Over the last few years some things started to change in Antwerp city. This city has always had a great history within electronic music but suddenly in the mid – 2000s it all seem to fall to a dead end. The very vibrant techno era desperatly needed a new injection, electrohouse had already seen its best years and even though the minimal scene in Berlin was booming there was not a single promotor in town that seemed to dare to push things to a next level. It’s around this time that a young group of friends decided it was time for action and create the madness they have been longing for.
In 2006 Laurens & Menno started the minimal dj duo ‘Dictators’, this is how they learned the tricks of the trade by playing at numerous homeparties, their first club gigs and offcourse their first residency at Magic mirrors together with Flatfish. Also in 2008 Feiern was created, A concept for bringing the more authentic side of house & techno (currently run by Eklektiker, Gerrie 303 & Laurens).…
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ARNE (BE, Sunday Matinee)
JOACHIM (NL, Sound Architecture)
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LAURENS (BE, Feiern)
Over the last few years some things started to change in Antwerp city. This city has always had a great history within electronic music but suddenly in the mid – 2000s it all seem to fall to a dead end. The very vibrant techno era desperatly needed a new injection, electrohouse had already seen its best years and even though the minimal scene in Berlin was booming there was not a single promotor in town that seemed to dare to push things to a next level. It’s around this time that a young group of friends decided it was time for action and create the madness they have been longing for.
In 2006 Laurens & Menno started the minimal dj duo ‘Dictators’, this is how they learned the tricks of the trade by playing at numerous homeparties, their first club gigs and offcourse their first residency at Magic mirrors together with Flatfish. Also in 2008 Feiern was created, A concept for bringing the more authentic side of house & techno (currently run by Eklektiker, Gerrie 303 & Laurens). In 2010 however interests started to differ and Menno & Laurens went their own ways.
This end of a chapter was just the beginning though. Feiern started to gain reputation, building collaborations with Technoir and the infamous We Play House label, throwing party’s in both Antwerp & Ghent and Laurens soon started to receive great opportunities playing in clubs such as cafe d’anvers, noxx, kissinger etc.. At that point it became clear that there were more dj’s in Antwerp on the same mission and the infamous Sunday Matinée’s were born. These unofficial outdoor party’s recently have become a huge platform for new talent thriving away from classic techno to bring contemporary house music to a new generation.
In 2012 things started to explode even more with regular gigs at Fuse and even bigger Festivals such as Fuse on the beach, So It Begins and the newborn Lucid festival. This proves that Laurens is becoming a key player in a new Belgian nightlife and word among the young & vigorous says that this dj has not seen the heights of his game yet.
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http://soundcloud.com/shmaury
https://partyflock.nl/artist/69521
ARNE (BE, Sunday Matinee)
Living and breathing music and a well known figure in the Antwerp scene, Arne is one of the driving forces behind the infamous Sunday Matinee parties.
Behind the decks for 15 years, he got invited to play at a variety of clubs like Café Capital, Petrol, Kissinger and Fuse for promotors like Ketaloco, Technoir, Feiern, Cube and Kazzino. Working together with Sound Architecture resulted in a regular slot at Café d’Anvers. His skills didn’t go unnoticed abroad either. Recent bookings took him to places like Club der Visionaere, Goldengate and Griessmühle in Berlin and Reka Club in Moscow.
He is also very active in the studio lately digging deep into analog gear which will result in some future releases. Besides this he still finds time to host an underground concept called ‘For Those who Know’ with Veebo and a more house oriented one called ‘In Your Face’ with Pirrès.
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http://soundcloud.com/arnevo
https://partyflock.nl/artist/64003
JOACHIM (NL, Sound Architecture)
Joachim was born in Belgium in 1977 but moved to the Netherlands and got established in Rotterdam. Being a young punk listening to Pink Floyd, New order, The Cure and Depeche Mode. He started to get involved in electronic music in 1991 after listening to different styles of eighties, electro, hip hop, Chicago and Detroit techno.
Joachim started mixing the decks frequent in 1995. And slowly took his place within the Dutch dance scene although he was always staying true to his own belief. In 1999 Joachim founded Sound Architecture, A concept founded out of love and devotion for electronic dance music.Throughout the years Sound Architecture has become a solid and essential fundament for the Dutch dance scene.
Promoting events such as the highly rated clubnight ON @ Off Corso, Sound Architecture at Poema, Subtronics, The night of Motorcity Detroit, Music People, Shapes of Sound and the minimal Less=More.Also Sound Architecture has had the honour to receive almost every international acclaimed deejay or producer from Derrick May to Luciano, Jeff Mills to Dave Clarke or LTJ Bukem and Sven Vath.
Sound Architecture has worked close as an advisor and programmer for events such as “the Isle of MTV” Pan European tour wich travelled trough almost all european countries in 2003 and in 2004 Sound Architecture worked closely with the Generator foundation and Derrick May for the Underground stage during the Movement Festival aka “DEMF” in Detroit and also the CitySounds Festival in Tilburg 2005.
At the beginning of 2004 he proudly presented the first release of his label Sound Architecture Records with Artist Joris Voorn taking the globe by storm with future releases and Remixes of Alexander kowalski, Duplex, Dark Science, Deetron and Shawn Rudiman to name a few, also a new label will be launched soon called Music People with forthcoming producers such as Biological and Dollkraut.
True the years Joachim has had the honour to play at events and clubs such as Nighttown, Mazzo, Off Corso, Café D?anvers, Penthouse No 1 Moscow, Club sublime (AUS), Stubnitz, Paard, Club Silly?s, FFWD, Decadance, Mono, Awakenings, Dance Valley, MAW, Las palmas, Now-Wow, Sweetwaters Festival, Gravity Electronic Festival, Detroit Movement Festival, Isle of MTV, Pall Mall 100 % Slim tour Russia, Zentraus Barcelona, Underground Ibiza and countries such as Poland, Germany, Belgium, Italy, “Sidney”Australia, “Auckland”New Zealand, London and Detroit.
Joachim Plays a mixture of minimal, electronica, organic tech house and uplifting groovy yet experimental techno with Deep Detroit influences. This year his main focus is on his sound again as he enjoys playing and the interaction with the audience is what he likes most and people can hear that. Blending records to different levels and always experimenting with the crowd. Expect a set from the heart of a motivated electronic music freak and Sound Architecture, Below Sealevel and Catwalk resident and international resident of club la Leria in Santiago de Chile.
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http://www.soundarchitecture.eu
http://twitter.com/joachim_SA
http://soundcloud.com/soundarchitecture/tracks
http://www.discogs.com/artist/joachim
http://www.facebook.com/Joachim-Sound-Architectur
23h: €6 - 00h: €10
More info at
http://www.fuse.be/fuse/?p=12128
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