What’s 2 m tall, lives Behind the Iron Curtain, has 1605 reasons to run an awesome label, and flies? Meet UMEK, a techno legend from Slovenia.

UMEK is personally responsible for kickstarting the electronic music scene in his home country by first organizing illegal raves and then becoming one of Slovenia’s most wanted export products and the number one music ambassador to the whole world.

And he does fly! Around 100 times per year, visiting almost every continent each year. His gig diary ranges from dark underground clubs in Berlin to massive techno stages at the world’s most renowned festivals. 

Apart from making his name in the DJ booth, he’s also a tireless producer. He mostly releases on his own imprint 1605, and most of his tracks end up on the very top of Beatport’s charts. After more than 25 years as a professional musician, he decided to use his experience and skills in the entrepreneurial world. Together with his managers, he founded a music-tech startup Viberate (www.viberate.com), where they are building the world’s greatest music platform.

Finale DJ BEATke: Rikros vs. Apex Predator
Poslušaj, komentiraj in glasuj z všečkom za izbran miks, do petka 12. februarja do 12.00. Tisti ki bo zbrala največ všečkov na soundcloudu, fb in ig bo okronan za kralja DJ BEATke!

Glasba je povezana s prijetnimi trenutki, z zabavo, plesom in sproščanjem. Glasba nas združuje in nas ne ločuje po rasi, spolu ali spolni usmerjenosti. Lahko jo doživljamo z vsem svojim telesom, lahko nas odpelje v svet čustvenih globin, odpre zaznavno pozornost in poveča občutljivost do sveta. Vpliva na kemijsko ravnovesje v možganih in lahko deluje podobno kot nekatere psihoaktivne substance, vendar pa s poslušanjem ne tvegamo nikakršnih resnih škodljivih posledic.

V času omejenega kreativnega izražanja in druženja vam predstavljamo DrogArt DJ BEATko. Namen je predstaviti mlade in kreativne Dj-je/ke, povezati širšo glasbeno sceno, zadovoljiti dobre glasbe željna ušesa prijateljev elektronike in okronati kralja ali kraljico BEATke. Spremljal naš Soundcloud profil in glasuj za svoje kralje in kraljice.

Vsak petek od 16. oktobra dalje, bomo na tem profili objavili dva seta dveh domestičnih DJ-jev/Dj-k, tvoja naloga pa bo poslušati, spremljati, komentirati in glasovati za tebi najljubšega. Kdor zbere več všečkov v tednu dni, gre v naslednji krog, kjer se bo pomeril z novim nasprotnikom in tako vse do finala.

Finale, ki se bo odvijal konec Januarja, bomo prenašali v živo, vi pa ste tisti, ki se boste odločili, kateri slovenski disk jockey, bo okronan kot kraljica ali kralj DJ BEATke.

Concert photographer, web designer & developer, travel junkie, music & movie fan, husband & father. Not always necessarily in that order.

I think it's better to dance rather than to march through life. love, yoko

Notorious for free-styling while drunk... Too bad I suck.

Tracks from the latest album "Das Lied Der Maschinen"

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