
Felix Krocher - Hardliner - May 2008
Submitted By:
szikkboj
Genre: Techno
Date of Set: May 15th, 2008
Filesize: 140.64 MB
Total Downloads: 21
Biography of Felix Krocher
Felix Kröcher was born in Frankfurt-Main on the 1st of December 1983. Already as a young boy he found his interest in electronic music. He got infected through his sister and her friends playing recordings of the legendary CLUBNIGHT. With the age of ten years he bought his first two turntables to practise and improve his mixing skills almost every day!
When he was 14 he started visiting his first events like Mayday, Nature One and the Loveparade, went to clubs like STAMMHEIM in Kassel or the PALAZZO in Bingen.
Finishing school he applied for a practical training at the music office of radio SUNSHINE-LIVE. April 2001 the motivated new boy in radio business started his radio-career at the nationwide Dance Radiostation Sunshine-live in Schwetzingen. Where he appeared live for the first time on the air on april 21, 2001 spinning 2 hours live in the show 'Global Trax'.
In collaboration with his production-colleagues Boris Schalk he released 2002/2003 his first vinyl DECKSHARKS on the lable SKULL TUNES which obtained bis success. It also enqueued into the new sound (Hardtechno) of the young and wild. Cooperations on events, productions etc. with acts like Boris S, Frank Kvitta, Robert Natus, Sven Wittekind or Tobias Lüke were following. But studioworks and gigs were not neglected because of this.
His career was minted in 2004 with new experiences and impressions. He succeeded gig by gig to catch the attention of the audiences through his appearing. Playing all over Europe he casted the spell over the sight of the public. With a new concept he started his first own radio show HARDLINER on sunshine-live in August.
Additional releases like the 'Frontline Ep' or 'Réka Ep' were following and found much success in the young Hardtechno-scene, which he operatively built up with from scratch on.
2005 he spinned for the first time at NATURE ONEs´ Century Circus and since that the 'scene' faces him as the newcomer of the year. He is resident at the legendary U60311 in Frankfurt am Main and his radioshow HARDLINER gets more successful week by week. He gives hope to the new 'Techno-DJ-Generation'. The Lable COMPRESSED conducted by Felix as the A&R adepts big success, not least because of his strict choice of artist and their tracks.
So far he produced tracks for KNEE Deep, Skull Tunes, Killaz, Proud, Abstract and many others.
His uncompromising, hart sound gives him a more and more growing number of fans. Also in 2005 he pulled up international. In october he controverted his very successful South-America Tour, with gigs in Caracas/Venezuela and Bogota/Colombia. Other stages this year were Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Israel, USA etc.
In August 2006 Felix released his successful Mix-Compilation ' When the going get´s tough'. On two cd´s he presents his definition of Techno. That´s the sound he will put on this summer at all festivals.
In Ravelines´ yearly voting (2006) by their readers he achieved the following ranks:
* # 2 - Best DJ National
* # 1 - Newcomer
* # 3 - Best Compilation
2007 will be another important step in Felix career. In March his own Lable FK-Recordings was released. FK-Records stands for Felix Kröcher. This name guarantees pure Techno - and he presents it with a perfect mixture of dedication, passion & entertainment every weekend his Fans all over the World.
From May on he will host his own monthly eventseries at the legendary U60311 in Frankfurt and will present a nice lineup with international Acts and Newcomers every first Friday in the month.
With his DVD 'The Live Collection' he will set another blowoff and revive those festivals he spent with you. On the DVD you will find his complete Sets of his legendary appearances at Nature One and the Loveparade 2006, as well as bonusmaterial from his show on the floats of Nature One and the U60311. Be ready for a visual and acoustic firework featuring Tracks by DJ Rush, Robert Naturs, Sven Wittekind, Matt M.Maddox and Felix himself,of course!
Furthermore he will have his debut on some other festivals in 2007, such as Time Warp (Mannheim), Sonne Mond Sterne (Saalburg), I Love Techno (Belgium)…
…. And play again for the second time at WIRE 2007 in Japan !!!
http://www.myspace.com/felixkroecher

Eric Sneo - Hardliner - May 2008
Submitted By:
szikkboj
Genre: Techno
Date of Set: May 15th, 2008
Filesize: 140.64 MB
Total Downloads: 21
Biography of Eric Sneo
Electronic music is a mirror of the soul, as well as a reflection of energy!
When he was young, Eric Sneo already started learning instruments like drums, piano, and accordion. He continued this way at the conservatorium in Mainz, where he studied keyboards and percussion and practiced pop + jazz.
Fascinated by the possibilities of electronic sound synthesis, he began collecting synthesizers by the age of 12.
Inspired by the sets of Sven Väth at the legendary “Omen” club in Frankfurtbetween the years 1992-1995, Eric discovered his love for techno and electronic music.With the help of Andy Düx, Eric practiced in the overdrive studios in 1995.At the same time he started studying audio engineering at the SAE Frankfurt.
In 1998 he became a resident DJ in one of the most famous techno clubs in Germany; The Palazzo. During that time he took full advantage of this opportunity to develop his style and perfect his technique.At the Palazzo, Eric Sneo played together with all the top djs’ like Chris Liebing, Rush, Monika Kruse, Jeff Mills, Sven Väth, and Thomas Schumacher.In 2002 started his own party series “Tanz Der Familie”
Around this same time period together with Udo Niebergall, the labels “Masters Of Disaster” and “Beatdisaster” were founded. These labels featured releases from Gayle San, The Advent, Chris Liebing, Hertz, Rush, etc, and were also a platform for Sneo’s own releases. Both labels stand for high quality innovative techno and are successful world-wide.
In 2003, Eric produced his release “Ciao Bella”, which by the way with the support of DJ Rush, became the ultimate summer club track 2003.He continued to hammer the clubs with releases on various labels like Kiddaz FM, Overdrive, Compressed, Le Petit Prince, Terminal M, CLR …
Here are some of his most famous releases:
- Eric Sneo “Going On” on terminal M. The track “TM” was no.1 in Carl Cox charts
- Rush + Sneo “I Control The Base”. The production with DJ Rush developed to the hymn of the successful event “Palazzo Airbase”.
- Eric Sneo “Brainhammer EP” on Chris Liebings label CLR. This release helped his international reputation tremendously and it was also Chris liebings record of the year in 2004.
In addition, Sneo’s rmx productions have become very successful and appreciated by DJs’ worldwide. He has done rmxs for: Mauro Picotto, Chris Liebing, Rush, Hertz, Moskwa TV, Venguard and Monika Kruse.
In March 2004 his album “Slave To The Beat” was released on Terminal M.It features a wide range of techno and fervently mirrors Eric’s passion for electronic music.The promotion included a worldwide album tour, radio shows and press features in the Raveline.Consistent successful record releases pushed his DJ career.With his performance on 3 decks, combined with effects, live robot vocals andlive drumming, Eric swiftly developed into a highly requested international player who can be often found “doing his thing” in countries like Brazil, Venezuela, Spain, England, Hungary, Belgium, France, and Austria to name a few.
Here is a small sample of his most frequented venues:
- Nature One / Century Circus 2003
- Mayday Belgium
- Cherrymoon / Belgium
- Awakenings / Holland
- SP Groove / Sao Paulo / brazil
- Manga Horsa / Sao Paulo / Brazil
- Cafe Curacao / Curitiba / Brazil
- Caracas / Venezuela
- U60311 / Frankfurt
- Fire Club / London
- Rohstofflager / Zurich
- Palazzo Airbase
- Kashmir / Budapest
http://www.myspace.com/ericsneo