Sander Kleinenberg 2.0



Whether it’s producing, remixing or dj’ing, Sander Kleinenberg has been building credibility on all fronts for over twenty-five years. He has established himself as an advocate of progress and most of all, a pivotal player on the frontier of electronic music. Starting out dj-ing at merely fifteen years old, a young Sander Kleinenberg was inspired by club music and hip-hop culture in the late eighties. This cultural shift inspired his own musical path, which in turn led to him traveling the world and spreading his sound along the way. Many awards, accolades and having performed all corners of the world later you could say it was destiny. 

Often mentioned when talking about the first wave of superstar dj’s from the progressive house wave around the turn of the century, Sander brought a mixture genres and styles to the table like never heard before. Quirky disco, psychedelia, Detroit techno, straight up soul and industrialism contributed greatly to the ever-evolving musical landscape in the ‘90s and 00’s. Sander’s eclectic persona and capability to always be two steps ahead of the rest have resulted in him being an award-winning dj and producer. As time passes by and his career unfolds, the pattern within it becomes more and more visible, Sander is a man on the move, always searching for the “perfect mix” in his own words. Sander’s relentless passion for perfection has kept him away from classification, putting hours upon hours into the enrichment of dj- and producer identity. Constantly twisting and shaping sounds. It’s this search for relevance in electronic musics development that keeps him re-inventing himself in every decade that has gone by since those early days. 

Today Sander looks back at his journey and thought it was time to make up the balance of all the corners of progress his career has taken him. You could call it a full circle type moment settling for nothing else but quality. If you are looking for someone who has searched high and low and has taken that into his current musical identity then Sander is your man. Like a fine wine matured into something wonderful.. Weaving generations, styles and a healthy eye on the future together in a relevant cocktail of musical maturity. Check his Deepest Mixtapes for a deep look into all that excites him and you will understand what he means.

In 2024 after a time of rejuvenation you can find Sander at a select number of dates around the world, revisiting his love for the clubs and countries that accompanied his journey along the way. He has a string of releases on the way marking his comeback to the dance floor both behind the decks and in the charts. It is time to once again rekindle his ability to bring levity and fun back to the dance floors.

With exclusive remixes and edits crafted for the dance floor, this DJ set and AV party is not a tribute act, but a party that re-frames the music of Fleetwood Mac. Twirling through disco, techno and house, DJs @roxanneroll and @alexoxley have taken this dance party from Berlin to Burning Man and shared their passion with like-minded hedonists around the world.
https://linktr.ee/fleetmacwood

Bookings:

North/South America 
Earth To Peter
peter.anderson@etp.agency

AU/NZ/ASIA 
Paxx
dom@paxxgroup.com
max@paxxgroup.com 
henry@paxxgroup.com

ROW
alex@reinhardtmusic.com

Feels like: https://bit.ly/fmwsolvid 

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/fleetmacwood


2025 tour dates

Jan 16th-20th: MUSA, Mexico https://www.weareunbound.com
Jan 25th: Leonor, CDMX, Mexico https://bit.ly/3ZdXif2
Feb 13th: Sheldon Community Arts Hangar, Talkeetna, AK https://bit.ly/40P9JPQ
Feb 14th: Sitzmark, Girdwood, AK (Night 1) https://bit.ly/fmwalaskagtix
Feb 15th: Sitzmark, Girdwood, AK (Night 2) https://bit.ly/fmwalaskagtix
Feb 21st: Mothership, Auckland NZ https://ra.co/events/2006989
Feb 22nd: Electric Avenue, Christchurch NZ https://electricavenuefestival.co.nz/
Feb 28th: Nightcat, Melbourne AU https://ra.co/events/2006991
March 1st: Beast of a Feast, Mount Maunganui NZ https://www.beastofafeast.co.nz/
March 7th: The Liberty, Roswell US https://bit.ly/40WVXsM
March 8th: Meow Wolf, Santa Fe US https://bit.ly/fmwsfmwtix (Sold Out)
March 14th: Kantine am Berghaim, Berlin GER https://ra.co/events/2044680
March 15th: Jaeger, Oslo NO https://ra.co/events/2042900
March 21st: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham UK https://ra.co/events/2044684
March 22nd: Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool UK https://ra.co/events/2044688
March 23rd: Saint Lukes, Glasgow UK https://ra.co/events/2044696
April 4th: The Crocodile, Seattle US https://ra.co/events/2042089
April 5th: Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver CA https://ra.co/events/2042105
April 18th: Crania, Cabo MX https://craniareclaim.com/
April 19th: Thunderbird Lounge, Phoenix US https://bit.ly/42tcffr
April 20th: Plazapalooza, Snowbird, US https://www.snowbird.com/
April 25th: The Rabbit Hole, New Orleans US https://ra.co/events/2092533
April 26th: Chelsea's Live, Baton Rogue US https://ra.co/events/2136892
May 10th: Pappy & Harriet's (Outdoor Show), Pioneertown US https://ra.co/events/2092717 (Sold Out)
May 16th: Meow Wolf, Denver US https://bit.ly/fmwlaldenn1 (Night 1)
May 17th: Meow Wolf, Denver US https://bit.ly/fmwlaldenn2 (Night 2)
June 7th: Velvet Tsuanmi Pool Party, LA US https://bit.ly/42fQkrL
June 13th: TBA, Ibiza Spain
June 20th: Faith in Strangers, Margate UK https://ra.co/events/2106034
June 26th-29th: Glastonbury, Worthy Farm UK https://glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/
July 25th: Shambhala, Salmo CA https://www.shambhalamusicfestival.com/
Aug 24th - Sept 1st: Black Rock City, US
Sept 13th: Car Park, Brooklyn NY https://ra.co/events/2176421
Sept 16th: 528 Club, Ibiza https://bit.ly/fivetwoeightfmw
Oct 1st: Pikes, Ibiza Spain https://ibizarocks.ac-page.com/pikes-guestlist
Oct 3rd: Lost Horizon, Bristol UK https://ra.co/events/2222436
Oct 4th:  HERE, London UK https://ra.co/events/2222424
Oct 17th: Sinclair, Boston US https://bit.ly/fmwcdbt
Oct 18th: WOW, Philly US https://bit.ly/46DQN9L
Oct 31st: Kingdom, Austin US https://ra.co/events/2225903
Nov 1st: Music Box, San Diego US https://ra.co/events/2222478
Nov 14th: Terminal West, Atlanta US https://bit.ly/fmwcdattix
Nov 15th: Boho, Miami US 
Nov 22nd: Holocene, Portland US https://ra.co/events/2222484
Nov 28th: Drumsheds, London UK https://bit.ly/46I4x1F
Nov 29th: Hidden, Manchester UK https://ra.co/events/2236726
Dec 6th: Catch One, Los Angeles US https://ra.co/events/2236675
Dec 12th: Wonderfruit, Pattaya Thailand https://wonderfruit.co/

2026 tour dates

Jan 1st: TBA
Jan 3rd: TBA, Sydney AUS
Jan 9th: TBA, Melbourne AUS
Feb 12th: TBA
Feb 14th: The Regency, San Francisco US bit.ly/fmwcdsdtix
May 10th: TBA

The tale of Danny Tenaglia's love affair with music, and the world's subsequent romance with him, is one of the critical veins in the body of dance music. He is every dancer's secret discovery; a random purchase at the record store, a reluctant night out that unexpectedly turned magic. Explosive success came not behind a major label release, or a world tour, or a radio hit remix: It happened when enough people had the private Tenaglia experience for themselves.

The momentum started building in early '70s New York, when a barely 10-year-old Danny first got the feel of vinyl in his hands. Enthralled by the music of artists like Philly Soul's The Trammps, Motown's Marvin Gaye, African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, and disco producer Giorgio Moroder, he started to collect records, plumbing the depths of each one, and frequently finding that he preferred the B-side to the A. It was 1979 when he discovered legendary nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's rich, genre-less blend of music seemed to mirror his own "no boundaries" policy. It was here where Danny found the club model he would one day emulate: Levan's bold style, the venue's plain décor, and the party's warmth and inclusiveness.

Danny left New York in 1985 and launched a successful DJ-ing career in Miami as a resident at Cheers nightclub. There he schooled the locals in classic New York and Chicago house, but five years later he returned home, tired of only playing other people's music. He started to assemble an impressive roster of remixes, including Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" (1991), Jamiroquai's "Emergency on Planet Earth" (1993), and Madonna's "Human Nature" (1994). But his first epic was The Daou's "Surrender Yourself" (1993): With the kick in the bass and the underlying rhythm as the foundation, Tenaglia blanketed Vanessa Daou's wispy vocal with grand, thick chords, a combination of classic groove and modern club-ready depth that was, at the time, entirely new. The title of his 1995 debut artist album on New York's Tribal Records described it perfectly: Hard & Soul. But even if the cocktail was his own, Tenaglia never hesitated to declare how heavily his influences weighed in his productions - everyone from Patti LaBelle to Kraftwerk, with countless lesser-known Soul, R&B, Latin, Samba, and Disco artists in between.

In 1996, after a brief stint at New York superclub Roxy, Danny landed a Saturday night residency at white-hot Twilo, a position that upped his profile but didn't satisfy his expanding artistry as a DJ and producer. While New York swooned for big-room diva anthems, Danny was turning his ear toward the more minimal, tech-y grooves originating in European production studios. This period produced solid remixes like Grace's "Not Over Yet" (1996) and Janet Jackson's "The Pleasure Principle" (1996), but by the time he moved to Tunnel in 1998, Danny had already created "Elements," an instant classic that caused the dance scene's collective jaw to drop. With his own warped voice providing the narration, "Elements" (one track off full-length Tourism) walked the listener through the different components of a dance track in real time, going from kick to drum loop to snare hit, letting each layer over the other until the track exploded with dark, drum-heavy energy. Next to ostentatious radio anthems, its simplicity was a revelation. 

It was around this time that the murmurs started to get louder: Who is this Danny Tenaglia, and just what does he do to people? Clubbers reported seemingly inhuman mixing capabilities, booth-to-floor telepathy, and the grittiest "modern yet classic" grooves they had ever heard come out of a speaker. A trio of label compilations - Mix This Pussy (1994) and Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? (1995) for Tribal, and Gag Me With A Tune (1996) for Maxi - were the first Tenaglia sets clued-in clubbers could take home to dissect, but the release of his first installment in the UK-based Global Underground series of DJ mixes, titled Athens (2000), lit the international fire. Athens (meant to reflect the set he played at the Greek capital's club King Size) remains one of the darkest, strangest, sexiest sets ever released, and its tame cover photo of a gentle-looking man in a Yankee cap just didn't seem to fit. DJ dates across Europe dispelled the mystery and started the spread of the infectious Tenaglia fever.

Back in New York, Tenaglia was tiring of the cavernous gloom of Tunnel and longed for a weekly home that better resembled where the DJ bug first bit him - the Paradise Garage. He landed at Vinyl, a black-walled, single-environment, no-liquor club about one-quarter the size of Tunnel. He named the night "Be Yourself," after the self-affirming, heavy-bottomed vocal track he had recently recorded with Chicago's Celeda. And he took the name to heart: Without the pressure of bar minimums or an expectant crowd, Tenaglia spread his DJ wings. Next to new tracks by young producers like Rui Da Silva, Peace Division, and Saeed & Palash, he played the artists of his youth, with nary a beat dropped. If he wanted to launch into a two-hour set of straight-up techno, he did. If he wanted to play old Michael Jackson records, he did. If he wanted to get on the mic and tell the crowd the name of the sound he was about to play, or who next week's guest opening DJ would be, or just give everyone a "verbal handshake" to welcome them to the club, he did. And a city tired of drama embraced the barebones, music-centered night. 

The world caught up to Tenaglia in 2000. His annual party during Miami's Winter Music Conference outgrew its home at the cramped Groovejet and moved to just-opened superclub Space. DJ giants like Carl Cox danced on top of the speakers with the Deep Dish boys, Fatboy Slim mingled on the patio, and for a day the ego inherent to DJ culture evaporated: Tenaglia was hailed as the undisputed king, the "DJ's DJ." His roof-raising revamp of Green Velvet's "Flash" won "Best Remix" at the UK's Muzik Awards, where he was also awarded the "Best International DJ" prize. 

In the two years that followed, Tenaglia released another Global Underground installment (London); toured the world, took the party island of Ibiza by storm, remixed Billy Nichols' "Give Your Body Up To The Music" (a Garage anthem); got nominated for a Grammy (for his remix of Depeche Mode's "I Feel Loved," also nominated for Best Dance Song); returned to Twilo for two special gigs - a President's Day marathon with Carl Cox that shattered all its attendance records, and the club's sixth anniversary party with John Digweed, which turned out to be even more meaningful than it seemed at the time (Twilo was shut down permanently a week later); graced the cover of every major dance music magazine; and won a Dancestar Lifetime Achievement award... all while keeping Be Yourself buzzing every Friday. 

In 2003, Danny came full circle with the release of Choice: A Collection Of Classics, a two-CD mixed compilation that let him pay direct tribute to many of the artists who had influenced his sound and style. It featured everyone from Blaze to Adeva to Imagination, as well as hefty liner notes explaining the significance of each track, penned by the man himself. He also remixed another Garage classic (Yoko Ono's "Walking On Thin Ice," which became her first Billboard number one ever), opened another Space during Winter Music Conference (the new location down the block), and took another Dancestar award, this time "Best Party" for Be Yourself. 

Be Yourself took the same honor again in 2004, but this time the win was bittersweet. At the time of the ceremony, Vinyl, now called Arc, had already been sold to developers. Danny closed the classic club on Sunday, April 25, 2004, with an emotional set that lasted well into Monday afternoon, and culminated with his mix of Kings Of Tomorrow's paean to unending love, "Finally."

And as in every year since his DJ odyssey began, all across the globe, from Acapulco to Tokyo, more people experienced their first night with Danny Tenaglia, that clubber rite-of-passage that forever changes how you listen to music, go out to nightclubs, and think about DJs. 


House, tech house and anything with class

https://dubfire.komi.io/

@scitec

From global success in the commercial domain, to equal accomplishments within the underground scene, Dubfire (aka Ali Shirazinia) is an artist whose drive, talent and intuition have placed him in the top tier of electronic music artists in the world. He maintains this position within the industry with an unrelenting work ethic and a determination to innovate, evolve, and entertain. Whether it’s his involvement with Deep Dish, his solo performances at an extensive list of the world’s most influential clubs and festivals, his dubfire:live HYBRID show, running his label SCI+TEC, or simply his exploration of audio and visual technology, Dubfire is in a class of his own.

Booking
North America: 
julian@thebullittagency.com 

Central / South America: 
diego@analog-a.com

Europe:
jmac@paramountartists.com
tom@paramountartists.com

Asia / Australia / New Zealand / MENA:  
ross@tboasia.com
kenny@tboasia.com

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