What’s 2 m tall, lives Behind the Iron Curtain, has 1605 reasons to run an awesome label, and flies? Meet UMEK, a techno legend from Slovenia.

UMEK is personally responsible for kickstarting the electronic music scene in his home country by first organizing illegal raves and then becoming one of Slovenia’s most wanted export products and the number one music ambassador to the whole world.

And he does fly! Around 100 times per year, visiting almost every continent each year. His gig diary ranges from dark underground clubs in Berlin to massive techno stages at the world’s most renowned festivals. 

Apart from making his name in the DJ booth, he’s also a tireless producer. He mostly releases on his own imprint 1605, and most of his tracks end up on the very top of Beatport’s charts. After more than 25 years as a professional musician, he decided to use his experience and skills in the entrepreneurial world. Together with his managers, he founded a music-tech startup Viberate (www.viberate.com), where they are building the world’s greatest music platform.

Dj & Producer / Grooving Techno & Hardgroove
To demos, remixes please contact :
raulmezcolanza@gmail.com

BIO (English)

Born in early 80’s in Barcelona with more than 15 years djing, Raul is currently one of most projection electronic music producers in the spanish club scene. In 2009 joined as a resident at Florida 135 and Monegros Desert Festival. At the beginning of 2012 he gets in the Elrow’s resident djs roster and Space Ibiza among other tours around the world under the brand: “ElRow On The Road”. At the end of 2014 Raul decided to make a spin into his own career and left behind ElRow to focus on his solo career. Currently, people can enjoy his sets full of energy, forcefulness and groove over all Europe and America.
Since his first vinyl release in 2005, Raul has been evolving, improving and debugging his style. This has been contributed to such music productions with more than 400 tracks on the market released by labels like Suara, Toolroom, Octopus, Bitten, 1605 among others. His tracks usually get listed on top 10 sellers stores as Beatport. At the end of 2013 Raul makes another step on his career and started to edit sample libraries whith his own brand: 48KHZ and has achieved that every release get listed on top 10 sellers on Beatport. At the begining of 2015 Raul puts all the energy into his new personal project and starts his own record label: Hot Key that will gather worldclass artist with the sound that caracterize him as a music producer. 

BIO (Spanish)

Barcelonés nacido en los 80 y con más de 15 años de cabina a sus espaldas, actualmente es uno de los productores de música electrónica con más proyección en la escena musical de nuestro país. En el 2009 fichó como residente en el mítico club fragatino Florida 135 y Monegros Desert Festival. A principios del 2011 entró a formar parte del rooster de residentes de Elrow, con residencia en Space Ibiza y realizando tours por todo el mundo con sus conocidos espectáculos bajo la marca “El Row On The Road”. A finales del 2014 Raúl decidió dar un giro a su carrera y por decisión propia dejó de trabajar con la marca Elrow para poder así centrarse en su carrera en solitario. Actualmente, los espectadores pueden disfrutas de sus sesiones llenas de energía, contundencia y buen groove por toda Europa y América.

Desde que lanzó su primer vinilo en el 2005, durante estos últimos años Raúl ha ido evolucionando, perfeccionando y depurando su estilo y su sonido. Esto ha contribuido a que tenga reconocidas producciones, contando con más de 400 tracks en el mercado editados en sellos tan importantes como Suara, Toolroom, Octopus, Bitten, 1605, entre otros. Con su renombrado nombre sus tracks suelen entrar en las listas de ventas top10 mundiales de páginas tan reconocidas como Beatport. A finales del 2013 Raúl da un paso más en su carrera como productor y se embarca en la edición de librerías de samples creando la suya propia (48KHz) y consiguiendo que prácticamente cada lanzamiento entre en el top10 de ventas de Beatport. A principios del 2015 Raúl pone toda su ilusión en su proyecto más personal y lanza su nuevo sello discográfico, Hot Key, que contará con artistas productores top1 mundiales y con la esencia del sonido característico de él como productor.

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