Just a little fun with some CDs I recovered from the dead. Lots of music I had lost in a corrupted hard drive.

Tech House from Maus - CD mix

Distraction Machine is a composition-based puzzle game where you create music to uplift your community...during a zombie apocalypse! 

Play the game in Chronicle Mode and discover if your music will save your people, or lead them to ruin!

 In Conductor Mode enjoy endless music creation. This page is where I'll be sharing musical explorations I've made with our game.

Wait, How Does It Work?
You create music by filling a music box with various bike-based instruments. 
In order for them to all work in concert, each instrument must be powered by a chain that leads to the heart of the machine, the crank.  From there each instrument has its own sheet of music that has a preloaded loop and library of more that you can mix and match and edit. You can also write your own music, save as a wav or share loops with friends to remix!

Now out on Steam! x

Maus was raised on jazz and disco in beautiful Montreal, Quebec. She's been a key player in the Montreal scene since the late 90’s, shaking up minds and dance floors with her unique and creative approach to electronic music. Exploring many levels of House and Techno, she was entitled Montreal’s Drum and Bass Queen by the local press in 1999. Her signature style is deep with a rolling groove and a funky touch that gets everyone up and moving on the dance floor. 

Maus did her first European tour in 2000, promoting  Intersections (Haute-Couture Records, Canada) her debut mixed CD. Critically-acclaimed by international music press such as XLR8R, Coda and Urb magazine, (who ranked Maus on the “Next 100” list), her cutting edge selection of Drum & Bass got her booked at festivals like Sonar (Barcelona), Francofolies (Larochelle) renowned clubs such as Paris’s Batofar, Nouveau Casino and l’OPA, Lisbon’s own Lux,  and citie such as Prague, Budapest, Vienna..::and out she was. 

On this first tour, Maus signed a 2 year contract with La Sala del Cel (Girona, Spain) where she started digging deeper in the techno sounds. Her relentless passion to explore and reinvent herself only helped broaden her horizons and saw her walk away from the rather limited drum & bass scene. In 2002, as one of Montreal’s Cream festival headliners, she was commissioned to mix Cream '03 (YUL Records, Montreal), a compilation that also showcased her new approach to electronic dance music. From that year forward, her sound evolved to clubbier Techno and House, exposing her disco and soul-influences.
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In 2002, Maus started producing her own music, signing her first remix in 2004 for legendary cold-wave band Trisomie 21 (The Man is a Mix, Chromo Music, France). In 2008, Maus connected with Thoughtless Music’s owner, Noah Pred for some feedback on her latest tracks. A few months later, Pred would release her debut EP Let Go, followed by the inclusion of La Surprise on Thoughtless Times V3. 

After a long break from regular studio work, Maus went back to her roots, exploring dub sounds through deep house tracks, releasing Story Tailors feat. Doba on Argentinian label, Eat More Beef, in the summer of 2012. She also included some of her productions on her mixed CD, Chez Nous v4, released by Montreal’s elite Mile End Records in february 2013.

On December 2015, she boxed her most precious things and left Montreal to see what latin America had to share. Based in Playa del Carmen Mexico for a year,  Maus launched her Montreal born monthly, Danse Contact, at renown club La Santanera. Toured central America for a bit and cut her journey short to return to family matters. Which was, after all, the best decision of her life...

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Maus has been a resident DJ at arguably the best club in North America, Montreal’s Stereo Nightclub and hosted several nights, including her monthly, Danse Contact, at local Club Salon Daome. Over the years, she held residencies at infamous after hours clubs such as Sona, Aria and others. She's also had the pleasure of playing many of Montreal’s top music festivals, including Igloofest, Montréal en Lumières, the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Les Francofolies, among others. Maus has also been a fixture at Piknic Electronik since their very first edition, returning to headline at their 10th and 15th anniversary.

Maus travelled the globe to share her music in countries like China (Expo 2010), Australia, France, Spain, Germany, England, Hungaria, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Mexico, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, USA. Today, she continues to spread the love through her consistent and dynamic approach to electronic dance music. Join MAUS at one of her Danse Contact solid House night  in Montreal.

Live performer. Vox, percussions, noises, guitars and keyboards.
After having lived 4 years in Africa where i was initiated to percussions and consequently been deeply involved in World Music, exploring Middle Eastern chants as well as various aboriginal rhythms, i then felt the urge to create an original music which would convey primitive and instinctive pulsations while at the same time appealing to one’s emotions.   
 

Semih Tuncer discovered his interest in music by buying 2 record players and some records in 1989. The artist, who had been through the adaptation process very quickly since he had listened to a lot of music from an early age, first started his professional career in 1991 as a resident DJ of a club. Semih, who has performed in many clubs in Turkey; had the chance to share the stage with important musicians such as Anthony Pappa, Sander Kleinenberg and Roog. In 1992, he worked as a sound technician at Staras.

Tuncer, who completed his higher education at the Istanbul University State Conservatory, started playing the keyboard in 1994, shared the stage with many artists in concerts and clubs. The artist, who was introduced to the Cubase program in 1994, created his first arrangement during that year. After that, he made arrangements and remixes for many important artists in Turkey. Semih Tuncer is now making a program every saturday on www.dinamo.fm with Baris Bergiten (B2b) and playing every Sunday called "Double Blue" on www.radio2019.com.tr and “Deluxe Cushion” on www.radioglamorize.com every Friday and is also responsible for the production of Radio Glamorize...