Kenneth Graham.  
West coast techno/house Producer / DJ.
AKA: Bit Shift, Sunkiss, Sunchildren Project
Estelle Montenegro, Exit Strategy, Jorg Unruh.

Founder: Controlteam, Visage and Language Trax.

Recorded for labels such as Immigrant, Ovum, Peacefrog, Plastic City, Stickman, AV8, Bomb, Distant NYC, Electrolux, Spectral (Ghostly) and Jump Recordings.


Coaxing nuanced expression from analog machines and digital possibilities alike, Noah Pred has been envisioning the future through electronic music for over twenty years. Following his 2018 release of two full-lengths charting the territories between deep space experimentalism, intricate polyrhythms, delicate soundscapes, evocative acid, and expansive dub frontiers, 2019 saw him reinterpreting his signature production style anew with a slew of raw, minimalist, hypnotic techno EPs.

A two-time Juno Award nominee in his native Canada, a music educator and technologist in his adopted hometown Berlin, an alum of Cynosure, Highgrade, and Trapez LTD, and founder of the acclaimed Thoughtless imprint, Noah is also a DJ whose past residencies at Stereobar in Montreal and Fukhouse in Toronto helped lay the framework for his dynamic yet fluid sets that continue to resonate with diverse communities.

A notable member of Canada’s burgeoning underground of the early 2000s, Pred’s distinctive production style earned him a place among his peers with releases on Immigrant, Intrinsic Design, and Consigned Recordings. Driven by the fuel that fired up Thoughtless, Noah relocated to Berlin in 2011, where his creative horizons continued to expand via collaborative projects with Tom Clark as False Image on Get Physical, with Pablo Bolivar on Apparel and Biotop, with Tim Xavier on Alphahouse, and with Deepchild as Concubine.

Between his recent solo EPs for Traumraum, Compute, and Face To Face, his vivid sets of techno, house, and electro, the advanced sound design of his haunting atmospherics, and the ever-evolving scope of his technical capabilities, Noah’s commitment to electronic innovation remains as strong as ever - and in the face of global uncertainty, his utopian sonic narratives have never felt so vital.

DJ EVO

@VanCityEvo

"I've got one foot in the past and the other locked into the future..." ~ EVO

Drawing his inspiration from the dexterous sounds of Mr. Scruff, Gilles Peterson, J-Rocc, Nu-Mark, DJ Shadow, Cut-Chemist, Jazzy Jeff, Kenny Dope and the like, Evo's library spans wide and deep. From his core knowledge and love of funk, jazz, hip-hop and reggae, Evo's known to flex with the crowd on any given night, stretching into the depths of broken-beat, boogie, disco, afro-beat, brazilian, latin, and house.

While most nightspots in Vancouver still cater to the usual mass crowds, there are few select venues where the audience is as discerning as the DJs who play the music. Adam Petipas, better known to locals as DJ Evo, is one-half of the dynamic duo responsible for holding down one of the longest running weeklies in Vancouver known as "The Payback". For 5 solid years, Evo (alongside fellow digger, and former Beatstreet Records cohort, DJ Hubbz) has been dishing out the classic funk, raregroove and soulful breaks by the bricks and pounds. A night for true music enthusiasts, it's the only weekly of its kind, boasting a visual backdrop of the moonlit coastal waters of English Bay.

Crushing dates across the nation while holding down his current residencies in Vancouver, popular demand for Evo's sound has catapulted him to the other side of the Pacific, as well as frequent visits down the West Coast. The spring of 2012, he embarked on a US tour, where he touched down in LA, SF, and moved across to dates in Austin and NYC.

May of 2012 also marked his inaugural appearance at the Red Bull Three Style Vancouver Finals Competition. Finishing third, just a couple of points shy of first place, Evo garnered the praise of local legend and Three Style host, Flipout, claiming Evo's set as "one of the funkiest three style sets" he ever heard.

Past noteworthy appearances:

Motown on Mondays(LA)
Motown on Mondays(SF)
Jazztronica @Malverde(Austin)
Escapism(LA)
Afro-Funke @Zanzibar(LA)
Movement: Ubiquity Records(LA)
Reunion! @The Ace Hotel(Palm Springs)
Afrolicious(SF)
Loose Joints(SF)
Soul Searching(NY)
ERA(Oakland)
Le-Bleury(Montreal)
Get Together(Saskatoon)
Spirit Bar(Nelson)
Bom Senso(Toronto)
Hush(Victoria)
Nota Bene(2012 Toronto International Film Festival)
2012 Vancouver Red Bull 3Style (Finished 3rd)
Do Right! Ten Year Anniversary w/Gilles Peterson

Artists Evo has shared the stage with:

DJ Nu-Mark
Gilles Peterson
Lefto
Kon
Maylee Todd
DJ Chicken George
Afrika Bambaataa
The Nextmen
DJ Vadim
J-Boogie
Afrolicious
Jeremy Sole
DJ Day
Chali 2na
Ohmega Watts
DJ Expo
DJ Platurn
DJ Phoreyez
K-OS
DJ Chris Karns
Hedspin
Four Color Zack
Skratch Bastid
Mat The Alien
U-Tern
Neighbour
Ali B.
Fort Knox 5
All Good Funk Alliance


DJ Evo

Vancouver, BC

www.facebook.com/AdamPetipas
www.twitter.com/VanCityEvo
www.instagram/VanCityEvo
www.adventuresinparadise.ca
www.musicismysanctuary.com
www.24hoursofvinyl.com

Upcoming Events: https://www.awakenings.com

Known for his latin, dub, breakbeats and funk, DJ Hubbz knows no boundaries. During the day Hubbz toils through mountains of wax at Vancouver's institution, Beat Street Records. After dark, he plays several weeklies such as the 17 year long running "The Payback" Saturdays. Hubbz was the first and only deejay to use all 45's for the prestigious Red Bull 3-Style competition and most recently Hubbz brings you his own 7" imprint, Bubbascope Records, challenging the latin breakbeat funk sound, now on it's 3rd release.

Writer, DJ, lapsed producer. 
Bylines in Pitchfork, NYT, and others.
Weekly newsletter: futurismrestated.substack.com
Mixes ranging from techno to ambient to who knows what.

Few artists these days keep such a tight balance between mix and production. Dubtil manages somehow to mix just as good as his productions are, which is no small thing if you’ve heard his tracks. He was part of the Noi Doi duo that made big waves a few years back, but he’s been walking this solo path for some time now.

marko fürstenberg was born in 1976 in thuringia, germany. influenced by the 80s music such as depeche mode, a-ha and new order he was attracted to electronic music from its beginning. very early marko made his first steps in recording his own tapes as “dolby”. in the beginning of 1995 he started dj-ing at several parties in thuringia and already then showing a techno-orientation originated from labels like x-trax, force inc., klang and later basic channel. a few years later he started creating his first own electronic sounds with a pc and thus he invested constantly in technical equipment. in 2000 his first project “vertikal 23” was established, in cooperation with local musicians. the outcome was a mixture between downbeat & trip hop but later on marko developed his own deep sound. providing his music on the internet, marko got in touch with the “thinner” netlabel, which published his first release under “dolby” alias in 2002. further releases followed also on other netlabels such as realaudio, stadtgruen and instabil, as well as remixes for digitalverein, rktic, lod and sarah goldfarb. the success story began: between 2003 and 2005 marko performed at some international festivals and clubs, e.g. in canada, greece, sweden, poland, suisse, austria, etc. after publishing quite a number of netreleases, his first vinyl track on “thinner allstars pt.1” (2003) was published under the pseudonym “surphase”. very soon after that marko decided to use his real name marko fürstenberg for his future work. after moving to leipzig in 2006, marko approached a peak level in productivity, releasing a number of songs in rapid succession with labels like a.r.t.less, tfe and rotary-cocktail. marko’s success within the constantly changing techno scene didn’t come as a surprise: together with diverse dj partners as well as solo artist marko fürstenberg is now performing regularly in clubs & parties all over europe. his live sets combine classic dub-techno elements with current techno trends, which is much valued by his audience. with this kind of electronic music marko is considerably involved in the development of dub- and deep-techno.

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