ARTISTS

Jazzuelle

With deep-house having arguably becoming South Africa’s most popular urban music genre, it was only a matter of time before we’d start hearing more left-field abstractions by producers interested in exploring a broader perspective of the genre’s staple elements.

Jazzuelle is just such an artist, whose own take on deep-house is inflected with equal amounts of narcotic electronica as it is with soul and groove - Red Bull Studios

Jazzuelle is the South African electronic music artist, born in 14 February 1989 in Cape Town, South Africa, now living in Johannesburg, where he started the independent record label Cityscope Recordings briefly in 2010 has come a long way from humble beginnings to being welcomed by the revered Red Bull Music Academy to opening the first ever Sonar Festival In Johannesburg, (a taste of sonar jhb), playing Glastonbury 2015 on the Silver Heyes Stage in the UK and Playing Sonar Festival 2015 on the Sonar+ Stage in Barcelona

Following numerous stints in Cape Town, several features, singles and a self rele...

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Diephuis

Dj/Producer Diephuis is born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Recognizable by his striking love for Deep & Soulful House music dedicated to build an atmosphere in which his passion and love for housemusic reveals itself, influences of disco, techno, soul, afro, funk and jazz come to life. His fascination for this kind of music started in the nineties. Inspired by dj’s like Larry Levan, The Masters At Work, Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell, Kerri Chandler and later on Osunlade, Henrik Schwarz, Dennis Ferrer, Dixon, Spinna & others he more and more developed a special interest for house orientated music.

Diephuis had the privilege to play together with international dj/producers like Kerri Chandler, Dennis Ferrer, Kenny Dope, Osunlade, DJ Spinna, Manoo, Boddhi Satva, Karizma, Atjazz, Mr V, Jephte Guillaume, Copyright, Gregory, Tiger Stripes, Jamie Lewis, Simon Dunmore, DJ Spen and many more! Diephuis played at almost every big club in The Netherlands. Having been resident dj for over 2 years at the famous Looks parties Thalia Lounge & Crazy Sexy Cool (Maassilo & Powerzone) organised by Leroy S...

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Rocco

A DJ for 20 years, Rocco’s career started in small underground Techno influenced clubs in Lyons, France, where he learned his trade alongside DJs like Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox, Louie Vega and DJ Deep.

After a stint in Portugal, Rocco teamed up with Alex Santos and Manoo in 2001 to form Rodamaal. The group quickly got a lot of attention and caught the ear of Ben Watt (from Everything But The Girl) who was starting his Buzzin’ Fly label at the time. Various EPs and singles for Buzzin’ Fly followed but it is the ‘Insomnia’ single - remixed by Âme - that is definitively the biggest single for Rodamaal, and it remains a Deep House classic.

While still working with his friends from Rodamaal Rocco started to release solo projects on various prestigious labels like Freerange, Defected, MN2S, Real Tone, and it is his single ‘Someday’, released on Real Tone - Franck Roger’s label - that propelled him as a major player status in the Deep House scene. Following the success of these releases Rocco went traveling extensively all over the...

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Abicah Soul

DJ Stax (aka Abicah Soul Project) grew up in Chicago during the days of the Warehouse and Muzic Box, and his DJ sets and production—like those of friends Glenn Underground, Boo Williams, Paul Johnson, and Gene Hunt—are heavily influenced by the pioneering work of Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy.
He began DJing in 1983, when he was only 12 years old, and has been a staple in the Chi-town rave and club scene since, holding residencies at Smartbar, Club4, and Ohm and doing weekly radio gigs for WNUR 89.3 and prepartyradio.com.
As a producer, Stax has landed releases on Objektivity, Classic, Jellybean, Nite Life Collective, Rush Hour, Wha? Roots, and several other labels.
An in-demand remixer, he has given tracks by Telepopmusik, Osunlade, Glenn Underground, and No Assembly Required (Dan X and Justin Long) the “Abicah” treatment.
His signature soulful, deeply-rooted, yet edgy afro-latin sound evidenced by recent tracks such as “Musique de Ve” (Eargasmic) is unique in dance music today and defies categorization.
Imagine Joe Claussell collaborating with me, or IsolÈe teaming up with Osunlad...

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Mephia

Born in Modena (IT) on 09.23.1989, Mephia actually lives in Berlin.
He approaches to electronic music in his teens and his desire to learn and exposure in underground clubs allow him to be known by the dancefloors and by some old school djs of his area which will soon allow him to work alongside them.
In several years of residence in club as a Black box(Fe-It) and Moxa(Mn-It) (points of reference for the current club scene in northern Italy) the young dj has played with a significant number of artists :
Mount Kimbie,Jimpster, Vakula,Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones,Layo& Bushwacka,Tom Trago, Troy Pierce, George Fitzgerald, Michel Cleis, Pastaboys, Ivan Iacobucci, Zepherin Saint (just to name a few)
Many influences characterize his set where warm and chill out atmospheres are mixed with house, deep and techno dub creating an ambiguous and indefinite wave that reflects his personality.
From the beginning of his productive career the releases are intense, emotional and include a variety of musical genres .
At the moment Mephia is collaborating with several labels from all over the world as Tribe Rec(uk),Society 3.0(De), Tunes...

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