Bas Mooy { The Netherlands }

During the last decade Rotterdam home-based dj/producer Bas Mooy (1976) has been active on all fronts in the global techno-scene. In 2002 he started the well respected label Audio Assault, which resulted in the birth of sublabel Arms in 2003. He recently kickstarted Syndikaat Records, which will focus more on the diversity in techno music.

Over the years Bas has been a resident and member of organizations such as Exposure of Sound, Compound, Strictly Techno, Phaze!1, Resonance and Inside. Beside that he is also hosting a monthly evening at Bootleg, providing a stage for locals and upcoming talent since 2001.

The last couple of years he has been working the decks at established Dutch venues/parties such as Awakenings, De Effenaar, Doornroosje, Waterfront, Het Paard van Troje, Nighttown and Simplon, with artists like Jeff Mills, Speedy J, Ben Sims, Cari Lekebusch, Surgeon, Luke Slater, Cristian Varela, Glenn Wilson, Gayle San, Secret Cinema and many more. He also played in countries like Belgium, Sweden, Poland, Scotland, Croatia and Germany.

Diabla Diezco { The Netherlands }

Diabla Diezco is a project by partners in crime Bas Mooy and Charlton, delivering dark and evil techno straight from the streets of Rotterdam. After doing tunes together for Bas Mooy's label Arms they decided to create the Diabla Diezco alias and work on a fine selection of tunes for there live set, which is up and running since 2006. Influenced by artists such as Surgeon, Regis, Mulero, Whitehouse, Aphex Twin, Steve Rachmad and The Advent, they take you on a trip through the darker dungeons of techno. From dirty offbeat kick drums to straight nineties rhythms, crazy synth stabs and mind crushing sounds capes, they touch a wide variety of what true techno's about. Keep an eye out for their upcoming tracks on labels such as Audio Assault, Arms, Planet Rhythm, Aftertaste and Lime Tree Project.

Dustin Zahn { USA }

A bad ass behind the decks, and in the studio since 1998...his productions ended up on some bigger techno labels as well as more obscure imprints. Along with Ian Lehman, he forged the well-received “Attack People” live performance…bringing his show across the US, to South America, and Europe as well. When he’s not on tour with his DJ sets or supercharged live pa sessions, he co-promotes some of Minneapolis’s biggest techno parties. In addition, he also manages his labels Abiotic Recordings and Enemy Records, which both receive wide support from the techno community.

Gunjack { USA/Japan }

Much in demand as a producer, Gunjack is part of the third generation of techno to come out of Detroit in the early 90's. Brian Gibbs AKA Gunjack is the Founder of the prolific DEAFMOSAIC imprint, owner/founder of the Gunjack Collectors Series and co-founder of the Gameface imprint and has recorded on many international labels besides performing all over the world. From Tresor, Berlin to Womb, Tokyo, Emotion Club in Madrid, to superexclusive loft parties in Detroitand San Francisco, this is an artist whois known throughout the world for uncompromising production and a prolific body of work. Beginning with the classic "Outlands" single on sheep records, Gunjack has developed an impressive discography and many loyal fans across the globe. From hearing "Consume or be Consumed" on the I LOVE TECHNO compilation in 2004, to "Rokugo" on British radio… "Rules of Engagement" on Japanese television breaks, to noise and art exhibitions in New York City, one can not escape the music of this well established and legendary producer.

Jeroen Liebregts { The Netherlands }

Jeroen Liebregts is a DJ/producer from Rotterdam and co-owner of Audio Assault and ARMS records. Jeroen started DJ'ing in '98, and picked up making music soon after. His record-label Audio Assault was founded in 2002, followed up by sub-label ARMS about a year after. Eversince Jeroen has performed as a DJ on Parties such as Strictly Techno, Exposure of Sound, Planet Rose and he is resident at Bootleg DJ café (Rotterdam). Nowadays he's also playing his own productions in the form of a live set. After having done some releases and remixes in co-operation with label-partner Bas Mooy, Jeroen is now concentrating on his solo productions. Besides running the record label Jeroen is now finishing his study Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, which deals with electronic music.

Lars Klein { Germany }

Lars Klein, born Dortmund (in the huge industrial Ruhr area), became infected with electronic music when he first listened to the vinyls of Jean-Michel Jarre.

In the Mid-80s, he got in touch with House music and it were labels such as "DJ International" and "Trax" who left their deepest traces with their impelling and propulsive electronic sounds without any vocal knick-knack whatsoever.

Equipped with turntables and a tape deck, he began to produce a series of amateur mix tapes which his friends and mates received with much enthusiasm. In the early 90s, he had his first DJ bookings which marked that Lars was set for his musical career. In 1994 he had assembled his first studio equipment, and he immediately began to work hard at developing his production skills.

The news spread like wild fire and he was soon snapped up by the crème de la crème of labels. Planet Rhythm, Primate and Fine Audio have all knocked on Lars’ door for tracks and the demand has definitely not abated.

The fact that Lars is an excellent producer has been immortalised on vinyl, but what about his skills as a DJ? Any one who has seen Lars play will be able to tell you that he turns a crowd upside down and leaves them begging for more.

The combination of German thoroughness to ensure seamless mixes and the innovative choice of records make him the perfect entertainer!

Lars started up his own label LK records in March 2004 to provide a platform for more of his work as well as that of artists he admires.

Mark Verbos { USA }

Debuting on the illegal party scene in the Midwest in 1993, Mark Verbos is a key player behind the scenes in electronic dance music. His releases number in the hundreds, under several different names, on all formats and in genres as diverse as hardcore, techno, dance rock, acid, house, pop, electro and more. A student of the old school, he values classic production techniques but he stays up to date with current technologies. Despite humble roots in Milwaukee, he has played records and live acts around the globe and has lived in Chicago, Berlin and now New York.

Matt K { USA }

For over 5 years now, Matt K has been producing the felonious bass crushing tunes that keep the dances floors shaking with his unique style of “Gangsta-Tech”, the fusion of mayhem, violence, and ass rattling grooves. Reprehensibly hard, and deplorably infectious, his skill and determination seethe through with every performance. Matt is currently headlining events in Ibiza, London, Mexico, national dates spanning the east coast to the west coast, as well as continuing to ambush his local scene in Atlanta, GA.

Ogi { Croatia }

DJ Ogi got into Croatian electronic music scene in 1995. He is the founder of Rijeka's techno scene and also one of the leading people of today's Croatian electronic music scene. He's an associate of “X-music” show and one of the starters of “Energetica Music” show, both at Radio Crikvenica. Being a proud member of “Energetica Team”, an organization for promoting electronic music, Ogi was one of the people who organized one of the greatest open air festivals in Croatia, “Exotica”. His style has always been based on hard techno, and even today it's a combination of pumping hard techno and dark elements, marked and well rounded with his beastly mixing technique on 3 decks. His sets could be heard at the raves and parties such as Love Parade in Berlin, MTV Valkana Beach Festival 08 at Grobnik, Citadela and Imperium in Brno, Teknautika in Landsberg, Paradog in Senica, in European clubs like Zoreks in Lleinda/Barcelona, Cazin and Tunel in Linz, Ambasada Gavioli in Izola, Fabrik in Ostrava, Suburbia in Udine, Ostwerk in Augsbourg, ExExtreme in Bratislava, Lipa and k4 in Ljubljana, and, of course, in many Croatian clubs such as Boogaloo, Colosseum, The Best, Tvornica, Monvi etc. Besides being a very successful dj, Ogi's into techno production as well, and his music has been published by labels like Submissions, Compressed, Patterns, Cardiac Arrest, GAD X Cell, Arms, Giant and Dwarf, Wired, Northwest Dynamics, H.U.T., Holzplatten and Compound Records. Also, some of his published tracks have been included on well known compilations “Palazzo Mix” “Hardtechno” and “Shranz Total”.
In the year of 2005, Ogi and his partner in crime, Daniel Gloomy, have started their label, Beast Music Records, which will publish music by both, the newcoming and the leading hard techno producers.

Omerta { USA/Mexico }

After many years of quality Gunjack and Matt K releases, the two have finally joined forces in a long overdue partnership based on like-minded production values. "Gangsta-tech" is a sound invented by Matt K and Gunjack. Both being unaware of the other's "invention", the two soon joined up and further defined the sound as a label and a live performance duo. Hard and dark, urban and architectural, this is a sound based in a shady criminal world, meticulously constructed through intimate knowledge of pop culture.

Radial { The Netherlands }

Early 2006 Jeroen Liebregts and Laurens van der Starre aka BoyConstrictor decided to start a collaboration project called Radial. Jeroen had already released on labels such as Submissions, LK-rec, his own imprint Audio Assault and sublabel Arms. In the meantime Laurens gathered a rather large group of fans on the internet by regularly posting new tracks for download. This resulted in the release of his track Destroy Erase Improve on Glenn Wilson's Templ8R imprint, and a release on Arms. The Radial project received huge support right from the start. Their music got signed by the infamous Slovakian labels Numb and PVC, and the tracks are being played by top jocks such as Surgeon, Takaaki Itoh and Rumenige & Loktibrada.

Tetric { USA/Japan }

Tetsuji Miwa aka Tetric was born in Boston and grew up in Japan. He found house music through one of his friends back in the early 90's. After moving back to the States in 93 he went to his first underground warehouse party, where he first heard DJ's playing Acid House and Hard Techno. From that day on, Tetric has dedicated himself to continually delving into and developing his own Techno sound.

Tetric has been playing for more than 11 years and his signature style of smoothly combining a large variety of Techno is well known throughout the US underground music community. He currently produces his own music and brings amazing live sets wherever he plays.

Tetric currently resides in the Chicago area. He has gigged everywhere from Chicago to Seattle to Mexico, to name a few. He is passionate about fusing his own sound into the growing international electronic music scene. Keep your ears and eyes open for groundbreaking sets from this veteran Techno architect : Tetric.

Vincent de Wit { The Netherlands }

Infected by his brother Stephan, who was getting house-tapes from Friends, Vincent got interested in house-music. After buying records for quite some years this passionate
DJ /producer started to develop his own sound and since 1997 he is showing his preference for pounding techno in his dj-sets and his live performances, which started at Exposure of Sound in the year 2001.

In 2003 Vincent´s first releases came out and soon respected producers such as DJ Rush and Secret Cinema were making remixes of Vincent´s tracks. Also differed party organisations appreciated Vincent’s style and as a result of that he was already performing, alone or together with Carlos Rios (live) and /or Stephan de Wit (dj-set), on many parties such as: Awakenings (incl. festivals), Dance Valley, Defqon1, Innercity, Teqnology, Reactor,
Rock it Open Air, Decibel-outdoor, Planet Rose, Techworx.
Furthermore he was performing at big dutch-clubs such as: 013, De Effenaar, Doornroosje, Het Paard van Troje, Heineken Music Hall, Mazzo.

He also joined forces with Bas Mooy. After some successful productions on labels like submissions, arms, patterns, planet rhythm and audio assault they debuted on Awakenings with there new and pounding live set. They will start a tour for the promotion of their new mix cd in 2006.