Oscar Mulero - Promomix - 2005

Biography of Oscar Mulero

Oscar Mulero’s career as a DJ has been as prolific and long lasting as the development of dance music in our country. As an key figure in this evolution, Oscar has always absorbed new trends and kept his finger on the pulse of electronic dance music, from the end of the 80’s right up to the present day. It is impossible to understand the phenomenon of the DJ in Spain without taking into account his tireless work behind the decks for more than a decade.

Oscar began to DJ at the end of the 80’s in Madrid’s most forward looking clubs such as Imposible, Capital, Kitch and Babia playng Gothic Rock and Electronic Body Music, the dominant styles of the time. In 1991 he began to play at the legendary New World, Madrid’s most influential afterhours and by the middle of the 90’s he had helped to set up and run The Omen, a club which quickly became the focus for hypnotic dance in Spain.

The closure of this legendary club in 1995 marked a change of direction in Oscar’s career . He began play all round Spain and gradually distanced himself from the trancy lysergic sound he had previously favoured and moved towards the more basic minimal techno influenced by artists such Joey Beltram and the new Detroit sounds of Jeff Mills.

Oscar had become an icon and the maximum exponent of the hard techno sound in Spain and his popularity grew in an unstoppable geometric progression. Oscar’s sound became more and more focused, incorporating the techno’s most forward looking developments into his sets. His incredible skills behind the decks and spectacular EQ techniques never leave the crowd indifferent. Oscar has released two CD mixes to date. The first About Discipline and Education (So Dens, 1998) showcases the latest sounds personified by Surgeon, Ho, Polson and Ruskin alongside some classics of Hard Techno. His second mix Era (Rexxistance, 2000) brings together the most advanced sounds ranging from Autechre through to the essentials from Ho, Ruskin, Surgeon and Mulero himself.

While his DJ schedule took him round the world, Oscar started producing and released his first record Quite Inusual (1999) co-produced with label owner Groof, on his Madrid label Brainwaves. Later came a Different View (Kobayashi 1999) and a various artists LP Planet Kobayashi featuring Oscar’s track Problem Child. In 2000 Oscar set up his own label Warm Up and began to focus on his studio work. The first two releases Medical Mesh and Sans Souci went down well and were included in the Top 10’s of artists such as Surgeon and Ben Sims. Since then he has gone on to record prolifically for well known international labels such as Theory where he has released Next Wave (2001), Bad Company (2001) and Anaconda (2001).

Oscar has also set up a new label, Pole Recordings. Like it's predecessor Warm Up Recordings it takes it's name and image from Oscar's lifelong passion for all things motorsport. This new label was originally devised to offset the hyatus suffered by Warm Up due to distribution problems, but with Warm Up’s recent reactivation both labels are now in full swing. In 2003 Warm Up toured Spain with a line-up featuring various artists who have recorded for the label. 2004 saw the Damage Done Tour with Oscar and Christian Wünsch touring together as the culmination of their LP project of the same name.