For Mutual Respekt 244, we welcome Argentinian Nicolas Taboada to the fray for a 1 hour mix coinciding with his monster single "Atenea" being released on the label.

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Mutual Respekt 244: Nicolas Taboada

Although he started his career spinning progressive house and speed garage in the mid-90’s, xb’s focus on trance was fairly solid even before he came across Man With No Name and his Perfecto Fluro remixes of epic trance anthems. Back then people called the stuff Goa trance, and it had its own community separate from the more mainstream mega-rave culture of Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, and Tiesto in the US. For those who know him, it makes perfect sense why xb would be drawn to such a community, but in reality the music just fit. Hard, fast, loud, dirty and beautiful; exactly that for which he had been searching in music. So he jumped in with both feet.
During the last few years of the 90’s and the beginning of the 00’s, xb performed at psytrance parties whenever he could, but had to make a hard choice between finishing school or taking his DJing career to the next level. And so he packed his tables and vinyl away, seemingly for good in late 2001, with a few truly random exceptions.
But that was then, and this is now.
Thanks to the support from his friends and family, and surprise cosmic convergence, xb is back. You’ve been warned.


elektronicly infected since 1990s
Reasonist; Abletonist; March-Music-Dancerist :)

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RESPEKT is the label manifestation of the internationally recognised artist duo Spektre. It has been developed as a base for the research and exploration of their sound and to experiment within the new and innovative world of electronic music that we live in today.  Derived from an anagram of Spektre, the Respekt label stands for the artist’s interminable belief in the underground soundtrack that spans the globe, and for the inspiration they gleam from producing, performing, and moving in the circles it revolves in.

As two of the most widely respected techno artists to come out of the UK in recent times, founders Paul Maddox & Richard Wakley have travelled the world in the past three years performing the Spektre LIVE show, to rapturous acclaim. While stealing the show at clubs around the globe, they have been inspired by cultures from every dance floor, and as producers they have released on the crème de la crème of techno's elite labels. 

Massive support has come from the likes of techno kings Carl Cox, Sven Vath, Dubfire and Laurent Garnier, while James Zabiela has championed them as his “ones to watch” and quotes “Spektre's productions consist of solid techno that really remembers the rave. Music that is cool but also fun and highly danceable. These guys are just going to get bigger"…

The natural progression is their label RESPEKT, with the first release due at the end of November and another three before Spring serving as a build up to their eagerly anticipated debut studio album, due for release in early 2010. 

Get ready to be inspired, exhilarated and enthralled. Get prepared for the next instalment and always, Expekt the unexspekted!!!


Mutual Respekt 244: Nicolas Taboada

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