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✫ Stereo proudly presents:
╚► GUY GERBER (Supplement Facts/ISR)
╚► BEN KLOCK (Ostgut Ton/Klockworks/GER)
╚► HEAR (CAN)
➪ GUY GERBER
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www.residentadvisor.net/dj/guygerber
◙ Guy Gerber has always been comfortable as an outlier. From being the rock kid at the rave, to the Israeli DJ on the European club circuit, to the electronic producer with a fetish for live instruments, he tends to skirt the edge of whatever scene he's in. It's a position that suits him well––so far it's led to dozens of lush, melodic records, an ever-evolving live act and his own label, Supplement Facts. This nonconformist attitude, combined with the emotional content of his art (so rare in today's electronic music), explains how Gerber keeps his audience locked in, be it on record or on stage.
Before he was fiddling with drum machines and synths, Gerber was all about groups like Joy Division and My Bloody Valentine. These influences still echo clearly in his music today, especially in his use of harmony, contemplative moods and trippy, shoegaze-inspired sounds. It's a style that's anything but conventional, yet one that quickly drew in some of Europe's most popular labels; three years after his recording debut, Gerber released the first of several records on John Digweed's Bedrock imprint. A couple of years later, Sven Väth signed him to Cocoon, eventually releasing his album Late Bloomers. All the while, he was building Supplement Facts from the ground up, showcasing his own productions alongside those by likeminded artists, and illustrating each record sleeve by hand, so each release embodied his distinct creative panache.
◙ These days Gerber has the kind of artistic freedom he's always wanted, and it shows. Supplement Facts is more adventurous than ever, melding organic with electronic sounds. Meanwhile, he's embarked on his most unexpected project yet: an album with P Diddy, who hired him for some remixes and took him on more permanently after hearing the results. Now the hip-hop icon flies Gerber out to his studio in LA to work, where he gives him “2000% artistic freedom.” The experience has been transformative.“Something opened my mind out there,” says Gerber, noting how his approach to music has changed. For one, his rock roots are seeping back in; despite being named one of RA's top 10 acts of the year, he's scrapping his laptop for something more “live,” playing bass guitar over drum machines, and remembering the importance of lyrics. It's impossible to say where all of this is headed, but with a talent as bold and unorthodox as Gerber's, it couldn't happen any other way.
➪ BEN KLOCK
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/benklock
www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Klock/60928281674
◙ Berlin born DJ, producer and label owner Ben Klock is without a doubt one of the most significant characters in techno’s recent history. A resident at Berghain since its opening in 2004, he has been able to leave his mark on the club’s unique sound, in turn the special space influenced Klock’s approach as a DJ and producer as well.
Playing techno sets full of hypnotic, deep and heavy grooves, releasing records on Ostgut Ton and last but not least the aesthetics of his own label Klockworks (founded in 2006), have earned him an excellent international reputation over the last few years. Supported by stringent and enthralling tracks, remixes for such diverse artists as Kerri Chandler, Martyn or Depeche Mode, the revered debut album “One” on Ostgut Ton and his Berghain mix, Ben Klock’s name is synonymous with the vitalization of an essential definition of techno.
◙ His music is free of crippling nostalgia and rather wins you over with consistency, tension, and dynamics and time and time again with a sensibility, one would usually expect from house music. In this vein, Klock pursues an unexacting fusion of quantum jumps and tradition – including effortless melodies or hook lines. Being able to harmonize this method of industrial austerity, natural musicality and an impressive physicality is Ben Klock’s great art and skill.
And of course his monthly marathon sets at Berghain that escort all what’s being said with pure sound and consistently motivate Ben Klock to skip the trapdoor called routine.
➪ HEAR
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/hear
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31741576613
◙ Sary Sehnaoui aka HEAR has first embarked in his artistic career as a film director and won international recognition for his work. Since 2003, he incorporated music in his craft and started mixing his captivating sounds in the Montreal underground scene . After enjoying several residencies in Beirut's most coveted nightclubs, he returned to Montreal and founded the collective "Made in Montreal". Increasingly known for his marathon sets, his music is groovy, deep and intuitive and always seeks the element of surprise.
Sary Sehnaoui Aka HEAR, a débuté sa carrière artistique au Canada dans le cinema et son travail fut nominee dans plusieurs festivals internationaux. En 2003, il se lance dans la musique et mixe dans la scène underground Montrealaise. Apres avoir entretenu plusieurs residences dans les clubs les plus convoitées de Beirut, il revient à Montréal et fonde le collectif "Made in Montreal". De plus en plus connu pour ses sets marathons, son son est groovy, deep et intuitive, et recherche l'élément de surprise.
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