Mixes page for Dekkstrum, International DJ/Producer & promoter originally from Scotland but now based in Derry, Ireland.

Co-founder/owner and resident DJ at Lost Weekend underground events.

Former member of artist duo Medhat & Dekkstrum

This is my separate page for my Dark Hours Sessions mix series and all my guest and radio mixes.

Check out my other profile page @dekkstrum

►Johnny Kaos Bio

"After being enraptured by music, Johnny Kaos is active in the music industry since 2009, collecting various releases with high-level labels in the underground techno scene, including: Sci + tec (Dubfire), Mb Elektronics (Mark Bailey), Bitten ( 2000 and one & Sandy Huner), Suara (Coyu), Agile recording (Uto karem), bla bla (Daniel Sanchez), 1605 music therapy (Umek), Night light (Sinisa Tamamovic), Deeperfect (Stefano Noferini), KD music ( Kaiserdisco), Amazing records (Many Reasons aka Minicoolboyz), South American sound (John Acquaviva), Stick recording (Alberto Ruiz).
After receiving positive feedbacks from many of the best djs, the artist reach a dozen charts on the best world-record sales platforms and later he performs as a DJ in many clubs and festivals all around Europe. 
He has collaborated with many big artists, including: Sam Paganini, Minicoolboyz, Hollen, Spartaque, Ronan Portela, Luca M & Just ,2 Metodi Hristov, Alex Costa, Groovebox.
According to Johnny, music is not just an art, but a real science, so much so that he is constantly dedicated to the study of frequencies and their influence on the human being. The young artist says that if everything in the universe is energy, everything has its own vibration and so consequently everything that vibrates has its own frequency. There are beneficial frequencies that act in the electromagnetic field of individuals, for example the tuning to 432Hz that Johnny supports and uses in most of his record productions.
He is constantly looking for new sound dimensions, to make his music original and evolved, always respecting his groovy-techno style, trying to fully conquer the attention of his listeners, oscillating between intense emotions and ardent groove.
From 2016 the artist has expanded his creativity moving his residence in Berlin, but he keeps the connection with Italy alive, through gigs and the project of his recording studios: Meet your Vibes (Mastering & mixing, Promotion service, Audio contents)."

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We accept all genres of Electronic Music.

DaGeneral adored 90’s rave culture, “I loved the fact that you partied sometimes all weekend and forgot all the troubles of the week,” he said, “It was like a parallel world where everyone was happy and got lost in the music.” Since then, the now 30-something producer and DJ has composed top-of-the-charts techno and tech-house tracks, performing all over Europe and maintained some of the most visible brands in modern dance music.

“I became a producer because I love playing music, but there is nothing better than playing your own songs to a crowd and feeling the reaction that it gets,” he said. “It’s an overwhelming feeling. All the hairs sticking up on the back of your neck as you see the people in the club dancing to a track that you wrote.”

With that emotion in mind, DaGeneral has played events like Judgement Day (Perth, 2008), Hardcore Temptation (Falkirk), Housexy (Perth) and many, many more. He has also been a resident DJ at the multi-location Frantic Friday events (2008-2009), Equinox, and B Se-Lek tive. DaGeneral has played with a myriad of other top DJs and producers including Mark EG, Mike C, Chuck-E, The Producer, Jon the Dentist, Phutek, Blue Amazon, Shades of Rhythm, Oliver Lieb, and many more. He’s traveled and played all over Ireland, the UK, and the Czech Republic.

DaGeneral is also an experienced producer and collaborator. Many of his tracks have reached the top-10 on various Beatport charts with several of the releases having sat firmly in the #1 position. He’s collaborated with Blue Amazon, Bageera, KoZY and more.

This Is Techno Live, a worldwide syndicated radio show, is another DaGeneral brand. “I wanted to create an alternative to the usual commercial offerings,“ he said. “I believe the format is four hours of the best underground tech-house and techno. It’s really for the people to tune in and listen to before they go out, or for those not going that night so they have an alternative.” The show features mixes from artists such as Mauro Picotto, Phutek, Umek, and of course, DaGeneral, to name a few.

It doesn’t end with This Is Techno Live, DaGeneral also owns General Surgery Records, a techno/tech-house record label that has topped charts on various online digital music stores. He also co-directs Iconic Underground Magazine, a monthly underground dance music magazine, and Se-Lek Music Group. Se-Lek Music Group is a joint venture involving DaGeneral, Lee Softley (Blue Amazon) and Victoria Ball (Perfect Promotions). It is a multi-disciplined venture that includes a record label, a compilation album label, a weekly radio show, and branded club nights. “I’m excited to be part of such an impressive and forward-thinking team,” DaGeneral said about the group.

He’s also affiliated with labels like Alchemy, RIOT, We Are Music, NYLO, Hydrogen, Mirabilis, ICONYC, Layer909, Twisted Techno, Reflekt, and Groovant. In 2015, DaGeneral became a Roland offical artist. For 2017, he’s looking forward to the release of his album (May, 2017) with collaborator, Bageera. Not to mention continuing to grow the General Surgery brand and its roster of artists. “I really want to give back to up and coming artists,” he said. “I want to help them achieve their goals. I wouldn’t be here without my mentors, and that’s left a big impression on me.”

 

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