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Born in the 1970's in southwest Detroit,
he grew up in the Hispanic district
heavily influenced by his cultural latin
rhythms and percussion. Encouraged |
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from an early age by his musician
father, he pursued his own interest in
music and became well known and
respected within the community. It was
later when he heard Jeff Mills as "The
Wizard" that he discovered the
innovative sounds of techno. Through a
mutual friend he was introduced to "Mad"
Mike Banks and promptly became a member
of the enigmatic Underground Resistance
crew. Soon his first opportunity came to
cross the Atlantic and his speedy
proficiency on the turntables wowed
audiences worldwide earning him respect
and notoriety within the industry as a
whole. 'Knights of The Jaguar' although
not Rolando's first release on UR turned
perceptions of techno on their head,
breaking into other genres of dance
music and becoming a classic in the
boxes of DJs such as Tenaglia, Morillo,
Oakenfold and Giles Peterson. In more
recent times, he and Gerald Mitchell
created the label 'Los Hermanos' ('The
Brothers' in Spanish) - the sound
continuing on the themes and tones set
in place by his own "Knights of The
Jaguar". As of January 2005, citing
creative differences and a chance to
progress, Rolando left both Underground
Resistance and the Los Hermanos project. |
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Juan Atkins truly is a legend in his own
time. Appearing behind aliases such as
Cybotron, Model 500 and Infiniti, he has
released many classics of sublime
Detroit techno, including the 1982
electro track "Clear". Recorded by
Atkins and Rick Davis as |
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Cybotron, this track is often considered
the first proto-techno track.
Experimenting with fusing the
extra-terrestrial funk of Parliament
Funkadelic with the futuristic rhythms
and hard math of Kraftwerk and the
progressive dance theorems proposed by
Giorgio Moroder, the Model 500 12"s laid
the blueprint for Detroit Techno. Along
with the tracks made by two schoolmates
from the grade below, Derrick May and
Kevin Saunderson, Detroit Techno quickly
made its way across the Atlantic and
immediately sparked the emerging rave
culture and soon after the entire global
dance community. Packing clubs from
Detroit to NY to Venezuela, Juan has
mastered the art of soaking up new
rhythmic elements from contemporary
dance music while keeping his unerring,
instantly recognizable sense of melody
intact. Much discussed and anthologized
not only for his 20 years of production
credit but also for his ability to rock
a dance floor behind the decks, Juan
Atkins' music and DJing is deified in
Europe and embraced all over the world.
Squadron Festival is proud to present
for the first time ever in Malta the
true Godfather of Techno. |
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Legowelt is the name under which Danny
Wolfers releases most of his music. What
Music you might ask? Well a hybrid form
of slam jack The Hague electronix
combined with deep Chicago trax, obscure
& romantic ghetto techno-funk,
EuroHorror |
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Soundtracks and lots -a- more! You can't
quite pigeonhole it but it sure as hell
slams the pit! Legowelt has also had
cult releases under other secret aliases
namely Polarius, Squadra Blanco, Gladio
and Venom 18, just to name a few, most
of which released on home-base Bunker
Records. Sometimes these tracks spin out
of the obscurity like an asteroid from a
spacebelt and fly straight into the
charts; such an event happened with
'Disco Rout' which was voted track of
the year 2002 by the acclaimed German
Groove magazine. Inspired by he sounds
of Model 500, Blake Baxter and Chicago
heroes such as Farley Jackmaster Funk,
Mr.Fingers, Mu-Ziq, Aphex Twin, Drexciya
and mostly by Unit Moebius, In 1998
Bunker released Legowelt's first vinyl -
Pimpshifter. Recently, in his live show,
Legowelt has opted to leave his laptop
at home and do some live jamming grooves
with his very own home-studio machines.
On the 19th of July Legowelt will be
marking his return for Squadron playing
a special up-tempo raw live set with
nothing but live synth improvisations
and on the fly drum machine programming. |
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Bangkok Impact is the nom de disco of
the talented Sami Liuski. Sami is a an
electronics genius from the small town
of Rovaniemi in northern Finland. Like
fellow Scandinavians Röyksopp and
reclusive Scots duo Boards Of Canada,
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enviable ability to remix his own
environment, to lucidly transcribe his
emotions into a lush, harmonious sound.
Hard hitting electro/disco tracks ‘Junge
Dame’ & ‘The Floor’ demonstrate Sami’s
natural flair for marrying killer synth
melodies to an unorthodox style of house
music. Some call it his “Finnish tango
sound”. Sami’s assured, clean production
technique allows him to blend funk,
soul, supple computer pop and trippy,
organic electro into a flexible and
seductive style all of his own.
Influences ranging from Funk Master
Quincy Jones, Giorgio Moroder and
Patrick Cowley and more recent
influences being Dutch producers
Legowelt, I-F and The Parallax
Corporation. Bangkok Impact has toured
all around Europe, Asia and The States,
there are no fancy gimmicks with this
guy but just pure melancholic melodies
and non-stop funky bassline riffs. |
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Making
another appearance under the Squadron
flag would be DJ Kafka straight from the
dirty sewers of The Hague. Influenced by
the Italo-disco sounds of the 80's and
inspired by his hometown surroundings,
that being the infamous Dutch record
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labels such
as Viewlexx, Bunker Records and Creme
Organization, DJ Kafka is capable of
mixing various different dance-music
styles into one flowing set ranging from
Disco, House to Acid. It's always a
special treat when Kafka's behind his
decks for the real Disco and The Hague
sound freaks! |
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