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Alan Badger

Alan first found his love for techno at the Complex in Islington in 1997, but his interest in electronica stems back to as far as 1983 when he first heard Jean Michel Jarres “Oxygen” at a local fireworks and lighting display. Since then, Alan has developed his sound and production style into the harder end of the techno spectrum. Taking influences from a vast array of artists, from R&S, React, Underground Resistance, Prolekult, SUF and many others; his DJ style has become hard and energetic with relentless rhythm and sub bass laden grooves that have become synonymous within the hard techno fraternity. His production skills stem from studio sessions D.a.v.e The Drummer at the Punishment Farm, where a concept of mono-synthesis to create all of the track parts using only a kick drum was realized. Now his production is fusing many styles together to bring a fast paced, high energy platform with the sounds of techno, acid and drum and base. In events, his education in “Music and Events” and “Creating Music Through Technology” has brought his skills a long way, with a vast amount of integration with the Antiworld indoor festivals and various other smaller parties, this extensive experience includes working with some of the undergrounds highly respected professionals in event and stage production, promotion, performing arts, distribution, room management, décor’ installation & administration. Now Alan is an integral part of Killawatts Records and is involved in as much of the organization as he was with Antiworld; and also holds residencies with the Vorteks Sound-system where various bookings are springing up at festivals in the Uk and his schedule is filling up. Alan has a history of promotional and performance jobs with the Stay Up Forever Collective, including Guy “Geezer” McGaffer’s “Ave Some Of That You W*nkers” album launch party and the long running Nuclear Free Zone & Smash Techno parties at the 414, with various showcases with the NRGized party crew, playing every Thursday at Tekno @ the George and making his debut festival performance at the Rebound Collective festival on the Orpheus & Friends stage; as well as recent unscheduled showcases on the Hub, Every1Sounds, StinkyPink, Ardcore, Underkonstruktion, Hackney Sounds and various other rigs that have all become synonymous in the underground rave movement. For more information and bookings, please email me or message me privately via my social networking pages. Contact Alan Badger at: computercontrollednoise@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/alan.badger.927

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Jamie Taylor aka TiK ToK started out using mod plug tracking software whilst in his early teens on what was then low end PC’s and when more flexible DAW’s hit the market he switched after working and saving up for more & better studio equipment. At 17 he signed his first record deal with 2CB which was a crossover / tech hard dance label, he was then picked up by Nukleuz Records DJ Ed Real who mentored him up for a few years, Ed eventually left Nukleuz to start his own Label Riot! Recordings and Jamie managed to pump out two 3 track EP’s ‘Jamie Taylor EP1’ & ‘Jamie Taylor’ EP2. While in the Hard Dance club circuit doing the gigs he bumped into Chris Liberator who really liked the set and mentioned it was his own material and because of its techy crossover sound Chris took a load of demos off Jamie and signed his first release with Cluster and later on Super Conductor.

Over time Jamie has had many releases on Stay Up Forevers sub labels and other European Techno labels with lots of successful chart releases in Top 10’s globally. Other than his techno sound he produces a variety of other genres in various scenes with chart toppers under different alias’s but his passion for the underground scene remains strong while enjoying the energy of the ravey techy sound he manages to produce in the studio. Playing many European gigs and upcoming gigs in North & South America. Passed support for his productions DJ’s have been John Peel, Marco Bailey, Carl Cox, Dave the Drummer, Mark EG, Aaron Liberator to name a few as well as featuring on commercial radio stations such as Radio1 with his music.

Labels sign to:

Stay Up Forever, Cluster, Super Conductor, Riot!, 2CB, Abusive 303, Interstate Records, Ape Recordings, MP303 / CDJ303, Coaxial, Scythe Squadron, Corrupted Data, RPRdigital, Keep on Techno

http://www.facebook.com/303alliance
Benji303 is a DJ & Producer from Manchester UK, he has played all over at various club nights, festivals and free parties,
he has releases out on vinyl and digital on labels such as FLATLIFE, INTERSTATE ONE, VCF, ACID TEST, CHASE YER TAIL AND MANY MORE…
early 2014 he formed his own vinyl label “303 ALLIANCE” first release is due out spring/summer 2014.

Woody McBride aka DJ ESP

Woody McBride (1967 in Bismarck , North Dakota) is an American musician , producer and DJ from the techno – and Acid Techno area. He published under his real name and numerous pseudonyms such as 4D , Bird Man , DJ ESP , Earthworm , Pleasure or Voltage 9 .

McBride came in 1988 to study at Minneapolis , where he was first in the House scene took hold and Kevin Cole , the founder of the label House Nation , won as a mentor. McBride then worked in the opening act as a DJ and also designed its Flyer . After a short time, however, he turned to Cole and established club scene and from the nascent techno scene, which was then going on even outside the commercial clubs. He was also active as early promoter and organizer. As a DJ he called himself DJ ESP , inspired by the 1990 published track ESP of the House project Deee-Lite , soon joined but also under his real name in appearance to express his goes beyond pure DJing range of activities. [2] From the early 1990s years published their own publications. In 1993 he founded the label Communique Music , based in Lindstrom , Maine , on which he originally had first published his own music, but later also pieces of other artists. Especially his later repeatedly reissued Maxi-publication basketball Heroes of 1996 established the considerable reputation of the label, which soon split into several sub-labels.

2003 operating McBride eleven labels together with over 160 publications. [3] His own publications have appeared inter alia on the label White Noise (by Dave Clarke ), Ovum (by Josh Wink ), Bush (by Eric Powell ), Synewave (by Damon wild ) and Skint (from Fatboy Slim ). His oeuvre included stand 2013 50 maxi singles and EPs as well as his 2005 debut album published. Title of Woody McBride found a total of approximately 50 compilations, also several dozen of his remixes of tracks by other artists have been published. He has been on virtually every major techno festivals like Mayday or Nature One launched. In the years after 2008, he has largely withdrawn from public life to devote himself to his family with two sons, since 2011 he gets worse again in evidence.

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