AM/FM BY CHRIS LIEBING

today’s electronic dance music. His versatile and effective production technique has gained him a long list of releases on various renowned labels. There are not many djs of this type. Djs who believed in Techno from the first minute, djs who experienced Techno from the very beginning, djs who made Techno their own thing. Djs who found their own style, even more, who developed it over the years, djs who´s name is the expression for a specific sound. Alex Bau is one of them. Why focusing on just one style of music? Why only minimal sounds? Why only Techno? Why? If you can have it all… There has been a time before Techno for Alex Bau. Thousands of records in his collection, different styles, different music, for sure something that leaves its marks, no doubt about it. Still he is doing Depeche Mode-Nights from time to time, just for fun, and his activities on Techno doesn`t really suffer from that, not at all! With his 5 or even more hours sets at his first resident club the „Libella“ in his south-east-bavarian home-area, where for example also DJ Hell started his career back in the 80ies, he achieved the reputation as somebody who is totally aware of what he is doing, totally dedicated to it and also totally loving it. He had his own radio show for over 2 years on a local radio station, still so far the only Techno show in this area. After countless gigs at local clubs, he also started to play at other places all over the planet and continues doing so. Techno can do a lot, if you let it do so. That`s the credo. His credo. tracklist: 01. Hans Bouffmyhre - Good Bye Anxiety (Harthouse) 02. Alan Fitzpatrick - A Small Decline (Mark Broom Remix) (Drumcode) 03. Justin Berkovi - Industry 101 (Adam Jay Remix) (Promo) 04. Flug - 13d (Pfirter Remix) (Driving Forces) 05. Gary Beck - Yes (Promo) 06. Chris Hope - Reconsider (Techno League) 07. James Ruskin - Work (Steve Rachmad Remix) (Blueprint) 08. Minimize Me (Steve Parker Remix) (Promo) 09. Psyk - Anthem (Mind Trip Music) 10. Romboy & Bodzin - Phobos (Synthapella) (Systematic) 11. Emptyset - Alltogether Lost (CLR) 12. Alex Bau - Center Angle (unreleased)

Tim Xavier's passion for music has kept him on the forefront of techno since his innovative releases on Blueline in Chicago a decade ago. His career began in Houston in the 90s, and then on to Chicago, Brooklyn and now Berlin, where he has resided since 2007. He is a veteran to the industry; and his dark, edgy production style has remained uncompromised through the ever changing genres of techno and house. He is also the owner and chief engineer at Manmade Mastering in Berlin; and this sleepy-eyed coffee addict defines cool as he cuts master plates for many respected record labels. Tim’s music has been charted and played by leading artists around the world, and he has worked with many labels such as Cocoon, Minus, Sci-Tec, Podium, Timefog, Little Helpers, Sleaze, Droid Behavior and many more. He is also the owner of his own imprint, LTD400, which encompasses his irresistible combination of quirk, funk, space and drive. Tim spray-paints his signature icon on 400 sleeves of each release, a process that he says connects him more closely to his music and audience. He also works with partner Camea on her imprint Clink Recordings, with Tony Rohr as the ‘Afternoon Coffee Boys’. On Stage, Tim’s current performances include a mixture of DJing, Live and Effects manipulation, carrying out his visionas he sees fit. He creates a unique experience with his maximal sound quality and music selection, in which he combines loops and pieces from his own production. He is regularly on tour and performing across the globe, capturing his audiences with his signature sound. Tim's relentless devotion to providing cutting edge audio continues to keep him on the forefront of innovative dance music, and as he continues to grow it is apparent that we have still yet to see the best of his work. this mix was recorded live at womb club tokyo, japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRi4OAn770&feature=player_embedded

Jonas Kopp was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981. His career as a producer was launched when he was 19 years old. After seven years of hard work we find one of the most representative argentine talents for the House and techno global scene. Jonas is very well depicted by the constant hypnotic flavour in his tracks, the techno arrangements, deep basslines that really fill the surrounding space, the use of effects like reverb ,delays and LFO’s and his faithful attachment to his Detroit and Chicago roots as creative influences . His live performances are two hours of plenty of hipnotic groove, creating different states all along the set. His DJ sets are a perfect analog-digital fusion. He founded Traut Muzik, a Label in which he curates the best techno and House artists from the argentine and global techno scene. Jonas has been releasing in labels like Ostgut Ton , Stroboscopic Artefacts , Curle Recordings , Spectral Sound and his own label Traut Muzik among others. Tracklist: Mike Parker - Arena (Geophone) Chevel - Tren (Stroboscopic Artefacs - Monad Series) Valmay - Old Dog (Blueprint) Samuli Kemppi - Bounce (M_Rec LTD) Thomas P Heckmann - 909 (Sub-wave) Lucy - Lav (Peter Van Hoesen Remix) (Stroboscopic Artefacts) Norman Nodge - Homology (MDR) Slam - Stepback (Soma Recordings) Pressure Funk - Linear Phase (Soma Recordings) Aubrey - Not Sure (Solid Groove) Damon Wild and Steve Stoll - Between The Lines (Synewave) Mike Parker - Hiss (Geophone) Thomas P Heckmann - 808 (Sub-Wave) Richie Hawtin - 005 (Plus 8) The Dirty Criminals - 101 Jax (Gigolo International) Mike Dehnert - Md (Fachwerk) Skudge - Phantom (Skudge) Dj Bone - Friendly Skies (Subject Detroit) Links : http://pullproxy.com/artists/jonas-kopp (Bookings Agency) http://www.myspace.com/jonaskopp http://twitter.com/#!/jonaskopp Recent Releases : Jonas Kopp - Michigan Lake (Ostgut Ton) /// Berghain 04 Compilation mixed by Ben Klock. Jonas Kopp - Ruda EP (Curle Recordings) Jonas Kopp - Alkitran (Stroboscopic Artefacts) Derek Plaslaiko - Raw Jam (Jonas Kopp Remix) (Perc Trax) Next Gigs : 14.01 Cocoliche (Buenos Aires) 15.01 Denot (LIVE) (Buenos Aires) 29.01 Arma 17(Moscow - Russia) 04.02 Technofreakz (Buenos Aires) 18.03 Culture Box (Copenhagen) 19.03 BERGHAIN (Berlin) 24.03 Harry Klein (Munich) 26.03 Trouw (Amsterdam) 02.04 Stroboscopic Artefacts Showcase (London)

On December 10th 2010, a remarkable event took place in Frankfurt. Chris Liebing and his CLR crew, consisting of Tommy Four Seven, Brian Sanhaji (live) and Monoloc, for the first time ever hosted a night at the Cocoon Club. It was not only the first CLR Party in Chris Liebing´s home base for a very long time, but also his birthday. After all the requests Chris decided to publish this set especially fort he 100th edition of our podcast. recorded live with the ambience of the frenetic crowd and the packed club. unfortunately we can not provide a tracklist this time. Chris Liebing is a Techno pioneer, dj, producer, CLR podcast host, radio host and the driving force behind CLR. He has been one of the first djs who fully embraced the digital age of music. Since then he has never stopped working on his dj and production setup’s and has finally reached a point of complete satisfaction with his technical and artistic possibilities. 2009 was a year of many changes for CLR. Chris Liebing and his team celebrated the 10th anniversary of CLR, restructured the label, opened an office in Berlin and celebrated many great parties on Chris´ club- and festival gigs. The residency at the BE nights at Space / Ibiza became a big success. In the beginning of the year, Chris had begun with the production of the weekly CLR podcast, which by now counts more than 250.000 monthly listeners. He officially renamed CLR into CREATE LEARN REALIZE (as this is what he did most of his life) and by doing so he finally got rid of his ego in the label name. 2010 CLR started off with a new distribution by Word And Sound. The first common project was the 10 Years CLR Compilation with 10 exclusive tracks by some of the finest techno producers of our time. Chris and his team is looking forward for all upcoming projects in 2011...

Emptyset is a Bristol based experimental techno project established in 2005 by James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas. Their first releases, the Acuphase and Isokon EPs, where released on the Manchester based Future Days label followed by the Doxa EP for Caravan Recording in Bristol. In 2009 they released their debut self-titled album and have recently completed the follow up longplayer Demiurge scheduled for release in May 2011. Their single Altogether Lost, a special collaboration with Detroit vocalist Cornelius Harris, will be released through CLR in January this year. Tracklisting: Deepchord - Celestialis (Modern Love) Retail & Leisure - Your Reference to Personal Stability (Retail & Leisure) Intrusion - Intrusion Dub / Phase90 remix (Echospace) Emptyset - Beyond (Caravan) Unspecified Enemies - Multiordinal Tracking Unit (Counterattack) XDB - Descap (Metrolux) Sleeparchive - Recycle (Sleeparchive) Omar S - Quadraplegic Companion (FXHE) Skudge - Overture (Skudge) Taho - Energy Fields / Quince remix (Delsin) Shed - My R-Class (Ostgut Ton) UR - Waveform (Underground Resistance) Ellen Allien - Go / Marcel Dettman remix (BPitch Control) Jeff Mills - Gift From the Hills (Purpose Maker) Pom Pom - Untitled (Pom Pom) MLZ - New Analogue Century (Modern Love) Hard House Banton - Colonel (Angel Brothers) Basic Soul Unit - Lotus Roots (Mathematics) - link: www.myspace.com/emptysetmusic - releases Acuphase e.p - Future Days Isokon e.p - Future Days Doxa e.p - Caravan Emptyset lp - Caravan

Pfirter is one of the main icons of the electronic scene in South America. After more than a decade of a solid career, Juan Pablo has developed a very unique and personal style, mainly because of his very particular set, based on many subgenres of Techno. Pfirter is nowadays considered one of the argentinian djs with the biggest international projection, with releases on labels as CLR, Stockholm Ltd, Figure, Synewave and his own music plattform, MindTrip Music, among others. This records are played and charted by artists like Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, Par Grindvik, Chris Liebing, Speedy J, Chris Fortier, Christian Smith, Xpansul, Joey Beltram, Kevin Gorman, Michael Mayer and many more. All of this, allows him to perform nowadays in the best clubs in Argentina and South America (Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Ecuador...). And he performs regularly in Europe, on clubs such as Berghain (Berlin), The End (London) or Club4 (Barcelona). Links: www.pfirter.com.ar www.facebook.com/pfirterofficial www.twitter.com/pfirter Releases (Latest): Pfirter / The Dub Track / Len Faki Remix / Figure Pfirter / Zwang / Incl. Alex Bau Remix / Dmom Pfirter / Monad IV / Stroboscopic Artefacts Upcoming: Pfirter / Audiometria EP / Incl Lucy Remix / Stockholm LTD Samuel L Session / Black Squares / Pfirter Remix / Ground Factory Next gigs: Feb 4 @ Cocoliche, Buenos Aires - Argentina Feb 12 @ Infierno, Cordoba - Argentina Feb 25 @ Vision, Chicago - USA Feb 26 @ TBA, New York - USA Mar 5 @ Circus, Montreal - Canada Apr 2 @ Berghain, Berlin - Germany April 9 @ Verona - Italy April 15 @ Toy, Stuttgart - Germany April 16 @ Oxa, Zurich - Switzerland May 29 @ TBA,Amsterdam - Holland June 2 @ Suicide Circus, Berlin - Germany

Given what a vibrant and dense electronic music scene Berlin has, it's not easy to make yourself stand out from the crowd as a producer and to break out of the city's insular musical bubble. But such widescreen, mind-bending and sophisticated techno as that of local hotshot Sebrok was never going to go unnoticed on a wider scale. Steadily rising through the ranks of the techno fraternity, Sebrok's ascent began in 2004 when he founded his own label PASO Music with fellow Teutonic talent Marc Miroir. He soon found his records getting love from electronic royalty such as Laurent Garnier, DJ Hell and Sven Väth, and as techno gradually came back into favour with crowds around the world over the next few years, his increasingly impressive productions started to pop up in more and more high profile places. David Squillace's MiniSketch label, Dubfire's scene-leading Sci+Tec, Nic Fanciulli's Global Underground compilation – all undoubted hallmarks of quality and cool. After years of grinding away and a risking everything (he ditched his successful job at MTV Networks to work on his creative passions) his gamble has quite clearly paid off. Alongside his role as one of the founders of hugely successful fashion label German Garment, he is widely recognised as one of the world's most talented up and coming techno producers. Flying in the face of dumb, thoughtless dancefloor fodder, his tracks are constructed with intricate technical trickery, making your brain do aural double-takes as his carefully crafted grooves thump against your bones. It's music that ebbs and flows, grows and pulsates throughout its course and rewards those who give it their full time and attention. The proof is in the pudding though, as they say, and Sebrok will soon serve up his just desserts in the form of his debut album The Pain. “I always wanted to do an album” he explains, “but during my time at MTV, it was impossible to think about spending so much time making music. But as soon as i quit, the idea popped up again and I started working on it, which took me now all in all over a year.” He'll be releasing it on his beloved PASO Music, with 14 tracks spread thick over two discs, displaying both his production and remix skills – from hard-hitting thumpers to Balearic-tinged ethereal moments and even a daring fusion of techno and indie with German outfit Northern Lite. His latest PASO 12” comes with remixes from the hugely respected Steve Lawler and Mobilee Mastermind Anja Schneider, while his recent Ideal Audio is going down a storm with everyone from Josh Wink to Marc Romboy to Laurent Garnier. With the support of everyone who's anyone in techno music, Sebrok's star looks set to continue to rise throughout the decade. Dance music by numbers this ain't. Tracklisting: Safeword - Gaze - PASO Music Davide Squillace & Luca Bacchetti - Around The Bay - Matthias Kaden Remix - Hideout Samuel L. Session - GTR Track - Material Sebrok - Don´t Forget To Go Home - Martin Woerner Remix - PASO Music Sebrok & Tassilo - The Pain - Christian Smith Remix - PASO Music Pan-Pot - Black Horse Down - Mobilee Sebrok & Tassilo - Fairchild - Ideal Audio Asem Shama - Creative Visulization - PASO Music Slam - Variance - Adam Beyer & Jesper Dahlbäck Remix - Paragraph Sebrok & Tassilo - Feel It - Sian´s Numb Remix - PASO Music Emptyset & Cornelius Harris - Ripperton Underground Kingdom Mix - UR Remixes - CLR upcoming releases 2011 Mutant Clan Chinese Massage ( Sebrok Remix ) on Rockets & Ponies 24ter Jan Sebrok The Pain Album Remixes part 1 ( Christian Smith, Sian & Martin Woerner Remixes) 7th Feb Sebrok & Tassilo : Machine on Tronic Records Feb 14th Sebrok : Album Remixes Part 2 ( Layo & Bushwacka, Adam Porter, Sian) 14th March 20 Years Soma : Resistance “Hystereo” remixed by Sebrok & Tassilo Ideal Audio follow up --> April Octopus Sian Remix

CLR Videocast: A CLR weekend in december 10.12.10 - 13.12.10 Live footage from Chris Liebing's Birthday Labelparty at Cocoon in Frankfurt and the CLR floor showcasing Chris, Monoloc, Tommy Four Seven and Brian Sanhaji (live) at the Rave & Snow Event in Austria. Chris personally gives an introduction to the mentioned events and guides through what has been a great weekend for the whole team. Chris Liebing and the CLR crew would like to thank you & the fans for a fantastic 2010. Happy new year to all of you! See you again @ Cocoon Club 15.04.2011 & Rave & Snow 2011.

Damon Wild is an American techno producer, and the label boss of Synewave Records. Damon is internationally respected in the world of electronic music his productions and for his label, Synewave He is also known for his dj sets and live performances. His career has been reaching it’s highest peaks since 1991 to the present. In 1994, Damon was born was and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and at the age of 15 he already began dj’ing alternative music on the college radio airwaves, mixing a wide variety of music anywhere from industrial, punk, 80’s new-wave to the latest house beats from Chicago to NYC. Also, after playing in various night clubs from New Orleans to Chicago, he decided to make the big move to to New York City to encounter a new mission. Within months after his arrival, Damon began working for Sonic Groove Records in Brooklyn & later he became the label manager for Experimental Records (EX). Signing artists such as Dj ESP, Electric Indigo, Freddie Fresh, Tim Taylor, Joey Beltram, Dennis Ferrer, Cari Leckebush, etc.., EX emerged to be one of America’s leading electronic labels. After 30 + releases from this cutting edge label, Damon decided to start his own label imprint, Synewave. In 1993 Damon began Synewave with a collaboration project between himself and EX producer Dennis Ferrer (Objektivity) which was titled Morph. The first release titled “Stormwatch” was was later created into an album concept for New Electronica / Beechwood, UK. Damon also produced and collaborated with others to make dozens of productions such as “Bang The Acid” (Wild & Taylor), Rising Sons “Afghan Acid” (Wild & Taylor) , The Pump Panel “Ego Acid” (Wild & Taylor), Equinox “Pulzar”, “Red Dog”, “Rotary” and “Avion”, of which many of these are today considered electronic classics. “Avion” had full international support from dj’s such as Jeff Mills, Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, and many others. The Pump Panel, “Ego Acid” was also had success. Synewave has become the home for cutting edge, quality electronic music, with over 100 productions to date. Artists who have produced or appeared on Synewave are: Counterpoint, (Mark Bell) Steve Stoll, Joey Beltram, Mundo Muzique, The Advent, Jeff Mills, DJ ESP, Function, DJ Hell, Monoloc, Gary Beck, Steve Parker, A Paul, Norman Nodge, Rino Cerrone, and many others. Besides busy times in the studio, Damon enjoys spinning around the globe. He has dj'd and performed live at clubs around the globe & events such as: Tresor, Club Maria, E Werk, Ultraschall, Berghain (Germany) The Rex - (Paris), Subclub (Glasgow), The Kitchen (Ireland), Womb (Tokyo, Japan), Rockets (Osaka, Japan) Limelight (NYC),- FUSE (Belgium), Awakenings (Holland) ,Gasworks (Holland), Orbit (Leeds, UK) , Florida 135 (Spain), Loose Club (Naples, Italy), Danube Rave (Austria) Retro Acid (Ghent, Belgium) and he had performed live at the first Mayday event in Dortmund, Germany. Damon is now based & living in Warsaw, Poland. Tracklisting: 1) untitled 3 - Headroom 2) Break It Down - Jeff Keenan 3) Substance Abuse - Fuse ( +8) 4) GreyScale (Damon Wild Direct Pressure Remix) - 88UW 5) Exotic Matter ( Terrance Fixmer Rmx) - Trav.... 6) Gain - Origin (Slap Jaxx) 7) Avion - Damon Wild ( Mark Morris Remix) - Damon Wild 8) Toggle (P.Grindvik Remix) - Audio Injection (Sleaze) 9) Gridlock - A. Fitzpatrick (Gary Becks Locked Drums Remix) (Drumcode) 10) Avion (Marcel Dettmann Remix) - Damon Wild (Synewave) 11) Minimize Me (Steve Parker Remix) - ASIO 12) Slum House - Delko 13) Hiding In The Bushes - Hans Bouffmyfre & BCR Boys 14) No House ( Xhin Remix) - Monoloc 15) INKFA - George Lanham 16) Happiness Is a Prision - Lucy ( 17) Vix 3 (Len Faki Edit) - Masuki (Prosthetic) 18) Keep Secrets (Jerome Syndenham & Function Remix) - Raiz 19) Metropolis (US Mix) - Oliver Lieb 20) Operation (Speedy J Mix) - Audio Injection 21) Avion (Echoplex Remix)- Damon Wild

It was only a matter of time before one of Scotlands leading young techno producers burst onto the worldwide underground dance scene. His first release on Philladelphia's 'Worship Recordings' label in 2005 was only the beginning for this talanted artist, as In 2008, Ritchie Hawtin's 'Minus' signed the massive 'consumed', and Gary has never looked back. His deep but fresh quirky style is in demand from Glasgow, to Tokyo and all over Europe, and is well respected for the party atmosphere he creates. Gary can count on support from many of the biggest names in Techno, including Josh Wink, Dubfire, Chris Liebing, Len Faki, Slam & Richie Hawtin. His style can be heard on labels such as Soma, Edit Select, Saved, Figure and many more. He is always in high demand for remixes, and has recently remixed for artists such as Christian Smith, Audio Soul Project & Mark Broom. Gary is also working on new material for his own imprint 'Bek-Audio', which is fast approaching it's 5th release. Tracklisting: 01. Gary Beck – Egoist – Unreleased 02. Martin Brunner – Is It what (Rocco Caine Remix) – Leutral Recordings 03. Phil Kieran – Empty Vessels (Gary Beck Remix) – Electric Deluxe 04. Gary Beck – Hands In Mine – Unreleased 05. Miki Litvak – Pollinator – Gary Beck Remix - Punch Music 06. Gary Beck – Hey Big Girl – Saved Records 07. Gary Beck – Get Down – Saved Records 08. Sui Generis – Chin Stroker – Sue Generis 09. Gary Beck – Say What – Saved Records 10. M0h – Se7en (Gary Beck’s Scene Take 1) – Touched 11. Deepbass – Rabana - Informa Records 12. M0h – Se7en (Gary Beck’s Scene Take 2) – Touched 13. Gary Beck – Enough Talk – Soma Records 14. Pig & Dan – Deliverance (Gary Beck Dub) – Cocoon 15. Tony Rohr & Tim Xavier – ACB Experiment – Sleaze 16. Alan Fitzpatrick – Gridlock (Gary Beck’s Locked Up Drums) – Drumcode 17. Joe Mcgeechan – Identity (GB’s Footprint Remix)– Nachstrom Schallplatten 18. Floom – Naphtha – Unreleased 19. Gary Beck – YES! – BEK004 20. Tony Thomas – Beginnings (Gary Beck Remix) – Soma Records 21. Mark Broom – Untitled 22. Gary Beck – Fereneze – Soma Records www.myspace.com/garybeck www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Beck/94648431672 www.twitter.com/gary_beck

Hailing from a region known for its basketball and corn, the emergence of an artist from Indiana such as Kyle Geiger is marked as seldom at best. Kyle Geiger's quick rise in the international dance scene is due to both his production prowess, and his explosive decks and effects DJ sets that bridge the divide between techno and minimal. Kyle is not a producer first, DJ second, but chooses to look at both aspects of DJ and production as a whole; one is not complete without the other. Originally inspired by the harder, percussive stylings of late 90's Swedish techno featured on seminal labels like Drumcode and Code Red, Kyle has witnessed the evolution of the genre as it morphed into a more accessible, groove based sound. Still loving the energy and power of the earlier phases of techno while embracing the genre's changes, Kyle has refined his productions and DJ sets into what very well may be a new breed of soundscapes that pushes things forward for the next generation of techno to come. With highly regarded releases on Drumcode, MB Elektronics, and Perc Trax, as well as remixes for Trapez, Droid, Renovatio, plus having his tracks played by all the heavy hitters, the future is proving to be a very promising place for Kyle Geiger as he continues to take his widely recognized DJ set around the world and to the next level. Tracklisting: Audire Lick it fast - ORIGINAL Argv, Jerome Sydenham Mogadishu Nights - Part 2 Ness Fahernheit_(dj emerson remix) Kyle Gieger+Bobby Dowell Tiger_Wall_(Edit Select + Jochem Papp) Jonas Kopp Michigan Lake - Original Mix Decimal Death Song - Original Mix Jody Watley Looking For A New Love - Levon Vincent Dub Miki Litvak Pollinator - Gary Beck Remix Rainer Weichhold Reis - Carlo Lio Remix Kyle Geiger Insulate Kevin Gorman Shakey Metallic Beats - Original Mix DJ Hyperactive Reptilian Tank (Audio Injection Remix) Sidetract You Slay Me Levon Vincent Late Night Jam - Original Mix John Acquaviva, Pierce Butterfly Collector - Ozgur Can Remix Decimal Return Of The Jam - Original Mix Funk D'Void Shadowchaser Jonas Kopp In My Soul (Traut Muzik) Max Bett Click

Surgeon, real name Anthony Child, has been at the forefront of UK techno since the 1995. His debut EP is regarded by many as seminal, launching his career along with several early Downwards releases, causing a ripple of excitement through the techno cognoscenti of the time. Surgeon has been prolific since, with three albums on Tresor and numerous Counterbalance and Dynamic Tension EPs. “Over the course of his career, the Birmingham resident has perfected a unique and uncommonly effective production style. His is a tough techno sound with an industrial murk about it but also plenty of funk, swing and a sophisticated sense of dub-space learned in part from his Chain Reaction contemporaries in Berlin. Proving that hard can also be smart, sensuous and danceable, the influence of Surgeon on the 2010-ruling Ostgut/Berghain sound – DJs/producers like Marcel Dettmann, Shed et al – is substantial”. (Fact Magazine) Further evidence of these multi-functional production skills can be seen on Surgeon's impressive remix CV, working with the biggest names in techno (Dave Clarke, Luke Slater/PAS, Green Velvet, Hardfloor, the Black Dog etc), Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Glasgow post-rock outfit Mogwai, old masters Faust and Coil, and most recently, artists such Moderat, Shed, Traversable Wormhole and Scuba. Recently dubbed by Fact magazine as “arguably the finest techno DJ in the world”, Surgeon is also naturally one of the most in-demand, with recent mixes for Warp and Fabric and a schedule spread across Europe, U.S.A and Japan. He has played every key club/event/festival going; helped pioneer Birmingham’s House of God; and, held a 3 year residency at Tresor (Berlin) during its all powerful 1990s peak. Surgeon continues to operate with Ben Sims as Frequency 7, whilst he was also one half of the much loved British Murder Boys (with Regis of Sandwell District). Contemporary Surgeon sets are notable for experimentation with new DJ technologies embracing cutting edge hardware and software solutions, increasingly blurring the line between a DJ set and a live performance. Surgeon is a selector of some skill and one of the most inventive, intuitive users of Ableton out there. Using techno as a vehicle to carry his artistic message, he also mixes up everything from contemporary bass music/dubstep to Rephlex-esque electronica to create a coherent and intense whole. Tracklisting: 01. Raime - Blackest Ever Black (Regis version) 02. Point B - Suicide Beauty Spot (Boris Noiz mix) 03. Perc & Modern Heads - Moddax 04. Inigo Kennedy - Obsidian 05. Surgeon - Atol 06. Skudge - Convolution Instrumental 07. Datamine - Assemble The Troops 08. Traversable Wormhole - Spacetime Symmetries (Tommy Four Seven mix) 09. P45 - Gluten (Exhale Test 1) 10. Jolka - Five (Surgeon remix) 11. Riaz - Keep Secrets (James Ruskin mix) 12. Untold - Mass Dreams Of The Future 13. Ignacio - Virton Upgraded (Ben Klock remix A) 14. 2AMFM - Desolate Cities 15. Traversable Wormhole - Exiting The Milky Way (Surgeon remix) 16. Samuli Kemppi - Linear Function 17. Surgeon - Exhibit 18. Elemental - Waterworks 19. Taz - Gold Tooth Grin Links: www.dj-surgeon.com dj-surgeon.blogspot.com twitter.com/Tony_Surgeon

Xhin (pronounced as "sheen") has been crafting ominous cuts of cutting-edge electronic music since 1997. Building a forte in sound design, he is best described as a sound futurist. His identical rhythmic structure and compositional techniques which incorporate elements of techno, tight sub bass, ambient and IDM delivers a hint of chaotic soundscape amidst artistry. A Singaporean by birth and residence, he independently released "Xycle", a self-promotional ep that made the industry to stand up to take notice, in early 2003. He then followed with his debut album, "Supersonicstate" the following year. In 2006, his talent has been discovered by a German independent record label Meerestief. With a remix for Five Green Circle's track entitled Ronan's BBQ has created a storm over Europe, fully supported and charted by heavy weights from the world of electronic music. An active DJ in the Singapore club culture he has played extensively in a number of clubs and various events like ZoukOut, Good Vibrations, Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival, Singapore Fashion Festival and for fashion label Woods & Woods runways. In 2007, Xhin was invited to play at the important electronic music festival, C/O Pop in Cologne Germany and the first outdoor electronic music festival in Hanoi, together with various good acts from the far east. Besides releasing and remixing, Xhin also got involved in various miscellaneous projects like producing music and sounds for Nike, Nokia and fashion label like Woods & Woods among others. He also appeared as a special guest tutor on electronic music production using Ableton Live for Red Bull Music Academy Info Sessions II in Singapore. In 2009, Xhin joined Berlin's new techno label, Stroboscopic Artefacts to release his dark, intense and experimental sounds. From the results of his new releases for the label, he has done it again. Heavy rotation from the big boys like Speedy J, Luke Slater, Ben Klock and many more. This will be yet again the beginning of an old new direction for him to explore and experiment sounds even deeper for his future releases. Tracklisting: 1. Richard Devine - Lpr Port 2. Abfahrt Hinwil - Bumperstufe 2 3. Untold, Panaea - I Can't Stop This Feeling (Pangaea Remix) 4. Brazda Lui Novac - Protone 5. Phase - The Dialogue 6. Chevel - Fulcron 7. Cally - Wake Oops! (Skudge Remix) 8. Jonas Kopp - In My Soul 9. Thomas Bangalter - Outrun 10. Tadeo - Paráfrasis de discontinuidad 11. Sian - Coup d'état (Xhin Remix) 12. O/V/R - Post-Traumatic Son 13. Velour - She Wore Velour 14. Forss - Using Splashes 15. Drum Interlude 16. Aphex Twin - Windowlicker 17. Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car 18. Justin Maxwell - The Windey Man 19. Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik

Kevin Gorman is a DJ & Producer from Manchester, England. He is best known for his releases on Mikrowave (his label), Ostgut, CMYK/ Net28 and International Deejay Gigolo . In December 2007 his debut album 'Chemistry Lock' was released on Gigolo, featuring the single DMX. In 2010, DMX was used as a whole planet/ level on iPhone game Radio Flare Redux, made by Austrian Studio Radiolaris. Experimental music by Kevin was also licensed for the soundtrack to 'Shiver' a full-length documentary concerning shark finning. Mikrowave was formed by Kevin in 2006 as an outlet for his own productions and as a platform for exciting artists worldwide. It continues to feature music from artists including Marcel Dettmann, Peter Van Hoesen, John Selway, Alex Under, Agaric, MLZ, Tadeo, Mark Broom and many others. Kevin's remix highlights include the Adam X's Traversable Wormhole for CLR, Phil Kieran on Cocoon, R & S rave classic ‘Vamp’ by Outlander, as well Alloy Mental’s ‘God is Green’ for Skint Records. Kevin has played throughout the world, including Fabric, Sonar, The Berghain, Rex Club, as well as tours of America and Japan . From March to June 2009 he released an innovative series of singles called 'Elements', where he catered exclusively for digitial DJs by releasing all the component parts to his music alongside the original tracks. Kevin has also recorded under many different aliases, and at various times worked in the music industry as promoter, graphic designer, bootlegger, teacher and photographer. He is originally from Chester, England. Tracklisting: Recorded live @ Berghain, Berlin

Terence Fixmer is one of France’s most illustrated characters of the techno scene, of which he has been at the forefront for over 10 successful years. Bringing his dark, atmospheric sound to prestigious dance floors that range from Berlin’s mecca of techno to Paris ‘ Rex club. Equally at ease in the club or at a pure techno festival, Terence reached this respected level, without ever succumbing to excessive promotion or subscribing to the mainstream. Terence Fixmer’s sound, which deftly avoids repetition by developing soundscapes that appeals to the club crowd, whilst still maintaining musical depth and integrity. Sombre, defined by surging rhythmical structures, Terence’s music appeals as much to dancingfeet, as it does to the searching soul. He above all preserves an original style, an increasingly experimental, simultaneously ruthless and unrelenting interpretation of modern Techno, instantly recognizable. With his new lonplayer ‘Comedy Of Menace’ Terence Fixmer created a true techno album, with an instantly recognizable pure sound and a deep and dark atmosphere throughout. The Album is, in many ways, hypnotizing and mental, yet keeps the energy and effectiveness for the dancefloor. Besides the Album release in September, the EP 'Comedy Of Menace pt1.’ will be released with a Planetary Assault System mix. New remixes done for Niederflur, for Traversable Wormhole on Chris Liebing’s CLR and Echologist aka Brendon Moeller will appear in the coming months. On Top, his EP on Tiga’s Turbo will hit in november . In summary: Two solo albums on Gigolo, DJ Hell’s mythical Munich-based label; the seminal “Muscle Machine” (1999) that single-handedly spearheaded a new style, “techno body music” (a unique combination of modern techno and EBM of the founding fathers from Nitzer Ebb to Front 242); copious maxis on prestigious labels, such as Gigolo, Novamute, Datapunk, Different, Music Man; and remixes for various techno gods, from Sven Väth to Dave Clarke, DJ Hell, Speedy J & Radio Slave... Tracklisting: 1 Emmanuel Top : Asteroid ( Novamute) 2 Terence Fixmer : The Dark line (Electric Deluxe) 3 Giorgio Gigli : The Different Perception of Silence (Zooloft) 4 Plastikman : Sickness (Novamute ) 5 Marcus Suckut : Vary (Stroboscopics Artefacts) 6 Terence Fixmer (unreleased) 7 Traversable Wormhole : Exiting the Milky Way (Surgeon remix ) (CLR) 8 Jeff Derringer: Tarentula (Iori dub mix) (Perc trax) 9 Phil Kieran : Empty Vessels ( Gary Beck remix) (Electric Deluxe) 10 Milton Bustamente : Signal (Lineal) 11 Traversable Wormhole : Exotic Matter (Terence Fixmer remix ) (CLR) 12 Niederflur : "Feldstarke" (terence fixmer remix) (Niederflur tracks)