On tonight’s podcast we are pleased to welcome an extremely dedicated DJ from the cold streets of Winnipeg,  Mr. Nathan Zahn. 

Not only has Nathan been DJ’ing pretty much non-stop for 18 years, he’s also been actively involved in promoting events and pushing house & techno across the Canada, starting with his, Symptom Technologies night in Winnipeg. 

He’s the founder and Festival director for the Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition, or MEME, and they just celebrated their 5 year anniversary this past summer so a huge congratulations to everyone involved in that.  

Meme, is an urban electronic music festival in Winnipeg, SK, and has been host to some pretty big names including:

John Tejada  Tehada
Thomas Fehlmann  From The Orb
Kevin Saunderson
Deadbeat
Longwalkshortdock
and Griz, 

Nathan has been a huge influence on house and techno in the prairies and we are pleased to present from him, and exclusive mix recorded specially for the Skylab Space Station podcast. 

You can catch Nathan Zahn this weekend @ The Capitol Club in Saskatoon, on January 17th,  at our monthly Skylab Events show.    

As always, thanks for listening and don't forget to look up.       

Check out more of Nathan below

https://soundcloud.com/nathan-zahn
http://www.memetic.ca/

The Skylab Space Station Podcast #006 with NATHAN ZAHN

I'm a VJ, music video producer, web designer, and rave historian into collaborating with new people on music videos (juke / future / noise / experimental), traveling to perform live VJ sets at festivals, and creating unique websites for producers, labels, DJs, bands, and other music professionals. I have been obsessed with archiving rave history in the Canadian prairies since the early 90s. Can't get enough.

Fun Fact #1 : lifelong obsession with origami
Fun Fact #2: into the Oxford comma
Fun Fact #3: I drink the pickle juice before I eat the pickles
Fun Fact #4: I draw the Fool so often in my readings I replaced my Queen in tarot readings. I cherish this Fool's ability to love, leap, fail, learn, and leap again. Nothing breaks that doesn't heal if you leap with the heart of a Fool.
Fun Fact #5: fill in the blank, choose your own adventure

In his teen years Alexander grew up listening to hip-hop, thats all he knew. Then he quickly fell in love with the sounds of electronic music through his mothers late night house party's in the prairies. Wanting to explore the uncharted terrain of different genres of house, minimal techno, trance, tech house, techno and electro he picked up a used Traktor Kontrol S4 mixer from a friend. No surprise, she thought it was pretty cool that he was going to pick up on a love for electronic music she developed listening to the early pioneers in the 1970s, like Brian Eno and Jean Michel Jarre. Exposed to a range of new and old electronic music through the Winnipeg electronic music scene over the past few years, he has been fueling his growing passion for mixing. A protégé of Nathan Zahn, he leans towards a high energy high bass mix of techno, minimal tech, and tech house. 

       Growing up traveling back and forth between the US Virgin Islands and the west coast of Canada, Alexander Krygsveld became, through no fault of his own, a transplanted Prairie brat, who skateboarded every parking lot downtown and had more than his share of broken bones to prove that passion. These days, he puts his energy into growing the bouncy catchy mixes that encompass the sounds that make people want to dance. In 2013 Alexander premiered at the Connect Music Festival in Regina, and then the following summer played at Manitoba Electronic Music Festival (MEME), branching out of the house party scene to join DJs whose mixes he has been inspired by in the Winnipeg clubs like the Pyramid, the Albert, the Event Exchange, and the thriving local after-party scene. 

         People can find him at the Back 2 House events at the perennial Pyramid club, put on by the house fanatic Dave Rad, or the more intimate Sanctuary events at the Loft, spinning techno sounds from producers all over the world. Some of his influences have come from Noah Pred (Berlin), Justin Kace (Winnipeg), Mike Jasper and many more!


Contact Info:

alexanderkrygsveld@gmail.com

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elle fast is a DJ and promoter based in Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory.

Unconcerned with genres and dedicated to storytelling via unusual grooves, her sets weave through assorted shades and eras of house, techno, experimental, and breakbeat, often held together by a thick bassline and/or generous helping of machine funk.

Current projects and affiliations include music for bathtubs, a mix series inviting guests to explore the dustier, downtempo corners of their collections; and 1/3 of Proper, a Winnipeg-based event series showcasing local and regional artists (with @djshael & @markgrimace).

Skylab records has been retired as of December 2018.  Thank you for the years of support everyone. 

Skylab Records is a cosmological House & Techno label based out of Calgary, Alberta. 

We flow through the universe with a deep and spacious sound accompanied by a psychedelic edge.  

Sometimes hard but always grooving;  We release a broad range of techno oriented styles from international and local artists. 

We represent all forms that lie within the techno spectrum of electronic music.

"Don't Forget to Look up."

Drop us a demo at info@skylabrecords.com
Visit us online @ www.skylabrecords.com

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