Hailing from Cape Town, DJ HiTek [Luke] emerged onto the electronic music scene in 1996, a transformative year that set the stage for a lifelong passion. 
With a unique sound that blends elements of techno and psytrance, HiTek has enjoyed connecting people through music, leaving a lasting impression throughout South Africa for more than 20 years.
As HiTek looks to the future, he remains committed to exploring new musical landscapes, collaborating with fresh talent, and sharing the energy with fans old and new.

TEKNOTRIBE: The South African techno juggernaut

The Electronic Dance Music (EDM) landscape is constantly writhing with evolution. Genres often split through binary fission into two distinct sub-genres. Vibrant sub-cultures attach themselves to these genres and the whole scene is constantly stimulated by this healthy dynamism. Some genres explode and go mainstream; others fizzle out and die rather sad, pathetic deaths. But some genres, like Castle Lager, stand the test of time.

One of these genres is techno. And one of the biggest proponents of techno is Teknotribe!

It's a name synonymous with the most fundamental underground scene in Johannesburg and, lately, is growing on a national scale. Brewed and distilled over the years, it is more than just a name nailed to a night out. Teknotribe is an experience. It's a sensory overload that will leave you breathless and enchanted. This doesn't come about through some fluke. It isn't just pure luck that makes any Teknotribe production a mind-blowing success. Teknotribe, and the people behind it, literally live and breathe techno. Their passion for techno seeps from their pores and is more than palpable. This is the magic ingredient to any successful production.

Teknotribe has always been at the bleeding edge of innovation and they are thus best prepared for change and, in fact, are engineering that change with their pioneering outlook. This keeps Teknotribe at the forefront of the EDM scene, constantly adapting, evolving, and assimilating, to bring you – the discerning EDM fanatic – the very best the techno and psytrance the world has to offer.

Genre:
Techno 

Record Label:
Teknotribe recordings

Nick Grater has been a stalwart powerhouse of the techno industry in South Africa for more than two decades. As with any DJ, his career began humbly with a simple residence at Atomic in Johannesburg. From these humble beginnings rose a force to be reckoned with. Nick has almost single-handedly kept the techno scene rolling forward in South Africa like an unstoppable steamroller of beats. As a firm believer in underground purism, Nick is recognized as one of the top techno performers in the country and a proud ambassador for this genre overseas. His intelligent, energetic, hard, driving style has secured him a reputation as one of the finest and most technically adept DJ/producers in South Africa.

Speaking of producing, Nick can boast of several fertile collaborations, as well as successful solo tracks, released on world-class record labels – Stick Recordings, Tech Burst, InLab, Hydraulix, Smitten, Maximum Minimum, Cluster, Routemaster, Powertools and Stay Up Forever, as well as Nick's Teknotribe records. He has also garnered praise for his remix of “Illuminate”, a track from local supernova band Springbok Nude Girls, which has been signed to iTunes in the UK and Sony BMG in South Africa.

Seemingly unstoppable, Nick’s tireless dedication, talent and passion have seen his career expand past our shores toward global stages and his incredible skill and phenomenal presence behind the decks have ensured his name feature on an international level in clubs and events in London, Brazil, Germany, Slovakia and all over Africa.

Nick has played alongside top international DJ’s Joseph Capriati, Wehbba, Luigi Madonna, Victor Ruiz, Christian Smith, Alex Stein, Alberto Ruiz, Oliver Huntemann, Hollen, Khainz, Industrialyzer, Olivier Giacamatto, Chris Liberator, D.A.V.E The Drummer, to name a few.

Nick’s overriding passion and enthusiasm for techno, have secured its future in South Africa. Known countrywide by punter, producer, promoter, club owner and DJ alike, Nick commands respect both in his achievements behind the decks and behind the scenes. Nick is a true pioneer and ambassador of the underground electronic dance movement and more specifically the techno genre.

Influences:
Sam Paganini, Julien Jeweil, Industrialyzer, Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati, The Advent, Eric Sneo, Jeff Mills, Glen Wilson, Thomas Krome, The Prodigy, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack+++


Info &bookings:
info@teknotribe.co.za

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