ARTIGLIOAfter many years of activity behind the scenes in various cultural projects, Luca Tavaglione, aka Dj Lukas / Raimond Ford / D-EX / Racket Knight (just to mention some of his artist's names known to the public), comes back on the market with a new pseudonym. ARTIGLIO wants to give his contribution to the development of an "interlocal" musical culture in the current context in southern Switzerland and act as bridge within local and international artists also thanks to the launch of the independent label, SevenScalesRecords.
Last releases and infos: Home page ; Push the tempo (radio program) BACKLIGHT COLLECTIVEBacklight is a musical project born in Lugano, Switzerland, from the collaboration between Andrew Sommer and Raimond Ford.
The basic idea is to integrate elements of daily life and territory in electronic music compositions as it happened from the sampling of the river Cassarate in 2014 resulting in a live performance at the festival Les Digitales of Paradiso. Different experimentations are in place but also the wish to entertain and make move people of all ages. L'N'FL’N’F are two DJs: Lenny and Francesco. They start their activity in 1999, and in the same year they open the record store Electronicwave. Thanks to this, they get very close to several musical genres. For instance, Chicago House, Detroit techno.
Perfectly combining new and old sounds , their dj sets stand out successfully in the whole italian-speaking part of Switzerland. They play with the great ones of the global techno scene, such as Jeff Mills, Eric Borgo, and Raimond Ford at the Alcatraz in 2001, as well as with Jeff Mills, Deetron, Marco Carola at the Seven Club in 2002. In 2005, Lenny and Effe set up a new music scene at the Livingroom Club Lugano, regularly inviting international artists to play with them. Some of the big names were Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, Chris Carrier, Daniel Bell, Robert Hood, Jus Ed, Chicago Sky Way, Cassy, Sammy Dee, DJ Q, Dj W!ld, Phil Weeks, ZIP. In 2011 they met Walter Albini and WFL project was born. In 2012 WFL enters Catwash label, founded by Dj W!LD and Chris Carrier. What comes out from this collaboration are 2 EP and the well-known track “Eau du mur”, extremely successful in Ibiza. The latter can be found in the Dj Mag official compilation, mixed by Javi Bora at the Space of Ibiza in occasion of the Kehakuma party. From then their music carrier is in a continuous growth. Last Releases: Roush Label 057 ; Flashmob Records 033 ; Catwash Records 040 ; Raimond FordHis story began in the late 1980s, thanks to a growing intense passion for electronic music, Dijng's art, and old synthesizers. In these days, he used to play with a mixer and turntables whenever he could and he had fun creating urban and industrial sounds in his basement with the first synthesizers. Suddenly, in the 1991, he found himself involved in the lifestyle of Zürich, characterized, at the time, by a very animated underground movement tied to the first Rave parties in Switzerland. Therefore, he decided to abandon his studies to devote himself with passion and determination to a unique experience: for 10 years he had been engaged full time with the promotion of very innovative and original techno/trance sounds; at first in Switzerland and in the south of the Alps, where he represented the linguistic and territorial minority (of Ticino, Como, Milano, Varese); later also abroad (in Italy, France, German, Netherlands, USA, Australia), as an exponent of his own nation, through the collaboration with several other artists.
Last releases and infos: Beatport ; Juno ; V/A PRRUK fabio papaFloating in a world of deep basslines and stripped down grooves, soaked in dubby delays and ethereal reverb -here is where Fabio Papa really feels at home. He released music on Little Helpers, Doma Musique, Park Recording and he is playing live acts since many years.
An elaborate reduction to the core elements, in which carefully selected sounds are arranged in a highly effective way – this is the definition of his music, masterfully showcased in his live performances. Moving away from static arrangements and sophisticated studio trickery, during his live shows he takes his productions into a new context, where large room for improvisation and flexibility allow him to both set and follow the crowd’s mood. Last releases and infos: Home page Walter AlbiniWalter Albini is a producer and live performer with many years experience in electronic music and a pioneer in the Swiss techno scene since the mid nineties.
Under his own name, the collective WLF and the aliases D-EX and 4 Mat he has released music for SevenScalesRecords, Catwash records, Roush rec ,Gruw's music , Gasoline rec , SLiCK Records , Planet rhythm , Molecular recordings, Something different rec and amongst several others. Last releases and infos: Home page |
REED BLUEReed Blue is a lyricist and composer with over 20 years of experience in the underground scenes. Coming from the world of Hip Hop, through the trip hop’s years of the ‘90s, discovers electronic music in ’97 and since then a neverending journey of experimentations with sounds is giving birth to a unique style of music where the noise is apparently the only common denominator among his different compositions.
In fact his works are plenty of sounds home made and somehow all relatives which add a big touch of originality to the electronic/noise/ambient/abstract/idm music, with or without voice, he creates, making the listener sometimes move, sometimes just focus on and trip with the sole mind. Last releases and infs: Living in the Shadows ; Nelson's speech RILLUMIHINATORrillumihinator is Marco Greco, born and raised in Massagno (Switzerland). Devoting his life to the experimental electronic music, he begins to create and compose his own version of unknown sonic worlds in 2000.
He released more than 20 self-produced cds. Marco has also released music under another name with a twist in his sound: The great cult of the teenage angst brigade. Last releases and infos: Home page Stefano di miceliStefano Di Miceli was born in the suburbs of Milan, in 1986.
From an early age he started appreciating all genres of music and managed to catch something from each of them. Since 2005 he started playing electronic music as house, minimal and techno, immediately bonding with vinyl that he continues to work with, representing the main support in his work. Influenced by German scene and culture, his rythm gains a deeper and underground touch. He is in a constant search for the perfect mix and timing to play a particular record, always making a careful selection of the best music possible. In February 2008, he creates Wats, an acronym for We Are The Show: partying without rules. Their motto is: respect for people, love and knowledge for electronic music. After ten years of partying, in 2017 he creates his own label, Wats records. A label with a well defined idea of quality music but polyedric and mutable at the same time. From 2016 and 2017 he also released music on Lapsus Music, Plus Beat Recordings and Bunker Record. Currently resident at Amnesia Milano since 2012. HomePage: Stefano Di Miceli UFO OVERNowadays, we are living in a short-tem economy. There is no time to stop and observe changes taking place around us . Starting from a welfare perspective, the aims of this project are to identify dramatic and sudden changes in the region of Lugano and to provide information about them to the local population. Such events are like UFOs for many conscious people, incomprehensible, inexplicable and often unacceptable.
“UFO over” is multidimensional project launched in Lugano in the year 2014 from a previous international DJ and producer. Thanks to his non-stop observations in its surrounding areas and collection of various elements from local events, he will be soon able to compose an open message intended for the minds of its audience. Some messages like “A voice from space”, “Vrillon message 2016” or “Capture the power of plant” . Last releases and infos: SevenScalesRecords ; UFOs over Lugano ; home WLFWLF are an eclectic Swiss mediterranean trio formed by magical music feeling and friendship alchemy. The trio is formed by: L'N'F , two djs that burned the dance floors of the best clubs in Switzerland for years, founders of the vinyl shop ELECTRONICWAVE that became one of the most important brand for underground swiss parties in the last years, and Walter Albini, a producer with many years experience in electronic music (from techno to sexy deep house) with artists of international ranking as Raimond Ford, a pioneer of the Swiss techno music since mid nineties. They worked hard for a year on WLF project and the results are many productions. ...and it's only the beginnig ...WLF : MUSIC FIRST !!!
Last releases and infos: Catwash 031 ; Catwash 036 ; Dailycid Music 004 (out soon) PETER PLAYERBorn in Italy in 1984 a few miles from the coast of Rimini, he often went to the clubs of Riccione and had so the chance to see the work of so many excellent artists and to grow musically. Since 2003 he plays in all clubs of his hometown Ferrara.
In 2008 he moved to Lugano in Switzerland where he is still living. In 2010 he enters the family "Colludo Records" with his first release "LOCA LOLA". Peter Player creates music by listening to a lot of music. He always tries to convey passion in his projects. This passion is reflected also in his way of being behind the console. His sets are assembled in a clean and technical efficiency and he is appreciated for the sound very sophisticated/searched. A mixture of bass, deep sounds and atmosphere from around the world are the ingredients that make every performance unique. Last releases and infos: Home page Andrew sommerAndrew Sommer is a swiss producer and artist, born on 16.09.1977. His career began in 1995 by entering the world of electronic music with a style influenced from important names like Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Richard Bartz; Paul Kalkbrenner and other artists. Andrew's music has been proposed live in various local clubs of Switzerland and on local radios.
Last releases and infos: Home page Ghost in the wood (video) Mein Stern (video) |