Alex Banks is a DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Brighton, UK. Praised by the likes of BBC Radio 6, Mixmag, Clash and Uncut, he makes music aimed at the dancefloor that thrills with its sonic intricacy and warm human feeling.
His prismatic sound design decorates rhythms influenced by jungle, broken beat and dubstep, while techno effects hiss and clank, and off-world IDM melodies snake around the arrangements. Bank’s sound carries instantly recognisable motifs and an impressive quality. All the while he consistently pushes the envelope with an adept technical skill and sound design which commands repeated listens.
‘Projections’ is the title of Banks’ third studio album that is set for release on Max Cooper’s Mesh in summer 2022. Characterised by his passion for analogue gear and experimentation, the work is a pure distillation of his production expertise and love for emotive synth sounds. The project includes visual collaborations with award-winning motion graphic designer Matthew Clugston and Tosh Fieldsend from renowned VFX house The Mill.
His other work includes critically acclaimed releases on Modeselektor’s Monkeytown, Ninja Tune and Hunter/Game’s Just This. Remix credits have seen brilliant re-works of Bonobo, RY-X and Raven Bush. On the collaborative front Banks is just as selective, linking with Max Cooper and Sasha respectively, the latter set for an April release on LNOE as part of the ‘TEN’ compilation. 
A musical polymath, when not immersed in the electronic world, Banks works as a sound designer, composing for film, TV and advertising campaigns. Notable achievements include projects for Global brands such as Nike, Heineken and Honda. 
Alex Banks is entering a fresh and exciting chapter in 2022. A master craftsman in the studio pushing his sound into inspiring new directions, he'll augment the eclectic  'Projections' project on Mesh with a new live AV set up, taking his creative output to a new level.

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”– Plato
 
Connie discovered at a young age that there is nothing more magical than music.  Brought up by an opera singer father and school teacher mother, her childhood was spent dedicated to study, not being allowed to leave the house besides to go to school.  Connie found music as an escape from this mundane home life and a refuge from the crazy streets of New York City in the 70s and 80s.  Oftentimes, she would listen to the radio in her bedroom closet late into the night, dreaming of a glamor-filled lifestyle of going on tour with her favorite musicians, the likes of Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, and New Order.
 
After life as a punk rock drummer, Connie’s journey into becoming a DJ stemmed from her love to club dance.  Flash forward 2001 on a trip to Ibiza (incidentally, this trip happened in the midst of the 9/11 tragedy!), Connie was blown away by the power of music bringing dancers together.    Since then, Connie has chosen to dedicate her life to just this…. a music purveyor to the masses, uniting people worldwide through music and dance.  This is her biggest pleasure!  And her DJ career began.
 
For the next decade or so, Connie has been a major contributor to NYC’s underground electronic scene.  Co-founding NYC’s top brand RESOLUTE and being the original resident for nearly 15 years; mentoring and sharing the art of DJing to dozens of students; producing electronic music under the “Constar” moniker as well as Connie Yin, with releases available digitally and on vinyl, under labels such as Bedrock Records; and being heavily involved in NYC’s live music scene as a drummer, bass player, songwriter and producer in various projects, has given Connie’s career longevity and she is always evolving.  Touring the world from Brazil to Dubai confirms her love for the worldwide techno family, and she is grateful to know that this is the community where she belongs.
 
Connie’s music taste is a culmination of all her life experiences, all of them special in it’s own right.  Like her hometown of NYC – smooth, real, unpretentious, intelligent, tough, with lots of attitude- she is drawn to music that reflects these qualities.  She sees beauty in dissonance and the unconventional .  Above all else, she loves music that makes you dance - that brings real raw emotion and expression, that touches deep into one’s soul and moves you .  With a playful and deep fluid mix of forward thinking 4/4 styles and a defined rhythmic sensibility that flows from her alter egos as a rock drummer and bass player, Connie is a steady crowd favorite and an accomplished pro who always brings the goods.  Join her as she continues to share the soundtrack of her life through the universal language of mankind.

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DJ / Producer / Label owner / Radio Broadcaster

Many DJs have reputations defined by a certain place and time. Not so for Derek Plaslaiko, whose 20-year career behind the decks has seen him gather a loyal fan base wherever and whenever he may be.

Some will know Derek as a favorite of the mid-90s Detroit warehouse scene, which lead by a personal invite from Carl Craig to appear at the inaugural Detroit Electronic Music Festival in 2000. Others recognize him from his near decade-long residency at New York’s Bunker parties, during which time he was named “Best Techno Party DJ” by the Village Voice in 2006. Then there was the summer of 2011 spent behind the decks at Berlin’s infamous Club der Visionaere, as an honorary resident at the weekly Visionquest nights—a worthy introduction to the city he now calls home.

Of late, there is a new generation of party people who will know Plaslaiko from his extended sets (up to 12 hours) in New York, Paris, Seattle, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, or his regular appearances at clubs like Tresor, Hot Mass, Beta, Output, Smart Bar and Berghain, and festivals like Decibel, Communikey and Movement. Or some who caught his name on the flier for the No Way Back series of parties put on by Interdimensional Transmissions, the Detroit imprint that has put out several of Plaslaiko’s rare original releases, along with Perc Trax and Minus.

There are tens of thousands of others who caught on to Plaslaiko following his record-breaking 12-hour Boiler Room set, where he gave viewers a look into his living room, while friends and friend’s toddlers enjoyed the day. This landmark session properly archived the full Plaslaiko musical experience, from flawless house and techno, to hip-hop, classic rock, and whatever other musical moment this life-long record obsessive chooses to share. And let’s not forget the thousands of folks who have befriended Plaslaiko while sharing the dance floor with this committed clubber who refuses to hang out in the booth and will always skip the DJ dinner in favor of catching one of his peers behind the decks.

Wherever one picks up Plaslaiko’s story, maybe during his days dealing discs in Detroit’s famed Record Time dance room or possibly the years spent moving serious weight at Watts and Syntax Distribution, the one constant is top-shelf musical taste, as defined by Plaslaiko’s personal heroes—names like Laurent Garnier, Daniel Bell and Zip, and colleagues including Carlos Souffront, Jason Kendig and Mike Servito—and a passion for music that over-rides the usual trappings of the modern DJ industry.

This may mean to some that Plaslaiko is still unsung. But for those who know better (and there are many all over the world), praise for Derek has been sung for decades.

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