Polygroovers - Oode-X - May 2006

Biography of Polygroovers

TWO FACES OF THE GROOVERS

PolyGroovers is an electronica / down-tempo duo, consisting of Konstantin Gredeskoul and Telene Johnston, a couple living and working in San Francisco. Both DJs with over five years of performing experience locally and internationally, Konstantin and Telene have been collaborating since 2001. Konstantin is the creative force behind the composition, arrangement and production of all songs, while Telene contributes vocals and a critical ear for what works and what doesn't. Starting 2006 PolyGroovers are collaborating with Maria Tumarkin - a published writer and a great friend. Maria is helping write lyrics for the third downtempo album, tentatively titled 'Tips and Tricks'.

PolyGroovers have been featured on SomaFM's Groove Saland since 2001 (although formerly known as PolyVinyl), performed live on KDVS (Davis) and KZSU (Stanford) radio stations, and have released two full albums of smooth down-tempo, lounge and organic grooves, with occasional vocal, instrumental and jazz elements.

AFFILIATIONS and OTHER PROJECTS

Konstantin of PolyGroovers additionally produces progressive and house as a solo project leftctrl. In addition Konstantin is involved with the house duo Soulaire (with DJ Kem).

Telene has past affiliations with Frequency 8 and Skills.

GROUP BIO

Konstantin was born in the Soviet Ukraine, where he spent his first eighteen years before moving to Australia. In 1997, Konstantin came to San Francisco where he met Telene - California native and a DJ with a solid name in the Bay Area progressive house and trance scene.

Passionate about music, the pair is continuously fascinated with the possibilities offered by modern software synthesis and composition tools. The duo's work is all about striving to create warmth, fluidity, and a smooth sound with their music, submerging their listeners into the deep atmosphere of hypnotic beats and jazzy harmonies.

MUSICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The following people influenced, contributed, supported or in any other way had an effect on our musical direction, in no particular order: The Orb, The Art of Noise, Thievery Corporation, Tosca, Delirium, Zero 7, Air, Baby Mammoth, Blue Six, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, Olive, Frou Frou (and many, many more), Shura B2 (from the #1 hit selling Russian group B-2), Joseph Lee, Ethan Miller, Jeff Taylor, Kym Maxham, Cary Creel, Darin Marshall, Jon (Captain Tinrib) Bell, Filip Jach, Phil Lockwood, Eugene Miloslavsky, Tony Rose, Matt Donner, David Earl, Greg Gordon, Mike Robbins, Eric Newman, David Barthlemess, Velda Newman and Mad Rod of 'Club Filter' in Melbourne.