KLANGEXTASE

Expedition Into by pølaroit

Space and time both play a role in pølaroit’s music. A felt connection to Jonas and Marius’ hometowns in Northern Germany, their geography, as well as a sense of pertaining to a specific instant in time, a generation, are both expressed in the duo’s strain of melodic deep house, “We see our music as a snapshot of time and music,” they say. The chosen name for the duo, pølaroit, is a reference to this idea of capturing a moment and it tributes both their northern roots (Polar) as well as the birthplace of techno (Detroit). Jonas and Marius, both in their mid-twenties, grew up near Hanover - yet it was only in 2018 that they crossed paths for the first time. Prior to that, Jonas had been developing his own work as a pianist, influenced by neo-classical artists such as Nils Frahm  and Olafur Arnalds as well as scoring pieces for film and advertisement. Marius on the other hand, who had been playing the drums since a young boy, started his musical path at sixteen deeply influenced by his interest in percussion and the urban electronic music scene of the time. When both met at a Christmas market in Hanover, after one too many cups of glühwein, they set a studio date just for fun. From that first day it became immediately clear to both that Jonas’ melancholic piano melodies weaved themselves seamlessly to Marius buoyant beats, and that there was more than just “fun” happening in the alchemy of their sounds, “after a few hours only, the first draft of our track Firøye was born and we recognized that we worked pretty well together,” says pølaroit. 

pølaroit’s debut EP, ‘expedition into’ (out via Stil vor Talent) defined the duo’s moody sound somewhere in between melancholic downtempo and uplifting melodies, and captivated audiences around Germany. Their current EP, Pure, released via Christian Löffler’s Ki Records, continues to draw on the dichotomy of these two emotions but this time around there’s a bigger sense of presence and liveliness. Through the use of field recordings and vocals, pølaroit wants to rescue the human and organic element of creativity in their music, “Sometimes it's just a recording of rumbling leaves or organic textures that make the sound more tangible.”

Over And Out 2020 by Matthias Kunze b2b Herr Oppermann

Klangextase does not only draw an intense musical and electronic delight but also a story. It shows that music can easily cross borders and bring people together - one of those stories is the one of Matthias and Holger. Both live in Hamburg and knew each other already through the local scene. While the joint work on Klangextase this collaboration turned into a real friendship. Both friends follow the aim to represent their enthusiasm for electronic music and spread the word around the globe.

Matthias had his first brush with house music long time ago, in his hometown. His sound describes as deep, sometimes melancholic, combined with subtle highlights and a kicking beat, which makes everyone move. His musical journeys are always good for a surprise and leave the audience with a feeling of joy.

Holger aka Herr Oppermann transforms his dedication to music to the audience, combining classic and modern elements of electronic music. His style describes a varied journey between deep, minimalist elements and Tech House. With his releases on Tach & Nacht and Amber Recordings, he also shows his producer qualities by transferring his close relationship with electronic music into melodic tech house tracks.

Sunset in Colombo by Nishan Lee

Nishan Lee was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka with morethan 15 years experience in the industry and awakened a taste for the art of DJing and increased his interest in music. He is a specialist in the entertainment scene in Sri Lanka & Dubai and has performed in various clubs and events. Nishan Lee’s forte lies in various genres ranging from Electronic Dance Music Progressive House, Deep House, Techno House. Nishan Lee prefers deep, emotional, hypnotic and heart touching music, that's why he had chosen Progressive House as a main genre. He gets into electronic music by listening John Digweed, Sasha, Hernan Cattaneo, Nick Warren, Richie Hawtin, Guy J and many more. Gradually a simple passion for music evolved into attempts to create the first experience with electronic music starts in early ‘90s.Released his first EP (Skinner Box) on Michael A’s Genesis Music Label in mid 2016 and the EP has been supported through the years by the likes of DJs Like Hernan Cattaneo, CID Inc, Marcelo Vasami, MUUI. Nishan Lee’s work has been receiving great support and good feedback from the likes of artists like Hernan Cattaneo, Robert Babicz, Roger Martinez, Navar, MUUI, Darin Epsilon, CID Inc, Jamie Stevens, Lonya, Marc Poppcke, Simos Tagias, Marcelo Vasami, Stas Drive, Silinder and his tracks can be heard in venues and events such as Moonpark, Amsterdam Dance Event, Warung Beach Club, BPM Festival. Also he has played alongside a variety of artists and DJs like Guy J, Guy Mantzur, CID Inc, Darin Epsilon, Lonya, Khen, Brian CID, Stas Drive, Patrick Carrera aka MUUI, Praveen Achary, Subandrio and more. Over decades of priceless experiences and a mind full of creativity and unimaginable talent, Nishan Lee anticipates his involvement in many more recognised movements and events (BASEMENT Dubai, Underground Rhythm & Audiosolo Sri Lanka) as he continues to pursue his passion to accomplish his initial goal, moving the masses. 

Weissensee by Konrad Ritter

Konrad Ritter is one of those interesting DJs with extremely good technical skills and an excellent track selection from various perspectives and episodes of electronic music. You can  find him often he changed his sets  and styles he played. Truly he is part oft he Berlin club scene and played in many clubs all over the Country. 2018 he also released his first EP together with Henrik Tiedemann called, „people Changed“. Also he is no unknown in Amsterdam so far and is invited first time ADE Festival in Amsterdam this year. Join him for a ride through seamlessly blended club music. Soulstuff is the right word for this jacky and groovy music.

Utopia by Slow Nomaden

Slow Nomaden is the side project of Tobias Kroschel, the head behind Sound Nomaden to express his passion for deeper sounds and influences from around the globe. In his DJ Sets and productions he takes the listener on an electronic journey through sounds of different cultures and spheres.

Already his first EP „Jungle“ released on 3000Grad Records in late 2017 got huge support from within the global tastemaker scene including Nico Stojan, Damian Lazarus, Riva Starr, Igor Marijuan just to name a few. In 2018 Slow Nomaden released his next EP called „Gondwana“ on his own label Nu Boheme Recordings. Gondwana was received even better and has reached more than 500.000 plays on spotify to date and was playlisted by several international radio stations and DJ’s. His next EP’s called „Elephant Dream“ and „Vasudeva“ both entered the Beatport Top100 Releases in their Genre Afro House and Electronica/Downtempo. Meanwhile „Vasudeva“ has already more than 1.400.000 plays on spotify. In 2019 Slow Nomaden released his well received debut album „Journey“. He also released some Remixes on Labels like Lump, Wildfang and Shango Records plus some exclusive tracks for Compilations. His Remix for Dio S reached the Beatport Electronica/Downtempo Top10.

Today Slow Nomaden has gained support by a lot of DJ’s, Radiostations and Magazines from within the global electronic music scene including Acid Pauli, Joris Voorn, Franco Bianco, Beatamines, Peter Kruder, Xinobi, Anderson Noise, Paco Osuna, Gene Farris, Falscher Hase, Judge Jules, Armen Miran, The Disco Boys, Unders, DJ Ravin (Buddha Bar), Afterlife (Cafe Del Mar), Uner, Pedro Mercado, Flux FM, Ibiza Sonica Radio, Ibiza Global Radio, Kiss FM Australia, Kiss FM Ukraine, Futurock FM, Sunshine Live Radio, Vicious Magazine, trndmusik.de, Electronic Groove and many more.

Tobias is constantly producing and touring since 10 years on an international level and has performed on several renowned festivals including Fusion Festival (GER), Rainbow Serpent (AUS), Boomtown (UK), Woomoon Ibiza (ESP) and 3000 Grad Festival (GER). He played Clubs in Berlin, Paris, London, Ibiza, Zurich, Copenhagen, Munich, Vienna, Melbourne, Geneva, Hamburg and many more...

Memories of a Dancefloor by Crimsen

Crimsen is about the groove. His basslines are undeniable. His productions are full, lively and sexy. He’s a producer that knows the studio and knows the dance floor – the guy knows what works. His production career started in the refined world of chill-step under the influence o  Phaeleh. After taking cues from producers like Nathan Barato, Jamie Jones and Manuel de la Mare, Crimsen’s upcoming musical output in 2018 grows out of tech-house into new worlds. He plans more ‘song’ focused arrangements and is currently experimenting with the introduction of other genres into his electronic music work. “I’m just looking to pack more excitement into the tracks”.

Crimsen approaches his DJ sets with the mindset and disposition of a producer. His energy is embodied in his full control of the sound pouring forth from the speakers as he works loops and sound effects into the sets. Playful samples and memes from current events make appearances when he takes the controls in the booth, adding an element of edge to the Crimsen club vibe. Born in India, raised in Qatar and Kuwait, Crimsen now calls Toronto home. He has conducted the dance floors of CODA, One Loft, Electric Island and Circus in Montreal. His records under his former artist alias “FunkXRish” have been released by Smiley Fingers, Chapeau Music and Claps Records. And so from these wide influences, for Crimsen it always comes back to the groove. With his latest remix release on 8Bit Records, this groove has now also led him to the well known tech house label by Nick Curly and Gorge. And that’s music to everyone’s ears.

Self Thoughts by Wanduta

Wanduta is a young music producer, very active in the Parisian scene. Self-taught guitarist and pianist and influenced by his years spent abroad, he starts producing electronic music in 2009. He plays sensual electronic music, mixing together warm samples, deep baselines, tribal rhythms and hypnotic melodies. During his constantly evolving live performances, he sings and improvises on synthesizers and keyboard. His immersive productions are an invitation to a meditative, transcendent world. After being encouraged by several producers among which Nicola Cruz, Sahalé or LUM, he decided to start sharing his music in 2017.

When Can We Go Back by Jaap Ligthart

Jaap has played the last couple of years at Space Ibiza, Panama Amsterdam, Club NL Amsterdam, Club Vaag in Antwerp, and many other clubs and festivals in countries such as Russia, Argentina, Ukraine, Mauritius, Belgium, Egypt, Malaysia, England, Scotland and Germany. His tracks got released on Global Underground, Selador, MoBlack, Manual Music, Say What Records, Ein2, Click Records, Lost Language among many other labels. His music got played by almost every a-list DJ around the world, including Sasha, Digweed, Dixon, Mano Le Tough, Hernan Cattaneo, Sven Vath, Maceo Plex, Alex Niggeman, Dave Seaman, Black Coffee, Solomun and the list goes on and on.

Good Night by Nils Lejoner

Nils Lejoner is a 26-year-old Italian dj & producer born in Bari (southern Italy). Nicola (his real name) has been working under the stage name of (Nils Lejoner) with the genre Melodic House Techno for about a year and a half, and his favorite artists at the moment are Adriatique, Tale Of Us, Mind Against, Innellea etc ... But the love for electronic music begins well before or in high school where thanks to his friends he begins to listen to the first tracks of electronic music, so after a few days for pure fun he decides to try to use virtual dj and he is right in that moment unwittingly at the age of 15 the passion for this profession was born. Nicola finally being a self-taught recently decided to attend some courses both as regards the creation of a track and as regards the final phase which includes mixing and mastering in order to try to improve and create your own sound, so we wait news for the future.

Frei von Welt by Rawley

Rawley is a full-blooded musician from Leipzig who has devoted himself to art and music since his 12th birthday.He has been touring the club scene of Central Germany for 7 years and playing in clubs and festivals in the middle east of germany.His sound is like a journey through Techno and Techhouse that never ends. Just real. Just different. Just Rawley.