Merlin Bobb, New York native and celebrated DJ, producer, and music executive is widely recognized as a pioneer of house music. His groundbreaking contributions continue to earn acclaim, including his highly anticipated Boiler Room debut DJ set in 2023.

Merlin’s career began on the airwaves with his first mix show on WBLS, where he quickly became a favorite among dance music fans. His show became a landmark for introducing early Chicago, New York, and New Jersey house music to a wider audience. Constantly pushing boundaries with new sounds and techniques, Merlin helped redefine the art of DJing and laid the foundation for a remarkable career in music.

Beyond the decks, Merlin shaped the direction of house and dance music as an executive at Atlantic and Elektra Records. He was instrumental in bringing house into the mainstream while collaborating with and championing legends like Frankie Knuckles, Timmy Regisford, Roger Sanchez, Kerri Chandler, David Morales, Louie Vega, Tony Humphries, and DJ Spinna. At the same time, he worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B—Missy Elliott, Brandy, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Outkast, Dr. Dre, and more during his tenure as Senior Vice President of A&R.

Merlin also helped shape New York nightlife as co-founder of Club Shelter in 1991, a cultural institution whose influence continues to resonate across global club culture today.

Now, after years behind the scenes, Merlin has returned to DJing and producing, reigniting his connection with longtime fans and reaffirming his role as a vital force in the house music movement.

Follow him: @merlinbobb4

ECHO DEEP PRESS KIT
Precision, timing and good mixing skills are the primary elements one thinks of when the name Echo Deep comes up. The Soweto born DJ and producer TshepoMolefe is one of the most respected underground and upcoming artists, both locally and internationally. He currently owns a slot as an MIX DJ on the Dia Roropa Show every Fridays on Lesedi FM. He also carries an award from The Akademia Music Award of Excellence under the “Dance/Electronica” category in the Los Angeles, under his belt.
Echo Deep is well known for his features, hit singles and album releases under the world renowned house music record label, House Afrika. He released the album House Afrika Mixtape 1 under the record label. The compilation received a nomination at the 14th annual Metro Awards. The DJ gained recognition in the dance music scene at the age of 18. He has already featured on the popular Don’t Look Down production, HitRefresh; a DJ TV show on Vuzu TV (consecutively). In the year 2015, he was featured in the well-known dance music streaming site; Traxsource, and ranked no.73 on their Top 100 afro-house artists of the year. 
During the year 2015, Echo Deep released his solo debut album, The Music City under House Afrika records. He went on to release his 2nd album under Motherland Distribution; home to the highly acclaimed music giants, DJ Christos and Dino Michael. The album featured the likes of Melrdy B, Maya Spector, Robyn Kate Pritchard and the legendary Steve Paradise amongst other various international and local artists. The album is available for purchase worldwide.
The DJ has also featured on various radio shows both internationally and locally. He has been featured on DJ Vinny Da Vinci’s popular radio show on Metro FM, Goodhope FM, Lesedi FM, Ukhozi FM, Deeplomattik Radio (UK), YFM, 5FM,  Child of Hope (Greece) just to name a few. He has also just bagged a new residency on UK based radio station, Drums Radio, which his fans can stream online. He has also been booked on various occasion in and out of South Africa’s famous spots, including one owned by Soweto born world-renowned DJ Black Coffee; Zone 6 Venue. Echo Deep has also shared stages with other big artists such as Vinny Da Vinci, Lady Zamar, Sjava, Tim White, Julian Gomes, Dj Christos, MoFlava, Lars Behrenroth, Rocco Just to name few. 

His other achievements include; 
A nomination from The Akademia Music awards, 2019 artist of the year for exceptional talent (highest honour).
Reached the 53rd spot on Mixcloud’s Trending top 100 Deep House Charts
Traxsource’s Top 5 on the Afro House top 100 chart
The Channel O music review placement 
Top 5 on 5FM #TheHouseConnect

Italian born Stefano Ranieri is a talented Dj/Producer with a soul connected to House Music since 1991. His strong passion for music started early as child listening to vinyl and cassettes of his older brother, there he discovered Funky music, Rock, Soul and Disco. His teen years brought him to the local record shops of Italy where Stefano immediately made a strong connection to House and Underground Music. He later found himself submerged in the world of the night life as a dj, from local parties in his town to some of Italy's most important clubs in the 90s. After an impressive fifteen year dj career as resident and guest throughout Italy's clubs, he decided to take a break and dive into the studio and dedicate himself to the world of musical production.
2017, life changed for Stefano and his career after meeting with the labels Nulu Music and Nulu Electronic that embraced his talent and gave Stefano total freedom to express himself creatively between both labels and genres. From that moment Stefano had great success with the releases of his work especially with tracks such as "Less Talk", "News From Afrika", "Trax Exploration", "Break The Beat", "Risonanza" Album, "Taste Of The Future", "It Could Happen" and "Al Telun" played and supported by some of the industries most sought after Artists such Anané, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Masters At Work, Carl Cox, Bob Sinclair, Nic Fanciulli and Radios around the globe. Nulu labels are the perfect link between Stefano's artistic background and his passion for music production and we can expect the unexpected.

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