What is techno? Scientists and philosophers have long since pondered the concept of its musical definition since it burst out of Detroit in the mid-‘80s. Is it that notion of the “ghost in the machine”, of soul from electronics that its inventors elicited? Or is it more the repetitive throb and thump of 4/4 beats and slow-burning momentum that the Berghain generation are proponents of? Croatian producer Petar Dundov’s stunning music manages to marry both ideals in the most explosive of fashions.

To Dundov, “techno is music that precedes movement. It is dance music, solid enough to carry emotions through the dance floor and abstract enough to be a template for ever”. And indeed his breathtaking productions embody this ethos, serving the inherent function of making your body pulse spontaneously while also challenging your brain with its complex melodies and slow-burning, hypnotic progressions. It’s the antidote for anyone who thinks that techno is about senseless, dull looping.

Although maybe the word “techno” doesn’t give enough detail about his style, it’s probably the nearest ballpark to whose principles his music adheres – and he is keen to expand the horizons of what people know and expect of the genre. But it’s that sense of his tracks being alive, forever evolving and expanding and increasing in intensity, which gives his music its unique sound and has seen his work crossover into a myriad of different areas of the global electronic music scene. The last two years have seen his mind-bending single Oasis (played by everyone from Dubfire to Sasha to Ben Klock to Prins Thomas to Timo Maas) take the scene by storm with its intricate, ever-changing melodies, John Digweed snap him up for an epic rework of Alan Fitzpatrick’s Reflections, and Gregor Tresher squeeze a deep, mesmerising remix of his track The Life Wire out of him.

His music shows you that he’s a producer with more than churning out mindless, functional and dispensable drivel on his mind. There’s a philosophy entrenched in his productions that breathes the very spirit of life and dynamism into them: “My ultimate goal as a producer and musician is to bridge the world of inspiration and physical world to the extent where the listener wouldn't be able to distinguish between the two. Music has this unique property to communicate deep emotions that are inherently in all of us. We just forgot how to use them, and my search is an attempt to revive those emotions where we all resonate as one.”

Born in Zagreb in the early ‘70s, his career in dance music stretches back the best part of 20 years, but it’s only in the new millennium that he’s been using his own name for his productions. Over the years he’s graced many of the world’s most prestigious and best-loved techno institutions – including mega-festivals I Love Techno, EXIT, Awakenings and Wire, and cutting-edge clubs like Berghain, Matter (RIP), Womb, Air, Fuse and Space. He counts a longstanding relationship with Belgium’s legendary Music Man label amongst his achievements, an imprint that has also played host to releases by everyone from Jeff Mills (for whose label Tomorrow he created the Sculptures mini-LP) to Green Velvet to Robert Hood, and after completing his acclaimed debut album Escapements in 2008, he’s got the follow-up in the works (for completion by the end 2010).

Petar Dundov makes intelligent electronic music that breaks boundaries, moves feet and twists minds. He is without a doubt one of the most inspiring, original and daring producers in electronica, and with the likes of Sven Väth, Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Adam Beyer, Josh Wink, Guy J, Glimpse, Hernan Cattaneo, Brendan Moeller, and Danny Tenaglia amongst his fans, it would be hard to disagree.


Bookings : 
2020
05.03.2020 - Kitchenbeatz , Mont-Tremblant ,Qc,Canada
04.29.2020 - Salon Daome , Montreal,Qc,Canada
04.25.2020 - TBA , Montreal,Qc,Canada
04.05.2020 - Kitchenbeatz , Lac-Des-Plages ,Qc,Canada
03.08.2020 - Kitchenbeatz , Lac-Des-Plages ,Qc,Canada
03.06.2020 - Salon Daome , Montreal ,Qc,Canada
02.20.2020 - newHaus , Montreal ,Qc,Canada 
02.02.2020 - Kitchenbeatz , Montreal ,Qc,Canada
01-09-2020 - newHaus , Montreal ,Qc,Canada

2019
12.29.2019 - Kitchenbeatz , Chambly ,Qc,Canada
12.19.2019 - newHaus , Montreal ,Qc,Canada
10.12.2019 - Kitchenbeatz , Montreal ,Qc,Canada
09.14.2019 - Icar , Mirabel ,Qc,Canada
09.13.2019 - Salon Daome , Montreal ,Qc,Canada 
09.01.2019 - Orphan Burn , Toronto ,Qc,Canada 
05.21.2019 - Salon Daome ,Montreal,Qc,Cabada
02.23.2019 - Restriction I I , Mont-Tremblant ,Qc,Canada 

2018
12.01.2018 - Melodik Room , Montreal ,Qc, Canada 
11.30.2018 - Groove Nation , Montreal ,Qc, Canada 
11.25.2018 - Bar La Shop , Montreal ,Qc, Canada  
11.18.2018 - Restriction I , Mont-Tremblant ,Qc, Canada 
10.14.2018 - Bar La Shop , Montreal ,Qc, Canada 
10.09.2018 - Bar La Shop , Montreal ,Qc, Canada 
08.24.2018 - Melodik Room , Montreal ,Qc, Canada  
07.14.2018 - One Loft , Toronto ,Qc, Canada   
05.21.2019 - Salon Daome , Montreal ,Qc, Canada 

2017 
06.17.2017 - 06.25.2017 - Montego Bay , Jamaica

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Il y a un peu plus de deux ans, l'union de ces deux DJ a pris forme au sein de l'ambiance chaleureuse et tropicale de Montego Bay, Jamaïque. Après avoir joué ensemble pendant une semaine, elles ont vite compris que le lien les unissant ainsi que leur amour pour la musique valaient la peine d'être partagés.

Le duo est composé d'Anaïs Ley, exploratrice de la jungle sonore aux facettes lyriques et mystérieuses, ainsi que de Braha Coën, grande illuminée dotée d'une personnalité explosive, qui vous animera à tous les niveaux.
 
Ces âmes sœurs vous feront vivre une aventure de house sexy et optimiste, de deep tech mélodique, le tout déployant une véritable et puissante énergie chez tous leurs auditeurs.
 
Music is the feather of our souls ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸ ♥∞♥

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Her ancestors came to Canada from the frozen Arctic and the mountains of Transylvania. That was over a hundred years ago, though Claire Kenway inherited their nomadic spirit, zigzagging her way across Canada before landing in Montréal where she now lives. 

Music has been a part of her forever, as she grew up to the sounds of her mother’s violin performances and studied a variety of instruments: violin (of course!), voice, bass guitar and a little jazz piano. A bit of a gear junkie, Kenway has a small but mighty arsenal of synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, and drum machines. Something just flows when those machines come alive and as such, she has several EPs on vinyl and has released on labels Conceptual, Monoclap, Hushlamb, Archipel and her own label, Planète Secrète.

A DJ, live act, composer and conceptual artist, Claire explores the intersections between sound, space, sensation, and emotion. As a musician, she has performed and presented at noteworthy events such as MUTEK Montreal, Elektra Montreal, MUTEK Mexico, Piknic Electronic Montreal, Piknic Electronic Santiago, Igloofest, Modular Reef, and the Techno Parade, as well as performing on almost every continent, including Antarctica. Having received funding for her work on numerous occasions from the Canada Council for the Arts to make installations and audiovisual projects, she explores themes of consciousness and perception, employing sensing technologies, synthesis, and algorythms of sonic visualization.

Not many artists are lucky enough to release a track that defies genre classification and reaches into mainstream culture, with people enthusiastically embracing its melody and adopting it as if it were a football anthem.
His track “Rave” has become an instant classic, a timeless piece of music gaining more than 100 million streams (becoming the most clicked Techno track ever).
Since 1996, a landmark year for him thanks to the worldwide success of his track “Zoe” produced as Paganini Traxx, Sam Paganini’s stylistic experimentations have gone from strength to strength, leading him to collaborate and release his music on several record labels like Plus8, Cocoon Recordings and Drumcode, reaching the highest spots on Beatport’s Techno Chart several times. His unique musical journey has achieved great success both on the underground circuit as well as on the mainstream channels.
In 2016 Sam founded his own record label JAM as a new platform to play out his vision of techno music. At first an outlet for his own productions releasing 3 albums and nowadays also a platform to discover new talented Artists.
Beside his studio work and production time, Sam’s DJ appearances are among the most requested by promoters worldwide: his sets are characterized by powerful grooves and have been described as “Sexy Groovy Dark Techno”, which speaks volumes, literally, on what to expect from his performances.
He has taken the stage at legendary clubs such as Berghain (Berlin), Output and Cielo (New York), Rex (Paris), Fabric (London), Crobar (Buenos Aires), Exchange (Los Angeles), Fuse (Bruxelles), Stereo (Montreal), Pacha (Barcelona), Fabrik (Madrid), Amnesia (Ibiza), Privilege (Ibiza) and Cocoricò (Riccione) just to name a few, and at Festivals like Awakenings (Netherlands), Nature One (Germany), Mayday (Germany), Tomorrowland (Belgium), Sziget (Hungary), Sonus (Pag Island), Time Warp (Germany), Ultra (USA). KAPPA Future Festival (Italy), Dour Festival (Belgium) and Monegros (Spain).

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