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hetrikmusic@gmail.com

Nature and technology.  Organic and mechanical.  Alien and familiar.  Grandiose and humble.  These contrasting elements represent the backbone of inspiration for HETRIK.  The Seattle based artist, real name Eli Hetrick, has been doing his part to marry these components for well over a decade.   As a continuing effort to further explore the possibilities of sound and the combination thereof in music, HETRIK has not so much kept his finger on the pulse of the contemporary, but rather kept his roots and tentacles firmly planted in the soil of the multitude of influences that surround him.  This approach is utilized throughout his creative process, and the varying sources of sound with which his music is composed are representative of that.  
Growing up surrounded by classical, post-punk, psychedelia, industrial, metal, and experimental influences, Hetrick soon found himself incorporating their imprint into his electronic adventures, which began around 1999.   Influences aforementioned are still very present in his current work as well.
"It's just how I work, really" Hetrick explains, "With so much sound out there, it becomes difficult to find your own so, in one way or another, you end up combining all these different elements that resonate with you into something that is very much your own, but with familiar attributes.  I know it's not a revolutionary process by any means, but it's what i've found to work for me in terms of inspiration and productivity."
As a result, one can hear an immense gamete of audio from one track to the next.  Containing sounds as subtle as a cork pop and a cat's purr, to drums and sub-frequencies that drive forward with near audio hubris, HETRIK's work goes where it pleases but without intention of isolating the listener.

World Adventurer, Visual Creator & Noise Maker.

Seeking insight through the resonance and reverberation of the feedback loops #AmenLaoTzu

Flore’s music aesthetic has always been driven by complex rhythms and bewitching basslines. As a result, her production always shows a raw energy expressed in a sexy and wild groove that is unique to her. Her new live show RITUAL (created with the VJ collective WSK – more infos below) is a captivating piece where the listener’s body, soul and mind are manipulated like voodoo dolls during the whole ceremony.

BOOKING: 
World: jeroen@ebbmusic.eu
FR: alix.herrmannauclair@thetalentboutique.fr

170 BPM electronica and beyond
podcast/community/label/blog since 2013

Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.

Ant TC1 along with Hidden Agenda founded Dispatch Recordings back in 2001, Ant originally helped out with the management side of the label before finding his feet within the realms of production; which was a natural progression for him having DJ’d on pirate radio and in clubs from the age of 14 (since 1992).  His first release alongside frequent production partner Stress Level appeared on Dispatch after almost 3 years of hard work getting their collective sound where they felt it needed to be before even thinking about turning on a DAT recorder.  After their first release hit the stores they quickly picked up a wealth of DJ support across their early material and went on to release for a who’s who list of established Drum & Bass record labels including the likes of Renegade, CIA, Advanced, Critical Records Integral, Liquid V, Commercial Suicide, Good Looking Records, Bingo Beats and Samurai Music.

By demand remix work started to feature heavily within their output and the duo went on to remix for the likes of Hidden Agenda, Chris SU, Artificial Intelligence, Kabuki, Total Science, Optical & Ryme Time (Jagged Edge), Atlantic Connection, Tactile & DJ Marky.  Branching out and working with other producers such as Survival, DLR & Philth has only furthered experience Ant’s skills at the controls over the years, Ant has also released his own solo material more recently on top of remixing for the likes of Lomax on Integral Records.  In 2014 Ant realised a lifetime ambition, securing his first ever release for the legendary Metalheadz label “Hungry For Atmosphere” alongside Mako, DLR & Villem with further releases for the label and counting going into 2024.

Ant’s production output has featured on a mass of compilations and mix CD’s compiled by the likes of Shy FX, LTJ Bukem, Total Science, AI, Spectrasoul, Klute and Brian G.  Additionally his work has featured very heavily within the radio shows of Friction, Grooverider, Fabio, Goldie, Bailey & Rene LaVice on their respective BBC Radio 1 slots over the years as well as BBC 1Xtra where Ant once hosted his own one-off 4 hour show, he has since additionally made 2 guest DJ appearances for DJ Friction on his Radio 1 show.  His DJ’ing work has seen him play all over the globe from Adelaide to Los Angeles, from Hong Kong to Sarajevo, Vancouver to Bangkok and last but by no means least regularly UK and EU wide. Additionally for the most part of the decade beyond 2010 Ant also worked as the Artist Manager for both Outlook and Dimensions Festival in Croatia, leading up the booking process, budgets and travel aspects for the festival.

Fast forward through to 2024; Ant is now responsible for the lead label management roles of both Metalheadz & Dispatch Recordings and is based in Thailand, with a purpose built studio room recently finished the plan (alongside managing a mass of planned record label releases) is to get back to focusing on writing music more consistently than he ever has previously.

Label Manager - Catalyst Records Mexico
http://www.facebook.com/CatalystMx
http://www.catalystrecords.org
http://www.facebook.com/DendeWintermute

The future… Artificial Intelligence has conquered the farthest corners of the universe and the deepest, innermost dimensions of the human psyche. Consciousness and digital cognition have been fused to create a new form of bio-mechanical entity. This amalgamation was devised in order to transcend the perceptual boundaries of our existence; to experience a neoteric and enhanced versión of our reality. Wintermute is born.

Full blasting and digitally maniacal, it has been designed with one purpose; to induce digital-acoustic interaction with the anima. Massively potent basslines, dominant manipulation of psychedelic frequencies, and a vigorously twisted cacophony have been intertwined to fuel the project. Highly technological and profoundly psychedelic, this is mind-piercing serious PsyTrance. Dj Dende, manager of Catalyst Records, is the human counterpart behind Wintermute.  

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El futuro… la inteligencia artificial ha conquistado los mas remotos rincones del universo y las mas profundas y privadas dimensiones de la psique humana. 

Conciencia y cognición digital se han fusionado para crear una nueva forma de entidad bio-mecánica. Esta amalgama ha sido diseñada para trascender los limites de la percepción de nuestra existencia; para experimentar una neotérica versión de nuestra realidad. Wintermute ha nacido. 

Explosivo y digitalmente trastornado, ha sido diseñado con un solo propósito: inducir una interacción bio-digital con el ánima. Líneas de bajo de una potencia masiva, manipulación dominante de las frecuencias psicodélicas y una vigorosa y retorcida cacofonía, han sido entrelazadas al construirlo.  Altamente tecnológico y profundamente psicodélico, esto es Psy trance serio. Dj Dende, manager de Catalyst es la contraparte humana detrás de Wintermute.

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