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✖✖✖ BOOKING & REQUEST ✖✖✖ 
- vijay.sofia.zlatko@gmail.com

✖✖✖ NEWS --> FEELING GOOD RECORDS ✖✖✖
Follow our own Label and send us your DEMO ;-)
- Soundcloud: @feelinggoodrecords
- Email: feelinggoodrecords@gmail.com

✖✖✖ BIO ✖✖✖
Vijay, whose real name is "Olivier" is the owner and producer behind the projects Vijay & Sofia but also Parallel, White Milk as well as TRIBU recently signed with ARMADA for 3 years.
Reaching over a million clicks per month on Soundcloud alone, his various projects reach enormous statistics for an underground artist.
Through official remixes for DAFT PUNK, MOBY, FEDER, CAMELPHAT, MOGUAI, HOOVERPHONIC and collaborations with artists like Vintage Culture, Rodriguez Jr, Camilo Franco, Chemical Surf, Nico Pusch to name a few as well as production for "THE VOICE" or to set to music reports for the famous "NEW YORK TIMES".
Vijay navigates between Dance-Floor, Nu-Disco, Deep-House, Afro-House, Melodic and Ethnic productions with a melodic line of his own that always manages to take you on a journey.

Vijay is also the originator of several unofficial remixes of artists like Asaf Avidan, Daft Punk, John Newman, Kiesza, Ben Howard, 2Pac, A$AP Rocky, Duke Dumont, Gabriel Rios, Buena Vista Social Club, Queen , Nicolas Jaar, and many others reaching several million plays and distributed for free on Soundcloud.

Since 2021, Vijay has become an ambassador for Ableton in the Walloon region and helps several young artists to carry out their musical projects.
And being a drummer originally, he also accompanies his performances with percussion shows.

Vijay is currently working on his new project "V&S", a new duo with which he will soon be on tour exploring new musical horizons.
Stay tuned, this is a case to follow....

  COLLABORATION & REMIX:
MOBY, DAFT PUNK, FEDER, CAMELPHAT, MOGUAI, VINTAGE CULTURE, CHEMICAL SURF, AUTOGRAF, LOULOU PLAYERS, HOOVERPHONIC, THE GURU PROJECT, RODRIGUEZ JUNIOR, CAMILLO FRANCO, SHANGUY, BEN DJ, MATVEY EMERSON, SACCAO, LIVA K, JAZZYFUNK, HEAVY PINS, BEN WEBER, CASSIM, DANIEL FERNANDEZ, VAMOS ART, PING-PONG, NICO PUSCH...

  LABELS:
★ UNIVERSAL ★ SONY ★ WARNER ★ EGO ★ SPINNIN/SOURCE ★ TIME ★ KONTOR ★ ARMADA DEEP ★ COUNTER RECORDS ★ TONSPIEL ★ BIG BEAT RECORDS ★ ATLANTIC RECORDS ★ TIGERS RECORDS ★ SLEAZY DEEP/G ★ TIEFBLAU ★ COLOMBIA and many others.. .

  STATS (just for people who need statistics):
- SOUNDCLOUD --> 128,500 Followers
                              --> 58,000,000 Plays

- SPOTIFY --> 33,000 Followers
                    --> 50,000,000 plays

- YOUTUBE --> 25,000,000 plays

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.

We believe humans are better than robots at discovering new music.

Founder: Jason Grishkoff 
Editor in Chief: @daddyxwarbucks

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We’re a diverse group of people excited about sharing music. We’re not about 10-point ratings or giving bad reviews. You might not agree with all of our tastes, but hopefully a few of us can help you find something new.

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