Submitted By: geekedonsugar

Genre: Techno

Date of Set: Apr 2008

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Total Downloads: 3

Cio as a DJ

Cio D’Or moves. Filtering to track down deep and authentic musical developments amongst the mass of records without forgetting the gems of the past. Her dj sets arise from an idea, which she develops and threads through her set. Emotional, extravagant and charismatic. Cio’s style is more techno than house, ranges from maximal to minimal. It has depth and is filled with bass, is often surprising and propelling, though still clear.

Music, in the form of dance and rhythmic instruments, moved Cio D’Or right from the start. Her first steps onto the stage were at 17, playing congos in a 7-person jazz band. Her staged dance choreographies were inspired by the likes of Brian Eno and David Byrne. Her life began to revolve around the exploration of music. The first 1210 record players spun permanently. Her love for sound intensified and since then a day hasn’t passed without music.

In 1999 Tobi Neumann heard Cio D’Or in a bar in Munich and booked her straight away for Flokati. Gigs at diverse parties and clubs followed. As support dj for Richard Bartz and his Kurbel tour, Cio D’Or joined the professional league, after which her residency in the legendary Munich club “Ultraschall“ began. In 2004 she started to run her own night “Nachtwind“ in Woandersclub and Harry Klein. Cio established herself on national and international floors with her emotive, almost magical sets. She doesn’t play music, she lives it.

Cio as a producer

Cio dedicated herself to her autodidactic studies of sound technology. She sampled everything, everywhere. Kitted out with an mpc2000 and a minidisk she journeyed regularly to the Sinai in her quest for sound. She produced website loops, expanded her studio and produced her first tracks. Her passionate search for extraordinary sounds progressed.

2004 saw the release of her debut album “Hokuspokus“ on the Cologne label Treibstoff. “Hokuspokus“ dashed rapidly into the Groove Charts. She released the track “Tolai and the Coconut“ for the complilation “Munich Motorcity“ on Kurbel in 2005. The 12 maxis “Lichtblick“ on Karmarouge and “Lauschgoldengel“ with Gabriel Ananda followed in 2006. Cio D’Or’s music has been licensed for compilations and her first remix was featured on Trisomie21’s “The Woman is a Mix“.

Figures D’Or

1994
First gigs in trend_bars 1997 Gigs at diverse parties & in Munich clubs, Tobi Neumann books her for Flokati. First commissions, sound for photography websites und agencies.

1999
Development of ideas for tracks, studio_assemblage

2001 – 2003
Richard Bartz takes Cio D’Or with him on his Kurbel_Tour Resident in Ultraschall, München up until the end. Escorteaze (Gostimirovic Music Management) takes over her booking_management National und international gigs follow. Electric Indigo lists Cio D’Or under Female:Pressure Charts for Groove Magazine.

2004
Debut “Hokuspokus“ released on Treibstoff, no. 37 in the Groove Charts Resident at “Electric Delicate”, Munich Own event “Nachtwind“ at “Woandersclub”, later in Harry Klein, Munich. First press reviews, interviews, radio broadcasts

2005
“Toläi & The Coconut“ appears on the Kurbel_compilation “Munich Motorcity” First remix – Trisomie 21: “Paradies“ – on the CD release “The Woman is a Mix“ “4_Men_Terror“, b-side of “Hokuspokus”, is licensed for Compost_compilation “Isargold“

2006
Move to Cologne. Resident in Alex Multhaupt und Gabriel Ananda’s “Kickklackklub”. Release “Lichtblick“ on Karmarouge
“Lauschgoldengel“, co_production with Gabriel Ananda, released on Treibstoff

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