James Fusion - Fusion Radio - Apr 2007

Biography of James Fusion

With a Dj and production history spanning well over a decade, James Fusion is someone who definitively knows what he likes about dance music.

Born and raised in Connecticut, James began his obsession with music at a young age. Fusion’s adolescent musical ventures included marching bands, rock, and punk bands; playing bass guitar, bass clarinet, drums, and as a vocalist. By the age of 16, James was already engrossed in broadcasting and production for local radio, television, and theatrical groups. It was the whimsy purchase of KMFDM’s What Do You Know Deutschland? that changed everything.

James Fusion’s sound has developed into a mix of styles stretching from vocal stabbed funky beats to slick acid movements to intense forward driving rhythms of the highest caliber. Fusion is renowned and respected by techno, trance, and hard house fans worldwide for his vision of the future: a tough, no nonsense, driving sound for the underground.

Fusion Radio is the pinnacle of James Fusion’s legacy; a broadcasting concept born of compiled experiences. Fusion’s mission is to consistently push new artists and labels while paying homage to the classics. James feels the live format is vital to connecting with his audience in an intimate way; a virtual party for the masses. James Fusion strongly believes in community communications and continues to show his allegiance by opting out of commercial radio ventures to push the underground sound forward on free radio.

James Fusion’s other passion is production; which includes trax released as Neptune, James Fusion, Serpico, F4, and Audio Ambush. Fusion is also responsible for the creation of three record labels: Elm City Wax, Milk Recordings, and Primal Instinct Recordings.

Often imitated, never duplicated; James Fusion is the enduring sound of the underground.

http://www.myspace.com/jamesfusionmusic
http://www.milkrecordings.com/

Lars Klein - Fusion Radio - Apr 2007

Biography of Lars Klein

Lars Klein, born in Dortmund (Germany), got the first contact with electronic music by listening to productions by Jean Michel Jarre.

In the middle of the 80'ies he got in touch with some Chicago House Tracks. Labels like 'DJ International' and 'Trax' published that electronic, pumping sound without any vocal elements. With one Tuntable and a tape deck Lars made the first mix tapes and forced his friends to listen to them. At the beginning of the 90'ies he got his first DJ bookings and it came clear, that he was captured inside that music.

1994 he bought his first studio equipment and the first experiences and productions were started. 1995 he took part of a DJ-Tour through Lithuania and Bookings all over Germany were fixed.

In 1999 Lars started to work in a record store in Dortmund. A few month before he already got in contact with the current A & R of Fine-Audio and Compressed Recordings.So it came that the first production was released on Compressed Records in september 1999. Further Releases followed on Fine Audio, Compressed, GAMB, Bliss and Touch Tone.

http://www.lk-rec.com/