Dantiez, born and bred in Michigan, is the son of Techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson and singer / songwriter Ann Saunderson. From an early age, surrounded by such influential creatives, Dantiez knew music was the way for him. Inspired by his generation’s reaction to electronica, Dantiez completely immersed himself in production and DJing. 

Directly connected to Detroit’s rich musical heritage, he learnt from his dad and fellow Techno innovators: Derrick May and Juan Atkins, whilst drawing further inspiration from the likes of Marco Carola, Seth Troxler, Richie Hawtin and Dubfire. From this Dantiez honed his craft, with songs beginning to reflect all sides of his taste pallet: energetic, Detroit-infused, underground but with a Pop vibe that’s still rooted in Tech-House and Techno. 

These early explorations paid off. Dantiez secured tracks on esteemed labels, most notably: Defected, Toolroom, Nervous and of course KMS, the legendary label owned by his father, which Dantiez helped relaunch and now heads its A&R department. Alongside these production credentials, Dantiez was soon a busy touring DJ with many high-profile events under his belt, like Boiler Room and Movement Electronic Music Festival. Dantiez also earned his stripes as an in demand remixer, even asked to reinvent material by childhood heroes: Green Velvet and Carl Craig. 

This young man undoubtably knows what he wants and where he’s going, “Ultimately the sky’s the limit... I hope to keep travelling the world, sharing my music and good vibes with others”.

*House, Ghetto House & Techno DJ & producer. 

*1/2 of duos @RubbSoundSystem & @Pair-of-Jacks.

Rees Urban hails from Chicago, where he's over a 25-year veteran in the DJ booth. Since his humble beginnings, he’s maintained his idealistic values as a DJ from his 1st shows playing VFW halls around Chicagoland in the mid 90s to clubs & raves across the US and shortly thereafter at clubs and festivals overseas. He's since headlined events across 5 continents including playing on a float at Berlin's Love Parade in the year 2000 (to an audience of approximately 1.3 million people).

As a producer he's accumulated over 100 releases on several cult labels like Dance Mania, Tresor, Underground Construction, Pro-Jex, IHR & Primate (under the names Rees Urban, DJ Urban and his duo Pair of Jacks with longtime friend, Angel Alanis). Furthermore his productions have been in regular rotation by a vast variety of industry icons including Carl Cox, Derrick Carter, DJ Funk, Dave Clarke, Bad Boy Bill, DJ Rush and John Digweed, demonstrating his versatility and respect by dance music’s elite.

In 2014 he launched his collaboration project, Rubb Sound System with Brian Boncher where they’ve already remixed legendary artists including Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle, Lil’ Louis, Marshall Jefferson, Steve Silk Hurley, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Armando, Robert Armani and DJ Deeon as well as CeCe Peniston, Colette & Fatman Scoop. In this short period of time artists like Roger Sanchez, Huxley, Hercules & Love Affair, Congorock, Roy Davis Jr., Joachim Garraud, Mark Farina and Parris Mitchell are finding RSS releases in their sets and charts.

To round things off, Urban heads up his own labels Jackinthebox, Urban Audio & Public Housing that are dedicated to House, Techno and Ghetto House, respectively. With the little free time that remains he's also a contributor for Chicago based House Music publication 5 Magazine.

As DJ Rush explains, “Urban, in my eyes, captures the culture, the excitement of the moment and is the real thing.”

Beamed from outer space like a cosmic pied piper , Tristan da Cunha was put on planet earth to make us move. A serious collector & selector with an expansive record archive that has both depth and breadth across the many genres . Match this with his infectious energy behind the decks and you have a sonic force that never fails to move the dance floor and pop the party no matter where he plays. 

With a deep passion for the finest underground dance music his aim is always to free your mind , move your body and elevate your soul . Effortlessly straddling yesterday’s forgotten gems and tomorrow’s classics with one foot in the past and one foot in the future. Always at the cutting edge and never repeating himself with his fluent improvised flow. 

Learning his craft many years ago through his ongoing 16 year residency at the infamous institution BacktoBasics , now about to enter a new exciting phase at The Church in Leeds UK . Also an honorary resident at Glastonbury festival with Block9's kaleidoscopic fun house NYC Downlow which Tristan sights as a 'strobelit utopia' and one of his favourite places on the planet.  Regularly turning it out at some of the finest rave meccas across the planet by himself or with his dynamite Dungeon Meat project alongside Brawther, it’s easy to see why his contribution to the dance floor has seen him span nearly 2 decades and continue to win fans everywhere he goes. Add to all this a trickle of studio productions and remixes topping the sales charts and an emphasis on quality not quantity…  the future looks so bright that da Cunha will have to permanently wear shades.

AstraVox Music puts forth a catalog of emotive electronic-orchestral music that envelops the intrigue through vivid sonic landscapes and sound design. 

An incidental dramatic music label based out of Los Angeles and Chicago, envisioned by award-winning Composers and Producers Andrew Emil / Change Request (Midnight Riot Records, OM Records, Candy Talk) and Nathaniel Smith / Mr. Nathaniel (47 Ronin, How To Get Away With Murder, Still Star-Crossed).   

All music published by Change Request Music (BMI) and Nathaniel Smith Music (BMI)

For submissions and media licensing contact, or general banter, we would love to hear from you: astravoxmusic@gmail.com 
 
Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/pg/astravoxmusic 
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/astravoxmusic 

http://andrewemil.com
http://nathanielmusic.com

For submissions and media licensing contact, or general banter, we would love to hear from you: astravoxmusic@gmail.com

Andrew Emil // Change Request 

A preeminent artist of Chicago's 3rd wave, Andrew Emil is one of house music’s most staunch stalwarts. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, he earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony before eventually moving to Chicago. 

As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions, cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios. 

Credited on over 200+ recordings, his composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions. 

After a life in live music performance, from orchestra percussion sections to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones. 

One of the earlier innovators of the “Jackin House” genre under the Broadway & Wilson moniker with Jeff Bloom, Andrew is never content to stay in one place or style of musical thought for very long. 

He is the only recording artist to do production work simultaneously for Derrick Carter’s Classic Music Company, Mark Farina’s Great Lakes Audio, Gene Farris’ Farris Wheel Recordings, and four-time GRAMMY nominee Steve “Silk” Hurley’s S&S Records.

A string of double-digit singles for prominent labels, including remixes for artists such as Common, Kanye West, Little Louie Vega, Jamie Principle, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Iz & Diz, Fast Eddie, Shalamar, Roland Clark, David Morales, Colette, Amp Fiddler, JT Donaldson, and Gene Farris, to name a few. 

2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion. 

Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records. 

The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext. 

Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions. 

www.andrewemil.com

Meine Bio:

„Musik war schon immer meine Welt“ -aber erst im Februar 2006 entdeckte der sympathische Rheinländer Stephan Fischer die Welt der elektronischen Tanzmusik für sich und war sofort infiziert.

Schon kurze Zeit später, im Juli 2006, entschied er sich dazu, mit dem Auflegen anzufangen. Bis ende 2008 Oldschool mit Vinyl, ab dann nur noch digital. 
Das Kölner Lauschgift mit seiner AnimalHouse-Partyreihe war seine erste Station, gefolgt vom CSD-Paradewagen der PartyPikant. Sehr schnell konnte er sich mit seinem kompromisslos treibenden Sound in der Kölner Partyszene einen Namen machen. 
Es folgten Gigs auf zahlreichen Veranstaltungen wie dem Stahlwerk Düsseldorf. Teatro Köln, The-O, TripleA, Lotus (Zürich), Melusina (Luxemburg), Arkanum (München) und der legendären Greenkomm-Afterhour im Kölner Nachtflug, die er seit 13 Jahren regelmäßig bespielt.
Stephan ist weiterhin Resident der Chilq!-Partyreihe, dem Neusser Kollektiv Infact und Mitglied des Kollektiv Technoschmiede aus Wuppertal.

Aber nicht nur im Kölner Nachtleben ist Stephan ein vielgebuchter DJ, sein zweiter Wirkungskreis ist die Erotic/Fetisch-Dance-Szene, in der er seit 15 Jahren ganz vorne mitspielt und sich europaweit einen Namen gemacht hat. So ist er Resident der Fifty-Fifty-Eventreihe mit Partys in der Düsseldorfer Nachtresidenz (Einmalig), Ufer8 (Düsseldorf) im 102 (The Spirit of Joy, Guilty300), Orangerie (Zürich),UniqueX (Wien), Sinner&Saint (Köln), SecretGarden (Halle) und zahlreichen weiteren Partys aus der Joyclub-Szene.

Sein Sound ist ein auf das Publikum zugeschnittener Mix aus düsterem, melodischem Techno und progressive House, immer mit dem Ziel, den perfekten Mix abzuliefern.

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