MEL BELL is a child whose mother hails from the tropical island of Mauritius and her father, a sailor from Hamburg, Germany. Born on Dec. 8th 1976, she developed her passion for music since early childhood. She started on a carillon, where she created her own tunes and melodic creations.
Electric Kool Aid is the atmospheric dance and chill music outfit of deepdub recordings’ label head and the smith in “smith & burns” – Peer Schmid. Looking back on an intimate personal relationship with more than fifteen years of electrosonic art, Peer has been able to make himself a name both as an artist and remixer with a great hand for unique and diverse atmospheres – as well as a.. Read More
Robert Babicz has been redefining the boundaries of electronic music since the early 1990s. His unique artistry encompasses sound, vision, emotion and spirituality. From releasing and performing acid techno as Rob Acid, to his role as a highly-sought after producer and studio wizard infusing technical perfection with deep emotion, to his striking photos, everything Robert does expresses his desire to celebrate beauty and humanity, and to live each moment with.. Read More
First and foremost, H.O.S.H. considers himself to be a DJ, someone who prises the art of mixing records and sequencing journeys – preferably long ones – over anything else. Ask any of the people who have been lost in one of his residencies at the likes of Watergate in Berlin, Studio 80 in Amsterdam or Ego in Hamburg over the last few years, and they are unlikely to disagree.
Silky smooth and musky sweet is the closest you get to describe the honeysuckle vibe of Betalife’s deephouse blend of timeless harmonies romancing these irresistable grooves of cool.
Daniel and Peer have been close friends since their time in school. Together they shared a deep excitement about the early techno years, that they already experienced in their (pre-)teen times – it was also together, that they did their first experiments with synths, samplers and sequencers.
bastian heerhorst and patrick meissner from hamburg first met each other in the end of the 90’s by their common love for graffiti. inspired by the hamburg nightlife, they decided creatively to work together in both streetart and music productions. because of bastians long time experience in electronic music and the revolutionary development of the virtual instruments, the two guys quickly obtained quite dancable results on their small budget.
Daniel’s love for electronic music developed in his late teenage days of germany’s early nineties techno birth-era. Quickly acquiring the skills of both beatmatching and finding the right vinyls he made a name of himself as a dj playing the most respected clubs in northern germany. Numerous acclaimed residencies and radio appearances fortified and further expanded his fanbase over the years.
after big audio’s highly acclaimed debut gem „big knob“ by the hamburg based duo the project will be getting further momentum very soon. originally a sideproject offspring of smith & burns – it is now continued by only peer schmid as an outlet for the bigroom side of things.