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.

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.

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.

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.

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!