tech house

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.

John Andersson and Johan Emmoth are the creative force behind Zoo Brazil. Also recording as Laid, Cuba Computers, Nars and Outcold, they have steadily carved out a reputation as a highly innovative and respected production and DJ team. The pair are prolific producers and DJs, having worked with some of the world's best known artists - for example Human League. With their remix work contributing to the catalogues of a host of admired underground dance acts, like Blaze (Slip N Slide) and Zoot Woman (Wall of Sound).

MOST DJs fall into club-life by accident due to their love of music. Not Dave Seaman. He decided he wanted to become a DJ when he was eight years old – and Played his first gig at 12. All his DJ dreams have long since come true, but he’s never lost his enthusiasm or his creative drive. Seaman has headlined clubs on every continent – he is one of the UK’s most travelled, most creative, and most celebrated DJs in the world.

Every so often a DJ or producer comes along who inspires the collective imagination. If you’ve seen Loco Dice perform at his ten-year-long Tribehouse residency in his hometown Düsseldorf, or at DC-10 in Ibiza (from ’02-’06), you will have clicked to this. Loco Dice is someone who can puzzle together intangible moods with a direct approach. Via his DJ sets or his productions on labels like Minus, Cadenza, Ovum, Four Twenty and Cocoon...