Booking Contact
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Please send promos only to promos@microtrauma.com.

In 1995 simple tracker software got the interest of the two friends Daniel and Ricardo. Thus, they decided to produce a few tracks.
Both shared a common passion for all sorts of different musical styles, which made their early productions very diverse.
Through the many influences of artists from New Order and Depeche Mode to Massive Attack, The Prodigy, Moby and the various techno disciples
of this multi-faceted time, the two of them produced everything they enjoy, be it trip hop, electronica, breaks or techno.

However, in 1999 the two of them went separate ways for reasons of diverging careers.
They quickly lost touch to each other until the contact ceased completely. Yet, the two of them still wished to produce music.
This is why both of them kept working with synthesizers, music software and studio technology creating their own tracks.

In 2003, it was coincidence that brought them back together.
The two friends met again at a small local electro party and soon realised that they still shared the same interest for electronic music as they had four years earlier.
After a few sessions in their domestic living room studios they decided to make more of their hobby and, thus, started renting their first studio in 2005.
Microtrauma was born.

In 2007, Microtrauma had its first release “Wake up“ on the Elected Tunes label. Their first own release “Collar EP” soon was to follow.
Microtrauma has developed its own style from almost ten years of working and tinkering as well as its many influences: melodic, dark, technoid and minimal.

https://www.christian-loeffler.com/
Booking Requests: ralf@vdhaardt.com
Management: paul@ki-records.com

Riva is a Switzerland-based rock band with a dark electro-pop sensibility. With
members' influences ranging from the Cure to Anathema to IAMX, both the driving beats and the weightless, watery atmospheres in Riva's sound are tinged with an earnest melancholia.

Personnel: Claudio Gaverini, guitar/vocals – Daniele Musso, bass/synths

Upcoming Shows:
04.11.25 - MoMo @ Kulturraum - Freiburg
14.11.25 - Once in a Lifetime @ Blaues Haus- Freiburg

Selection of Venues Raycito played at:
Fusion Festival (D)
Chateau RW9 (FR)
Sa Terza Metari (IT)
Wilde Moehre Festival (D)
Feel Festival (D)
At.Tension (D)
Wir am Bahnhof (D)
Blau Blau Festival (CH)
Perlaton Festival (CH)
Badenfahrt (CH)

Berlin: 
Kater Blau 
Sysiphos 
Mensch Meier 
Funkhaus 
Johnny Knüppel 

Zürich:
Hive
Zukunft
Kauz 
Pfingstweide 
Mehrspur 

Hamburg:
Hafenklang 
Südpol 
Fabrik Gängeviertel 

Freiburg:
Ruef
Ruefetto
White Rabbit
Kulturraum 

So&So – Leipzig (D)
Karlstorbahnhof - Heidelberg (D)
7er Club - Mannheim (D)
Kreativfabrik - Wiesbaden (D)
Stilbrvh - Göttingen (D)
Kölner Kunstverein (D)
Frau Trude - Giessen (D)

Südpol – Luzern (CH)
Kiste – Baden (CH)
Royal - Baden (CH)
Hinterhof – Basel (CH)

Papierfabrik - Graz (AUT)
Das Werk - Wien (AUT)
Niceto - Buenos Aires (ARG)
Alto Vidigal – Rio de Janeiro (BR)

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Founded in 2013, Progressive Astronaut is a carefully curated platform, operating at the heart of the electronic underground. Initiated with the intent of musical exploration, we set out to showcase innovative content to our ever growing community. Established globally, our loyal following embraces our contemporary vision for cutting edge electronic music, as seen through our premieres, podcasts, interviews, free downloads and more. Progressive Astronaut is a platform for discovery, with a healthy blend of emerging artists, along with the scenes most revered names, operating as a central hub where music aficionados, DJs, artists and label managers unite in a thriving environment bound by a passion for music. The continued evolution of dance culture resonates from the core of our platform as we move forward into the future. Come join us.

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Max Cooper is an electronic composer, multi-disciplinary artist, music label founder and former scientist who has carved out a unique space in music and visual art.

He holds a PhD in computational biology at the same time as being the first contemporary electronic musician to perform at the ancient Acropolis theatre in Athens and one of the first clutch of musicians to produce in Dolby Atmos.

Cooper has enquired for over 15 years through music, collaborations, and his label Mesh, to explore the intersections between the arts and sciences with installations, performances, immersive experiences, online media, music videos and live events.  Anchored throughout is his emotive approach, connecting how ideas and forms feel, in a manner accessible to us all. 
 
As an artist synonymous with the evolution of club culture, Cooper honed his craft as a DJ with a 10 year residency at legendary Midlands techno event Firefly where he formed a foundational relationship with Architecture Social Club, with whom he still collaborates on extravagant immersive installations.

"I want to encourage the acceptance of electronic music as an art form like any other. Bringing electronic music and abstract audio-visual projects into concert halls, museums and galleries is liberating - the art world opens up doors to communicate in ways that aren’t possible elsewhere."
  
Pivoting from computational biology to electronic music might not seem like the most natural career transition, but for Cooper the commonalities are obvious:
 
"In both fields, you're in a sense, free. Free from the limits of living systems, free from the limits of corporeal sound. The only constraints are in your mind."

www.maxcooper.net 

Contacts:
Management: James Palmer-Bullock, The Wild Seeds - james@thewildseeds.com 
Label: Anthony Faulkner, Mesh – anthony@thewildseeds.com 
PR: Neil Bainbridge, Neighbourhood PR - neil@nbhd-group.com 
Radio: Matthew Maxey, Enganche - matthew@enganche.co.uk

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