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Marco da SIlva is a notable artist with world-class established success as a deejay, dancer, choreographer, and model.  He holds music close to his heart making it part of everything he does, a deejay set, a podcast, a choreography, or a simple work-out routine.  Music is at the core of his interests and passions.  Constantly, Marco searches music looking for that cutting edge source of inspiration for his productions.   His dream is to innovate and surprise his audiences by introducing new and compelling sounds wherever he goes.   It's no surprise, Marco quickly gained attention and interest from key players in the house music industry, including Grammy award, multiple nominee and winner, Peter Rauhofer early on his deejay career.
After making himself an international brand as a commercial dancer and choreographer through collaborations with several major celebrities including, Britney Spears (Femme Fatale World Tour), Kylie Minogue (Showgirl World Tour), Avril Lavigne (choreography & video), Mariah Carey (choreography & video), George Michael (choreography and video), 'Muppets The Movie' on cameo, and, most recently, as a judge for 'So You Think You Can Dance in both Germany and Israel, Marco decided to turn gears into house music.  In 2009, under Peter Rauhofer's mentorship Marco deep dived into house music, turning his passion into a new challenge.  With distinctive 'dirty beats' characteristic of his edgy dance moves he began the development of his sound and launched his career officially.
Barcelona's leading Circuit festival quickly took notice of a raising Marco and extended him an invitation to play at their flagship summer event in 2009.  After a powerful, and talked about, debut at Matineé's Circuit Festival, the biggest Circuit festival for the LGBT community, with over 30,000 people in attendance, Marco was immediately extended a residency for the event.  During the winter of that same year, Marco made his North America Debut opening at Peter Rauhofer's WORK!, with a 5 hour set, during the 25th annual White Party Festival at the world famous Miami Beach club Cameo.  The audiences praised Marco's debut earning him an immediate residency at WORK! and an invitation to be signed under Star69 records.
2010 proved to be another year of success and new ventures.  The year was kicked off in February with a performance at the AmFar Gala Awards in New York, co-sponsored by M•A•C Cosmetics. Louis Vuitton Chairman and CEO Yves Carcelle and Sir Elton John, honoring Natasha Richardson.  Co-performers included Rufus Wainwright and M•A•C Viva Glam spokesperson Lady Gaga.  After his success, Marco went on to perform at the AmFar Gala Awards in Los Angeles.  Kylie Minogue hosted the “Black Tie/Black Leather” gala at the Chateau Marmont, which featured fashion presentations by Jean Paul Gaultier and DSquared, as well as an acoustic performance by rock icon Courtney Love and a special burlesque performance by Dita Von Teese.  The night honored Kevin Huvane from the Creative Artists Agency (CAA).  This success under this new corporate arena, made him a favorite as a DJ for high fashion designers DSquared.
During that same year, Marco kept his rise as a progressive house deejay playing at events world-wide, including cities like New York, Sydney, Barcelona, and most notably, Rio de Janeiro where he made his debut at the infamous "The Week International" during Revellion 2010, New Year's Eve.  Marco was invited back by 'The Week' the year after to play at their Sao Paulo sister club 'The Society'.  This year, also marked his debut on production after releasing his first compilation titled 'M' under Star69 and available on Beatport.  Additionally, he collaborated on production with deejays Steve Rendant and Lenz Garcia on track titled 'Dance' under label Deepahrecordings.  He has continued his interest in production since his debut and has been involved in further productions including a recent collaboration for G MUSIC Festival 2012 on a track with SuperMartXé 's star vocalist Nalaya.
2013 was kicked off strongly in Europe and North America.  The New Year's Eve was celebrated in Barcelona's Saturgays hosted by Space Ibiza's promoter Carlos Aparicio.  Marco's European tour continued in Rome where he played at the 5th anniversary of Muccassassina's. The next stop was in Los Angeles where he played at the Golden Globes After Party at the Sunset Tower Hotel hosted by the Creative Artist Agency (CAA).  The event included guests from Bill Clinton, Selma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez and Leonardo DiCaprio.  It was a very special event to which Marco was invited to return.  On the progressive house arena, Marco has confirmed dates for New York City pride and festivals that include Ascesion in the Fire Island Pines.  There is also a focus on develop Marco in the middle east region and within the hospitality industry.
Marco is no longer the new rising star deejay, he is an established name and brand with a proven track record delivering music and entertainment to the masses.


Clubbing was in its infancy when Berlin-born Monika Kruse began her first residency at the Babalu bar in Munich, where she grew up. Classically trained in piano from the age of four, Monika has always had a love of music and her early sets spanned hip hop, funk, soul and early deep and vocal house. This new breed of electronic music seized Monika’s soul and imagination. Dance music was in its infancy and since there were few clubs where you could play techno she threw her own parties in illegal venues ranging from World War II bunkers to trams to empty houses. Fortunately the police were a little behind the musical curve… “I had some funny experiences,” she recalls, “But nice ones! They stopped us once in a tram because they thought the smoke machine was a fire!” On another occasion, they came and asked her to turn down the bass so the house they were playing in wouldn’t crumble. “Luckily, they didn’t have a clue about techno!” 
	
Monika Kruse's star is shining brighter than ever with a global fan-base hungry for her irresistible beats. In 2014 her club appearances included Space Ibiza with Carl Cox, Amnesia Ibiza with Marco Carola, We Love... at Space Ibiza, Sankeys Ibiza, Egg London and regular sets for her residency at Berghain Berlin.

She dazzled the festivals, too, playing events such as Time Warp, Melt Festival, 18 Hour Festival, Eastern Electrics UK, Ultra Music Festival in Miami and South America, Sonus Croatia, Awakenings ADE, and SEMF Stuttgart. She also hosted a stage at Amsterdam's Edit Festival, showcasing some of her favourite artists such as Pig & Dan, Nick Curly and Miss Kittin.
Classically trained in piano, Monika's love of music is broad and deep. She grew up buying records, accumulating a music collection that grew to span funk, soul, hip hop, and house music. When the revolutionary rhythms coming out of Chicago and Detroit captured her imagination it led her to throw parties in illegal venues including World War II bunkers, trams and empty houses.

Electronic music culture has evolved rapidly since those early days but Monika's talent and passion is constant. “My ethos is ‘sweat with a smile,’” she says. “I give love to my audience and they give it back. LOVE – it’s the best thing in the world. My aim is to help people forget whatever is going on in their life and have a little holiday – just get lost in my music.”
Monika is also an active producer. Her Terminal M label celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2015 and she chalked up hits this year with Pig & Dan collaboration 'Soulstice', a Beatport Top 10 techno anthem. The fantastic remix package of 'Summer Drops' was also a Beatport chart favourite, featuring Monika's track reworked by Nicole Moudaber, Uner, and Mendo. With just two releases Monika was one of Beatport's Top 100 techno artists for 2014. Look out for the special re-release of the album Monika Kruse @ Voodooamt 'Passengers' in celebration of Terminal M's 15th birthday.

Monika’s passion for spreading the love extends beyond the dancefloor, too. In 2000 she founded a charity called No Historical Backspin to fight racism and homophobia. “It’s sad and ridiculous that people still get beat up, or in some countries even killed, for being gay. Or get treated badly because of their skin colour, or gender, or because they’re a refugee” she says. “But it happens. Sharing and caring is the only way to make the world a safe place for everyone. It is important for DJs to show they respect everyone.” She is currently organising a No Historical Backspin party at Berghain. Funds raised will go to Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, which supports victims of hate-crimes and campaigns against right-wing extremism.
Her charity work, like her DJing and production, is an expression of Monika’s faith in the transforming power of music. “It was my first love,” she says. “Music was my best friend. It never let me down. In good times music was there and in bad times music was there.”

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CORD LABUHN [Robosonic | Outtakes | Punchi] 

Cartoon life - At six years old, CORD LABUHN had his first real career aspiration : becoming an ‘inventor’. Or space traveller. At least working in some kind of laboratory. Hence he became a producer of beats, tunes, records, imagery & merch - and toured the whole planet to play music for the most spaced out...
Earlier, when the ghost of Jimi Hendrix jumped out of his parents record collection and passionately promoted the guitar as the weapon of choice for a leftist punk, folk, if not eurodance infected teenager of the 90s, the piano and his sister’s drumset would have to step back for a while. 

A few years later when TV was still the thing and gaming consoles like PS1 were battling N64, Cord the Beatmaker was rather staring at tiny AKAI S2000, MPC and CRT displays, head-nodding, turning the jogwheels, dreaming of a second turntable to complete his DJ setup - the true school, golden age hiphop way. Next mission - still as a school kid - was a self-released vinyl record with international distribution through a self-founded label – learning everything from scratch, only a few years before DJing went 99,9% digital, crazy fast and globalised anyway. 
Arriving in Berlin and founding the mashup label „BROKEN BOOTLEGS“ (with Exploited’s Shir Khan and Andy Szankay) was good sparring for more delinquent ventures in professional sampling culture. Musical diversion had found an anarchic playground, genre-bending seemed to be a welcome concept for a radical open mind.

To date, his longest running project is ROBOSONIC, which was originally formed as a DJ-producer duo together with Sacha Robotti more than 10 years ago. Over the course of time it became Cords solo moniker in the dance music game, since his former partner had emigrated to the US for a fresh personal start. 
A while after the unconventional, free-spirited debut album „Sturm und Drang“ (2007) Robosonic took the world by storm with a string of popular tunes and remixes that went into the crates of tens of thousands of DJs worldwide and made it to top spots in the infamous Beatport charts (“Worst Love”, “The Edge” 2012, “La Fique” 2013, “House Music” 2015, “Rise” 2016). With releases on labels like Defected, Toolroom, Get Physical, Diynamic, Stil vor Talent, Deep Dish’s Yoshitoshi, Nervous, Crew Love, Kittball or Mother Recordings, ROBOSONIC became an authentic figurehead for something dubbed “Golden Era House” (Juice Magazine). Not only because Cord was convincing real rap icons like Masta Ace, Jeru the Damaja and KRS-One to collaborate on house tracks, but also because ROBOSONIC remixed true legends like Todd Terry, Arthur Baker, Kerri Chandler and Eddie Amador.
The house & techno driven sets and records under the R°° flag are internationally recognised and performances in 45+ countries (and counting) reflect the universal appeal of a trademark sound Robosonic unleashed into the world. North & South America, most European countries, South East Asia, China and Russia, Egypt down to South Africa, Dubai to Australia, Lebanon and Israel. Cord Labuhn has seen and pleased hundreds of stages, clubs and crowds over the last years. And with the string of new Robosonic releases through Defected, Kittball, Mother Recordings and more it becomes clear that he won’t stop shedding club sweat and tears.

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