Huzi is an established ar0st in Beijing's underground music scene, first appearing on stage as the front man in the late 90's alterna0ve folk band, X- Doctor. In 2000, Huzi started to focus his work within the electro genre. Since then, Huzi has released three albums on China's most indie label Modern Sky Records, with his last full LP, Gemini Trip, becoming one of the best selling Chinese electronica albums to date for Modern Sky. In 2007, Huzi founded Pet Conspiracy, with two former band members. Since the founding, he's served as the band's producer and lead guitarist, and has worked to release the first full-length album, Pet Conspiracy, and the EP, Noise from the Future. Musically speaking, the band Pet Conspiracy takes influence from punk rock, new wave and electro music, while their live acts bring the energy of Peaches and Crystal Castle mixed with the theatrical atmospheres of German surrealis0c movies. Pet Conspiracy is a project, rather than a band, watching their shows is an experience, rather than simple entertainment. They have played in countries around the world, including Germany, Spain, Italy, Norway and Singapore.

Jordan Thomas Mitchell is a song writer, performer & music producer based between Los Angeles & Beijing.

Ran Music is a record label based in Beijing, China. It was founded by mixing engineer/music producer Shen Li Jia and his business partner Tony Zhao at the beginning of 2015. The label is dedicated to the promotion of electronic music and for rising talents coming out of China. Since Ran first began, more than 30 artists and performing acts have released music on the label, including several Chinese electronic music pioneers such as Soulspeak, HWA (aka ELVIS.T), Mickey Zhang and more.

In 2017, Ran Music launched their first sub-label Ran Groove, dedicated to showcasing the rising House/Techno producers that have been scouted all across China.

In 2018, the second sub-label Ran Rad was born, Currently based in Germany and China, Ran Rad aims to support Ran’s mission of bridging the underground scene from China and beyond. Ran Rad seeks for interesting sounds covering a diversity of genres, when those from hardware gears are particularly embraced. Bass music, however, is totally Ran Rad’s greatest interest.

Ran Music is also one of the very few labels in the country that releases music on vinyl and continues to promote vinyl culture. Ran Music is working hard to gradually develop into one of the most recognized and respected indie labels in China.

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Romanian-born, Toronto-bred Simina Grigoriu has been steadily racking up accolades during her decade-long career. Starting off as a DJ, she quickly made the transition as a producer and kicked off her own label Kuukou, a home for techno forward productions, where she calls all the shots. In this time she’s also transplanted to Berlin, a place she now calls home and the major source of her creative inspiration, a source as diverse as her influences. 

Simina’s musical roots stem deep in her childhood when she studied classical violin and keyboard. Coupled with her parents’ musical legacy and her passion for Hip Hop freestyling as a teen, it encapsulates the foundation of her style, an avenue she continues to explore to this day. 

Garnering on the exposure of Toronto’s clubs, where growing up, the likes of Jeff Mills, Josh Wink and Juan Atkins struck a chord, Simina’s style grew and developed constantly into the straightforward and uplifting techno she fronts today. 

Her first productions came to light on the Berlin label Sonat Records in 2010 with the huge “Mukluks & Ponytails” EP, followed by releases with Phrase Insane Records in Spain, Italy’s Intellectro Vibe, Urban Sound and Frequenza Records. A debut album was sure to follow, as Exit City became one of Susumu Records’ highest chart toppers. 

After a yearlong break, where she focused her efforts on motherhood while keeping an active studio schedule, Simina christened Kuukou Records in July 2016 with her inaugural EP on the label “Techno Monkey”. Shortly after, she doled out “Matching Numbers” on POPOF’s FORM, an immediate hit EP complete with a smashing remix by Julian Jeweil. Since then, Simina has become a mainstay on some of the most notable labels in the techno world, with critically acclaimed, internationally-lauded releases on the likes of ELEVATE, Tronic Music, Set About, Prospect Records and Complexed Records to name just a few. 

An active globetrotter, Simina’s constantly touring, having wowed crowds at festivals and venues all over the world so it’s no surprise the Techno chief named her label ‘Kuukou’ (Japanese for airport). Since its inception the burgeoning imprint has gone from strength to strength, with a steady stream of hard-hitting releases from the likes of Torsten Kanzler, Gallya, Fabio Florido, Dusty Kid, BB Deng, Drumcomplex, Alfred Heinrichs, Martin Books and Daniel Boon amongst others.

Safe to say the coming months and years will provide a plethora of amazing releases, performances and surprises from one of Techno’s most dynamic ladies. 

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Dumb Plants is a Beijing-based house Music live duo who produce and perform live around Beijing. 

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Max Cooper is an electronic composer, multi-disciplinary artist, music label founder and former scientist who has carved out a unique space in music and visual art.

He holds a PhD in computational biology at the same time as being the first contemporary electronic musician to perform at the ancient Acropolis theatre in Athens and one of the first clutch of musicians to produce in Dolby Atmos.

Cooper has enquired for over 15 years through music, collaborations, and his label Mesh, to explore the intersections between the arts and sciences with installations, performances, immersive experiences, online media, music videos and live events.  Anchored throughout is his emotive approach, connecting how ideas and forms feel, in a manner accessible to us all. 
 
As an artist synonymous with the evolution of club culture, Cooper honed his craft as a DJ with a 10 year residency at legendary Midlands techno event Firefly where he formed a foundational relationship with Architecture Social Club, with whom he still collaborates on extravagant immersive installations.

"I want to encourage the acceptance of electronic music as an art form like any other. Bringing electronic music and abstract audio-visual projects into concert halls, museums and galleries is liberating - the art world opens up doors to communicate in ways that aren’t possible elsewhere."
  
Pivoting from computational biology to electronic music might not seem like the most natural career transition, but for Cooper the commonalities are obvious:
 
"In both fields, you're in a sense, free. Free from the limits of living systems, free from the limits of corporeal sound. The only constraints are in your mind."

www.maxcooper.net 

Contacts:
Management: James Palmer-Bullock, The Wild Seeds - james@thewildseeds.com 
Label: Anthony Faulkner, Mesh – anthony@thewildseeds.com 
PR: Neil Bainbridge, Neighbourhood PR - neil@nbhd-group.com 
Radio: Matthew Maxey, Enganche - matthew@enganche.co.uk

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