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ALEXANDER M

日本とアメリカをルーツに持つDJ／プロデューサー。アメリカで生まれ東京で育ったバックグラウンドを活かし、異なる文化の影響を受けた独自のサウンドを追求している。東京を拠点にWOMBやZEROTOKYOを中心に活動し、国内外のアーティストとのコラボレーションを積極的に展開。 自身がレジデンスを務めるイベント「Synapse.」では、重厚なベースラインと洗練されたメロディを融合させたスタイルで注目を集める。Vintage Culture、MAU P、OSCAR L、VIVIANA CASANOVAなど、国際的に活躍するアーティストと共演し、東京のクラブシーンで着実に存在感を高めている。 パワフルなビートとエモーショナルな音楽性の調和が特徴で、グローバルな感性と日本のクリエイティビティを兼ね備えたサウンドを展開している。 --- A DJ and producer with roots in both Japan and the United States. Born in America and raised in Tokyo, he blends diverse cultural influences into his unique sound. Based in Tokyo, he actively performs at renowned venues such as WOMB and ZEROTOKYO, while collaborating with artists from around the world. Through his curated event series "Synapse.", he has gained attention for his signature style—merging powerful basslines with refined melodies. He has shared the stage with internationally acclaimed artists like Vintage Culture, MAU P, OSCAR L, and VIVIANA CASANOVA, steadily solidifying his presence in Tokyo's club scene. His sound is defined by the balance of punchy rhythms and emotional depth, reflecting both global sensibilities and Japanese creativity. --- 일본과 미국의 뿌리를 가진 DJ이자 프로듀서. 미국에서 태어나 도쿄에서 성장한 배경을 바탕으로, 다양한 문화적 영향을 담은 독창적인 사운드를 추구한다. 도쿄를 중심으로 WOMB와 ZEROTOKYO에서 활발하게 활동하며, 해외 아티스트들과의 협업도 꾸준히 이어가고 있다. 자신이 레지던트의 이벤트 "Synapse"를 통해 강력한 베이스라인과 세련된 멜로디를 결합한 스타일로 주목받고 있다. Vintage Culture, MAU P, OSCAR L, VIVIANA CASANOVA 등 세계적인 아티스트들과 함께 무대에 오르며, 도쿄 클럽 씬에서의 입지를 점차 확장 중이다. 역동적인 비트와 감성적인 멜로디의 조화가 특징이며, 글로벌한 감각과 일본적 창의성이 어우러진 사운드를 선보이고 있다.

Calabasa

Cap

Romanian DJ known as a cornerstone of the 'rominimal' sound, delivering intricate, looping minimal techno sets.

Gabbs

Gabbs is an Italian DJ driven by a raw passion for electronic music. His sets hit hard but stay controlled; always locked into the room, the system, the crowd. No masks, no noise. Just instinct, selection, and a deep understanding of how to move people and leave them with a real experience.Whether it’s a dark basement or a sunrise stage, Gabbs brings intensity, versatility, and a sound that’s grounded, precise, and always in motion. His name continues to rise across international scenes not because of hype, but because the music speaks for itself.

Jamback

His first few releases were very well received on Mason Collectives label Whippin & Airtime Records which have had some serious support from some big artists within the minimal/deep house scene like: Toman, Chris Stussy, Archie Hamilton, Waff, Dimmish & East End Dubs to name a few. Jamback is now developing his sound in the studio and released two solo ep’s last year. His ‘Roaring 20’s’ EP on PIV Records has reached the number #1 spot in the Deep House charts on Beatport. Also his EP Çoin Drop has made a lot of noise in the charts and has been supported by big names in the scene like East End Dubs & Sidney Charles. His talent for producing energetic and groovy music has not been unnoticed and Jamback is getting a lot of support from some pioneers in the scene leading up to multiple bookings in Europe. With a lot of passion and love for the music industry, Jamback is definitely going to make some huge steps the coming years.

Janeret

Locky

Marsolo

Marijn van Vliet, better known as Marsolo, is a house DJ and producer, born and raised in The Netherlands. His life took a musical turn when he started stacking drum loops on his computer. Year by year, he became more and more professional at music production. After finishing high school, he got accepted at the well-respected Herman Brood Academy; the perfect chance to settle his name in the Dutch house scene. A typical Marsolo track provokes feelings of euphoria and is recognized by vintage, sample-based drums, complemented by warm, refreshing synths. Although many house artists are doing an impressive job in making people dance, Marsolo adds emotion to that by telling a musical story to be freely interpreted by the listener. His mission is to strike a chord with the crowd. In the studio and on stage, Marsolo isn’t afraid to break rules. His creativity already led to releases on well-known labels, like Eastenderz, House of Love, and House Puff, only to name a few. By constantly finding innovative ways to create house music, his future releases will always be surprising. Being discovered and supported by well-known DJs, like Chris Stussy, East End Dubs and Folamour, his schedule is expanding rapidly. By already having played at renowned venues like Thuishaven and Paradiso, his future looks brighter every day. Keep an eye on Marsolo because he has just embarked on a long musical journey.

Mella Dee

“All the artists I love always changed and evolved and were willing to rip things up and start again,” he says. “Look how much Andrew Weatherall changed and evolved for example.” The idea of Nothing Stays The Same is simple, it’s about taking creative risks and musical leaps in order to evolve. Despite great success over the last ten years, Aitchison’s passion for music is based around the ethos that everything should be moving in new directions, exploring sounds and styles that mean something to him, no matter what they are. Nothing Stays The Same is about taking what’s come before and using it to drive something new, fresh and innovative. It’s not staying in one place, it’s moving forward and progressing as an artist. Nothing Stays The Same launched at Glastonbury 2024 and was followed by a series of sold out takeovers at Pikes, Ibiza and a tour around the UK and Ireland. The DJs that Aitchison chose to join him, all follow the same ethos that’s driving this new endeavour forward, they’re artists that take risks and showcase inimitable styles. Saoirse, Gene on Earth, Amaliah, Manfredas and Ivan Smagghe, Laidlaw, Niks and Fumiya Tanaka are just some of the selectors that have featured so far. After recent releases on fabric records and Saoirse’s trUst recordings label, the debut release from his Nothing Stays The Same imprint is dropping next month. Shortly after that Aitchison will make his hotly-anticipated debut on SlapFunk with a new four track EP. Following a series of stand-out b2b sets alongside label boss Samuel Deep and a whirlwind session at the infamous ADE closing party at BRET, a new partnership has been born that sees Mella Dee enter his most exciting era yet. "I am taking my music in a more experimental direction and working on some really interesting collaborations right now," he says. "The Nothing Stays the Same parties we've thrown so far have had such an incredible vibe and atmosphere and I can't wait to see where I can take things next."

Miss Wallace

Obskur

Saoirse

Irish DJ and BBC Radio 1 resident known for versatile, bass-heavy sets spanning jungle, techno, and breaks.

Sidney Charles

His take on house music is known amongst fans as The Sidney Sound: it’s one built on heavy low ends, the immediate impact of chunky drums, cavernous low frequencies and hard hitting rhythms that connect directly with your body. Both as a DJ and a producer, Sidney favours rough, dirty sounds that defined the old school pioneers, but all with a modern, full and punchy approach. His signature tunes like ‘House Lessons’ and ‘Warehouse Romance’ established this early on, and since then the artist has homed in on ever more irresistible rhythms on key labels like Truesoul, Hot Creations and Saved. HIs upfront, dark, hard hitting take on house is about physicality and making your body move. He wants to get you jacked up on the dance floor and keep you there. He does so with a mixing technique drawn from his long standing love of hip hop and battle DJs: beat matching, subtle scratching and tight, quick, energetic mixes that move things along at a pace. His love of direct rhythms stems back to a A Tribe Called Quest’s seminal Low End Theory album, which was the first in hip hop to really focus on the power of the drums and placement of them in the mix. After initially being a hip hop DJ who peaked with a warm up set for the legendary Xzibit, house music really turned Sidney’s ear: he’d grown up with it all round him as his mother was a music journalist with Strictly Rhythm promos arriving on a regular basis, but only later did he grow to appreciate its more immediate sense of energy and drive, coupled with the funk he loved from hip hop. Over the years, he has played DC10 Circo Loco numerous times, Mute Beach in Argentina to 10,000 people with Hot Since 82, held a Do Not Sleep residency at Vista Club in 2015 and was resident of Tribal Sessions Sankeys at its peak in Manchester and Ibiza. His music, too, has achieved some real highs such as ‘Ruff Line’ making number 2 in Beatport’s chart, ‘All Night Long’ on Hot Creations being number 1 on Beatport, being RA’s most charted artist in 2013 and being nominated twice for Best Producer and Newcomer in the Ibiza DJs Awards These days based in the laidback and sunny climate of Portugal, where he has time to surf, relax and more room to think about his work than in the hustle and bustle of Berlin, he is continuing to mature as an artist. His current release ‘Rush’ ft. Liz Cass on DFTD is doing great on digital & streaming stores, as well as the start of his own label, Heavy House Society, whose name says it all: it will be a label that deals in heavy, forward looking, rhythm orientated house music. With a background as an A&R at Avotre a few years ago, Sidney will bring those skills to the new label as his love of unearthing hot new talents continues. Charles is at home in a small and sweaty club like Circo Loco at DC10 in Ibiza, but also Italy’s largest open air warehouse, Social Music City, in Milan, as well as plenty in between. This year he heads back to South America, where they love his booty-shaking bottom ends, as well as to big gigs like Creamfields. For those who really like to feel house music in their chest, then, there is no one better than Sidney Charles

The Ghost

Berlin, 2015. Local authorities receive reports of a mysterious white van parked up around the city. House music can be heard from within while a queue of people wait in line. It’s called The Ghost, and 10 years later, what was once this covert mobile record shop has become its own little universe. jodie@mdcberlin.com