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Martin Buttrich is famously as fluent behind a mixing console as in front of a virtual drum kit. That technical prowess, combined with a fascination for music of every shape, has resulted in outstanding releases on influential labels such as Planet E, Four:Twenty, Cocoon, Poker Flat, Nervous and Desolat. He’s also put his sonic thumbprint on many big ticket artists, notably receiving a Grammy nomination for a Tori Amos remix in 2003. Such diverse musical horizons are rare. While other prolific artists may have slowly watered down their music, Buttrich’s star has risen in diametric opposition. His vision has become more and more condensed, more and more crystallised. Flipping and puncturing grooves in a live setting is a snap for him, and he’s entranced audiences at festivals like Time Warp and Creamfields, at temples of boom such as Fabric (London), Womb (Tokyo), Cocoon (Frankfurt), Panorama Bar (Berlin) and Amnesia (Ibiza) and at worldwide Desolat Experience parties with Loco Dice.

Buttrich’s journey into electronic music began in clubs in Berlin and Hannover at the dawn of the ‘90s, when post-Summer of Love-Europe began to swing to its own hypnotic, machine-like groove. At 18 years old he began experimenting with production as X-Rotation (with Daniel Bross), which led to the projects Rhythm Assault, Sounds of Life and Phunk Diggazs (with engineer Andy Bolleshon).

Buttrich began a notorious collaboration with his then co-worker at Peppermint Jam distribution, Timo Maas, in the mid-‘90s (they worked the telephones together). After setting up his first studio in the basement of the Peppermint Park studio building, the partnership led to over 100 co-productions and remixes that included Madonna, Muse, Fatboy Slim. Josh Wink and Green Velvet. Buttrich has produced funk legend Bootsy Collins, while switching the patterns for artists including Tom Jones, Kelis, Moloko, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Yello, War and Roger Sanchez. His Azzido Da Bass “Dooms Night” remix with Timo Maas hit the UK top ten charts.
 
All the while he created an impressive library of beats and collected an arsenal of music production equipment for his studio in Timetools, a studio complex founded in 1997 in Hannover with a group of musicians. Buttrich is happy with the subtle crunch of an SP-12 sampler and the ‘smoky’ vibe of his analog mixing desk – adding a bass guitar or other instrument when necessary. But he’s not above having fun with a laptop either: approaching music programs as if they were video games. He doesn’t rely on any one machine or music composition technique, and his array of outboard gear is mouth-wateringly state of the art.
But he never loses touch with the gritty, human side of music, and the environments that it is played in.

Another key musical partnership, with Loco Dice, begun in 2002, undoubtedly inspired Buttrich to delve deeper into the musical histories that first lured him towards after-dark melodies. In a short space of time they’d built up a deep discography creating an era-defining sound in the process. They spent more than half a year living in New York in 2006/2007, with half of Buttrich’s studio set up in a rickety hideaway in Brooklyn that looked out over Manhattan’s vistas. Between late night production sessions and snowstorms, their Desolat label came to life.

Having his debut solo album Crash Test released on Desolat in early 2010, Martin Buttrich is taking his vision to the road, fusing wild imagination with solid musical architecture, cherry-picked inspiration with true perfection of his musical craft. 

Since then constantly on tour, in 2011 Martin Buttrich still has dropped a remarkable collection of music - productions like “Fire Files” EP on Desolat or remixes for Marco Carola and Lee Curtis amongst others.

Currently based in LA, Martin Buttrich is working on his second artist album and a jazz project called The Stoned Autopilot.

Stay tuned.

PHILADELPHIA / BROOKLYN

Lover of deep hypnotic house music :)

I HAVE MOVED TO www.hearthis.at/aztek
<b>Promotional Quote:</b>     Aztek...Known by some as the Free Party Legend and the A to Z of TEK-no, due to playing numerous free parties all over the UK and Europe, (although playing Jazz Funk and Soul in Clubs and Pubs in his early years), this eventually took him back into the Clubs and the infamous Dance/Rave Scene, playing for promoters like Helter Skelter, Obsession and Universe where he was offered and played gigs as far as Brisbane, Australia and Tokyo, Japan.

BIOGRAPHY:
Today Aztek® plays a range of Underground music, from Psy-Dub to
Progressive House to Psy-Tech/Techno...

...At Bars, Private Underground Parties and Festivals. 

Aztek®’s latest appearances have been in Panama for Tribal Gathering Sessions, Costa Rica for Love Corp, and in Brazil, at various Parties and Bars.
 
Aztek®'s love for DJing started in 1979, as a hobby playing for friends, which soon expanded and became a career.
 
Aztek® started out as a Jazz, Funk & Soul DJ, playing at various Pubs & Clubs and on a well known UK radio station.

This led him into the Acid House Scene and onto Techno and Trance, where he DJ’d for several Underground Free Party Sound Systems, such as Spiral Tribe, Bedlam, etc.
 
His love, passion and dedication to the underground scene has never wavered, making him one of the most respected Underground DJ's of all time.
 
He is one of the original pioneering DJ’s on the Rave scene, always looking for, and bringing forward the new sounds to the scene, keeping it alive and progressing.

He is a true master of the decks and a master selector.

He has DJ'd across the world from the UK to Australia… Europe to Japan …Mexico to Brazil.  Always attracting crowds who love his style..
 
He has DJ'd alongside some of the most influential DJ/Producers: Such as James Monroe, Joey Beltram, Mr. C, Carl Cox, The Liberators....
 
For bookings, contact him via the contact page on his website https://aztek-dj.com/contact or via WhatsApp: 07944 241670
For up and coming gigs see the events section at: https://www.aztek-dj.com/events & Check out his mixes here or at: https://hearthis.at/aztek/ ranging from Progressive House, Psy-Tech, to Deep and Minimal Tech, all with one thing in common... "QUALITY UNDERGROUND MUSIC..!" 
 
DJ/Producers he's played alongside:
James Monroe, Joey Beltram, Aphex Twin, Mr. C', Sasha, Carl Cox, Dave Angel, Lenny Dee, Frankie Valentine, Murf, The Liberators.
 
Promotion Companies He Has DJ'd For:
Tribal Gathering Festivals, Love Corp, The High Vibe Tribe, Tribal Gathering Sessions, Magical Natural Connection, Positivity 1 & 2, Colid'e'Scope, Underground Productions, Beyond Tomorrow, Meltdown Productions, Obsession, Helter Skelter, Universe, Dreamscape, Ina-Thought, Genesise, Institute Of Goa, Schizoid, Deliverance, Electric Illusion (Australia), Peaceful Productions, Tribes (France), Wftf Promotions, Eternity, Inner-Vision, Silverfish Records, Boscaland, Eurobeat 2000, Essence, Nuclear Free, Tribal Gathering UK, Frontier Spirit, Defcon-1, Uber, Genetik, Smile, Restless, Milk The Chicken, Varination, Who, Not Before Time, Klik Klak, Psychedelic Circle, Diode.. 

Clubs/Venues He Has Played At:
The Marquee Club-Wc1, The Fish Club-Wc1, Turnmills-Ec1, Electrowerkz-Ec1, The Warehouse-Ec2, The Dungeons-E10, The Stratford Rex-E15, The Rocket-N7, The Base Box-N18 The Dome-N19, The Viaduct-Sw8, Brixton Academy, The Vox-Sw9, The Mass-Sw9, The Crypt-Sw9, 414 Club-Sw9, Ministry Of Sound-SE1, The Lazerdrome-Se15. The Basement-Chesham, The Waterfront-Norwich, The Ku Club-Huddersfield, Sadmac -Sheffield, The Tanbank -Telford, Baskerville Hall -Ross On Wye, The Sanctuary-Milton Keynes, Night Owl-Cheltenham, The Cafe Continental- Cheltenham, The Matrix-Reading, West Point Exhibition Centre-Exeter, The Academy-Plymouth, Flicks Warehouse-Plymouth, Rumours-Portland, The Esplanade-Australia. 

Underground Sound Systems he DJ’d for:
Spiral Tribe, Bedlam, Circus Normal, Circus Lunatic, Circus Irritant, Lazy House, L.S. Diezal, Underground Sound, United Systems, Unsound, Teethout Productions Etc!

Many of the clubs mentioned above Aztek® played at on a regularly basis and some became Resident Positions.