Terence Fixmer Biography

Terence Fixmer‘s music has the remarkable ability to not only set feet in motion on the dance floor but also resonate deeply with the searching soul, all while maintaining a profound musical depth and integrity. 

In the world of techno, Terence Fixmer is a highly respected figure, celebrated for his innovative and genre-defying approach to music production. With a career spanning over two decades, he has released numerous albums and EPs on some of the most prestigious techno labels. His remixing talents have extended to tracks from industry giants like Depeche Mode, Yann Tiersen, Sven Väth, Dave Clarke, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, Indochine, and more. 

Terence Fixmer is renowned for the quality of his live performances, gracing renowned clubs and festivals worldwide.

Chapter 1: 1998-2007. 

In 1998, Terence established his own label, Planete Rouge. From 1999 to 2007, he gained worldwide recognition with the release of his debut album, “Muscle Machine,” under DJ Hell’s legendary International Deejay Gigolos imprint. This album masterfully blended elements of electro, industrial, EBM, and techno, pioneering a dancefloor-oriented style later recognized as “Techno Body Music.” Tracks like “Electrostatic,” “Body Pressure,” and “Electric Vision” are still hailed as modern classics today. 

In 2002, Fixmer joined forces with Nitzer Ebb’s lead singer, Douglas McCarthy, to form Fixmer/McCarthy. Together, they released two full-length albums that pushed the boundaries of Techno EBM to the maximum. The album “Fixmer McCarthy Between the Devil” has earned its place as a revered classic, and the band has become iconic in the Techno EBM scene.The duo has performed their energetic live sets at numerous renowned clubs and festivals all across the globe.Fixmer/McCarthy earned respect in the global scene for their unique way of creating truly pioneering sound fusions by elegantly blending the aggression of Techno Body Music and the sensuality of Electronica.

Chapter 2: 2007-2015.

Fixmer continued to expand the horizons of modern techno, releasing albums and EPs under his own name as well as various alter egos, showcasing his ability to maintain a unique sonic personality while avoiding repetition. His works found homes on highly respected techno labels such as Electric De Luxe (notably the “Comedy of Menace” album in 2010), Prologue, Jealous God, CLR (including the “Depth Charged” album in 2014), Aufnahme + Wiedergabe.

Chapter 3: 2015-2020.

Terence Fixmer continued to evolve his sound in 2015. His EP “Aktion Mekanik,” originally released in 2003, was reissued on Ostgut Ton, marking his entry into the Ostgut Ton family—the flagship label of Berlin’s Berghain club. He subsequently released on Ostgut Ton various EPs ( Force EP, Beneath The Skin EP ) and his album “Through the Cortex.” Fixmer’s distinct sound signature remained in high demand, leading to remix requests from notable artists such as Depeche Mode, Front 242, Ellen Allien, Front Line Assembly, Arnaud Rebotini, and others. 

Chapter 4: 2020- 

Terence produced music for Thomas Cohen (formerly of Scum) with tracks like “Braid” and “Chain of Love” on Mute Records. Additionally, he signed with the legendary label Mute Records, renowned for its roster of innovative and influential artists. In 2022, he released his first album on Mute Records titled “Shifting Signals” A 2nd album for Mute Records is in the plan for 2024. 

Terence Fixmer’s unwavering drive to craft experimental, mind-bending, and relentless sounds continues to transcend the boundaries of the musical mainstream, solidifying his place as a visionary within the techno and electronic music landscape.

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Joachim Spieth Biography

Joachim Spieth is a DJ, producer, and Affin’s label owner. His first release on Wolfgang Voigt’s and Michael Mayer’s Kompakt label dates back to the late nineties.

He has proven his skills as a music producer through the likes of John Peel, Martin L. Gore, The Orb, Sven Väth, and Juan Atkins among others. Spieth’s musical inventory has grown and been shaped over the two last decades, allowing him to define a specific sound signature for his label Affin, oscillating between techno and ambient soundscapes. In 2017, Joachim Spieth released “Irradiance”, his first full-length album, providing a cohesive feel of deep and atmospheric soundscapes with hypnotic bass drums. The album was well received in the underground scene. In 2018, Affin made its entry in Resident Advisor’s top 100 labels, sharing its vision with artists such as Reggy Van Oers, Svarog, Arnaud Le Texier, Deepbass, and Toki Fuko.

As a DJ, Joachim Spieth has been performing in more than 30 countries all over the world. He’s driven by an absolute devotion to music and his pleasure to share it.

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Victor Santana Biography

Víctor Santana is one of the Spanish reference artists of today’s underground electronic culture. Dj, producer and a romantic of the analog equipment in the middle of the digital era, part of his success is the meticulous and artisan work with his label Chaval Records.

His versatility on stage turns his live shows into pure energy shows where his mastery of machines and his ability to connect with the dance floor always prevail.

As a DJ, that musical versatility has led him to host artists as diverse as Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Underground Resistance, Oscar Mulero, Simian Mobile Disco, Carl Craig, Derrick May, Robert Hood, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann or Amelie Lens. In his LIVE (original format), with or without his Band of Live Musicians, he offers a 100% analog live, with clear influences from the Techno movement, and House from Detroit and Chicago.

Víctor has passed through the stages of the main clubs on the peninsula, parties in Ibiza such as Cocoon in Formentera or Privilege Ibiza; festivals like Mad Cool or A Summer Story; plus several world wide tours.
At the record level, he has published on labels such as EPM Music, Motech Records and Involve Records; He has made remixes for artists such as Orlando Voorn, Dj Skull or Hiroshi Watanabe; and it has been remixed by, among others, Ken Ishii, Eddie Fowlkes or Mark Flash (UR).

The authenticity of his “music made with soul” has led him to be multi-awarded at the electronic music awards in Spain.

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Electric Rescue Biography

Electric Rescue is the label manager from skryptom, erratom records, calme records.

Since twenty years, Electric Rescue is considered one of the made-in-France masterpieces of the electronic music but also a worldwide renowned artist. His hits are regularly played by electronic music masters like: Laurent Garnier, Sven Väth, Slam, Dubfire, Stephan Bodzin or John Digweed. By the way, the new album of electronic Rescue was released by Bedrock Records, the label of John Digweed.As described by the artist itself, it is “a techno album without limits, with different textures and colorations having always this specific Rave spirit and sonority”.

Electric Rescue has been forging a strong specificity in the electronic landscape by defending a techno neither conceding nor creating compromises, similar in this aspect to his mentor and friend Laurent Garnier.His productions have been signed on labels like «Cocoon», «SCI+TEC», «F Communications», «Ideal Audio», «Sleaze Records». In the spring of 2013, his new upcoming maxis are on the following labels: «Soma Records» (Back Home EP) and Bedrock Records (The Rave Child EP) and also one title on the «Cocoon 100» compilation (Invisibles Activists).

Electric Rescue is also a famous name as live artist and DJ. Since two decades, he has been traveling the world preaching the techno good word with passion and modesty. He had the opportunity to play in mythic clubs such as [Berghain/Panorama Bar (Berlin), Tresor (Berlin), The Edge (São Paulo), The Egg (Londres), Herr Zimmerman (Rotterdam), Air Club (Tokyo), Moog (Barcelone), even in well referenced festivals Amsterdam Dance Event (Pays-Bas), 3rd Empire (Israël), Astropolis (France), Noisily (Angleterre), Piknic Electronik (Canada), Mapping Festival (Suisse), Nördik Impakt (France)].

His artistic effervescence is also the result of his good Skryptöm Records management, an establishment he founded in 2006, on which he has signed many tracks for Popof, Julian Jeweil, Scan X, Maxime Dangles, Commuter, Traumer, Pierre Delort & Rémy Maurin, the label has collaborated with renowned remixers like: Mark Broom, Laurent Garnier, Umek, Danton Eeprom or The Hacker. On his former label, Calme Records (1999/2005), he was releasing tracks and remixes of Surburban Knight, DJ ESP / Woody Mc Bride, Thomas P Heckmann, Neil Landstrumm, Oxia, Paul Nazca, Southsoniks.

Electric Rescue is engaged in organizing special evenings in Paris, having thus a special Skryptöm residence in the Rex Club, his many famous plays take place in very bizarre and secret Parisian sites. He is always searching and valuing new emergent techno talents, so he has been the first to invite them to mix in Paris: Boys Noize, Dusty Kid, Gary Beck, Alan Fitzpatrick or Paul Ritch.

Considered as a discrete but efficient techno activist, Electric Rescue has been insuffling in his entire work the Rave values which he has been adopting, defending them and making them self-references (exchanging, sharing, brotherhood, freedom, underground culture) rejecting so the blinding DJ business spot lights.

After his very confidential El.Ue, released in 2005, on Scandium Records, Electric Rescue has creatively imagined a contemporary techno Odysseus for his new long format album. This second album, baptized Sonic Architecture, is a mix of sonic avant-garde, a techno depth, a dance floor spirit together with Rave inspirations. A strong personality Disc, taking its source in the sonic childhood memory of Electric Rescue: The pop techno of DEPECHE MODE, the Kraftwerk synthesizers or Tangerine Dream, the new wave of Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark, the noisy and indie groove of The Stone Roses or Ride, The Herbie Hancock’s hip hop experimentations, so the named Rock It period. Although, the Electric Rescue Album remains clearly a techno album: modern, shiny, with equilibrium, pure and minimalist sonorities which pop up in rhythmic waves together with a potent, visceral groove. Its electronic colorations could evoke the Radio-Head experimental Pop or the Warp label production. One must mention the acoustic sonorities conceived by the French multi-instrument player Gran Cavaliere (four titles) giving an organic touch to the Sonic Architechture album.

Being nourished with Electric Rescue’s great experience, this album is a real visceral work, elaborated and created with a devoted artistic desire.

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