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Joven sello de Barcelona con vocación electrónica experimental. Una clara apuesta por la transición y yuxtaposición sonora entre el dark-techno, noise, IDM, electro, ambient y los sonidos industriales más revienta-tímpanos, creando música con más enjundia, alma y trasfondo underground. Sacando de los márgenes a artistas de reconocible valor, esculpiendo ritmos oscuros en las sombras, explorando los límites entre el ruido y el silencio

Hage is a DJ primarily with almost a decade under his belt, and a producer in the making, working on performing live in the future. Having been part of the Lebanese techno collective TeknoAnd, in which he played a crucial role in curation and building the image, made him a notable figure in the local music scene by rising through the ranks. Currently a resident DJ at the infamous club, The Ballroom Blitz, Hage has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in techno and beyond, such as Speedy J, Paula Temple, Headless Horseman, Maelstrom, Len Faki, Amelie Lens, UVB…  His creative output is a culmination of his musical journey, spanning the boundaries of electronic music, allowing him to work through any setting and time slot. Hage constantly pushes himself to be forward-thinking and innovative in hopes of leaving his imprint on the underground scene. His exploration in sound is limitless, with a goal of presenting his listeners with an unexpected story to tell each time, evolving constantly for their sake and mainly for his.

The Stratos Ensemble is a progressive jazz band, the brainchild of producer Dean De Benedictis. The Fateless Flows Collective was an organization that Dean once ran, but now is simply the brand canopy that represents many of his extended projects, such as collaborations with original FF members and related material. Dean has decided to merge both his Stratos Ensemble content and his general Fateless Flows content on this particular SC page. 

The company name was originally the name of an electronic music collective Dean ran from 2003-05. From 2007-11 there was a plan to relaunch Fateless Flows as a record label, but it fell through. What remains are video channels on Youtube and Vimeo, and this Soundcloud page. Dean keeps his art and content coming, so he still uses the FF brand to release anything he works on that he also maintains rights control of, be it solo efforts or collaborative. Dean also has a separate SC page for his solo material.

Fateless Flows main image by Michael Jantzen and Dean De Benedictis. 

Dean De Benedictis' website can be found here:
http://deandebenedictis.com/

(Michael Jantzen's website:
http://www.michaeljantzen.com/Welcome.html)

Producer//Composer//Cat Botherer

One auspicious day, a bored musician with a love of technology and a dream of bending rules and weaving tales suddenly found herself bitten by a radioactive cat.  She stared deep into its laser eyes, completely transfixed. The cat was telling her something, with a tiny twitch of the whisker (to adjust the frequency) the message came through loud and clear. Nano-seconds later, twinned with a strange desire to sit on her neighbours car bonnet, she shirked off the responsibilities of a mundane life, pawned her guitar, midi-ed her hairbrush and bought a sampler...


"Catnip and Claws pulls off track after track of dynamic, inventive and expertly constructed electronica, tempered by a surprising diversity in sound and instrumentation.  It’s hard to avoid gushing like a doe-eyed fool." 
- Netlabelism.com


"The fact that someone is universally popular with her peers and says that she is into cats, is no guarantee their music will be as nice as her. In Emma Catnip's case though, its true. Nice is understated for her music really, but there is a beautiful dreamlike quality to it (laced with harder beats) that makes you believe peoples inner beauty can escape into their music. Check out 'Beings' if you don't believe me."
-  BBC Introducing in Norfolk   

ALSO!  Find me on 'THE HOT TIN ROOF RADIO SHOW'  Monthly @ http://mixlr.com/the-hot-tin-roof-radio-show    playing a selection of electros and IDM from the dark underbelly of the interwebz.   
You can add/follow me on facebook for updates :) 
Hope to see you there sometime...

Kieran, aka dblue, aka illformed. Proper grumpy sod. Maker of silly noises. General all-round nerdy bloke. Creator of the infamous Glitch audio plugin. HELLO!