Paul Kalkbrenner (1977) is a producer, DJ and actor from Berlin, Germany. He is signed to the famous Bpitch Control label founded by Ellen Allien. Starting as a trumpet player and studying music theory, Kalkbrenner later switched to electronic music. In 1999 he released his first tracks under the name of Paul dB+. As a live act, he performs using Ableton Live in combination with midi controllers and hardware synthesizers.
Smash TV used to be Holger Zilske & Michael Schmidt, but Michael left the band. They've released a dozen 12'' and an album in Berlin label BPitch Control, gaining some success in the tech-house scene. Holger's webpage is http://www.myspace.com/holgerzilske
Moderat are Modeselektor and Apparat. Moderat's formation began back in 2002 when Sascha Ring (aka Apparat) and Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary (aka Modeselektor) recorded an EP for the record label BPitch Control ("Auf Kosten der Gesundheit" / "At The Cost Of Health"). When it came time to begin working on an album, Moderat suddenly broke up. Meanwhile Modeselektor set a milestone in German music history with their sophomore album, Happy Birthday!, including musicians such as Puppetmastaz, Maximo Park and Thom Yorke.
There a multiple bands named SION:
1) A Japanese rock singer
2) A Russian metalcore band.
3) A British alternative rock band.
4) A Japanese vocalist known mostly for her work with teranoid & MC Natsack 1) SION is a Japanese rock singer. He was conspicuous in early Japanese indies scene and one of the most important. He respects old good blues, rock, trad, and punk musicians. Especially, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits.
In addition, Japanese old artists. 泉谷しげる, 友部正人 and more. 2) SION - metalcore band from St. Petersburg (Russia).
It all started in the summer of '89 ...Mark went on holiday to Tenerife and in the clubs they were spinning the now legendary Acid House music. On his return to England Broom went on a search for this music... found it... bought some turntables and the birth of his musical career was born. After a few years of playing at peoples parties, Mark decided to try his hand at making music.
Through a friend, he was introduced to Ed and Andy from Black Dog Productions.
Minilogue are a Swedish Progressive House/Tech-House/Minimal Techno music project of Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson. The name is a portmanteau of minimal (the musical style) and dialogue, which refers to music as a form of communication. Beside their music production as Minilogue, they are both involved in the projects Son Kite and Trimatic, and Sebastian has the soloprojects Kooler, Filur and Ooze. Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson came from opposing backgrounds.
Carl A. Finlow's solo entry as Silicon Scally is pure electro that will satisfy even the most hardened electro sceptic
Feadz is Fabien Pianta, a French Electro DJ on the Ed Banger records label, he is known for his hip-hop infuenced tracks and remixes, especially his collaborations with Uffie. Originaly from Paris, Feadz with his solid dj background worked with Mr. Oizo on his first album Analog Worms Attack and produce a few ep's on Ellen Allien's german label : Bpitchcontrol.
Now he's working for Ed Banger on the Uffie's adventure, and still bangin the clubs in the whole world with his 'hors pair' selection and technique.
A kind of techno that sways between the polarity of emotional overload and concrete rationale
Modeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, electro and hip hop. Modeselektor produces all its material with self-developed software in Max/MSP and MIDI controllers. The group members met in 1992 in Berlin with group member Szary performing live acid house music at illegal underground parties. Both soon joined forces and began creating music under the moniker Fundamental Knowledge.