https://linktr.ee/Merk.freshmusic

The pseudonym Merk comes from the dedication to a deceased fraternal friend which inspired me to bring my music around the world.

Seth Troxler is one of electronic music’s most instantly recognisable artists. He has carved out his own unique path as a cultural commentator, art curator, restaurateur and entrepreneur. Descended from a family of cowboys and Baptist preachers, Seth is part African-American, with a singular approach to viewing the world through the prism of contemporary music culture.

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and raised in suburban Detroit, Seth learnt the art of DJing initially from his stepfather (then a college radio DJ) and later from working, at only 16, behind the counter in legendary Detroit record store ‘Melodies & Memories’. It wasn’t until Seth made the decision to explore new horizons in the mid-2000s, moving to Berlin fresh out of his teens (after debuting at Panorama Bar at just 18 years old), that his DJ career really took off.

Since the move from Detroit to Berlin, then settling in London for a number of years, and now with his time divided between Ibiza and Berlin (Round 2), Seth has established himself as one of the world biggest DJs (voted the world’s number one DJ in scene bible Resident Advisor and gracing the front cover of Mixmag three times). He’s equally at home playing to the smoke-filled dance floors of some of the world’s most discerning nightclubs, such as CircoLoco, fabric (London), Nordstern (Basel), The Lux (Lisbon) or Blitz (Munich), as he is headlining the world’s largest festivals, like Glastonbury, Movement, Roskilde or Sonar.

Right from the word go, Seth has been as passionate about food and contemporary art as he is about music, and these two interests have resonated at all points, and in parallel, to his music career. A multi-faceted modern artist: he has held residencies at talismanic music institutions, run numerous record labels, and pursued his own solo recording career (including the recent ‘Play In The Dark’ collaboration with the Martinez Brothers on Crosstown Rebels, and ‘Lumartes’ that kick started CircoLoco Recordings in Summer 2021). Furthermore Seth has found the time to launch the successful Smokey Tails’ restaurant in London, to create and host his own party during the Rio Carnival, and then to stop everything and to take the time out to climb Kilimanjaro for charity.

More recently Seth has focussed his creative energies on his ‘Lost Souls of Saturn’ www.lostsoulsofsaturn.com project, alongside Phil Moffa and further opaque participants, that sits firmly at the intersection between futuristic electronica, contemporary art and technology. In 2019 Lost Souls Of Saturn presented their audio/visual installation Transmission at the Saatchi Gallery in London, after its premiere during Art Basel in Switzerland, and collaborated with the Met in New York and the Fondation Beyeler in Basel in 2021. Lost Souls Of Saturn are currently recording their second album and conducting further experiments in augmented reality and virtual reality, which will be revealed soon.

Extremely well travelled, constantly searching and experiencing, Seth Troxler continues to follow his own unique path.

Dj since 1998, former turntablist, Foster sits among the Italian dubstep pioneers, spreading awarness for this genre since 2006. Dubplates lover, Foster hosts his own weekly radio show since 2009 on Sub.FM, one of the most influential Bass Music radio station world wide. As part of an International network of musicians and tastemakers, Foster holds regular gigs in Italy and abroad. Shows in London, Bristol, Amsterdam, Berlin or Pula, where he was invited to join the highly celebrated Outlook Festival, are just outstanding examples of such an exposure. This brought him to share the stage with artists like Benga, Pinch, N-Type, Storm, Calyx, Noisia and many more. Moreover, he was chosen for collaborations by iconic global fashion and lifestyle brands like New Era, Ecko or Dojo Clothing to name a few. Foster is half of the Dubspencersound Crew along with MC Ganji-Killah, a well known artist from the Italian underground hip hop scene. His overall research into music and lifestyle, lately lead him to open up towards other music genres such as techno and tech-house music. This is an evolution as well as a revisitation of his own history through new sounds experience. 

FLOORPAN "THE MASTER'S PLAN" (CLASSIC MUSIC):
https://cmc.lnk.to/cmcd141d

Before I got into this music I wanted to be an originator ; I wanted to be original".
Founding member of the legendary group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister Of Information' with ‘Mad’ Mike Banks & Jeff Mills, his seminal works on Jeff Mill's Axis and his very own M-Plant imprint paved the way for a wave of stripped-down dancefloor minimalism that directed much of techno's path throughout the late Nineties.
Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. 

"Growing up in Detroit, I grew up with Motown in the house - a lot of Motown and Philadelphia soul, artists like Marvin Gaye of course and Curtis Mayfield. I remember Isaac Hayes, the soundtrack from ‘Shaft’ had come out. My father was a jazz musician; he played piano, trumpet and drums. My mother was in an R’n’B group.
We listened to a lot of Motown - in fact, my grandfather’s first cousin is Berry Gordy.
"I was influenced by my father - I wanted to play trumpet like he did."
Robert's father tragically died when he was just 6. The photo of Robert siting down holding a trumpet is his fathers.
"I had to beg my grandmother to let me borrow the trumpet to take a picture with it"

In the early 90's he began to concentrate on his own production 'Vision EP', the 'Riot EP' and X-102 were big stepping-stones for him as they were the first releases he worked 100% on his own. The X-101 to X-102, were Waveform Transmission projects with Mills for Tresor. He slowly progressed to work more and more on his own, but collaberated on some of the first Axis releases with label owner Jeff Mills as H&M (Hood & Mills) with ‘Tranquilizer EP’ and ‘Drama’.

He soon decided it was time for him to start his own label to focus on what was in his soul musically. M-Plant started in ’94. I had developed this “grey area” sound - what I mean by that is that in Detroit, even when the sun is out, there’s something in the atmosphere. I don’t know if its pollution or whatever, but the sky has that grey haze over it. It’s got to be something from the industrial factories there. I’d never really heard a sound like that before and it came from a Roland Juno - it was a chord sound that really went along with my depiction of what Detroit was at that time. A lot of buildings were abandoned and there was a lot of lifelessness in the city, especially downtown. The M-Plant, in minimalism, kind of reflected that. I remember thinking of Detroit like a museum. You know, like a work of art standing still, suspended in time. There wasn’t a whole lot of activity going on.

Releasing singles such as "Internal Empire,", “The Protein Valve” "Music Data," and "Moveable Parts", "The Pace", more recently "Range", "Alpha" and that isn't even touching his other monikers Floorplan, Monobox, The Vision, etc.
"M-Plant is what I've always wanted to hear: the basic stripped down, raw sound. Just drums, basslines and funky grooves and only what's essential. Only what is essential to make people move. I started to look at it as a science, the art of making people move their butts, speaking to their heart, mind and soul. “It's a heart-felt rhythmic techno sound. M-Plant is just M. minimal. “

Although his desire to remain underground has been replaced by an urge to reach a wider audience, mainly via his housier, disco, gospel moniker Floorplan with his daughter Lyric Hood,   Hood remains fiercely critical of artistic and economic movements destructive to inner-city communities and has combined his musical enterprises with outreach and social activist ends.

bookings: EUROPE/ASIA: toon@E314.agency
                 FRANCE: contact@loudbooking.com
management: r@studiodemeyer.com

The Fresh Pump Records label was born in 2010 thanks to the collective ideas, creativity and imagination of a group of dj's, vj's, producers and graphic artists, the Get Electrified Crew, party people active since 2008 between Milan, Florence and France.
After years of partying together, the label was a natural evolution to give shape, substance and form to the collective experience, part of a desire to create a bridge between our musical scene and the outside world, give visibility to young talents and most importantly to create a network of music addicts.

The Fresh Pump sound travels through electro breaks, nu disco, electro house, fidget, glitch hop, moombhaton and dubstep. We prefer the dancefloor to the aperitif without a doubt.

Fresh Pump works with artists of the calibre of Vandal, Sawgood, Access denied, Zimo, The Snipplers, Candy and young talents from all over the world, people like K12, Mr Toolz, The Porno Rockerz, Karasho, Krono, Wobble lovers, Altered beats, the Hijack brothers, Loud disco machine, Un:Code, Marc Clash, Indiekid, Black Sushi, Disco splatters, Soul Punchers...........just to name a few.

For contact,demo and questions:

freshpump@gmail.com

<a href="http://www.freshpump.com">FRESHPUMP.COM</a>

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fresh-Pump-Rec/167041330010214">FP on FACEBOOK</a>

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Fresh Pump records nasce nel 2010 in quella fucina di idee e contenuti che e stata la Get Electrified crew, un collettivo di dj's, producers, vj's e grafici in sostanza party people, attivo dal 2008 tra Firenze, Milano e Francia.
Dopo anni passati insieme a fare festa, la label e stata la naturale evoluzione per dare forma e sostanza all'esperienza collettiva e creare un ponte tra la nostra scena e il resto del mondo, dare visibilità ai giovani talenti, ma cosa non meno importante creare un network di music addicted.
Il sound proposto da Fresh Pump spazia tra electro breaks,nu disco, electro house, fidget ,moombahton e dubstep, prediligendo comunque sonorità più adatte al  dancefloor che a un tranquillo aperitivo..
Nella stagione appena passata hanno avuto la fortuna di collaborare con artisti affermati come: Vandal,Sawgood, Zimo, The Snipplers e giovani emergenti provenienti da ogni angolo del globo, gente che sta rapidamente lasciando il segno, K 12,Mr.Tools, The Porno Rockerz, Karasho, Ckrono, Wobble lovers, Altered Beats, Loud Disco Machine, Indiekid, Black Sushi, Disco Splatters, Soul Punchers, giusto x nominarne alcuni.....
Il feedback e stato positivo sia sulle vendite, con diverse release nelle classifiche di Beatport e l'inserimento di 2 nostre produzioni nelle compilation di Recovery House,sia nei live, con date in Francia ,USA, Canada, Spagna, Austria,Hawaii,UK,CZ etc etc..
Per il 2012 avrete piacevoli sorprese da 3 nostre nuove leve,Marc Clash,Didi-èr e Big Noze 3 nomi da tenere assolutamente d'occhio!!!!!

Stay pump & Get fresh!!!!!

For contact,demo and questions:

freshpump@gmail.com

<a href="http://www.freshpump.com">FRESHPUMP.COM</a>

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fresh-Pump-Rec/167041330010214">FP on FACEBOOK</a>

---- BOOKING CONTACT ----

Bookings // Love Letters: markus@return-booking.com 
Bookings for North and South America: rs@thebullittagency.com
Superfriends Records (Label Management): peter@superfriends.de


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