CUBE
Main room
DEETRON (SUI)
Juho Kahilainen
Arash (Cube, 2keys)
3rrd (Basso, 2keys)
Back room
Juho Kusti
Ville Vähäsaari
Easter thursday 20.03.2008
22:00-04:00
Age 20
Tickets
only 5 before 23:00 after 10
Rose Garden
Iso Roobertinkatu 10
00100 Helsinki
http://www.myspace.com/deetronofficial
http://www.clubrosegarden.fi/
DEETRON BIOGRAPHY
Over recent years, Sam Geiser aka Deetron has emerged
as a rising star in the Techno world. His popularity as a
Producer has flourished in tandem with his reputation
as a dynamic three-deck DJ, and as the latter discipline
propelled him across the globe, his work for a growing
roster of record labels further cemented his position
as a genuine talent within the International scene. His
list of musical achievements stretch back to the early
nineties and on paper it makes for quite an impressive
body of work.
Born in Bern, Switzerland, Music was a constant in the
Geiser family home. Sams fathers activities as a jazz
musician ensured that he was surrounded by music from
a very early age, sewing the seeds of his own musical
interests. But it was Hip-Hop that encouraged this to
flourish into an active involvement in music, during
his teens. Sam soaked-up the music of Gangstarr, A
Tribe Called Quest, and Prince Paul like a sponge, and
was quick to realise the role of the turntable within this
context, taking up DJing in 1992.
Early Hip-House producers, such as Todd Terry, also
captured his attention, and Sam began to make the
transition to more 4/4 orientated sounds picking up
on the now classic output of Chicago and Detroit-based
electronic musicians and introducing this into the sets
he was, by now, playing around his home town, and
further afield in Switzerland.
This led, in 1994, to his first big break securing
a residency at Zurichs reputed club, Trax at the
Rohstofflager. Once reaching this position, Sam felt it was
time to make his own forays into music production and
began building a studio, drawing on his experience as a
DJ to create his own tracks. A meeting with Stefan Reisen,
head of the fledgling Phont music, led to the release of
Deetrons first single as Soulmate, in 1997.
Things snowballed from there. Geisers production activity
put him on the map, which in turn assisted the growth of
his DJ profile. A trip to Japan led to a collaboration with
DJ Shufflemaster (again, for Phont), and pretty soon the
requests from other labels began to come in. During the late
nineties, his work for other labels saw Deetron finding his
audience (including a string of International club jocks) and
developing his own sound. In later years, Sams production
touch has graced labels including Cosmic (as Karakter),
Ongaku (the Lorraine EP) and SLS. In addition, he received
a deluge of remix requests resulting in work for Samuel
L. Session, Ben Sims, Damon Wild, Steve Bicknell (as
Karakter), K-Alexy Shelby, Orlando Voorn, Paul Mac and
others.
Possible the most fruitful partnership of his career so far
is that with Belgiums Music Man label. Beginning with the
Dolls For a Diva 12 in 2001, and including several more
12s and a superb mix CD that acts as ample testament
to Sams skills behind the turntables.
Geiser has come a long way in a relatively short period
of time, but its no fluke ascension given his considerable
talent and hard work. Whats more, he shows no sign of
flagging. Whilst 2003 has been a very busy year, with
extensive worldwide DJ dates, singles for Music Man
and Intec, and high profile remixes for Ennio Morricone,
Victor Simonelli, Gary Martin, and Mark Broom, 2004
and 2005 have taken his DJ-schedule to yet another
level and he released the massive Miss Suave EP
on Intec in 2004 as well as The floor jackin theory
on Music Man in 2005. Furthermore he remixed Funk
DVoid, Joris Voorn, Smith & Selway and Detroit Grand
Pubahs to name but a few.
Deetrons debut full length AlbumTwisted released
in October 2006 has proved to be his biggest musical
achievement to date and can be seen as a milestone
in his career. The release gained praise from press and
key figures of different genres alike, ranging from Gilles
Peterson to Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Osunlade and
Âme, to name but a few. The first two singles taken from
Twisted - Isotope EP and The Afterlife - instantly
took off and are still on heavy rotation. Furthermore the
success of the Album led to an extensive worldwide DJTour
which has taken him to major clubs and events like
I love Techno 2006, Berghain (Berlin), Fabric (London),
Florida 135 (Fraga), Cocoon (Frankfurt), Rex (Paris).
2007 kicks off with the release of the third single taken
from Twisted, called Life Soundtrack in Spring, which
includes re-interpretations from Redshape, Radioslave
and Rejected. With upcoming remixes for Legowelt,
Shinedoe, Quarion, Osunlade and Voom:Voom as well
as an ongoing hectic DJ-Schedule, the new year is
looking bright for all things Deetron.