, Leeds, Manchester, Budapest, Glasgow, and more.

Balrog also runs his own record label, Khazad Records, which releases music from the very best industrial groove and hard techno talent around.

In addition to his Balrog alias, Alex also also plays and produces under, The Groovemeister General, focussing exclusively on moulding together deep, funky and grooving house and techno records. 

UK & International Bookings: ali@siahmusic.com

TECHNO//HARDGROOVE
Trying to make people enjoy with music, that is all.
techno, groove, hardgroove enjoyer.
insta: Lexmax__

Phil Griffiths’ musical journey began after a last minute decision to attend Creamfields Festival back in 2000 and after witnessing DJ’s Paul Van Dyk,Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox and the like headlining he was hooked on Dance music. 

After spending most weekends in clubs like Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, Passion and Slinky where Trance was the music of choice, Hard House and Hard Trance events soon followed with regular trips to Sundisential, Storm and Frantic. 

All these musical influences led to the inevitable and Phil decided to try his hand at learning to blend two tunes together and bought his first pair of decks in 2001 leading to various gigs over the next few years in his hometown of Swindon. 

Cut to the year 2020 and after a long break from playing out live in front of a crowd a group of friends decided to form Mid Life Krisis and inject a multi genre event into Swindon that had been missing for many years after the demise of many of the local clubs. Multiple events year on year has seen Mid Life Krisis grow from strength to strength and Phil has been lucky enough to hold a residency for the past 5 years performing locally and at such clubs as the Tunnel Club in Birmingham and festivals including Landed Festival and Illusive playing anything from Trance to Hard House to Techno.

1. Balrog - Phunk Block [HYDRO176]

Balrog (AKA. The Groovemeister General)