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Billy Bogus
Billy Bogus is the snazzy moniker for Niccolò Bruni. Niccolò is the founder of Pizzico records, a fine Italian label. However as Billy Bogus Niccolò expresses his musical side. It all started out 1994 when he decided to buy a couple of Technics 1200. Heavily conditioned by 90's ambient and dance style, acid jazz, old and dusty disco vibes, movie soundtracks and 80's new wave, his musical melting pot was brewed. Niccolò skips through musical genres and plunges into underground music subcultures with surprising ease and aplomb. Obsessed by weird cinema, if his music was the soundtrack then film would go something like the following…. Billy fights a series of running battles against well-dressed and well-thinking conformism. He is a fighting squatter trapped in a sci-fi cult movie: a galactic battle is raging, his synthesizers are laser guns, his jeans-jacket is ripped, his bandana is totally wet. And at the end of the movie Billy will discover that the real enemy dwells in his soul. |
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Brioski
Brioski hails from Milan in Italy. He first fell in love with music via early Italo disco compilations, "Mixage". Progressing onto his Technics 1200 in his teenage years he eventually graduated into music production and so grew his love of synthesizers, analog machines and sequencers. He started his DJ career with a wide range of influences (hip hop, funk, soul, disco, chicago house & techno) but now his sound edges towards balearic and psychedelic atmospheres, with deep and percussive roots. All of these sounds can be heard through the music he produces; a combination of old school reminiscences, vintage machines, funk bass and his ever present favorite synth the Roland SH101.
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Chaz Jankel
After a successful career with Ian Dury & The Blockheads, co-writing some exceedingly famous hits and playing guitar and keys for them, Chaz decided to go solo for a bit. Some Numero Unos in the club charts cropped up throughout the '80s, as well as a spot in the top 20 in the "normal" charts with Quincy Jones' version of "Ai No Corrida". Also with a couple of film-score credits to his name, Chaz could honestly say, without a hint of pretension, that he's been there and done that. Having said that, it's probably more likely - considering that he did have a hand in writing the dubiously sane "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" - that it'll be "Been where? Done what?" See also Chaz Jankel's compilation album My Occupation, among other releases, on our sister label Tirk. |
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Chris Coco
Chris Coco is a tastemaker, DJ, broadcaster, producer, musician and journalist. He is currently promoting his new artist album Feel Free Live Good (Big Chill Recordings) and working closely with the Big Chill festival on a stage for this Summer. His radio show, Melodica, is growing from it’s base on Ibiza Sonica to include broadcasts in cities from Sydney to Istanbul to Chicago. With regular gigs at cool venues Supperclub, Sosho and Player in London and international shows, Chris is a busy live DJ too. |  |
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D-Pulse
The Russian quartet D-Pulse (Klim Suhanov, Anton Kochnev, Semen Perevoshikova and Pavel Shoutov) began their careers when they were just schoolboys - on the cover of their first album, four 16 year-olds stand blissfully unaware of their future. Today, they spread the new fresh sound of Russia all over the world. D-Pulse sets new standards of quality dance music from the very depths of the snowy forests of Russia, but the real effect their music has can be felt during live shows. The band already has the status of the most expressive, vivid live electronic band in Russia. Their shows were appreciated in Japan, where they had a tour in 2007, and, since last year, the band has begun to strut their stuff on European stages. At the moment D-Pulse are working in a studio in Prague as well as playing the occasional gig. |
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DJ Enne
The veteran DJ Enne has certainly been around. Hailing from Innsbruck, Austria, Robert Ennemoser, as Enne is also known, has a wealth of DJing experience and quality releases. |
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Filipsson & Lindblad
Holmar Filipsson and Klas-Henrik Lindblad aka Sasse both discovered electronic music in the late eighties and started djing shortly there after; Sasse in his hometown Turku, Finland and Holmar in Reykjavik, Iceland. Sasse started his label Moodmusic in '96 when still living in Finland, but has since succumbed to the irresistible pull of Berlin. Holmar threw some of the first Warehouse parties in Iceland in the early nineties before moving to NYC in '96. Since then he has spent his time founding his labels Crack&Speed and Thugfucker Recordings. The collaboration album has been a long time coming; Work started at the "Reykjavik Massive" Studio in Brooklyn a few years back. Then, following a lot of net file swapping, they completed the album in Berlin, at Sasses "BlackHead" Studios last year. The Scandinavian pair share a love for disco and deep house music and this is very apparent in the music they have come together to make. Once in the studio each song happened naturally, one song progressing into another, each song portraying a little personal story. The collection of songs over the extended period eventually morphed into "A Splendor In The Grass". |
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Foto
Foto are Kevin Swain and Enzo Amico. Kevin first came to the forefront of electronic dance music as DOP in the 90's on William Orbit's seminal Guerilla Records label. He was there at Shoom when it started and later went on to DJ at such legendary clubs like The Raid, Back to Basics, Love Ranch, Sign Of The Times, and for Charlie Chester's Flying Records outfit. Enzo Amico set up the London record shop Plastic Fantastic Records, a move which kick-started his DJ career. He now runs Plastic Music an online record shop and is a member of the exciting DJ outfit The Balearic Brothers. Kevin & Enzo have always shared a love for all things "Balearic", from the early sounds of Byrne & Eno to the early ground-breaking Balearic Beats, also taking in the 80's Italo Disco sounds. Now, Foto gives them an opportunity to take journeys into the past as well as incorporating all the new exciting sounds being produced by labels such as Eskimo, Full Pupp, Perm Vac, and Italians Do It Better. |
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Ichisan & Nakova
Ichisan & Nakova (aka Igor and Jure) hail from the fine country of Slovenia, one of the republics of former Yugoslavia. Over the past few years the pair has steadily been carving out a name for their unique style of nu disco, called Yugo Disco, which is already becoming a music brand of its own. Beside this Ichisan & Nakova has become well recognized with their innovative DJ sets. The two of them combine a great artistic whole – Igor is one of the most prominent Slovenian photographers with great sensitivity for visual and auditory art, who started his relationship with music playing guitar in various bands. He has later developed preference for electronical sounds, which he blended with his organic feel and started producing his own projects. Jure is a very well established DJ and a vynil collector, who has an over 10 year status - he started with Detroit house in the early days to all sorts of brakes and disco house later on. With their attributes and background they ideally complement each other, that’s why their music and their sets are so unique. When they produce they basically live together for a few days at a time and work on music day and night – coming up with ideas, playing the instruments and recording all kinds of unusual percussive sounds using everyday items such as spoons, bottles, etc. Their so far releases include several EPs on Spanish "Disciple Of Groove" and Italian "Pizzico" records as well as some fine remixes. |
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Justus Köhncke
Germany, late 1980s….. home computers, sampling, MIDI and a whole new era of bedroom production. It was about that about that time that a young Justus Köhncke moves himself to Düsseldorf, the city of Kraftwerk. Finding himself in the Ata tak studios (home of German electronic pioneers Der plan and Pyrolator) our young hero perfects his craft and purchases his first gear… the die is cast. Soon with Düsseldorf art academy types he forms his first project "Blood and Honey", decadent parties and gay-squat gigs abound but the first record alludes them. Fast forward to 1992 Cologne and JKs first release "fly high" on the fictional NY underground label "Fifth & Madison". More releases follow, theatre scores and a debut LP on JKs own "iCi records" labels. In 2001 JK signs to Colonge friends Kompakt, a fruitful partnership producing great releases such as "Was Ist Musik" and vinyl classic "2 after 909", "Timecode" and the album "Doppelleben". Jump to present day…. and when JK is not touring you can find him enjoying his work on film scores in the south of France with composer Irmin Schmidt (from CAN). Along the JK has remixed some of the biggest names in the business (Depeche Mode, Erasure, Space, Human League, Hot Chip, Hybrid, Andreas Dorau to name but a few). Justus releases a compilation of his finest mixes on the Nang, New Masters series in 2011. |  |
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Lusty Zanzibar
Lusty Zanzibar is Alex Cordiner's Alias which originally started out as "Z Plan" many years ago. He had his first release "Music by Monkeys" on Holistic records. To get over the shock of having something pressed on Vinyl Alex decided to take a 10 year break, mainly down the pubs and clubs of London Town Djing with his night Residency. Alex formed Lusty Zanzibar after missing recording far too much… In 2009 "For my Friends" on Bear Funk. After that Alex took a crash course in working with vocals and dealing with big Berlin studios in a nifty collaboration with the queen of electronic soul Billie Ray Martin (from Electribe 101). Alex joined the Nang fold with his cover of "Silent Running" on the Nang "From the Stars" album, followed by the remix of Ichisan and Nakova Pionir. His debut album was the result of year of studio work in the depths of the North Downs with his collection of fine analogue keyboards |
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Pete Gooding
Pete Gooding is one of the few British dance producers whose music is as likely to appear in a set by Laurent Garnier, Tom Middleton, and Dubfire, as it is by David Guetta, Pete Tong, or Groove Armada. Similarly, as a DJ, you'll find him at the Big Chill or Roskilde, as well as regular gigs at Matter, Ministry Of Sound, or at We Love at Space Ibiza. Jetsetting Gooding has spent the past decade conjuring up a quiet storm with producions with Coco, Alex Tepper, Flying Lotus, Afterlife's Steve Miller, and Phil Dockerty and James Doman ('Runnin'). He has remixed for Groove Armada, Cheryl Cole & Will I Am, Ultraviolet, Humate and many more. On a club level, this year he's played alongside Moby, Trentemoller, Soulwax, Deadmau5, Ewan Pearson, Miss Kitten, and more, rocking floors with his mix of deep house, techno, and alt dance. One minute headlining well-known floors such as Cream and Gatecrasher, the next playing under the radar parties in Shoreditch, Croatia, or Sweden. |  |
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Proper Heat
Proper Heat is an exquisite alliance of three musicians deeply mad about jazz, house, disco and electronics. Karolis Ramoška is the exceptional voice of the team and rhymes like a pro! Vitalijus Rodevich is Mr Saxophone and ever since his younger days has lived for performing, festivals and live. Martin Virgin is the discoholic of the crew, crazy about music. Martin is the backbone holding all these elements together… did we mention he is a great DJ and a tremendous dancer too... Click here for a hi-res image |
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Sare Havlicek
Slovenian based Sare Havlicek - actual name (Jure Havlicek), is a bit of a hoarder. A hoarder of old synthesizers, drum machines and most of all 70's & early 80's euro/cosmic disco sounds. A trip around his luxurious studio is a bit like a day at the synth museum. All these elements go into Sares current cosmic-disco music. Any one would think he had Italian blood. Sare's production career began way back in 1988 (he has had several aliases including Freeze, Hyperactive, Moob and Sare Muratore). One thing's for sure - Sare's no newcomer when it comes to attention to sound quality. All tunes come with no samples or loops inside! Old school production and playing all the way. Which is one of the reasons we just love the sounds here at Nang. See Sare talk synths |
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Space
The electro disco stylings of Space began back in 1977. Founded by composer and front man Didier Marouani and producer JP Iliesco, Space pioneered the space disco subgenre and inspired a whole generation of electronic dance enthusiasts. Their greatest hit, "Magic Fly", was a worldwide number 1 in 1977. They went on to record 4 albums and sell 10 million records worldwide. |
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The Heels Of Love
The Heels of Love is a Milan based duo consisting of Michele Tessadri & Luca Saponaro. Two disco reprimands with an unhealthy penchant for slap bass, synths and vintage drum machines. Michele also records under the alias Fratelli Rivera (Bearfunk), whilst Luca is a member of Krautrock disco heads The Love Supreme (Tirk). The pair released their debut material on the Under the Shade and Mad On The Moon labels. Their first track on Nang was "Chain Gang" with Max Essa. |
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Toby Tobias
Toby has been bustin out beats since the early 90's. He has put out a well recieved album on Rekids, as well as singles - and released on Bearfunk, Tirk, Tiny Sticks, Jisco amoung others, as well as putting many remixes out there (in a recognisable house tinged with disco style). He has collaborated again with Kathy Diamond for the second album also on Rekids. He also finds time to collaborate with Felix Dickinson (Mythical Beasts), Nesreen Shah, and Marcus Marr. Catch Toby DJIng at a club in a city near you soon. |
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Unclepasha
Unclepasha (aka Pavel Gorelliov) is from the fine Russian city of Yaroslavl however, he now lives in music mecca St. Petersburg. His musical influences are one big melting pot from Daft Punk, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath to labels like Ninja Tune and Warp. This wide range of influences shows in the music he makes, all with a extremely high level of production skill and slick sound. Pavel mixes real instruments (he plays guitar and bass) with fine electronic sounds. Trying to place his music within a genre may be a hard one, one minute its jazz house, one minute guitar soul, one minute electronic disco.. however it all just seems to hang together and work really well. |
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