The js.bak project is an intentionally serious project in order to revere Johann Sebastian Bach's music through original compositions with a tracker

He’s the techno punk, the unboxable nomad: Berlin DJ, producer and label owner Alex Ridha, better known as BOYS NOIZE, made his DJ debut at the age of 15, taking a teenager´s love of house and techno to a global scale. Accolades have been bestowed by Rolling Stone, who named him one of the "Top 10 DJ's Who Rule The World" and Beatport, who elected him “Best Electronic Act” 3 years in a row. He´s rocked the world's biggest stages, lit up Coachella three times, took Lollapalooza by storm, and headlined festivals and clubs on every continent – from Berlin techno temple Berghain to Fuji Rock in Japan to Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires Festival in the woods of Wisconsin.

As an artist and producer, Ridha has created a sound and a vision that’s peerless, uncompromising, and enduring – respected in the scene, banging from underground to mainstream, it flies in the face of convention at every turn. He’s remixed Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, David Lynch, Feist and Nine Inch Nails, collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Erol Alkan, and Jarvis Cocker, worked on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Special” and on the soundtrack for upcoming Oliver Stone’s Snowden, and released group projects with genius pianist Chilly Gonzales (Octave Minds), Skrillex (Dog Blood), and Mr. Oizo (Handbraekes). The list of names alone speak volumes about Ridha’s multifaceted approach.

Ridha is also the heart of Boysnoize Records, the label that he started back in 2005. Founded originally in order to retain his full artistic freedom while releasing his own music under Boys Noize, The Berlin-based anarchist collective —and it’s sub-label, BNR Trax— became a home for multidirectional quality electronic music and is responsible for more than 150 releases incl. Strictly Raw (2015), Out Of The Black (2012), Power (2009), Oi Oi Oi (2007) and Octave Minds (2014).

"... and the spinner will spin. and the bass will be thunder subterranean. and the river will rise as raindrops. from berlin. my favorite electronic house music in the world. immediate. throbbing." - Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)

“One of the most prolific and brilliant artists.” - Zane Lowe (Beats 1)

"BOYS NOIZE makes brilliant music. He doesn´t make a lot of music but when he makes it it´s always CLASS." - Annie Mac (BBC1)

"BOYS NOIZE is the only DJ who can play underground techno for 30,000 people." - 2MANYDJS / Soulwax



XZMPT (Pronounced Exempt - meaning free from rules or genres.) XZMPT makes house music. Sometimes hard and techy, sometimes groovy and funky. Only one rule, it has to sound good! XZMPT is Tim James, a music producer and DJ from Hull, UK.

Igloo Magazine is an electronic music e’zine publishing articles about current, classic and upcoming music from around the globe. Our mission is to introduce readers to the burgeoning undergrowth of electronic musicians by covering a wide range of genre’s including ambient, experimental, dub, dubstep, shoegaze, electro, techno, drone, IDM, industrial, post-industrial, and all the debris in between. Pulling together a vast tapestry of like-minded contributors, the virtual Igloo doors officially opened December of 2000. We consistently seek to provide coverage for musicians creating left-of-center music that is not necessarily covered in general music media. Igloo Magazine publishes articles in the capacity of Newswires, Reviews, Features and Profiles for artists that wouldn’t normally receive the light of digital ink.

Aeon Voyage

fka Voyager

Still making the sounds I want to hear

Releases on -
@wonkayrecords
@sanctuarycollective
@aspirehighermusic 
@chrysaliscollective
@therust
@disguisedcollective
@spikedpunchrecords

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Artamidae is a Creative Audio Practitioner currently nesting in the global capital Dubai, originally from the wilderness of Tasmania at the end of the Earth. He specialises in Live Electronic Performance, with his hybrid hardware-software kit his sound is dark progressive, minimal techno, heavily influenced by IDM and Psy-Trance. He is described by Saytek as “having elements of the deep and dark Berlin sound that I love”.

Presently compiling a bank of online content through live-streamed improvised performances on Twitch and YouTube. Artamidae is currently working through a list of high end mixing and mastering projects compiling a showreel of online content to include on artamidae.in a web site acting as a window to the many-faceted skills of the Creative Media Practitioner including; high end mixing and mastering, composition for film and gaming, post-production audio and creative Multimedia collaborations.

Out of a burning emotional need, caused by an eluding sense of purpose, Artamidae has evolved from a culinary artist, solo-singer songwriter hailing from a unique urban folk storytelling tradition. Rumours circulate that Artamidae was raised in the bush by the Thylacine and would run with the devils at night, smoothly turning his hand to playing bass in a sludge metal band and fronting a progressive alternative rock band in the late 2000s. 

The musical seeds that were sewn undertaking a Diploma in Jazz/Popular music on Guitar and working with multimedia projects for art exhibitions, dance performances. He has finally, swallowed in the grit of opportunity and culminating in a keen obsession with recording and producing electronic music since 2003, Artamidae is the first flight for a wild, untamed audio artist and creative media practitioner. Picture a little blue penguin about to jump from a high rock ledge into the ocean for the first time, fearing the unknown but compelled by instinct, staring at his appendages feeling comfortable knowing they could be either wings or fins.

Currently in his final year of a BAHons Degree in Electronic Music Performance and Sound Engineering, with Point Blank Music School,  Artamidae loves making content for the community and helping you get the most out of your music and media projects. Celebrating milestones through a commitment to sharing and collaborating in sound art, multimedia post-production and high end mixing and mastering of your projects. You can hire Artamidae through his website below, contact him through social media or experience Artamidae regurgitating sonic phosphoresce on these channels;
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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

Come here for Live sets, mixes and any form of noise and sound that has been captured, performed, produced or mixed by Wodjer Want. Everything uploaded has been mastered and manicured receiving a stamp of approval by Wodjer for public display unless specified. Old and new consisting of  multilayered musical art monologues. With a knack and passion for moulding so elequantly and skillfully others masterpieces whilst infusing his own samples and original production is one of unique origin. For Original Works for the period of 2009 to 2012 please visit https://soundcloud.com/wodjer-want. 

BIO

Wodjer Want! Your internationally acclaimed Dj, producer and live performer returns home after his biggest ever tour of India was cut short. Making  waves far and wide with his creative and multiverse styles this guy brings home bacon wrapped in tofu with his humble, uplifting, funky, intense catchy sound. Whether its Techno, Trance, Hip Hop, House, Pop Fusion, Funky Breaks, Dub or World Music there's not a style that he won't consider in manipulating to give us an experience and foot tap.  Progressive House, Drum and Bass,  Minimal Psychedelic Trance and Rock he loves it all and he loves to perform,
After a hiatus of over 4 years of focused  production, mixing exploration and experimentation he brings with him an original style  of Dj and Live performance like no other. Not only having headlined at Elevate and Kitty Su as well as many other clubs around India, WoDjer has been producing, mixing, manipulating music and rocking dance floors for almost three decades across the underground techno, house and psychedelic trance scenes as well as commercial club scenes right across the east coast of Australia,  all over New Zealand and many festivals in New Caledonia as well as playing an integral part in artist selection in all of these regions. 
From his roots as the lead singer and co-founder of a rock band, a long standing residency at the Mardi Gras Official After Party, 2 tours of India, 4 tours of New Caledonia, many tours of New Zealand and more recently a string of Australian Boutique Festivals such as Subsonic Music Festival, Regrowth Festival, Dragon Dreaming and of course Rabbits Eat Lettuce.  Also known for his many successful and yet eccentric parties of which he was sole promoter of,  all of this has undoubtedly led him to dominate the underground techno, house and psytrance scenes of wherever he roamed. This all has further established him as a veteran and frequent act at NZ and Australian Festivals or Bush Doofs.  For a dancefloor experience that you won’t forget….this is WoDjer Want!



JULY 2021

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