LOVELOVE Festival
Bears & Honey
BEATPORT MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS 2012, Nicola Daniele and Cesare Marocco, aka NiCE7, are the latest Italian stars to emerge on the worldwide tech house stage. To date they have released on long running German label Great Stuff, as well as Defected, Gruuv, Noir Music, Suara Music, Toolroom, always crafting dance floor bombs for whoever calls on their services. The pair have been friends since 2005, DJing all over Italy, Germany, USA, Denmark, Canada,Brazil, UK and Holland whilst remixing various big guns and coming out on top of the Beatport charts in the process.
BlackSoul
Single-handedly putting Croatia on the map in terms of original musical invention is DJ, label boss, radio star and producer, Blacksoul. What’s more, he has been doing for the best part of two decades since first storming the airwaves of a local station back in 1994. Having produced over 100 records on a wide array of assured underground house labels (think Strictly Rhythm, Cr2, Milk & Sugar, Virgin/Positiva) Blacksoul was the first Croatian to play the Amsterdam Dance Event and Miami’s Winter Music Conference, whilst he also plays across the USA and Europe at all the finest night-boxes alongside names like Derrick Carter, Farley Jackmaster funk, Gramophonedzie, Doc Martin, Ian Pooley, Butch, ATFC and many more. One of his biggest (and admittedly most commercial) hits to date was for venerated house label, Strictly Rhythm, and it went straight to number two on Traxsource’s illustrious chart at the time of release. As such, the Blacksoul sound is alive with synth stabs, house music’s emotion and a bright sense of colour that comes from plenty of big chords and diva-styled vocals. A DJ set from the veteran, meanwhile, takes in a range of club-ready, out-there house tracks, each imbued and mixed with a sense of groove and rhythm that is designed to keep you dancing, and your hands pumping. It’s no surprise, then, that the likes of Laurent Garnier have been quick to voice their support of this energetic music mogul. As a result of making a name for himself, Blacksoul also started a label of the same name to help promote other established and upcoming talent alike. With over 40 releases under its belt from 70 international and domestic musicians and producers, the imprint is surely Croatia’s finest and serves as a bastion for great new music, as does the man’s newly started BLACKSOUL MUSIC FM radio station which provides underground house music 24/7. When remixing, too, Blacksoul got skills... not only has he remixed for Grammy Award Winner Maurice Joshua, but he’s also turned his hands to Gramophonedzie’s super hit ‘Why Don’t You’ . With an-ever burning passion for fresh electronic sounds, Blacksoul is sure to keep on pushing, well into 2013.
Joris Voorn
Joris Voorn is a record producer and Dj from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Raised in a musical family, music naturally became an intrinsic part of Voornʼs life from an early age. Electronic music first caught his attention in the mid- 90ʼs, and he started DJʼing in 1997. Voorn released his debut cd album called ʻFuture Historyʼ on the Sino label. Encompassing 3 years of ideas and inspiration, the cd contains 20 diverse tracks, a seamless soundscape that represents his arrival as one of the most relevant techno producers of this time. More recently, Joris has been focusing on collaborative efforts producing remixes for respected and diverse artists such as Robert Babicz, Nic Fanciulli, Slam, Steve Angello, Sebo K and Jerome Sydenham. The ʻDark Flower Magnolia Mixʼ for Robert Babicz turned out to be another summer anthem in electronic dance music, and was a favourite of DJʼs like Sven Vath, Dubfire, Pete Tong and John Digweed among many others. As a DJ and live performer Joris Voorn has joined an elite group of international DJʼs whose musical talent has acquired global appeal. He has performed across Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Colombia, Israel, Detroit, Chicago and New York.
