electro | Musicosity

electro

D.I.M.

D.I.M. (a.k.a. Andreas Meid) is a German artist who lives in Hamburg. Born as the son of Lothar Meid, who is the bass player in the Krautrock Band Amon Düül II, Andi is member of "Boys Noize Records" and "Turbo Recordings". He has made several remixes for the likes of Kim, Shameboy, Teenage Bad Girl, The Presets, Chromeo, fisherspooner and many more. Together with Alex Ridha (Boys Noize) he forms a project named PUZIQUe.

Artist Type: 

Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo (pronounced 'Monsieur Wah-zoh') is the nom de plume for French music producer Quentin Dupieux. Dupieux is most famous for his electro track "Flat Beat", which became a hit all across Europe in 1999 for being featured in a series of Levi's jeans TV advertisements. Dupieux also directed the ad, which featured a yellow puppet named Flat Eric nodding his head to the sound of the track while riding in a pickup truck. Flat Eric later appeared in the music video for "Flat Beat".

Artist Type: 

Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki, also known as his stage name DJ Steve Aoki Kid Millionaire, is one of Los Angeles' most well known DJs. His father Rocky is the founder of the famous Benihana Japanese restaurant chain, and sister Devon is a famous model and actress.

He founded his own record label, Dim Mak (which has signed such artists as Bloc Party, Whirlwind Heat, Whitey and Neon Blonde), in 1996 and has also launched a Dim Mak clothing line.

Artist Type: 

Bombs Away

Bombs Away are one of the hardest working acts in the club industry at the moment, with tracks hitting the charts & staying there! Remixing & f#cking with names like Ceelo Green, Akon, Dirty Loud, Katy perry, Mike Posner, Mind Electric & Touring till they know the inflight saftey manual like the next days hangover! They're rocking Festival lineups & sold out shows all summer, no doubt smashing your next fkn party!

Artist Type: 

The Aston Shuffle

In 2005 after being friends and associated production whores with Mikah Freeman, Vance Musgrove & Ross McGrath started their digital label project, dubbed The Aston Shuffle. What started off as a group effort to get their previously unreleased tunes to the masses has skyrocketed into 2007 with the group heavily in demand for their white hot remixes – a little electro, a little techno, but all house. When the swing on their tunes hits the dance floor you’ll be more than pleasantly surprised how hard it is keep your body from going retarded.

Artist Type: 

Damian Lazarus

"DAMIAN LAZARUS PLAYS THE BEST UNDERGROUND RECORDS IN THE WORLD" (DJ MAGAZINE MAY 2004) Damian Lazarus delivers a fresh and unique sound best described as dirty & deep, electro house - a rebel sound designed for lovers of late night madness, future dance floor classics and cutting edge new ideas. With dj sets designed for good time party heads - his style combines the most upfront twisted music with a touch of attitude.

Artist Type: 

Feed Me

There is more than one artist called Feed Me. 1) Feed Me is Jon Gooch (AKA Spor)'s electro/house/breaks project. The first release by Feed Me was 'Mordez Moi', on Noisia's Division label, the second was 'The Spell / Raw Chicken' released on Mau5trap. After completing a stack of remixes for the likes of Gorillaz, Chase & Status and Chris Lake, Feed Me released his much anticipated 'Feed Me's Big Adventure EP' (also on Mau5trap) exclusively to Beatport on Christmas Day 2010.

Artist Type: 

Miss Kittin

Miss Kittin (real name Caroline Hervé) is an electro vocalist and DJ. She was born in Grenoble, France in 1973. At age 22 she began DJing, spinning records in France, Moscow and Chicago with Mike Dearborn. Soon after she met DJ Hell in Marseille who wanted her to record for his International DeeJay Gigolos label. She presented him with the EP Champagne that she recorded with The Hacker. Miss Kittin & The Hacker released First Album in 2001. Several tracks, such as 1982 and Frank Sinatra, became anthems of the electroclash scene.

Artist Type: 

Technasia

Technasia, also known as Charles Siegling, is a musician and DJ raised and based in Paris. Until 2008, the group also consisted of other founding member, Amil Khan, raised and based in Hong Kong. After meeting in China during the 90's, they felt it was time to put South East Asia on the world map of electronic dance music and started their musical duo and label Technasia in 1996. In 2008, Amil took the decision to quit the duo in order to commit exclusively to raising his newly born child. He remains however until today a very strong input in all label and artist management related issues.

Artist Type: