Sound explorer & electroacoustic composer.
ieva.matveja@gmail.com

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Dj and promoter since 1997. Followed his love to Cologne. Runs partyzanai.com (net)label. Plays just vinyl and wide spectrum of sound: from obscure disco to techno. Performed beside various respected international artists in the promoted and independent events.


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Started djing in 1997 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Since the early nineties he was regular at various rave parties and were heavily influenced by Detroit Techno and the likes of Acid House.


“I still remember clearly the feeling when I was entering rave parties at the time. It was a very young scene. The music, the people, the atmosphere and djs too were the ones responsible for the chaos and braking the borders of country’s long lived soviet oppression. It was a new generation growing up.” – notes Mantas T.Few years later it was a new experience living outside the country. Mantas T. was gone to the States (New York) and later to the UK where he faced the beginning of 80’s revival.In 2004, Mantas came back in his homeland, Lithuania. Based in Vilnius, with a fresh experience and a record bag full of cutting-edge beats, his dj sets became acclaimed nationwide. With his TV and radio appearances, demo mixes and self-irony, Mantas became a well-known resident of the first Lithuanian underground nightclub Gravity. The first club night called “Revolt” brought a lot of spark into the lithuanian music scene. Partyzanai, as party promoters, invited local Djs and international guests such as Damian Lazarus, Marc Almond, Steve Kotey, The Orb, Daniel Bell, Ewan Pearson, Jori Hulkkonen.In summer 2005,  Mantas T. with his colleague Gvidas established a non-profit netlabel under the name of Partyzanai. Initial label’s purpose is 24/7 search and releases of electronic music artists in Baltic region. Having the first album release of the artist named Golden Parazyth, Partyzanai netlabel was widely acclaimed nationwide. Another netlabel artist’s – Few Nolder – single “No mo”  and fresh new album “New Folder” is already out on legendary Planet MU label. 
In 2006-2009 as well as djing abroad, Mantas T. successfully organised the local night series. Focusing on good music quality and live visuals, it soon became the hottest night in town with the Lithuanian VJ teams Rüt Rüt and Vodka Jugend. Mantas T. was involved in guest appearances and live acts of Andrew Weatherall, Keith Tenniswood , Ivan Smagghe, Joakim, Funkstörung, Kiki, Swayzak, Phonique, Tiefschwarz, My My, Roman Flügel, Optimo , Superpitcher, Apparat, Nathan Fake, Troy Pierce, Ada, Pilooski, Faze Action, Toby Tobias, Jennifer Cardini, Tobias Thomas, Alex Smoke to name a few. Mantas T. traveled as far as Iceland. Played in “Scene: NRW” contemporary art festival and C/O POP festival in Germany.
 
In year 2008 love brought Mantas T.  to Cologne. Recently, besides running his own label, he is a resident and promoter of mobile audio-visual project called Go Gaga.
 
Mantas T. plays just vinyls: from obscure disco to techno. Wide spectrum of sound in short.

FULL ALBUMS HERE https://migloje.bandcamp.com/

Hardware synth/sampler/groovebox:

NORD RACK 2X
KORG MS 2000
KORG EMX1SD
KORG KP3
YAMAHA DX200
ROLAND SUPER JV 1080
ROLAND tb-03
Elektron Octatrack MK2
Novation Ultranova
Behringer RD3 AM


Midi hardware:

M-audio axiom 49
M-audio fireware 410
E-volution UC33e
Arturia beatstep pro


Main software:

Renoise
Ableton live
AXS
Adobe audition (ex cool edit profesional)

Translation: "migloJE"

EN: "In the mist"
JP:   "霧の中"
DE: "Im Nebel"
RU: "в тумане"

Moontown is a Sydney based, independent record label. Since 2012, our focus has been on releasing Australian music from friends and people we admire. The music released is not fixed to a specific genre, but a common ethos - A playful feeling of making do within the limitations of your immediate surroundings ~ Which is often highly restricted!

OFFICIAL WEB: http://natten.am

NATTEN was formed in 2010 and has since provided the world with mesmerizing psykonautdisko. Howling trumpet, heavy beats, insane bass riffs and doomsday synthesisers.

Visual Catalogue: 

NEW VIDEO 2014/03/21: DISCO ANTICIMEX
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MAKT
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NAIROBI NIGHT
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FRAMTIDEN
www.vimeo.com/natten/framtiden

HATET
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Not many acts can boast warm-up gigs for such wildly different musicians as Underworld and Lana Del Ray – but that’s the case with Golden Parazyth, a music project from Lithuania that’s been around since 2005. These concerts are worth mentioning (so are their gigs with Hurts, Nicolas Jaar, SOHN, We Have Band and GusGus, for example) because they are a reminder of how wide and far-reaching Golden Parazyth’s appeal can be. It’ truly extraordinary – electronic pop delivered with the intensity that is typical of rock’n’roll and sound elements that clearly show alternative rock influences, drawing crowds of hipsters, old ravers, drunken rock festival goers. and indie kids. 

It all started as lead singer GP’s solo project, but nowadays he is joined by his partner in crime K@. You can see them doing push ups before the gigs – no wonder, as these men do look possessed on stage and their energetic live performances have to be seen to be believed. 

Emerging practically out of nowhere in 2005, a year later Golden Parazyth released his debut album Apartment of Steel which is now considered a cult classic. Underground fans hailed it as best electronic album of the decade. Special themed parties and unconventional songwriting didn't go unnoticed and soon he (GP) was taking calls from major Lithuanian labels. Sophomore albums All The Truth About Blue Monkeys and Long Way Home increased the artists radio exposure, pleased hip crowds and brought new listeners to table.

“They're really onto something” - that was how Adam Anderson (a half of the well known British duo Hurts) described Golden Parazyth after witnessing the band's performance. The story goes that in 2013 both Hurts and Baltics music experts voted these Lithuanians the most worthy to warm up for the British stars during their November trek of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 

Having con-quered almost every live venue and festival in Lithuania, Golden Parazyth caught the attention of foreign bookers – they have succesfully performed across the Baltics and played shows in Europavox (France) and Waves Vienna (Austria) festivals. 

2015 saw a symbolic end of a chapter – the band toured across Lithuania with a “best of” setlist and released a mammoth two and a half hour, 32 tracks long compilation of their work Looking Backward, Moving Forward. 

Moving Forward is exactly what they’re doing now – their latest interesting project was an international music, dance and puppet theathre performance theSYSTEM, for which Golden Parazyth provided a live soundtrack – both in Prague and Vilnius. 

With falsetto vocals and clapping beats, In The Night is just one of many interesting tunes that Golden Parazyth have to offer – a version of this, by the way, got a remix treatment from German electronic music maestro Timo Maas. 

Killing the dance floor with synthetic beats, looped guitar samples and uplifting vocals, GP (Giedrius Širka) and Keta (Aurimas Vilkišius) are now on the watch list of quite a few festivals in the region. Not bad for a band that's truly difficult to describe. 

"Each day is like a new song, which requires the best performance“, they finally offer. Erm, thank you very much. Nevertheless, you could do way worse than check out their albums and EPs. 

Laughing in the face of good grammar, Golden Parazyth remain one of the most interesting duo of Lithuanian scene.

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