Born (1982) and raised in Malmoe, Sweden Mika “Grovskopa” Hallback is one of the most exciting and innovative young DJ/producers to arrive on the techno scene in recent years.

He has been producing since the tender age of 14 and began DJing a year later, eventually graduating to his current three+ turntable set up at 18 years of age.

Originally drawn to the punk rock scene by its energy, Grovskopa discovered that the rising techno scene also carried this energy, but conveyed it through sounds that were more to his taste than the standard guitar, bass and drums set up which had led the punk scene into cliché. "I listened to a lot of Synth and Punk Rock when I was 10-15. I loved the sounds in Synth and the energy in Punk Rock. So when I heard techno it was the perfect mixture for me", he explains.

Eschewing the purely club-based loop techno which had put many of his fellow-countrymen on the techno map, he gravitated towards the more intricate, menacingly industrial techno coming out of late 90s England, taking his lead from producers such as Surgeon, Regis and James Ruskin. Simultaneously, Grovskopa developed a taste in some of the inspirations for this sound from outside the techno scene, such as Steve Reich, Liaisons Dangereuses, Recoil, Arvo Part and Boyd Rice, feeding notions of musicality that strectched far beyond the dancefloor.

Along with his musical partner Archae, Grovskopa formed Emergence records in 2001 as an outlet for their first release, but with the wider intention "to release music on a continuum of change, to support the development and expression of artistic ideas and to create a forum for the new". Archae did however leave Emergence in 2003 and now the label is run by Grovskopa and his brother Luka Baumann. In 2006 Grovskopa widened his playground and started the sublabel Pohjola Records. A label that quickly became known for its 1990s techno romanticism.

Further to this, Grovskopa states, "My biggest vision is to intertwine this 'body music' with the 'intellectual music' making it appealing to listeners of both groups. I work quite much with electro acoustic and non-musical elements (most of which I record at my dayjob as a blacksmith) which I find very stimulating."

Those who may once have been considered heroes are rapidly becoming peers. Treading the difficult path of creating music with conceptual depth and artistic focus, which still operates as FUNKtional dance music, a new techno force is coming out of Sweden to control your mind and your feet!


Grovskopa releases music on the following recordlabels: Surface UK, Emergence SWEDEN, Pohjola FINLAND, WarmUp SPAIN, Sect UK, Token BELGIUM, Labrynth PORTUGAL and many more.

DJ Funk Guru (CFSN DJs)

DJ Funk Guru is a member of Confusion (CFSN) crew, organizers of some of the best club & video events in Zagreb (Illectricty Festival, CFSN Sundays, Illectric Funk, Videoskop...). Started DJ-ing at the age of 15, he spent most of his DJ career spinning drum & bass but at the emergence of dubstep in 2004 his focus shifted to this new and exciting sound. Today his sets feature complete spectrum of electronic music, from drone works of Oneohtrix Point Never and FlyLo's abstract beats, new wave techno from Shed and Martyn's post dubstep sounds to deep beats of Om Unit and Chicago's juke sounds by the Teklife crew. Always on the edge but firmly rooted in deep basslines and dancefloor grooves, his sets are never predictable but always enjoyable.

https://www.facebook.com/funkguru.cfsn

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Intimate festival in Tisno, Croatia. Brought to you by Team Love. 

More info:
www.loveinternationalfestival.com
https://loveinternationalrecordings.bandcamp.com

Hailing from the dark clubs with strobe lights NoirNoirNoir / Le Chocolat Noir / FIUME is aiming for his utopian dream. A model unrepresentative. 

Aliases: 
https://soundcloud.com/honored-matres
LCN
Fiume
1/2 Black Dot w/ @allegedwitches

Booking/contact: yasssa@gmail.com (no DM via SC pls)

Dates:
21/6/25 - Pula Pride (DJ)
14/6/25 - 5 Kupe ZG (Black Dot live)
6/6/25 - bRave, Surogat ZG (DJ)
30/5/25 - Synth Jam, Surogat Zg (live)
25/4/25 - bRave, Masters ZG (Fiume live)
25/4/25 - Striptease, ZPC ZG (theatre)
19/4/25 - ReciKlaonica ZG (Fiume live)
28/3/25 - bRave, Masters ZG (DJ)
22/3/25 - WHW KLET ZG (DJ)
21/3/25 - Planet Srijeda, ZG (DJ)
22/2/25 - A&S Dva Osam (DJ)
21/2/25 - bRave, Surogat ZG (DJ)
17/1/25 - Synth Jam, Surogat ZG (live, Lab Personnel)
28/12/24 - Skwhat Sisak (live)
28/12/24 - Planet Srijeda, Jadran film ZG (DJ)
06/12/24 - Drugstore Belgrade (DJ)
30/11/24 - Arteria, KIC ZG (DJ)
23/11/24 - Crnilo, Močvara ZG (DJ)
23/11/24 - Indecent, Kućća ZG (live)
15/11/24 - Noć mračnog cirkusa, KK Križevci (live)
05/11/24 - GG Striegl Sisak (theater)
04/11/24 - Mochvara ZG (live / Black Dot)
18/10/24 - Striptease, MSU ZG (live theatre)
11/10/24 - queerAnarchive Split (DJ / theater)
10/10/24 - Klet ZG (DJ)
05/10/24 - AKC Attack ZG (DJ)
22/09/24 - Urban Spree, Berlin (live / Involucija)
13/09/24 - Ship Fest, Tunel Šibenik (live)
10/08/24 - Blast Fest (DJ)
27/07/24 - Rojc Pula (live theatre)
7/06/24 - HOKU Sisak (DJ)
1-2/06/24 - Striptease, Jedinstvo ZG (live theatre)
31/05/24 - bRave, Surogat ZG (DJ)
22/05/24 - Striptease x, GMK ZG (live theatre)
10-12/05/24 - Intergalactic FM, The Hague (live/DJ)
08-09/05/24 - KNAP ZG (live theatre)
26/04/24 - bRave, Surogat ZG (DJ)
20/04/24 - Nigdjezemska Zadar (live)
05/04/24 - Ch0 Ljubljana (DJ)
29/03/24 - bRave, Surogat ZG (DJ)
21/03/24 - Noć mračnog cirkusa, Močvara ZG (live)
20/03/24 - Disco Panonia, Pločnik ZG (DJ)
02/03/24 - Synth Jam, Surogat ZG (live)
24/02/24 - Ment Fest, Ljubljana (Black Dot live)
02/02/24 - bRave, Surogat ZG (DJ)
31/01/24 - Striptease, Istarsko Narodno Kazalište Pula (live/theatre)
27/01/24 - Sala Upload, BCN (Black Dot live)
27/01/24 - Freedonia Barcelona (DJ)
21/01/24 - Palac Akropolis, Prague (Black Dot live)
15/12/23 - bRave, Surogat ZG (DJ)
11/12/23 - Mochvara, ZG (live)
02/12/23 - Synth Jam, Surogat ZG (live)
25/11/23 - WIITWD IV, Saloon, ZG (live)
09-16/11/23 - ZEZ Kontejner ZG (sound installation w/ Luana Lojić)
08/11/23 - Out Of Order, Tropical Galaxy Bangkok (DJ)
13/10/23 - bRave, Zagreb (DJ)
06/10/23 - TiQ, Berlin (live)
30/09/23 - MUF at SKWHAT, Sisak (Black Dot live)
29/09/23 - MUF at SKWHAT, Sisak (DJ)
24/09/23 - Zagreb (DJ)
23/09/23 - Improspekcije Fest at MSU, Zagreb (live/theatre)
16/06/23 - bRave, Dva Osam ZG (DJ)
11/05/23 - Weird Science, Lot Radio NYC (DJ)
06/05/23 - Neu Body, New Haven (live)
04/05/23 - Synthicide at Bossa Nova CC, NYC (DJ)
28/04/23 - Rubycon Records, LA (live)
22/04/23 - bRave at Zeljeznicar, ZG (live)
08/04/23 - Disco Panonia, Dva Osam, ZG (DJ)
06/01/23 - bRave, Dva Osam, ZG (live)
25/12/22 - Disco Panonia, Dva Osam, ZG (DJ)
15/12/22 - Galerija Striegl, Sisak (live)
01/12/22 - KNAP, Zagreb (live/theatre)
27/11/22 - Ombra Fest, Barcelona (live)
05/11/22 - bRave, Dva Osam, Zagreb (DJ)
28/10/22 - AKC Medika, Zagreb (DJ)
28/10/22 - Galerija Striegl, Sisak (live)
13/10/22 - Pločnik, Zagreb (DJ)
01/10/22 - SF, Zagreb (DJ)
30/09/22 - M.U.F. Skwhat, Sisak (DJ)
30/09/22 - Galerija Striegl, Sisak (DJ)
24/09/22 - Disco Panonia, Dva Osam, Zagreb (DJ)
17/09/22 - SLK, Link, Bologna (live)
10/09/22 - ZDW, Zagreb (DJ)
09/09/22 - KRI, K4, Ljubljana (live)
25/08/22 - Dekmantel Selectors, Tisno (DJ)
16/07/22 - Butik Fest, Slovenia (live)
10/06/22 - Dva Osam, Zagreb (DJ)
28/05/22 - IFM Festival, The Hague (live)
08/04/22 - Disco Panonia, Dva Osam, Zagreb (DJ)
02/04/22 - Anorma, Biko, Milano, (DJ)
25/03/22 - bRave, Dva Osam, Zagreb (live)
05/02/22 - Putnik, Drugstore, Belgrade (DJ)
07/01/22 - Disco Panonia, Dva Osam, Zagreb (DJ)
30/12/21 -bRave, Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
29/10/21 - bRave, Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
09/10/21 - Zvuci dnevne sobe, Pločnik, Zagreb (DJ)
11/09/21 - Vizita at Stara škola, Novi Marof (DJ)
05/09/21 - Dimensions Festival at Barbarellas, Tisno Garden (live)
26/08/21 - Dekmantel Selectors at Barbarellas, Tisno Garden (DJ)
24/08/21 - LCN/Fiume at Mochvara, Zagreb (live)
31/07/21 - bRave at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
30/07/21 - Slurp! Fest, Martinska Šibenik (DJ)
28/08/20 - Return To Disorder at The White Hotel, Salford (DJ) Cancelled
03/07/20 - bRave at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
06/06/20 - bRave at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
21/05/20 - IFM Festival online stream (live) 
25/04/20 - bRAVE via Twitch TV (DJ)
28/02/20 - KaTEDRA at SoundFactory, Zagreb (live)
21/02/20 - She Lost Kontrol at OHM, Berlin (live)
21/02/20 - HOR Radio, Berlin (DJ)
30/01/20 - Disco Panonia, Pločnik, Zagreb (DJ)
17/01/20 - bRAVE at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
11/01/20 - Esoterror at Kablys, Vilnius (live)
25/12/19 - Disco Panonia at Pločnik, Zagreb (DJ)
21/12/19 - bRAVE at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
06/12/19 - Holandska kuća, Sisak (live)
22/11/19 - Phormix at Astron Bar, Athens (DJ)
15/11/19 - bRAVE at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
24/08/19 - Pozdrav Suncu Open Air, Zagreb (live)
16/08/19 - bRave at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
09/08/19 - Pandemonium, Umag (DJ)
26/07/19 - bRave at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
22/06/19 - bRave at Masters, Zagreb (DJ)
21/06/19 - She Lost Kontrol at Sound Metaphors, Berlin (DJ)
20/06/19 - Return To Disorder at Golden Pudel, Hamburg (DJ)

Enquiries - william@orcamgmt.com
Bookings - david.exley@teamwass.com

He is an invincible romantic, an old raider of Belgrade dancefloors. Ever since the 90s, he has been carried away by exciting vocals, chaos in house, 303 in the heart, acid in the dark, chansons and drama, and those recognizable queer-a-billy dance moves are caused by fat bass and disco fantasies. He says he's not a DJ, he just ecstatically breaks (or is broken by) the sound in front and behind the DJ booth. Strongly believes in clean mix. It gets hot and groovy, it gets explosive.

On je nepobedivi romantik, stari obijač beogradskog densflora. Još od 90-ih ga zanose uzbudjivi vokali, haos u hausu, 303-ojka u srcu, esid u mraku, šansone i drama, a te prepoznatljive queer-a-billy plesne pokrete izazivaju masni bas i disko fantazije. Za sebe kaže da nije DJ, samo (ga) ekstatično lomi zvuk ispred i iza DJ pulta. Čvrsto veruje u čist miks. Bude vruće, bude gruvi, bude eksplozivno.

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