Airwave & Phi-Phi - Today Is Made Of Yesterdays - Nacres Remix

Laurent Veronnez aka Airwave aka many many other guises was born in Brussels in 1977, he is a naturally gifted artist and this manifested in him at the age of just 7.

Influenced by the 80’s and 90’s sounds and by greats such as Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Orbital, Oliver Lieb and BT, he honed his skills in music knowledge and technology.

Laurent would then see demos picked up by the infamous Bonzai imprint in 1996 and the stunning Airwave - I want To Believe was released. In 1998 this was picked up by many top DJ’s including Sasha and Oakenfold and later on by an up and coming DJ, Tiesto. 

Airwaves sound was and still is prominent in the UK and Dutch trance scene and this has helped a host of today’s top DJ’s be where they are now. His infectious music spread further in 1999 to Germany, Italy and the world and now Airwave is a very popular name on the EDM scene with a huge, loyal fanbase.

Versatility and great skill in the studio led to many collaborations including with his friend Jurgen Leyers with Fire & Ice and E.N.E.R.G.Y., Georges Petkidis on Planisphere and Marnik Braeckevelt with Antidote. The list continues with many other greats including Yves Deruyter, M.I.K.E., Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Tale, Marcus Schulz and John 00 Fleming, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Breaking boundaries and turning his hand to many genres of music Laurent has as many as 500+ productions and remixes under his belt. Laurent then started to develop his DJing and live performances and has played in some big venues, Slinky, Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, The Gallery, 1015, Dopler in Bratislava, and many others back in the day.

In 2000 he embarked on a new wave of performance with gigs all over the world in England, Scotland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, with totally improvised keyboards while DJing and the Triloset was born and continues to this day.

Fast approaching 20 years in the business, Laurent can never be pigeon-holed to one genre as his impressive list of albums will attest. His first album Believe in 2002 performed very well and this was to do well again in the 2004 album I Want To Believe. Trilogique soon followed and it is now that Laurent’s passion starts to come through in a big way. Released first in 2006 this album contains three parts, bringing the audience three different tastes of electronic music into one single package, Trilogique would go on to be a huge success reaffirming Laurent’s position in EDM. Many more albums followed and each have made their mark on the world.

Time saw him finally running Bonzai Records with his long time partners and friends, and also expanding his knowledge of acoustics in order to develop his career as a producer and as a sound designer among others.

Laurent runs a monthly radio show called Progrez where he showcases a wide range of music, this is followed religiously by his army of fans the world over. Music that is full of emotion, special and unique with expressed feelings, many have claimed it has changed their lives for the better. When there are discussions on greats of EDM the name Airwave/Laurent always crops up.

He has a deep respect among his peers for his beliefs on the industry and he speaks honestly about how he feels and where he sees his musical vision take him. 

One of the most gifted artists of our time and with a passion still very strong we are sure to see a lot more from this man. Laurent’s works under many of his guises can be found at all good download stores and a comprehensive list of his various aliases can be found at Bonzai Music artist pages or Discogs.

Nacres, his real name is Serkan Erkan. He was born in 1975 in Istanbul/Turkey. He tended to music even before he started primary school. His biggest pleasure was listening to music with his family's records archive. During his first years of elementary school, Pink Floyd was the first band he would listen to throughout his life and be fan. This love of music might have guided him on electronics, which he associates as a profession, and studied electronics. After his education, He worked for 3 years in Istanbul's most important sound companies "Nefan" and "Display Ses & Işık" on sound and lighting systems. He was taking resident dj offer by Taxim Night Park, one of the most famous and important nightclubs of the period, where he established the sound system in 1993. By accepting this offer, he worked in Cubuklu 29, the summer residence of Taxim Night Park and Taxim Night Park, for 4 years as a Resident DJ and special night manager. During these periods, he was a guest DJ at places such as Club 2019 (Twenty), Andromeda, which are among the important venues of Istanbul. He regularly made live shows on Radio Cool, the popular electronic music radio of the time.
By 1997, he went to Cyprus, which was the event that would end his music career. In Istanbul, in Turkey despite his young age due to the demonstrated capabilities are also among the biggest musical life that was finished. Until 2018, he did not professionally deal with music for a total of 21 years. With the death of his father in 2018, he decided to return to music. "Nibiru", the first E.P released from 3XA Music owned by Clinique Group in October 2019, although it was its first release, "Hawking Talking" in E.P was among the best songs on the "Release Promo" list. After this album, he returned to Istanbul, where he had not lived for 23 years, and started living in Istanbul again. Later, he made successive E.Ps, Singles, and remixes. Yielding a total of more than 70 tracks in a year when production begins, Europe's a lot of electronic music label was shown as the most important capability of Turkey, like a "Bonzai Music". His songs have repeatedly entered Beatport's top 100 charts and major media charts such as "Release Promo Hype". It has been played over and over by dead DJs like Hernan Cattaneo. The musical style is positioned somewhere between Minimal Deep Tech and Progressive House. His style, which creates a unique drum-based sub-top, has not been fully categorized by many labels. He founded his music label, Soundeluxe, towards the end of 2020. In the first month of 2021, signed for the continuous radio show "Deep Data", And He became the resident DJ of Di.Fm. A remix He had previously made, raised it on to the Di.Fm top 10 list. Among the names he has been working with since 2020; There are names such as Dj Tarkan, Cj Art, Ewan Rill, Nico Parisi, Airwave, Phi Phi, K. Loveski.

Airwave & Phi-Phi - Today Is Made Of Yesterdays - Nacres Remix

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