Rich Vom Dorf, a strange foreign artist name, isnt it? But its meaning is easily explained when you
know that the guy behind the project is called Richard and "vom Dorf" means "from the village" in
german language. Born in the eighties on the countryside he discovered electronic music in the early nineties and what has begun as a passion led into a full time job as dj, producer, promoter and owner of the label "tächno". The style of his productions and sets varys from deep emotional melodic progressive house, happy techhouse and even indie dance. This maybe is a wide range of sound but all this music has one thing in common - its made to please your heart and full of emotions.

Riding in with the power to deliver sunshine to world’s rainiest open-air events, Monkey Safari brings rays of light to whatever dance floors they cast their shimmering spell on. 

The past few years saw the brothers swinging to new trees, retiring their previous labels to focus on their new label 'Hommage.' It were the years of transformation for the German producers, developing and tailoring a sound suited perfectly for the unique club nuances while still keeping the core elements of melodic chords and grooves synonymous with the duos productions. 

During this time, Monkey Safari unveiled their remix for Marc Houle’s “Pepper” on Richie Hawtin’s label Minus and their hugely successful “Cranes” and “Walls“ EPs that presented opportunities for Monkey Safari to work with some exciting musicians, such as Wolf + Lamb and Kölsch, techno heavy weights Guy Gerber and Josh Wink, as well as one of dance music’s most iconic producers, Moby. 

Monkey Safari remixed a track for Moby & The Void Pacific Choir, returning the favor after Moby’s successful rework of the duo’s track “Walls” last year. Their next releases continued in the same fashion, featuring remixes from Paco Osuna, Chloé, John Digweed & Nick Muir, UNER, Guy Mantzur, Victor Ruiz and more, while signing tracks from amazing Blond:ish, legendary John Tajada, and others on their Hommage imprint. 

The duo’s efforts in the studio have transcended to their DJ sets with stand out shows at Time Warp and Awakenings Festival. On top of a heavy touring schedule at world renowned clubs and headlining slots at festivals, the duo released their album ‘Odyssey’. Monkey Safari produced the same kind of tracks for this album they were playing as they toured nightclubs and festivals around the world, rather than simply a listening album. 

In 2018 Monkey Safari carefully handpicked remixers they saw as most capable of continuing their vision for the album. The ‘Odyssey Remixes’ featured reworks of the original album tracks by the master himself, Carl Cox, international stars Hernan Cattaneo, Guy J, Musumeci, Tensnake and Reboot, studio geniuses Dubspeeka, Hannes Bieger, ROD, and Phil Moffa, as well as up-and-coming talent Avidus and Trivmph . 

Monkey Safari’s third album comes in perfect time for the summer sunshine of 2019. The duo follow up their last album, ‘Odyssey’, with this warm, inviting collection of music designed to brighten your day and complement the glorious sunny days that bless us during the summer. Sven and Lars learned some valuable lessons from their last long-player, and the new album ‘HI’ comes from a far more relaxed, easy-going place. An organic project that came together quite naturally, their third album sees the duo in high spirits ready to bring a large dose of positive vibes and emotional depth to the party. 

2020 and 2021 sees Monkey Safari moving closer to legendary brands Get Physical and Anjuna Deep, starting with a remix and a multitude of EPs on the labels. Watch out for more news soon! 

The German outfit has been on an incredible run of form with promising developments in all of their endeavors and exciting news still to come. Be it a fresh remix or EP drop, DJ set or party, Monkey Safari will be sure to touch all scopes of dance culture with no signs of deceleration on the horizon. 
Their mandate remains the same, sending sunny vibes to make even the darkest dance floors smile.

<a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/svenjozwiak' target='_new'>Sven Jozwiak's Upcoming Gigs </a>Saturday 30 November, 2013 <a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/svenjozwiak' target='_new'>Magdalena, Berlin, Germany</a> <a href='http://www.gigatools.com' target='_new'>Powered by GigaTools</a> Sven Jozwiak
Sven Jozwiak’s fascination for electronic music grew from a close affinity to Berlin’s lively electro scene. Years of clubbing, dancing and listening to what the city had on offer lead to an urge to participate himself. He wanted to become a DJ, so he bought some turntables at the age of 22 and began his career in the MOMA summer of 2006 after spontaneously taking over the decks at one of the many legendary Berlin afterhours. It worked out and his passion for DJing had been awakened.

He was able to improve his skills through playing at parties like Klangspiel and the famous Berlin HOMESWEETHOME, as well as at other events organized by the KASSETTE label. Soon just playing music wasn’t enough anymore and so he started to produce his own tracks. Two years later in 2008 his first track, recorded in cooperation with Tassielo Ippenberger (Pan-Pot), was published at 60SEC RECORDS. Tracks at labels like KASSETTE Rec, QT RECORDS, UPON YOU, Arera Sur and K:lender then followed and today he can now look back on an impressive discography. In the meantime his Djing brought him to legendary clubs such as Bar25, Kater Holzig and arenaclub as well as to festivals such as MELT!, with each performance enabling him to improve his skills continuously. 

When Sven takes to the turntables he enchants the audience with his mixture of house, tech-house and minimal vocal techno. The percussive, slightly melancholic and often playful sound takes control of Berlin’s dance floors and his feeling for beats and atmosphere is as impressive as his lively, passionate and beguiling performances. But he never loses sight of his goals. His favorite clubs are those with low ceilings that the audience can actually touch and thus provide an intimate and inspirational energy to his sets. Such an atmosphere inspires him to completely submerge himself into his DJ set. Then he doesn’t just play the tracks, he lives them. Sven about Sven: „DJing is the best, most fantastic, greatest thing. If all are dancing, kissing, just being happy and satisfied, having fun and simply enjoying the feeling of freedom, I am happy too.” 
He finds great enrichment within his musical work through close cooperation with other DJs and musicians. At the height of the Berlin electro scene’s “minimal” hype he met Mert. Sven and Mert complement each other perfectly and they have been producing and experimenting with music since 2008. Together they are searching for one language to realize their vision of grooving dance floors in a certain special way. Their tracks are characterized by drifting, dynamic sounds in both the sparkling highs and the majestic solid bass depths. 
During a summer at Bar25, Sven found himself playing a DJing marathon set together with Empro. The congenial project „Empro & Jozwiak“ went on to publish several tracks in 2010. Tracks from an upcoming project with Jan Fuchsberg will be published under the working name “Sven Jozwiak & Fuchsberg“.

Good Times

I was 15 in 1999 and was allowed to experience house music on the legendary Globus Floor in the old original Tresor in Berlin. Techno was present. At that time it was a kind of musical anarchy and protest movement after the fall of the wall. After that time, people wanted music to sing and laugh with. I can't wait until techno is over. Everything repeats itself, like back in 1999.

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