Raw Code - S.A.W.1

THOR
DJ/LIVE booking contact : 
djthor54@gmail.com
thulebookings@gmail.com

- BIO
THOR - Icelandic DJ/Producer. : 
Aliases.: SANASOL, OZ ARTISTS, FLOW MACHINE,.....
Godfather of Icelandic Techno

For more than a decade, Thor has been one of the leading figures in the Icelandic techno scene – often dubbed as the „Godfather of Icelandic Techno“. The founder of the legendary Thule Records is well recognized for his finely crated deep minimal techno music. Beside releasing on his own output, his working is being released on the Berlin based Sushitech Records. 


The passion for electro and techno started in the early nineties – then inspired by the fast growing German electronic music scene. Soon the releases started pouring out on high-profile labels such as Harthouse and Elektrolux. Throughout the years, Thor has had steady amount of releases and remixes coming out and his music has been heavily featured on various compilations worldwide.

Thor has had numerous successful collaborations with artists such as Goldie, Pascal F.E.O.S., Tim Taylor, Exos, Yagya and the pop superstar Björk. In addition, Thor has remixed artists such as Bob Marley, Anthony Rother, Sigur Rós, Steve O'Sullivan, Exos, Eddie Matos (Mateo & Matos), Gus Gus and many more.

Recently his work has been released at the German label Connaisseur Recordings in a series called "Iceland Lost Tracks" and on Matt 'Radio Slave' Edwards new label The Double R, alongside The New York based label Strobelight Network, Crystal Structures Records And Thule Records

雑然と混沌と平穏と矛盾と諦めと渇望と苛立ちと幸福と昇天と・・・呆れるくらい、この星のどこにでもあるありふれた感情。その集合体が僕だった。さよならカタルシス。

I am wind, I am clouds, I am rain. I am free...

Anton Kubikov (guitar), Sergey Sapunov (bass), Korablove (keys, sampling)  and Ilya Shapovalov(drums)joined to form the instrumental band Raw Code , to the surprise of fans and critics. Away from the familiar ways of the straight base drum they explore one for techno protagonists supposedly foreign edge of the musical cosmos - full of exotic effect pedals, howling tape-delays and noise synths. The harder edged tunes send us back to krautrockish sounds a la Cologne's Can, while the more melancholic ones connect us to british psychedelic anthems of Pink Floyd's Sid Barret aera. But suddenly an acid solo or a modernly twisted sample will take us back to present times. Thus, Raw Code is a new, raw and rule-breaking musical experiment, which freely tries to de-chiffre the riddles of our mind.