Technonymous Darkness · Depth · Techno

Archi Ferrero and Jaume Avellana (also known as Delusions) are always felt very attracted to electronic music.
They spent their adolescence listening to Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, New Order. And also discovered the sound of Detroit with Jeff Mills, Shakir, Kevin Saunderson, Kenny Larkin, Robert Hood. As their taste was taking shape they developed a certain attraction to the Birmingham sound.
They decided to form their own label “Ballistic“ releasing on vinyl & digital with releases & remixes from the likes of: Fanon Flowers, Agony Forces, Svreca, Ancient Methods, Casual Violence, Jose Pouj, Tomohiko Sagae and many more.
Have a good listening at this great set.

Enjoy the following sonic voyage by this Berlin-based Techno DJ and producer. Give it up for Amotik:

One of a kind, Christinne is also on Faut Section’s label roster.
Defying the preconceived ideas that an artist has an unique style that defines him, she is the true example of absorbing different atmospheres and crowd energies can lead to an inspiring journey… Self-improvement and emotions are the basic foundations of what she has to offer. Christinne’s a perfectionist by nature. Each detail counts and means a stroke in the composition of her art.

Kastil a.k.a. Mario Castillo is a DJ and producer from the Basque Country. Kastil has been around all parts of music, from different genres to working as a journalist and a club promoter. In 2010 he got serious about production and soon created his own Soul Notes imprint. The mix he shares this week is informed by a sense of what makes a set actually work, making the most of the movements from track to track.

Berlin based but born in Madrid in the 90’s, Raul Alvarez is a sound engineer involved in different projects during the last years with more than 50 releases on diverse international labels.
Owner of 2RB Records, he’s in a lifetime connection between Madrid and Berlin performing in clubs such Tresor, Sisyphos, Magdalena, Weekend, Ritter Butzke, Chalet, Specka, Maxime, or Pirandello.
Analog and vinyl lover, his sound can’t be labeled. Influenced by the first steps of House and Techno and developed in Berlin through a deeper and mental soul; Raul Alvarez drives his performances into a trip to the past with a experimental and futuristic approach. Adapting dancefloor, drum machines, vintage synths and unexpected harmonies.

An awesome Deep Techno set by this French Angers based DJ and producer. Enjoy!

The biggest challenge a musician or producer of any musical type or style has to face, whether they like it or not, is to see whether their work can create a path that other artists will follow or lay the foundation for the work of other artists. Juan Rico, the Asturian known within the scene as REEKO, is well aware of this.

Born in Oviedo (Asturias) in 1981, Reeko is a dj who has rapidly attained the recognition other artists have taken a long time to gain. In his case it’s not been a matter of chance or coincidence, but the result of his innate and incredible capacity to be prolific, alongside his obsession for perfection. He marks is his birth as a dj about 1997, but it wasn’t until his first release in 2002 under the Swedish label Emergence that he became known professionally.

There is no need to name all the aliases that Juan Rico has used to release the diverse artistic sensations which flow from him, but these are characteristic which define his personality and are a part of REEKO himself. Producing and performing under different names allows him to concentrate fully on each individual event by devoting himself completely to an idea or style to which he is totally faithful, putting aside for a moment sounds and influences that don’t belong in the particular character which he is mutating into at the time.

The result is a knock out. Under the name of REEKO he has released huge techno productions which have charted and been played by the best djs in the world, right from the first tracks and EPs for labels as reputable as Theory, Main out, Integrale Muzique, Deafmosaic, Inceptive, Rxxistance, Trece Records, Symbolism, Planet Rhythm, Warm up or Palicavonzvreca.

Reeko created Mental Disorder, his “pathological” label/laboratory, in 2003 under which he has released 12 works of ever increasing quality. The latest (The Day After, 2010) received a wonderfully warm welcome as one of the best releases in Hispanic Techno of the year. Artists such as Gennaro le fosse, Pacou, Oscar Mulero have collaborated with his very personal label.

Next came the label Evidence in 2005, where he opens up to his passion for the darkest and sickest part of the human mind. He looks deep within the human psyche where most of us would never go or dare explore. That is where the laconic, aggressive and totally sweeping sound that characterises him stems from. Reputable artists who have published with Evidence are Function, Paul Bailey and Trolley Route, to name a few.

He has received great praise for his collaborations with the Humano project and the Belgian label MusicMan, home of the purest of European techno. During this last decade, his most outstanding performances have been in Awakenings and Monegros 2005, Aquasella, Tresor and his Brazil tour of 2008.

The story so far reaches a climax when Reeko joins the cream of techno: the PoleGroup, formed in 2008. On the frontline of this group is Oscar Mulero, indisputable leader of the darkest Iberian techno, joined by the Asturian duo Exium and the surprising and experienced Christian Wünsch. The most recent addition to this team is Architectural, someone who will give us lots and lots to talk about.

Reeko finds himself, unexpectedly but deservedly, among the elite of Hispanic techno.

Antigone is a young Parisian artist at the fore-­front of the French techno scene.
His entry into the world of electronic music has been highly acclaimed. With his initial EP Forbidden
Works published by Construct Re-‐form.
Antigone followed his debut with the Menace of Species release on Concrete Music, an offering
warmly welcomed by the techno scene.
Up next, Antigone successfully collaborated with his friend Francois X who releases him on his label Dement3d, and they both release the same year a track on the Various Artists Taapion 004.
Tracks like “As I walk to you” for Construct Re-­‐Form or his EP “The Day The Sky Fell” (for Indigo Aera) illustrate the hypnotic, melodic and melancholic style of his productions.
This very personal electronic style has guided Antigone through the doors of clubs such as Fuse, Trouw, Corsica Studios, Rex, Tresor, Berghain and awarded him a residency at Concrete.
His meteoric ascent and the warm reception to all his productions make Antigone an emblematic player in the French Techno scene.
In 2016, he released a track on PoleGroup (Compilation Unknown Landscapes Vol. 3 mixed by Exium), did a remix with Shlømo for AWB (Taapion Records) , then released « We Move As One EP » in collaboration with François X on Dement3d, and the EP Saudade on Token Records.

DISCOGRAPHY

2011
-­‐ Forbidden Works (12″) | CONSTRUCT RE-­‐FORM
2012
-­‐ Surround The Silence (Antigone Remix) Birth of Frequency |CONSTRUCT RE-­‐FORM 2013
-­‐ The deadly Games Of Gamma (12″) | CHILDREN OF TOMORROW
-­‐ Forbidden Galaxy (12″) | ARS MECHANICA
-­‐ Minotaur EP (ANTIGONE REMIX) DETECT AUDIO | RETROMETRO
-­‐The Astral Traveller (12″)|CONCRETE MUSIC
2014
-­‐ As I Walk To You (12″) | CONSTRUCT RE-­‐FORM
-­‐ Artifax (Antigone Remix) Stasis | SYNCROPHONE RECORDINGS
-­‐ The Day The Sky Fell In Ep (12″) | INDIGO AERA
-­‐ A Function Of Time (Antigone Reconstruction) Binny |CLFT
-­‐ Soetsu Yanagi I / Ii / Iii Locked Grooves | RONDE
-­‐ The Quiet In The Land, Various Artists | TAAPION
-­‐ Shaban (Antigone Remix) Sev Dah | TECHNO GIPSY
-­‐ Dilip (Antigone And François X) Ligovskoï | DEMENT3D RECORDS
-­‐ Blank Slate, Various Artists Berlin_Paris 1.0 | RECLAIM YOUR CITY
2015
-­‐ Cantor Dust, TOKEN 53 | TOKEN
-­‐ Remix pour Stephen Brown | INDIGO AERA
-­‐ Remix pour Synthek & Audiolouis |NATCH RECORDS
-­‐ Remix pour Shlømo, Wolfskuil Ep | TOKEN
2016
-­‐ Unknown Landscapes Vol 3 -­‐ MIXED BY EXIUM | POLE GROUP
-­‐ Antigone & Francois X, We Move As One |DM3D011 | DEMENT3D
-­‐ Saudade EP | TOKEN59| TOKEN
-­‐ Remix for AWB, Celestial Longitude EP | TAAPION 005 | TAAPION

Contact booking : juliette@concreteparis.fr / Contact promo : charlotte@concreteparis.fr