Proteus
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Proteus/17712036908
http://klubitus.org/profiili.php?nimi=Proteus
http://www.myspace.com/proteusfin
http://www.djproteus.com
http://www.dontstayin.com/parties/proteus
http://www.myspace.com/torturetorstai
Biography:
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 the 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 Finnish major radio station Basso Radio. Show is based on introducing all genres of darker music from goth to speedcore.
Meke
http://www.djmeke.com/
http://www.myspace.com/djmeke
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Meke/300952837477
http://klubitus.org/profiili.php?nimi=Meke
-- Bio --
Always having been deeply in love with all things of hard sounds, Meke has been widely known in Finland since he started djing year 2000 as one of these few DJs remaining faithful to the roots of rave music. Arguably the best old school rave DJ in the country, Meke always played a lot of true hardcore classics and early rave sound in his sets, giving people a lovely glimpse of the music which started it all. That does not mean though that Meke is just an old beard, stuck in the past. Constantly evolving along with dance music, this extremely talented DJ not only skillfully combines UK hardcore & freeform, Meke is also responsible for bringing makina to Finland, being only one spinner in the country playing this exciting combination of hard trance and happy hardcore. Not only the regular DJ, sometimes Meke likes to bring some new twist to his set, using the microphone as MC to make people go completely loco. So you can be sure, Meke will definitely not leave you unsatisfied!
Meke's passion for the music has seen him spinning as regular guest at such respected event as Madwave, holding long term residencies at Force and Battle Royale nights, being part of Dancewise roster. He also hosted monthly show at famous Digitally Imported radio (DI.fm) over 3 years. In 2008 he was chosen to be resident dj of Madwave events and also he did gain place from Finrg agency. During the years, Meke has been playing alongside such names as Proteus, Karim, Eryk Orpheus, Lee Haslam, Amber D, Phil Reynolds, Gareth Emery, Choose, Simon Eve, Garbo and Carbon Based to mention a few. So if you are up to hardcore vibes - Meke will deliver!
-- Credits --
Winner (1st place) of SÄDE pres. Dont F*ck With Me DJ Competition 2010
Finalist of LASERPOINT DJ Competition 2008
Horzi
Henri Rättäri's first gates in to the world of electronic music were commercial dance/trance acts such as Scooter and Darude. Inspired by them he decided to try to produce some own stuff on Dance E-jay and Fruityloops software’s. The obvious thing was that his first "compositions" really made no sense.
Henri's musical interests changed totally in the upper level comprehensive when he started to listen metal and punk rock and he bought guitar. At the same time he met friends who introduced the harder side of Finnish electronic music, FINRG, for him. The friends were Sami Heikkilä (Sam One) & Janne Tamminen (Substanced). Finnish freeform impressed him deeply and it raised the style and the tempo of his songs he produced in to the new level. Sound of FINRG-artists is still the most important influence in his production.
After long time of training and playing his tone-ear improved and quality of his songs started to get better and better. Melodies and melancholic atmoshphere became the key makers of Horzi's music. In the year 2008 Horzi made his first CD-release on Electronica Exposed's compilation CD Tome Of Salvation. The track Superior Pressure was a collab production with Substanced. Also his very first live gig was played with Substanced. Boys played a banging live set in Substanced's underground birthday party in February 2008.
Nowadays Horzi is artist under FINRG's sublabel Hybridize, which has compiled some Finnish rising freeform/hard trance-stars together.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Proteus/17712036908
http://klubitus.org/profiili.php?nimi=Proteus
http://www.myspace.com/proteusfin
http://www.djproteus.com
http://www.dontstayin.com/parties/proteus
http://www.myspace.com/torturetorstai
Biography:
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 the 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 Finnish major radio station Basso Radio. Show is based on introducing all genres of darker music from goth to speedcore.
Meke
http://www.djmeke.com/
http://www.myspace.com/djmeke
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Meke/300952837477
http://klubitus.org/profiili.php?nimi=Meke
-- Bio --
Always having been deeply in love with all things of hard sounds, Meke has been widely known in Finland since he started djing year 2000 as one of these few DJs remaining faithful to the roots of rave music. Arguably the best old school rave DJ in the country, Meke always played a lot of true hardcore classics and early rave sound in his sets, giving people a lovely glimpse of the music which started it all. That does not mean though that Meke is just an old beard, stuck in the past. Constantly evolving along with dance music, this extremely talented DJ not only skillfully combines UK hardcore & freeform, Meke is also responsible for bringing makina to Finland, being only one spinner in the country playing this exciting combination of hard trance and happy hardcore. Not only the regular DJ, sometimes Meke likes to bring some new twist to his set, using the microphone as MC to make people go completely loco. So you can be sure, Meke will definitely not leave you unsatisfied!
Meke's passion for the music has seen him spinning as regular guest at such respected event as Madwave, holding long term residencies at Force and Battle Royale nights, being part of Dancewise roster. He also hosted monthly show at famous Digitally Imported radio (DI.fm) over 3 years. In 2008 he was chosen to be resident dj of Madwave events and also he did gain place from Finrg agency. During the years, Meke has been playing alongside such names as Proteus, Karim, Eryk Orpheus, Lee Haslam, Amber D, Phil Reynolds, Gareth Emery, Choose, Simon Eve, Garbo and Carbon Based to mention a few. So if you are up to hardcore vibes - Meke will deliver!
-- Credits --
Winner (1st place) of SÄDE pres. Dont F*ck With Me DJ Competition 2010
Finalist of LASERPOINT DJ Competition 2008
Horzi
Henri Rättäri's first gates in to the world of electronic music were commercial dance/trance acts such as Scooter and Darude. Inspired by them he decided to try to produce some own stuff on Dance E-jay and Fruityloops software’s. The obvious thing was that his first "compositions" really made no sense.
Henri's musical interests changed totally in the upper level comprehensive when he started to listen metal and punk rock and he bought guitar. At the same time he met friends who introduced the harder side of Finnish electronic music, FINRG, for him. The friends were Sami Heikkilä (Sam One) & Janne Tamminen (Substanced). Finnish freeform impressed him deeply and it raised the style and the tempo of his songs he produced in to the new level. Sound of FINRG-artists is still the most important influence in his production.
After long time of training and playing his tone-ear improved and quality of his songs started to get better and better. Melodies and melancholic atmoshphere became the key makers of Horzi's music. In the year 2008 Horzi made his first CD-release on Electronica Exposed's compilation CD Tome Of Salvation. The track Superior Pressure was a collab production with Substanced. Also his very first live gig was played with Substanced. Boys played a banging live set in Substanced's underground birthday party in February 2008.
Nowadays Horzi is artist under FINRG's sublabel Hybridize, which has compiled some Finnish rising freeform/hard trance-stars together.