Wiljam [Boner Breaks, BASSO]
Tres [Antenniosasto, Rauta]
Glxblt [Sequence]
Roz
Pasik [Sequence]
Proteus [www.djproteus.com]
Proteus has gained the respect to be called Finland's most known Hard Dance DJ and has become one of the key players of the global hard dance scene. Proteus has been DJ'ing for 12 years and producing music about 7 years. Proteus and his friends have been the key figures in creating the harder dance scene in Finland. Proteus belongs to the famous Finnish artist and label collective FINRG.
The biggest achievement for Proteus so far has been the Hard Dance Awards 2004 and 2005, where he was voted "Best Hard Dance DJ" in the world two years in a row by clubbers all around the globe. In the DJ Mag`s Top 100 DJ list, Proteus has been voted number 90 in 2004 and number 93 in 2005 and made history in becoming the first Finnish artist making it to the Top 100 DJ list alongside Darude.
In his career so far Proteus has toured in Finland, United Kingdom, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Malaysia, Estonia, Australia and Japan. Proteus has played and headlined most of the major events in Europe and Australia like Dance Valley, God's Kitchen's Global Gathering, Creamfields, Impulz Outdoor and Impulz Inside, Defcon 1, Streetparade Zurich, Energy, Ground Zero, Sonic, Transmission Sydney, Frantic Hardhouse Academy at Brixton Academy, Utopia/God Speed, Winter Enchanted, Bulldogbash, Slammin Vinyl's Sanctuary and NYE @ NEC and Tranzmission at Alexandra Palace, Logic, Pharmacy, Lab-4's Laboratory Experiment 2, Torture Garden, Antiworld, Wildchild, Tidy Weekender and Tidy Summer Camp, Goodgreef, Slinky, Polysexual, Storm, Tunnel Hamburg, Laserpoint and Koneisto to name few.
Proteus and his friends are also running their own clubnight called Sade in Helsinki, Finland. They have organized many very successful club nights and events in a period of over 9 years. Sade was voted as The Best Club in Finland in the Finnish Club Awards 2003. They have also organized private/underground industrial/fetish parties in Helsinki called Inferno and Tuska in 2000-2001 and Hellfire Club in 2004.
Proteus also runs his own radio show called Dark Side at the major Finnish radio station Basso Radio. The show is based on introducing all genres of darker music from goth to speedcore.
http://www.djproteus.com
http://www.myspace.com/proteusfin
Wiljam [Boner Breaks, BASSO]
Wiljam aka Ville Tikkanen has been DJing and promoting electronic music events since 1995. He started out DJing and promoting in the legendary Smooth Underground warehouse parties in the mid-90's. One of his early career highlights was in '97 when Sven Väth warmed up the 10,000-person dancefloor for Wiljam in St. Petersburg. Today he is one of the big names in the Finnish club scene and has also been invited to play abroad several times, for example St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, Bristol, Tonton, Vibourg and Tallin. He is running Finland's premier Breakbeat club night and radioshow called BONER. He is also the founder and head of the only Finnish urban music radiostation, Bassoradio.
Wiljam has shared decks with: Q-Bert, Sven Väth, Aquasky, Goldie, Dj Assault, Mantronix, Ctrl-Z, Shout Rakkas Crew, Robert Miles, Infected Mushroom, Astral Projection, Autobots, Unbalanced Jack, Deekline, Juno Reactor, Tittsworth, Krufty Kuts, Atomic Hooligan, Scratch Perverts, Jay Cunnings, Far Too Loud, LBJ, Herbaliser, Vigi, Zero + many many more...
Links:
Radiostation: www.basso.fi
Myspace: www.myspace.com/wiljam
Tres [Antenniosasto, Rauta]
During the last 15 years Tres has become one of the household names of the Finnish techno scene by operating as the mastermind behind such clubs and concepts as Rauta, Antenniosasto, Inkvisitio and Salamurharyhmä, and playing techno and hardcore both live and as a dj in some of the biggest events in Finland (Koneisto, Labyrinth, Laserpoint, and Pacifique to name but a few). His uncompromising view of techno as a mind moving medium is evident in his dj sets as he pulls the dancing crowd into his world of pounding, hypnotic rhythms - techno at it's purest.
Glxblt [Sequence]
Being brought up in a family deeply involved with music, Ville Rastas a.k.a "Glxblt" spent most of his childhood happily bashing both the keys of his piano and his computer. However, as the young musician/geek reached his puberty, things went horribly wrong. Despite the classical training and responsible parenting, Glxblt developed an interest for electronic music which later on evolved into full-blown love for techno and especially drum'n'bass. Finding like-minded people in a small Finnish city was practically impossible, but eventually it happened and Glxblt made the first contact within the neighbouring town's rave scene and coincidentally, the demoscene.
Since then the young junglist has honed his skills in producing and DJ'ing, focusing on the darkest, techiest newschool drum'n'bass you can find without forgetting about the rolling, danceable beats that define the genre. Filling in the demand for harder, heavier drum'n'bass, Glxblt is a bundle of big things just waiting to happen.
Roz
Roz has promised to play his grooviest house records. Be prepared to hear even some of his own tracks. It's a Roz's 10th anniversary DJ gig!
Pasik [Sequence]
Pasik is one of the founders of Sequence Ry, a non-profit organization for promoting electronic dance music and arranging raves and clubs mostly in eastern parts of Finland. Sequence has arranged Assembly Raves during the last 3 years.
Pasik also has a background in the demoscene. He got interested of the scene in 1992, visited his first demoparty in 1995 and started arranging Simulaatio demoparty in Finland in 2003 with his friends.
Pasik first fell in love with trance music in 1995, when a lot of melodic goatrance was procuced and released. Later he bought his own decks, started collecting records and eventually played his first DJ gig in 2004.
Pasik plays psychedelic trance in its many forms. Oldschool melodic goa trance, full-on psychedelic trance or easier progressive psytrance.
At Assembly Pasik will play a special set of intensive oldschool-sounding melodic goa trance released mostly during the last couple of years!
Assembly 2008 raves day 1/3: http://klubitus.org/tapahtuma.php?id=14864
Assembly 2008 raves day 3/3: http://klubitus.org/tapahtuma.php?id=14866