Seth Troxler is one of electronic music’s most instantly recognisable artists. He has carved out his own unique path as a cultural commentator, art curator, restaurateur and entrepreneur. Descended from a family of cowboys and Baptist preachers, Seth is part African-American, with a singular approach to viewing the world through the prism of contemporary music culture.

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and raised in suburban Detroit, Seth learnt the art of DJing initially from his stepfather (then a college radio DJ) and later from working, at only 16, behind the counter in legendary Detroit record store ‘Melodies & Memories’. It wasn’t until Seth made the decision to explore new horizons in the mid-2000s, moving to Berlin fresh out of his teens (after debuting at Panorama Bar at just 18 years old), that his DJ career really took off.

Since the move from Detroit to Berlin, then settling in London for a number of years, and now with his time divided between Ibiza and Berlin (Round 2), Seth has established himself as one of the world biggest DJs (voted the world’s number one DJ in scene bible Resident Advisor and gracing the front cover of Mixmag three times). He’s equally at home playing to the smoke-filled dance floors of some of the world’s most discerning nightclubs, such as CircoLoco, fabric (London), Nordstern (Basel), The Lux (Lisbon) or Blitz (Munich), as he is headlining the world’s largest festivals, like Glastonbury, Movement, Roskilde or Sonar.

Right from the word go, Seth has been as passionate about food and contemporary art as he is about music, and these two interests have resonated at all points, and in parallel, to his music career. A multi-faceted modern artist: he has held residencies at talismanic music institutions, run numerous record labels, and pursued his own solo recording career (including the recent ‘Play In The Dark’ collaboration with the Martinez Brothers on Crosstown Rebels, and ‘Lumartes’ that kick started CircoLoco Recordings in Summer 2021). Furthermore Seth has found the time to launch the successful Smokey Tails’ restaurant in London, to create and host his own party during the Rio Carnival, and then to stop everything and to take the time out to climb Kilimanjaro for charity.

More recently Seth has focussed his creative energies on his ‘Lost Souls of Saturn’ www.lostsoulsofsaturn.com project, alongside Phil Moffa and further opaque participants, that sits firmly at the intersection between futuristic electronica, contemporary art and technology. In 2019 Lost Souls Of Saturn presented their audio/visual installation Transmission at the Saatchi Gallery in London, after its premiere during Art Basel in Switzerland, and collaborated with the Met in New York and the Fondation Beyeler in Basel in 2021. Lost Souls Of Saturn are currently recording their second album and conducting further experiments in augmented reality and virtual reality, which will be revealed soon.

Extremely well travelled, constantly searching and experiencing, Seth Troxler continues to follow his own unique path.

I make noise.
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Romanian-born, Toronto-bred Simina Grigoriu has been steadily racking up accolades during her decade-long career. Starting off as a DJ, she quickly made the transition as a producer and kicked off her own label Kuukou, a home for techno forward productions, where she calls all the shots. In this time she’s also transplanted to Berlin, a place she now calls home and the major source of her creative inspiration, a source as diverse as her influences. 

Simina’s musical roots stem deep in her childhood when she studied classical violin and keyboard. Coupled with her parents’ musical legacy and her passion for Hip Hop freestyling as a teen, it encapsulates the foundation of her style, an avenue she continues to explore to this day. 

Garnering on the exposure of Toronto’s clubs, where growing up, the likes of Jeff Mills, Josh Wink and Juan Atkins struck a chord, Simina’s style grew and developed constantly into the straightforward and uplifting techno she fronts today. 

Her first productions came to light on the Berlin label Sonat Records in 2010 with the huge “Mukluks & Ponytails” EP, followed by releases with Phrase Insane Records in Spain, Italy’s Intellectro Vibe, Urban Sound and Frequenza Records. A debut album was sure to follow, as Exit City became one of Susumu Records’ highest chart toppers. 

After a yearlong break, where she focused her efforts on motherhood while keeping an active studio schedule, Simina christened Kuukou Records in July 2016 with her inaugural EP on the label “Techno Monkey”. Shortly after, she doled out “Matching Numbers” on POPOF’s FORM, an immediate hit EP complete with a smashing remix by Julian Jeweil. Since then, Simina has become a mainstay on some of the most notable labels in the techno world, with critically acclaimed, internationally-lauded releases on the likes of ELEVATE, Tronic Music, Set About, Prospect Records and Complexed Records to name just a few. 

An active globetrotter, Simina’s constantly touring, having wowed crowds at festivals and venues all over the world so it’s no surprise the Techno chief named her label ‘Kuukou’ (Japanese for airport). Since its inception the burgeoning imprint has gone from strength to strength, with a steady stream of hard-hitting releases from the likes of Torsten Kanzler, Gallya, Fabio Florido, Dusty Kid, BB Deng, Drumcomplex, Alfred Heinrichs, Martin Books and Daniel Boon amongst others.

Safe to say the coming months and years will provide a plethora of amazing releases, performances and surprises from one of Techno’s most dynamic ladies. 

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amu from Seoul, South Korea

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amu is a Seoul-based DJ/producer who deals with electronic music mainly focusing on techno and ambient genres. She relays experiences of unpleasantness and miscommunication through her productions. 
 
amu's personal experience of anxiety and fear leading to actual physical pain have led to motivating her for sharing 'senses' through music. Including the sound of pounding the body, the ambiance such as submerging into the water, and the sound of the hair-raising sense of the back, her music is embodied as a substance with physical properties, leaving a sense of lingering rather than emotional lingering.

As the co-founder/director of the Seoul's first underground house/techno channel “textures.”, amu has been curating her texture to the people in Seoul. “amu selects” series introduced notable techno tracks/artists combining with the scenery of Seoul as a video. The “amu selects” series illuminates the local techno scene through the first volume and the overseas techno through the second volume. 

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Releases

'Never a Land Without People' Compil. (2020)
'Era' EP (2019)
'Right, But'Club' Compil. (2019)
‘N.A.S.A.’ Compil. (2019)
‘Plastic People’ Compil. (2018)
'Konimeter’ Compil. (2018)
‘G.U.N.’ Compil. (2018)

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Press

Podcast: Discwoman, 'DiscUs 004'
EP Review: https://mixmag.asia/read/korean-dj-amu-drops-her-first-ep-new-releases
Interview: https://tunrmusic.com/inspirational/amu

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Music Projects

Film Music: "Rangda" (2020)
Event: "ZER01NE DAY Festival" (27.9.2019)
Event: Vans, "House of Vans: Visla Magazine 'House of House Music'" (7.9.2019)
Exhibition: "노라이브 NO LIVE", <FUTURE SONIC>, COSMO40 (31.8.2019 - 20.10.2019)
Dance Music: Salon de casse, "寶席의 娜裸: 보석의 나라", Platform-L (17.8.2019 – 18.8.2019)
Dance Music: Nahee Kim, "ImprovivorpmI in Visual Studio", Platform-L (20.1.2018 - 26.1.2018)
Exhibition: 업체eobchae, "(故)고 이 괴롬 풀 에디션", 공간 사일삼 (1.12.2017 – 15.12.2017)
 
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Gigs

2019
DEC 18 Thai Tour: Marmoset, BEAM
DEC 05 HVOB, Cakeshop
NOV 29 KA WAI & MNDC, Concrete Bar
NOV 22 txtrs. [select 03.] Umfang, Volnost
NOV 15 Mark Reeve, LIVIN'
NOV 09 Thai Tour: Asianism, Mezzanine
NOV 02 'Era' EP Release Party, Concrete Bar
AUG 30 txtrs. [select 02.] Korea Town Acid, Concrete Bar
JUN 14 txtrs. [select 01.] Shlomo, Modeci 
APR 27 Club Rotary, Contra
APR 26 Cosmos vol.18, ain
APR 05 KYLL, ain
MAR 22 Bcr_220319(Xin V, Shakti), Beton Brut
MAR 15 txtrs. presents: MALT, Contra
JAN 26 the internatiiional RAVE AGE, Contra
JAN 05 (KONA, SINQMIN), Beton Brut
 
2018
DEC 21 txtrs., Contra
DEC 15 (Keiti Aki, Yomi, Lynpung), ain
DEC 13 Seoul Community Radio txtrs. show
OCT 26 MAGIC LOOP 2nd Anniversary, Pistil
SEP 14 Panparth in Seoul, DIP
SEP 13 Untold, Beton Brut
SEP 01 BOOTCAMP 2nd Compil. Release Party, Pistil
AUG 24 Vertigo Helpline, DIP
AUG 17 False Witness, Cakeshop
JUL 27 BOOTCAMP, DIP
JUN 08 Vertigo Helpline, DIP
MAY 31 Nodaji Show Live, Contra
MAY 26 BOOTCAMP, DIP
MAY 25 No Club #32, Seendosi
MAY 05 BOOTCAMP 1st Compil. Release Party, Pistil
MAR 24 Vertigo Helpline, DIP
MAR 23 NBDKNW Pres. Bulma, Seendosi

Rush Hour / Perlon / Dekmantel

San Proper is a very strong character, and that always rubs off in his many musical endeavours. He is a famously unpredictable DJ who lays down party starting sets of house and disco, electro, afro and acid. He is also a charismatic live performer who places his own vocals and instrument playing skills at the centre of his show, whilst various bits of hardware and digital toys flesh out the grooves. And lastly, he is also an esteemed producer of often feral house and techno sounds on quality labels like Rush Hour, Perlon and Dekmantel.

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I make music from biology; cells are my instrument.
For my other project, check out @adaacid

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Psients is a scientist-turned-artist exploring the intersection of biology, sound, and music by producing compositions that incorporate biological sources. His work centers around developing and performing alongside a new class of 'living' instruments to meditate on agency, speciesism, and our relationships with manipulated living systems.

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2019 | N.A.S.A. Compilation @psients
2020 | Canary, Data sonification of Seoul's air pollution
2022 | Signal EP

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+ ALL PERFORMANCES
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