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Aleksi Perälä (aka Ovuca / Astrobotnia)

Aleksi Perälä is available for live sets. Please email agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk with offers stating date, location, budget and other artists on the bill.

http://www.ovuca.com / Discogs

Born in Finland in 1976, Aleksi Perälä has been an independent producer and a prolific electronic music composer for over 20 years. Aleksi reflects that growing up in Finland has influenced his music deeply; nature has been inspirational because it can be breathtakingly beautiful.

His first release on Rephlex Records was under the pseudonym Ovuca in ’99. The album included the best of his demo tapes ’89-‘97. Since then, he has released numerous EPs, albums and compilation tracks under a number of different aliases on the label.

Aleksi’s most recent releases – ‘Project V’ [‘07], his ‘Boom Blaster’ EP [’09] and his latest album ‘Mental Union 1’ [’09] are the reflections of continual advancements in his experience, knowledge and understanding of music, acoustics and sound. [Boom Blaster contains his first Hertz frequency mathematics and sine wave based track called ‘The Moon’, followed by similar experiments in Mental Union]. Aleksi simply states that these releases are to him a representation of the vivid and evocative genre of Braindance. They are a natural progression from the familiar sounds of Ovuca and Astrobotnia but with his newer, more mature perspective.

Aleksi has since continued his passionate and relentless production of music. To be expected in 2011 is a second ‘Boom Blaster’ EP and CD album and the eagerly anticipated ‘Mental Union 2’. All of this and Aleksi has moved to Cornwall [UK] and he asserts that 2010 has been another ‘premier cru’ year for his music with influence drawn from his Cornish experience so far.

Alongside these many expected releases for 2011 and beyond, is Aleksi’s forward focus towards more gigs and tours. Knowledge of Aleksi’s previous gigs means that this is the promise of many great and diverse experiences. From lush atmospheres in beautiful clubs, art centres or museums to laser magic in huge warehouse raves. From ambient forest gatherings with the Northern Lights to brain-melting raves with audio-visual mayhem.

2011 will witness the re-launch of Aleksi’s website. Aleksi says that it is being built to act as an inspirational and educational hub for anyone who loves sound and good music. Music plays a role in everybody’s life. Aleksi hopes that through the creation of his music he can be a part of yours.

Aleksi Perälä – Sentimenthol [2010] from analoguerevolver on Vimeo.

D’Arcangelo

Moog#033 Darcangelo (Live & Mini Electro Set) by d’arcangelo

Official : http://www.darcangelo.co.uk/
Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/D’Arcangelo
Mypsace: http://www.myspace.com/darcangelo2

Labels: http://www.rephlex.com / http://www.030303.nl

D’Arcangelo are available for live sets. Please email agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk with offers stating date, location, budget and other artists on the bill.

Mixing neo-electro, minimal techno and other flavors of underground dance music, D’Arcangelo consists of twin brothers Fabrizio and Marco D’Arcangelo. Lovers of new wave and dark synth pop, the twins met the likeminded Max Durante and formed Automatic Sound Unlimited. The project premiered in 1992 with the Roman’s Attak EP and lasted two years before it dissolved.

Two years later the twins would cement their status with a self-titled EP on Rephlex, a fitting home alongside hero and influence, Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin. With their appreciation of noisy synths, D’Arcangelo fit perfectly with the label’s idea of a “Braindance” movement and the dislocated dance music that defined it. Another EP for Rephlex and half of a split 7″ on the Suction label appeared before the debut full-length, Shipwreck, arrived in 1999. A bit less noisy were 2002′s second full-length for Rephlex, Broken Toys’ Corner, and that year’s remix EP for White Leather, Corner. They appeared on Rephlex’s limited-edition soundtrack to the video game Manhunt in 2004, then returned to their slow pace by waiting till 2006 for their next release, the Pro 188 EP.

With the duo back on a roll, the full-length Eksel landed in 2007 follwed by a some remixes an EP for 030303 records “Cradle and GO!” and their Rephlex album “The Album”.

Video Clips:

Global Goon

Global Goon is available for live and DJ sets.

Recent Interview with Global Goon in Digital In Berlin magazine.

Recent Interview with Myuzyk label.

Live Set recorded at Bloc Festival 2011:

Labels: Balkan Vinyl / Planet Mu / We Me Records / Rephlex Records

According to his press bio, Global Goon’s Johnny Hawk is a former shepherd from Liverpool who earned a recording contract after moving to London and rooming with Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) for a time. Hawk had worked in the capital for a multimedia company while making music on the side; after moving into a shared house with James, he released his first album Goon on Rephlex in 1996. Rumors that Goon actually was Aphex Twin persisted even after the release of Cradle of History 4 years later.

Planet Mu / We Me Records Syntheme project is a recognised alias of Global Goon and his recent live / DJ performances exhbit his tweaked-up take on acid house, techno and disco.

Mike Dred / The Kosmik Kommando

Mike Dred aka The Kosmik Kommando is available for live and DJ sets.

Mike Dred is a true legend of electronic music. He has produced records since 1990 and counts 210+ published works on over 50 commercial projects, on labels such as Rephlex Records, R&S Records, and his own recently revived imprint Machine Codes. He has performed in over 120 cities spanning 27 countries. Rough Guide publications ‘ The Rough Guide to Techno’, describes Mike as “The Jimi Hendrix of the 303” and “Full on Acid (Music) Genius”.

Recent Interview in Spannered Magazine

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The 2011 Kosmik Kommando LP. Preview Clips Only. by Kosmik Kommando

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Discography:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mike+Dred
http://www.83db.com/pdfs/CullenMC_Discog_2009.pdf
Early sonic experiments prompted Dave Robinson, Editor of Future Music (November 1995, Issue 37), to write: “We boldly call ourselves Future Music. But how often do we bring you something so forward-looking, yet at the same time so contemporary that it might – just might set the agenda for the next post-techno, post-analogue phase?”

Links to some performances people have uploaded on to YouTube & Vimeo:



Bangface 11 – Live Show, London UK.

Live @ BLOC Weekender, UK.

Live, Tokyo. Japan.

There are many more video and music uploads. See under the following guises:
Mike Dred,
Kosmik Kommando,
Universal Indicator with Aphex Twin.

Achievements / Awards / Festivals / Performance Locations.
http://www.83db.com/pdfs/mcullen_achievements.pdf

Wisp (EU Tour Spring 2012)

WISP is available for selected club / festival dates in the UK & Europe in 2012.

Please email us at agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk to discuss a booking, with as much information as you can give us. Date, Location, Venue Size, Budget, Lineup. We are able provide support live acts and DJs as required.

myspace.com/wisp

Wisp (Reid Dunn) comes from Niagara Falls, New York. He makes electronic music that spans many genres, from jungle and experimental drum n bass to ambient and downtempo electronica. Nostalgic computer games bear an influence on his music. He began releasing music for free, in the form of mp3s on netlabels, but has since released on Sublight and more recently has been signed to the legendary Rephlex Records.

13/02/10 Wisp @ 030303 Party, Utrecht I from the centrifuge on Vimeo.

13/02/10 Wisp @ 030303 Party, Utrecht II from the centrifuge on Vimeo.