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DDR

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DDR was instrumental in defining the London Acid Techno sound in the early nineties whilst running with the FullOn and Bedlam Sound Systems. DDR was the first guest artist to appear on Stay Up Forever records & has been one of their most prolific artists to date. He is responsible for the old school infused Hazchem Records and the Punk Techno sounds of the COSHH label. DDR also has many appearances on seminal Acid Techno labels Smitten, Cluster, Routemaster to name just a few. His performances are distinct, improvised, real time remixes of classics from the back catalog using the latest software and midi controllers fused with yet to be released material and music that is written only for the live gigs.

D.A.V.E The Drummer

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He’s the one of the key producers behind the Acid Techno sound hailing from London in the late 1990′s and owner of one of the best known underground techno labels in the world, Hydraulix.

Since 1997 Dave has been DJ’ing all over the world playing great tracks, both new and old, from his vast catalogue of techno music.

His recent remix and production work on labels such as: Reklusive, Elektrax, Naked Lunch, Phobiq and of course Hydraulix, have picked up much attention from some of the worlds top techno DJ’s and often turn up in many of their tracklists.

DJ Ant

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Ant is a DJ and producer from London whose career in electronic music began 2 decades ago by regularly DJ’ing at warehouse parties and playing on the underground sound-systems that were so popular in the early to mid 90′s. Producing techno, tech-house and acid records was the logical step forward in establishing himself and he achieved this by becoming the in-house engineer at Kinetec Studios, the noisy room out the back of the infamous Kinetec Records in London’s West-end. It was here that he started his techno based imprint, Powertools, featuring artists such as Lenny Dee, D.A.V.E. The Drummer and Chris Liberator. Over the following years, his discography grew into the 100′s, not only releasing on Powertools but many other flagship labels such as Stay Up Forever, Hydraulix, RAW and Cluster and it was some of these tracks that were being played by artists such as Carl Cox and DJ Rush.

Time was divided up between the studio and traveling the globe many times over, showcasing the latest releases of that time at events ranging from small underground clubs to infamous and prestigious events in venues such as Florida 135 in Fraga, Mother Hall in Osaka, Tuning Hall in Moscow, Lov-e and Clash in Sao Paulo and many more. As the digital revolution crept in, essential replacing vinyl as the preferred format, Ant found it more and more difficult to get good new music on vinyl. The decision to switch to digital was simple and he opted for Native Instrument’s Traktor combined with the S2 and X1 controllers as his preferred DJ set up.

Currently, Ant continues to produce fresh new material in the studio, fully embracing the modern style of techno and tech-house that is around today and still travels the world extensively, flying the flag for new and exciting electronic music. In 2013 Ant revived his old techno moniker, Chicago Loop. Ant uses this alias when representing techno that’s slightly different to what he would normally be known for, whether it’s deeper, darker, slower or just a bit more leftfield.

Aaron Liberator

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Aaron cut his teeth as a DJ alongside his techno brothers Julian and Chris Liberator. Starting out in 1992 The Liberators were the infamous DJ outfit that came out of the North London squat seen and onto the free festival circuit teaming up with Spiral Tribe, Bedlam and Circus Normal for some legendary parties. As their reputation grew, the demand for their DJ sets meant that the Liberators were playing around the UK every weekend at parties, clubs and festivals. Things really took off in 1994 and Aaron’s apprenticeship was earned by playing weekly at Squat parties in London for sound systems such as the mighty Immersion and gaining monthly residencies at the legendary Megadog in London, Plant Alpha in Prague and La Real in Oviedo in the north west of Spain.

The interest in the Stay Up Forever label he owns with Chris and Julian Liberator was also taking off at the time, and was creating a global scene with its unique style of London Acid Techno and a roster of amazing artists. In 1996 Aaron made his first trip of many to South America, where his tough techno sounds struck a chord with Latin people, especially in Brazil and Venezuela. Nearly 2 decades later you will still regularly find Aaron on the decks in a Latin country or some other far flung place across the globe. For all the many countries he has visited and all the squat parties, festivals and club nights, Aaron has never lost sight of what it means to have come from the real underground, always humble, always representing Acid Techno and the Stay Up Forever collective sound and always a vibe DJ.

Aaron does the day to day running of the Stay Up Forever record collective and finds time also to put his hand to music production, being responsible alongside long standing partner The Geezer for some of the great and good of Acid Techno such as “Santa Pod” on SUF, “Lick It” on Highwire and the “Man Bites Belgium” E.P. on Smitten. Aaron has also been working on techno projects with Ganez The Terrible and Sterling Moss and as The Wipeouts, a DJ and production team with Sterling and Chris Liberator.

HAS PLAYED : all over U.K. and Ireland, all over Europe, Japan, U.S.A., Russia, Brazil, Venezuela and many other places and was one of the the first Acid Techno D.J’s to play in Russia and Czech Republic.

Behrang Kianzad aka DJ Bacid has been active as a promotor, DJ and journalist since 1999 in the Malmö area, plus arranging clubs in Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Berlin.

As a journalist Behrang wrote articles in Dagens Nyheter’s culture page about Amsterdam Dance Event, origins of acid house and detroit techno. He also wrote about where to find the decadence in Berlins clubscene for the newspaper Sydsvenskan. He has been interviewing a who-is-who list of leading electronic artists such as Derrick May, A Guy Called Gerald, Kenny Larkin, Thomas Fehlmann (The Orb), Cristian Vogel, Ellen Alien, Jesper Dahlbäck and more. As a DJ, Behrang has been the opening act to many of them.

Some of these legends are now a part of Behrang’s and Alex Esser’s lovechild, We Manage With Love. As a DJ he has giged various summer festivals, Berlin clubs such as Arena and Dice, aside many more in Copenhagen and Malmö. Some of the latest gigs include festival Way Out West festival (together  with Jon da Silva), Fete de la Musique Berlin (together with Ian Pooley), Röda Sten (together with Jesper Dahlbäck) and Inkonst (togehter with Technasia) and also being opening act for A Guy Called Gerald (Röda Sten, Gothenburg).

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