Torture the Artist is a webzine, or a magazine made for the internet, geared towards those with a passion for contemporary electronic music, with sub-genres including House, Tech House, Deep House, Hip House, Minimal, UKG, Breaks, as well as a small amount of Electronica.Founded in 2014 by Holger Breuer, a German native and lover of the arts, Torture the Artist now consists of five team members from all around the world.

In addition to publishing interviews, music reviews, DJ charts and track premieres, the webzine hosts out a  podcast series called 'art:casts'. This medium gives DJs and producers the artistic freedom to highlight their different musical styles while not being restricted by factors such as setting, and connecting them to a wider audience. 

Being in its twelfth year Torture the Artist has gained a strong and active online support group, including music enthusiasts to label managers and artists themselves, creating a cohesive community with music as their bond.

TRUANTS: http://truantsblog.com
PATREON: http://patreon.com/truants

Music imprint curated by a group of globally dispersed friends, contributing vibes to the internet since 2010.

Crew: 

@soraya
@riccardovillella
@taystii
@ttrostle
@mellolololo

As a producer, musician, DJ and serial collaborator, Chris Schwarzwälders distinctive style of deep, restrained house is hard to pin down, but you’ll always know it’s him when you hear it. 

Born in Frankfurt am Main in the 80s, he started playing hiphop in the 90s. While making beats on his MPC2000, he dropped into Offenbach’s Robert Johnson club and fell in love with techno. 

In 2009, Chris moved to Berlin and started DJing at KaterHolzig, where he found a group of people who thought about music in the same way he did. In contrast to the trends of the late 00s, the sounds being made from this little paradise on Berlin’s river Spree were slower, softer, and more soulful than a lot of what was being played in clubs at the time. 

It was here that Chris began to cement his reputation as both a solo producer and collaborator, who was capable of bringing his trademark sounds to a whole number of side-projects - many of which have gone on to play to crowds around the globe. He joined the Feathered Sun collective in 2013, together with a group of friends including Acid Pauli, Nu, Jo.Ke and Raz O’Hara. Dreamy, groovy and often improvised, the collective represented a special kind of musical freedom in which a group of producers came together to create something new in a singular, live moment. 

At the same time, Chris’ friend Mira was making moves of her own, and they started to play back-to-back sets, soundtracking the legendary Monday mornings of KaterHolzig, and now, Kater Blau. The two, who are both residents at Kater Blau, have now been playing together internationally for almost a decade, and have formed a common musical understanding that translates throughout every one of their sets - deep, clubby and melancholic. This partnership has also carried on into the studio, where they have collaborated on numerous hits. 

His most light-hearted side comes out in collaboration with Iannis Ritter, where the two musicians take on a weirder, more melodic & electro approach than Chris’ other proejcts. 

If you were to ask him, Chris would describe himself as reserved, logical, rational, melancholic and humorous. Which is why you’d never hear him telling you about the hundreds of nightclubs and festivals he’s played around the globe, or the number of hits he’s had with his productions. If you’re lucky though, Chris might tell you about his favourite synthesizers, and get lost in a conversation all about electronics and sound. Which is exactly where Chris wants to be - lost in electronics and sound.

ego vici et messis ad baptismum adscribitur, iam nomen mihi taurus

27.07.18 Camp Cosmic Berlin
21.07.18 WALDEN Vienna
21.05.18 Reform Act II, Performance "Das autonome Wesen" by Diana Barbosa Gil & Taurus
28.04.18 Diapason, Sameheads Berlin 
27.04.18 Wettbüro Dresden
20.04.18 Ongehoord Sessions, Amsterdam
07.07.17 Performance at 21er Haus, Vienna
05.05.17 Pomeranze Funeral, Vienna
25.03.17 Performance at Well Well Well, Vienna

Taurus is Diana Barbosa Gil, Leonard Prochazka and Paul Ebhart.

Foram is a Spain-based electronic music producer known for his experimental and minimalist approach to genres like techno, IDM, ambient, glitch.
His rhythms and melodic harmonies intertwine with abstract sound effects and textures to create evocative soundscapes.
Foram always strives to create an immersive experience, trying to transport his audience to an imaginary world of sounds and emotions.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0oQ2cGBZBQ8oNyxFEBn9Dc?si=nn-pRR33QMuI677kIJT2JA

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