JONAS KOPP / LUIS RUIZ / DIMI ANGELIS - (PT3) FROM THE BASEMENT

Jonas Kopp - Spectral Sound / Mindtrip Music [Buenos Aires, Argentina] Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981, Jonas Kopp launched his career as a producer was when he was nineteen years old. After seven years of hard work he has established himself as one of the most representative Argentine talents in the minimal and techno global scene. Known for the constant hypnotic flavor in his tracks, coupled with deep bass lines and use of effects like reverb and LFO's, Jonas’ music reflects a blend of the modern European sound and his faithful attachment to his Detroit and Chicago creative influences. His live performances extend a full two hours, containing plenty of hypnotic groove and creating different states of tension and release throughout the set. Artists such as Matthew Dear, Chris Liebing, Par Grindvik, Paul Woolford and Andre Crom have listed Jonas Kopp’s productions in their DJ charts. Jonas’ track on the Death is Nothing to Fear 2 compilation on Spectral Sound rose to the #11 most downloaded song on Beatport.com in its first week of release. Jonas recently founded Traut Muzik, a netlabel in which he curates the best techno artists from the Argentine and global techno scene. -credit Sonotheque, Chicago 8/16/07 show bios http://www.sonotheque.org/archives/000330.php Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Dimi Angélis is a Dutch producer, and techno DJ, born on island of Corfu, Greece, but grown up in the Netherlands, where he has been in touch with music since his youth. Until the age of 21 he was inspired and driven by rock music, which he put into practice through playing saxophone and drums. In the summer 1992, during his stay on Mallorca, he discovered house music for the first time. Over the coming years he absorbed influences by various house artists, which inspired him to get actively involved with house music himself: in 1997 he became a DJ. In those early beginnings of his DJ-ing career, he mostly drew influences and inspiration from Dutch artists Angelo, Steve Rachmad, Dimitri and Remy. Dimi’s style in those years can be described as a merge between elements of house, trance and techno. Soon after, Dimi’s taste and affection towards house were to be refined, and his artistic expression grew to be bound to techno. The last years have seen a new wave of minimal techno and Dimi has kept developing his sound. Inspired by old as well as new artists who make Detroit House and Old Skool minimal Techno. Major influences now come from people like Daniel Bell, Todd Sines, Joel Mull, Basic Channel and a lot of other new unknown techno producers. With his DJ gigs and “new style” techno productions, Dimi has found a way to move forward, keeping up to date with changes in today’s techno scene, without forgetting about the past. Towards the end of 2003 Dimi joined a talented Dutch artist Jeroen Search. Together they are producing under the name Counterpart. Currently Dimi Angélis & Jeroen Search have put together a dynamic/energetic live act with a Roland 909 and plenty of hardware. The kickoff of Counterpart took place at the Rex Club (Paris) in January 2007, and their debut on Dutch soil was scheduled at Holland’s leading techno event "Awakenings" in the Westergasfabriek in September 2007. Both of which turned out to be a great success. This summer Counterpart has rocked the Dutch festival season starting with Free Your Mind, Welcome To The Future Festival, 5 Days Off, Dekmantel parties, and Amsterdam Dance Event. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.