As the first Italian DJ to tour the world, he’s put his homeland on the global techno map. As the first DJ to mix live on the eminent BBC music show Top Of The Pops, he’s helped bring techno to the widest audience possible. As the man behind Meganite – one of Ibiza’s most successful and longest running nights – he has recruited some of the world’s most respected underground DJs as residents; Adam Beyer, Marco Carola and Chris Liebing.

This journey to legendary status began over 25 years, 700 releases and 7 million unit sales ago when he became the first Italian finalist in the world DMC championships in 1988. Galvanising this success the following year with a win on a live broadcast Italian DJ competition called The Walky Cup, his national crown as a premiership DJ was realised... And the world beckoned.

A string of sonic successes, dancefloor dominance and industry victories followed; early chart appearances as R.A.F and co- writing for myriad European house acts during the early 90s led him to become a partner Media Records, while his reptilian trilogy in 1998 elevated him to a global level; ‘Lizard’, ‘Iguana’ and ‘Komodo (Save A Soul)’ fused trance with techno on such a level they became hymns for the biblical superclub explosion during the last few years of the 20th century and charted in many countries. From this point onwards, the world could no longer ignore the dance music and techno phenomenon. And Mauro was driving from the front. As one of the most in-demand artists across the globe, he barely left DJ Mag’s illustrious Top 100 DJ list throughout the first decade of the 21st century.

Constantly searching for innovative developments – both musically and technically – Mauro expressed an early vision that is now common place within electronic music: his ability to bring the underground to the masses, to fuse melody, hooks and harmony with industrial strength drum dynamics, his innate understanding of widescreen DJ selections that cover the whole spectrum created a reputation that positioned him in all corners of techno.

This focus and attitude meant that as a DJ he’s been invited to perform the broadest possible range of peaktime sets from Berlin’s famed Love Parade to Turin Winter Olympics via Timewarp, Tomorrowland, MTV Festival, Awakenings, Sensation, Mayday, Ultra Music Festival, Space Miami, Ibiza and thousands more. As an artist this gave him the freedom to flex from major remixes of top tier acts like Freddie Mercury and The Pet Shop Boys while delivering extensive albums that explore every side of techno with daring experimentation with tracks such as ‘Baguette’, ‘Contaminato’, ‘Hong Kong’, ‘The Riff’ and ‘Asteroids’.

As well as his journeyman DJ sets and full spectrum productions, this vision is also evident in his two brands. Both established in the early 2000s and still going strong to date, his Meganite events and Alchemy label are both melting pots for evolution and development. Meganite at Privilege is one of Ibiza’s most infamous techno parties and has since gone on to take over clubs and arenas across Europe and the US while Alchemy has delivered cuts from the likes of Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, Joseph Capriati, Paco Osuna, Popof, Sasha Carassi, The Advent, Steve Rachmad, Nicole Moudaber and many more. Not just a label, Alchemy has also given the world a successful festival in Mauro’s motherland Turin in 2010 and is the home to his hugely popular podcast series that is syndicated across the world and listened to by audiences of millions. 

CULT LEADER @dynamicberlin  
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Gretchen Bazooka is the founder of DYNAMIC BERLIN and active in the city as a Hard Dance DJ, producer and event promoter since 2018. 
90ies Happy Hardcore and Eurodance as well as raving in the underground Freetekno scene of Austria as a young adult have been her main sources of inspiration as an artist. Her sets can best be described as a journey through mood swings, from ecstatic tunes, cheesy Donk edits to warehouse rave vibes and straight-up abrasive Hardcore. 

Most recently she started a DJ side project called @gretchenb , playing dreamy, ravey Trancehouse. 
Gretchen’s previous references include Fusion Festival, Meeresrausch Festival, Mensch Meier and Lokschuppen Berlin, IFZ and Elipamanoke Leipzig, Das Werk Vienna, Hala Odra Szczecin, the Berlin Fuckparade, HÖR and many others.

DYNAMIC BERLIN is a groundbreaking Hard Dance series with a queerfeminist ethos that has been making significant strides in Berlin's electronic music scene. 
Since its inception in 2019, the series has been dedicated to establishing a welcoming and secure environment for the FLINTA and BIPOC communities. DYNAMIC BERLIN stands as a powerful testament to the unifying values of P.L.U.R (peace, love, unity, respect), where individuals empower one another on the dance floor.

Through her creative work and her commitment to fostering an inclusive and empowering space for marginalized communities, Gretchen Bazooka continues to be a driving force in the world of electronic music, leaving an indelible mark on both the music and the social landscape of Berlin's nightlife.

                                    
                                            
From deep down inside the rave underground comes the most unlikely phenomenon since the birth of electronica....THE BAD GIRLZ !
Ingenious, Irreverent, Irrepressible and Inspirational the Bad Girlz whip together an intoxicating blend of genre busting funk guaranteed to keep your feet locked to the dancefloor, your spirit soaring to unexplored frontiers, and an infectious smile plastered firmly across your face.
Immense basslines anchor free flow beats and rolling rhythms, lyrics skilfully sidestep the serious and plunge you into the heady realities of international raving mothers with attitude where it's always time for aperitifs and a slamming groove. 
Ixindamix and SimSimmers friendship was forged on the dancefloors of open air raves back in the early 90’s – since then they have both travelled the world on their individual missions ,reunited in 2006 , they got back in the studio and have developed a unique and fresh writing style that draws from their life experiences. 
Their stage show consists of their tracks improvised in a Electro/ band crossover with live vocals and trumpet, It's different every time keeping the energy levels high on stage and more importantly on the dancefloor..... 
Fresh, raw, and deeply professional against all the odds, the Bad Girlz have landed on a bass bin near you.


DJ, Live- Performer and Producer since 2006
get my digital tracks
https://teknos23.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@Teknos23sound

🎧 A curated archive of music, DJ mixes, rare bootlegs, revamps & remixes spanning decades. 

For new music and current projects, head to my website, Instagram, Spotify, YouTube or Bandcamp (links below) for more information.

The point of F.U.T was never personal fame or glory. No single person mattered. It was the system that mattered, and it was the system we fought against.

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genre: 	Tekno, Free Tekno, Teknival
scene: 	Techno  (born in Detroit)
Tekno - 	early 90s

Hardtechno is the official music genre of rave culture. about raves - real raves 

The raves in the UK in the early 90s were free, renegade, seasonal, and run by ontological anarchists armed with the philosophical weapons of Hakim Bey and Robert Anton Wilson. In the winter months they broke into empty warehouses and occupied them for the night (rave culture loves recessions -- it means more unused urban spaces). In the summer they organized roaming flash mobs to crash police barricades and set up in farmer's fields. They rarely asked permission. What they were doing was illegal so they had to keep moving, and what developed from this radical hedonism was the concept of the mobile soundsystem.

Often situated on the back of flatbed trucks (what the Brits would call lorries) and caravans, the mobile soundsystem became the key to the rave experience. If the rave got busted or shut down by the cops or an angry farmer with a gun, the soundsystem packed up, moved over to the next field, and unloaded the party again. Repeat all night (or week) as necessary or until the drugs wear off. ^^  There were no cell phones or Internet back then so people were kept in the know via pirate radio stations and secret info-lines (ie: recorded messages on telephone answering machines).

These soundsystems had names like the rave promoters of yore -- Spiral Tribe, Bedlam, DiY, Circus Warp, Adrenaline, Rough Crew -- and it was these soundsystems that became famous in their own right. The people would locate where their favorite soundsystem was playing on a given weekend and then track it down like rock groupies. It's probably a weird concept to fanboys of certain DJs or producers (or even labels or promoters, you corporate whore), but the point of early raves was never personal fame or glory for anyone. No single person mattered. It was the system that mattered. And it was the system they fought against.

The organizers and owners of the soundsystems aimed to reclaim public space and occupy them as Pirate Utopias. Being more political-minded and radicalized, they looked nothing like their friendly Acid House forebears: Skinheads wearing jackboots, camo pants and combat fatigues. They had to look scary -- they were the promoters, owners, drug dealers, DJs, and security of their own parties. Just because these are free parties doesn't mean you are free to do anything.

And the music? The music was mostly produced live on the fly, like jam bands at Grateful Dead festivals. It was cheap, simple, disposable, looping thumping Techno music that went on for hours with no break; (today its different cause many analogue homestudios existing) blistering fast with an abrasive industrial edge, squealing 303s, a sample or two, and terrible sound mixing/mastering. This lo-fi grungy filthy Techno was the punk rock of electronic music. It was never called Hard Techno until years later, before Hardcore got its act together.

The free rave scene finally reached critical mass at the infamous Castlemorton festival from May 22-29, 1992. A rave that lasted seven days with an estimated 100,000 people in attendance. All aforementioned soundsystems were there. It was the rave to end all raves, a worse-organized, more anarchic catastrophic Woodstock. And like Woodstock many old Brit DJs and producers today will tell you that they were there when they probably weren't (and if they were, they're not supposed to remember anything anyway). Even still, everyone who went insists that it was wicked.


Castlemorton (allegedly)
The Authorities had had enough. Thirteen members of Spiral Tribe were arrested and after a long show trial the UK government passed the Criminal Justice Act of 1994, outlawing all raves (or what it called "any party that plays music with repetitive beats") and beefing up law enforcement to take the problem seriously.

Essentially the bill singled out and outlawed certain lifestyles -- specifically the "techno traveler" kind. The leftover members of Spiral Tribe and other soundsystems fled the country in voluntary exile, and they are still around today as the Free Tekno scene, a traveling circus that backpacks around Europe throwing free parties or Teknivals.


What a Teknival might look like. That smoke in the distance might possibly be tear gas. Teknivals get raided a lot. You're not a real participant in this scene until your party gets busted by the Police and you have to outrun the dogs.
Back in the UK the rave scene decided if it wanted to survive it had to go legit and comply with the laws. 1994 is a pivotal year: Everything after this year is safe, boring, and club-friendly, making shitty Eurotrance music for grandmothers and 8-year-olds, the edges completely smoothed out of what was not just a vibrant and revolutionary form of music but a lifestyle and culture.

Finding music of the very early free party scene is actually quite tricky because not a lot of it was recorded or pressed to wax (or, that is, not a lot compared to how much was made live in dozens of raves every weekend for years). And what music I do have was released well after the rave scene was crushed. And it's kind of hard to catalogue music that has no name, no label, no artist, no identification. It is Temporary Autonomous Zone music -- it exists only where it is needed, which is at a free rave. Not a music guide.
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I started enjoy freepartys 2005. 
Since then I hardly want anything else. its the Tekno family.
The first Tekno artists/systems/labels my brain picked up: 
wako, sp23, ifp, lego, nw23, circus alien, teknambul, 69db, wakuum, mem pamal, heretik, dsp, crystal distortion, metek, teamtrash, matu, fky, msd, okupe, 9mm, banditos, micropoint, turbotek, ben tetrips, x-tech, adam vandal, suburbass, utopeak, desert storm, co2, capsule corp, asystematik, lsdf, infrabass, arobass, foxtanz, aristocrad, hocus-pocus, zone33, alchymist, triphaze, uniko, Acid Anonymous,  jeff23, vinka, hujer maslo, R4G3, labo14....



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TEK TODAY MAYDAY
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know how it works
but don't understand it
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origin unknown
not recognized
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stand for something
don't know for whom
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the genuine underground
never recorded as a copy
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