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Devastia is Polish born UK based DJ and Producer with wide taste in electronic music, mainly hard/minimal/industrial/90's vibey Techno varying from 120 to 160 bpm :)

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Chris KJAER is a renowned Austrian DJ, producer and event promoter who has been doing pioneering work for the Austrian techno scene since the mid-1990s. From 1996 to 2014 he performed under the name Chris Morgan. He's been deaf in his left ear since he was 13, but that didn't stop him from pursuing his passion for music.

It all started as a customer of a local record store where in early 1996 he got a gig from one of the owners who was also a well known national DJ. Over the years he has played in renowned clubs and at major techno events in Austria. At the same time, he also made a name for himself as an event organizer.

His innate ability to sweep the crowd away caught the eye of electronic music icon Chris Liebing when he played with him at the legendary Cave Club in Salzburg in 1999. He praised him from the club owner at the time for his outstanding performance, which brought him regular appearances in the Cave Club and numerous other event and festival gigs throughout Austria.

In 2001 he started working with the Bremen music producer Kolja Beckmann, whom he met by chance in 1999 at another event in the Salzburg Cave Club. In 2000 they produced the track "SR17" together, which was released on the Vision Parade compilation alongside numerous greats of the electronic music scene. This was followed by numerous performances in clubs, parades and festivals across Europe, with big names in the scene from all over the world. From 2007 to 2012 he also played "live" at selected events.

In 2008, the trained technical draftsman attended the Academy for Media Design and Advertising, where he obtained a positive degree some time later. After some business and private setbacks, such as the death of his father, a difficult time with depression followed, but KJAER returned to the electronic scene in 2019 and founded his first label "Decoded Recordings" in 2019 and his main label "Fine Artistry Recordings" in 2022. which is distributed via Proton. His style encompasses different facets of electronic music, starting with genres like techno but also melodic techno.

In 2021 he released the "Into the Deep EP" on Inessa's record label Leisure Music Productions. After 3 days he made it to number 3 in Beatport's Melodic House & Techno Album Charts (November 2021), where he found himself hanging out with scene greats like Inellea, Rüfüs du Sol and many more.

With his track "Acid over Berlin", which appeared on his EP of the same name, he had the most views on the respected music platform "FingR" on YouTube in 2022/2023 alongside techno legend Umek and Space 92. The track was played by renowned DJs worldwide and thus became his previous bestseller.

In November 2022 he dedicated the album "Last Tears" with 8 emotional melodic techno tracks to his unexpectedly deceased mother. He used his photo the day before death, where her last tears were running down, as the cover. He writes the lyrics for his "Melodic" tracks himself. Like the EP "Daddy's Groove", released in October 2022, which he dedicated to his father, who died of cancer in 2018. Dates of publication were the days of death.

In 2022 he was asked by British Techno/Trance legend Mark Sherry to do a Remix for his Techno Hit "Total Eclipse" based on his number 1 track "Acid over Berlin", which Mark played in his DJ sets worldwide. The Remix was released on June 2, 2023 on the flagship label Techburst Records, sub-label of Tiesto's Black Hole label, founded in 1997.

With his releases on international labels such as Hypercubes Records (Italy), through which his second mini-album "Life" with 8 Melodic Techno & House tracks was released on May 12th, 2023, Leisure Music Productions, but also on his own labels Fine Artistry Recordings and Decoded Recordings, he has established himself as one of the most renowned techno DJs/producers in Austria. On July 28 he released a remix for London techno producer Gerard H of his track "Valhalla" on Spartaque's IAMT RED label.

In April 2023 he was invited by Heinz Reich to radio "FM4 La Boum Deluxe", where he spoke in an interview about his beginnings in the 90s, strokes of fate and plans for the future as a DJ and producer. He also presented 2 of his most important tracks here and then played a 60-minute DJ set. FM4 is one of the largest public radio stations in Austria and is also well respected outside of Austria.

On May 28, 2023, he had the honor of appearing as a DJ at the MQ Summer Season Opening Weekend in Vienna as part of “Technokitchen Worldwide”. The event was broadcast live on 7 major streaming platforms and took place in the courtyard of the world-famous Vienna MuseumsQuartier in boiler room style.

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