Born and bred in the UK, Tim has been integrated in the music industry and electronic music scene for more than 40 years. Initially starting as a mobile disc jockey back in the late 80's his craft and love for underground music has no bounds. His passion for music, parties, dance and celbration of life led him to promote his own parties in London way back in the noughties (wooshbangwallupfunk, groovealicious & state of play)

Tim also was responsible for A&R and Licensing on no less than 5 major Platinum selling DJ compilation albums. He also worked at record shops in London, Tunbridge Wells and Brighton and Oxford, and ran a clothing store in Swindon and Bristol.

He has also performed at renowned events and esteemed venues such as Obesssion, Universe, The Big Chill festival, Kerfuffle, Wiggle, FaceIIFace, Give festival Glade Festival, Zap, Zen, and other clubs in London & various underground warehouse parties.

Now living and working in Bucharest and a key asset to the 3SO festival and Twisted Olives Bar in old town Bucharest, Tim keeps on pressing on with all things musical and dropping beats to those who appreciate the underground sounds

If you lump together horror movies, fetish, Alsatian charm and impressive passion for music, it may look like the producer duo THE BADGERS. On the stage it appears in terms of two dark-dressed statures, who like to act out their anonymity behind masks and handle the machines delicately. 

After first contact at highschool in 2000, a close friendship between Yannick and Joel began – soulmates, whose connection is based on the deep love to the music. Always the same 6 vinyl records were the basic of the lessons in Joel’s garage, before a long lasting residency in an Eastern French house bar has started. Self-organised events in various locations and the desire for realization of their personal musical ideas followed. Crowned with success!

Even a work-related territorial separation between Stuttgart (Joels current home) and Shanghai haven’t prevented to reach some No.1 chart positions within a short time. Until their first release in 2009, it took less than one year. With the “Deep Dark Mood EP” on Creepy Fingers Rec., as well the “Frozen Nipple EP” on Killing Machine Rec., they climbed to the top of the Beatport Minimal Charts in 2012. Mostly as Live-Act, they are touring since there in European clubs and follow principles like not playing unreleased tracks. Nevertheless, not even one performance sounds like the other, as they play and mix the loops and patterns from their tracks spontaneously – and always with a surprise effect.

May you call them musical landscape painters. Foggy valleys are built through melancholic and romantical sounds, where fantasy creatures and monsters are shaped. In their imagination, black and red light reflections swirl around. But the most meaningful influence pulsates around the gothic theme and comes from the fetish universe. The weakness for sadomasochism and bondage gears is hardly mistakable. The musical structures tough are largely grounded on the puristic loop culture of German minimal and techno. Typically as well, industrial and mechanic sounding elements go along, no less than French Electro.

Obviously many other artists are impressed by their diverse influencies, so the list of remixed producers and remixers gets more and more extended. This queue is leaded by producers like Johannes Heil, Patrick Lindsey, Danton Eeprom, Miro Pajic, Re:Axis, Andy Martin, Octave and more. The suitable voice to the dark sounds is often contributed by Berlin based artist Mz Sunday Luv. No wonder that their tracks meanwhile are frequently supported by acts like Richie Hawtin, Troy Pierce, Jennifer Cardini, Slam, Luciano etc.

Labels:Alphacut Records, Minor Label, RE:ST, UVB-76, Nord Label, AIIA, DTND, Paradise Lost Rec, Dubkraft Records, Hangout Music, Urban Poetry, Syncopathic Recordings, Further Records, Skutta Recordings, Eternia, Translation Recordings, Moniker Eggplant etc

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