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THE CLOSING SEASON
24.04.2015
nd_baumecker [ Ostgut_ton - Panorama Bar ]
Having lived and worked in Frankfurt/Main, Heidelberg and Mannheim, nd_baumecker eventually moved to Berlin in 2004,
leaving lasting traces at every of his stations. He started djing in 1991 in a bar called „Romantica“ in Frankfurt’s area around the
main station. It was run by Hans Romanov who later operated other venues like the Intimbar, where ND played as well. That’s
where Ata and Heiko M/S/O from Playhouse started noticing him. Soon after they hired him as a shop assistant for their record
store Delirium and offered him a residency at their seminal WildPitchClub at the Club Nachtleben.
Stylistically, ND never limited himself to only one sub genre. Instead, he constantly looked out for new ways of expressing
himself. „A well known ballet choreographer once said: ‚Surprise is important.’ I think this approach fits my style best. I’m
oscillating between Disco, House, Techno, Electro, Minimal and Maximal. I’m always open to anything between the brute and the
tender. The dance floor is a field for experiments. If you manage to get the crowd, you can almost do anything with them.“ Even
more so, if it’s as well presented as by ND.
Reeko [Mental disorder - Polegroup]
The biggest challenge a musician or producer of any musical type or style has to face, whether they like it or not, is to see whether their work can create a path that other artists will follow or lay the foundation for the work of other artists. Juan Rico, the Asturian known within the scene as REEKO, is well aware of this.
Born in Oviedo (Asturias) in 1981, Reeko is a dj who has rapidly attained the recognition other artists have taken a long time to gain. In his case it’s not been a matter of chance or coincidence, but the result of his innate and incredible capacity to be prolific, alongside his obsession for perfection. He marks is his birth as a dj about 1997, but it wasn’t until his first release in 2002 under the Swedish label Emergence that he became known professionally.
There is no need to name all the aliases that Juan Rico has used to release the diverse artistic sensations which flow from him, but these are characteristic which define his personality and are a part of REEKO himself. Producing and performing under different names allows him to concentrate fully on each individual event by devoting himself completely to an idea or style to which he is totally faithful, putting aside for a moment sounds and influences that don’t belong in the particular character which he is mutating into at the time.
The result is a knock out. Under the name of REEKO he has released huge techno productions which have charted and been played by the best djs in the world, right from the first tracks and EPs for labels as reputable as Theory, Main out, Integrale Muzique, Deafmosaic, Inceptive, Rxxistance, Trece Records, Symbolism, Planet Rhythm, Warm up or Palicavonzvreca.
Reeko created Mental Disorder, his “pathological” label/laboratory, in 2003 under which he has released 12 works of ever increasing quality. The latest (The Day After, 2010) received a wonderfully warm welcome as one of the best releases in Hispanic Techno of the year. Artists such as Gennaro le fosse, Pacou, Oscar Mulero have collaborated with his very personal label.
φωτιά
• REEKO (Mental Disorder - Evidence - PoleGroup)
• DRAFTED (MMAUDIO - New Heroes - EtuiI)
• UNDERGROOVE (MM.REC)
αÎρα
• ND_BAUMECKER (Ostgut Ton - freundinnen)
• CODELESS (WETALK - Coincidence Records)
• HYLEM
INFO
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