28-03-Friday-Der Minimalist pres. JEFF MILLIGAN ON 4 DECKS[CA], Al Keegan, Kanthon

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Hi everyone!

Let us introduce you Jeff Milligan a.k.a. Algorithm, a famous Canadian DJ/Producer and a founder of Revolver Canada Recordings.
Jeff, as the one of the most technically talented DJ's in the world who perform three/four turntable style had many opportunities to prove his skills across The Europe, North America and Japan, DJ'ing and performing live at the world's finest venues.

For the first time in Dublin as a special guest of DER MINIMALIST - Jeff Milligan will provide us with... well yep, what exactly can we expect?

Definitely a wide range of Minimal and Techno which has a dual, continental European and American influence, the more experimental, more minimal sound of the two continents which evolved into a unique Canadian sound.
His rigorous integrity to his DJ selections and his productions is a warranty. Always choosing uncompromising artists and unique tracks which transcend the restraint of genre.
We are more than happy to invite you to this highly and technically enormous performance....
Where? - Join us at THE RADIO CITY on Store Street (opposite Bus Eiras)
When? - The 28th of March 2008
C U THERE!!!



der minimalist proudly presents:
http://www.myspace.com/derminimalistmusiccollective

JEFF MILLIGAN /Canada/ REVOLVER, LEVEL REC., POKERFLAT, TRAUM, +8
www.jeffmilligan.ca

In 1986, at the age of 14, Jeff Milligan (aka : Algorithm) had his first exposure to electronic music via some of Chicago, Detroit and Toronto's earliest alternative radio programs. A year later in 1987, Jeff decided to dedicate his life to DJing and music production. His close proximity to the Great Lakes Triangle : Toronto, Chicago and Detroit, led Jeff to develop a foremost influence from the early years of American house and techno. As Jeff delved deeper, he developed a keen interest in various European artists and record labels. The music Jeff played at the time and still does to this day, has a dual, continental European and American influence, the more experimental, more minimal sound of the two continents, the origins of what evolved into a unique Canadian sound. Jeff was the first DJ to expose a Canadian audience to his unique brand of techno and house music selections, preceded only by Richie Hawtin. Jeff's highly technical, three/four turntable style put him in high demand across North America and by the age of twenty, Jeff was playing the Midwest circuit (Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland etc.) and nationwide, all over Canada. Jeff is legendarily regarded by his contemporaries as one the most technically talented DJ's in the world. By 1999, Jeff began touring the worldwide circuit. Jeff has since performed in almost every major city in Europe, North America and Japan, spanning the globe, maintaining a rigorous tour schedule, DJ'ing and performing live at the world's finest venues in support of the music he loves. Jeff has since headlined alongside almost every prolific producer to have graced the electronic music stage in the past decade. Jeff's own musical compositions have also had considerable impact on the world and he is highly regarded as a musician as well as a DJ.
Jeff's DJ production work for +8, and loops on the first Serotonin Records (NYC) lockgroove compilations, were among the first released material under Jeff's "algorithm" moniker. Since then, Jeff has developed a long and impressive discography with numerous releases on a variety of international record labels over the past few years, including : Blank (Japan), !"@.*!% (Slovakia), Foundsound (USA), FAT32 (Japan), Tictactoe (Denmark) 240 Volts (UK), BipHop (France), Tongut (Switzerland), Transmediale (Germany), Background (Germany), NextDoor (Canada), Onitor (Germany), Mutek (Canada), Sublime (Japan), Moorroom (Italy), Traum (Germany), Force Lab (Germany), Force Inc. (Germany), Revolver Canada (Canada), E.R.A. (Canada), Tone (Canada), Blue (Canada), Silver (Belgium), +8 (Canada), Switch (Canada/USA), Serotonin (USA). Jeff's last full length album project, "Composure" (Force Inc., Germany) features Jeff's recomposed work of some of the world's most prolific artists including : Farben (Klang Elektronik), Matmos (Bjork), Kid 606 (Tigerbeat), Sutekh (Context), Twerk (Force Inc.), Safety Scissors (Proptronix) and Donacha Costello. Jeff is currently working on collaborative projects with Mike Shannon (Cynosure), Fenin (****katapult), Mikael Stavostrand (Sunset Diskos) and Appendix Shuffle (Adjunct).
Jeff spends considerable time on top of his tour and production schedule curating his imprint, Revolver Canada Recordings, which he founded in 1999. The first 12" EP on Revolver (written by Jeff and former label mate Robin Roy) was met with high critical acclaim worldwide, leading to Jeff's first European tour alongside friend and future label mate, Cynosure's Mike Shannon. Over the years, Revolver Canada has released an impressive catalog, primarily consisting of Canadian artists including Montreal's Akufen, The Mole, Mike Shannon and Deadbeat, Toronto's Tomas Jirku and Pan/tone, and Kitchener's, Jay Hunsberger. Revolver has also collaborated with various prolific international artists with remix work appearing by artists like Shaka (Switzerland), Perlon's Dimbiman (Germany), Sud Electronic's Portable (South Africa), Boxer Recordings Frank Martiniq (Germany), Foundsound's Someone Else (USA), Sud Electronic's Akiko Kiyama (Japan), Swayzak's James Taylor (France), Force Inc.'s Geoff White (USA), Proptronix's Safety Scissors (USA), and the list continues to grow. Recently, newcomers like America's James Thomason and Japan's Mitsuaki Kumamora have graced the label with solo EP's. Revolver Canada has given many Canadian and international artists considerable global exposure and has substantially raised the profile of Canadian electronic music. Revolver is widely regarded worldwide as one of Canada's most important and influential electronic music labels. Jeff applies the same rigorous integrity to his DJ selections and his productions as he does to his label, always choosing uncompromising artists and unique tracks which transcend the restraint of genre. Jeff has always had a policy of setting trends, never following them. Currently, Jeff moonlights between Toronto, Canada and Berlin, Germany where he manages the European side of Revolver Canada and Cynosure.

AL KEEGAN /Dublin/ ACII DISCO
www.myspace.com/djalkeegan
As a DJ Al Keegan has been a permanent fixture on Dublin’s Club scene now for over 5 years. He has held residencies in clubs such as Mono, Traffic, Tivoli and the Pod and has been playing to crowds since the tender age of 16. Playing anything from Jackin house to chilled out bar grooves and more recently turning his hand to tougher underground sounds he is a talented and very respected name around town. As a promoter Al has worked in venues such as The Pod, Crawdaddy, Traffic, Viva, The Legal Eagle, Mc Gruders and now in Dublins Hub nightclub. He has quite a knack for spotting potential in venues and was part of the ever popular 12ten nights in The Legal Eagle which transformed the once quiet bar into one of the most popular club nights in Dublin. He is also responsible for the Mixed Salad Parties in Mc Gruders, Thomas st. Transforming the out of the way venue into a day time party that sees some of Dublin’s top DJs play, with a BBQ, beer garden and two floors of music that has been know to pull crowds of over five hundred people. He currently promotes and holds a residency at one of Dublin’s fastest growing and most popular nights Acii Disco in The Hub, Temple bar. Acii Disco takes place every Saturday night in Dublins HUB nightclub in the heart of Temple Bar. Originally taking place every second week at The Cavern, Store st it wasn’t long before it moved to a much sought after bigger and more central location. The music policy consists of a broad mix of House / Electro and Acid and Tough Tech House, usually ranging from deep and twisted to straight up dance floor tracks. Over the past 6 months at the club, Al Keegan has played host to an array of top Irish based DJs, Live acts and Club nights all of outstanding quality and each with their own very unique upfront styles. He also welcomes appearances from some top international talent on the odd occasion too and has worked with people such as SWITCH, PAUL WOOLFORD, STEVE MAC, CORVIN DALEK and THE BEGINERZ, on various past projects. He has also supported many big names as EROL ALKAN, RITON, BILLY NASTY, WHO MADE WHO and DIGITALISM and has played big name clubs and events all over Ireland including The Electric Picnic Festival alongside many big names such as ERIC MORILLO, PLUMP DJS, LAURAUNT GARNIER and 2MANY DJ’s. He is now looking to focus more on promoting tougher electronic sounds. Past guests at Acii Disco include ABE DUQUE, PAUL WOOLFORD, KRIECE, DANCEPIG, SORCECODE, THE JAPANESE POPSTARS, MY SOUL, ARVEENE and THE DEADBOTS. Up and coming guests include HYSTEREO (Soma) SOREAN ALBRACHT (soapclub) BUBBA (island hopper) MILTON JACKSON(bear trax) ACSIINOID(invisibleagent) and CORRUGATED TUNNELL (invisibleagent).

KANTHON /Poland/ DER MINIMALIST
http://www.myspace.com/kanthon

Arek Siewierski aka Kanthon – dj, promotor coming from Tricity in Poland, currently living in Dublin for 3 years. Exactly here, in Dublin, his interest in electronic music becomes a passion. Long hours of practise on turntubles quickly result in public appearances. After a few succesful gigs Kanthon introduce his own project called Intelligent Sounds. He begins to cooperate with leading dublin’s music collectives and organizes a few parties together with them. The cyclic night promotes alternative music – minimal, deep techno, click, electronica – on those parties there is no space for sweet and light stufff served by most dublin’s clubs. Kanthon was quickly noticed by dublin’s club scene’s promoters what leads him to many appearances in well known irish clubs such as: Klatka, Spirit, Traffic, The Cavern , Radio City, Karma , Frazers Basement , Thomas House or Turks Head. etc. He played along with: Audion , Jeff Milligan, Robert Babicz ,SLG , Pharos Project , Stephan Mk, Simon Haece, Schuan Mac and many more.... After one year of individual work he met 2 polish artists : Waetek (Skylark Lodz ), MHMT ( Lectricfrost Wroclaw ), with whom he decided to start a new project called Der Minimalist. Joint work results in many succesful, cyclic parties: Bomber Night, Minimal Advance, Tanzen Impact and currently Der Minimalist Pres. Within several dozen of parties they have invited many top irish tech-minimal djs but, at the same time they haven’t forgotten about polish artists such as: SLG , Mike P , Rebus , Cube. At present, Der Minimalist runs a regular night in Radio City and Karma. Events are getting bigger and bigger with a significant participation of international guests. Together with Radio-Alternator they broadcast radio show “Der Minimalist Pres” where we can hear four hour long mixes of both members and invited guests. For the whole time of promoting activity Kanthon hasn’t forgotten about music. His technique, style and music taste is constantly evolving, his mixes begin to be recognizable thanks to unique sound. Various effects and real time sound processing with effect processors, samplers and drum machines complement harmonious whole. He can surprise the crowd used to deep, trancic minimal-tech sounds which, are one of his favourites, with more melodic, dance tech-house rhythms. He keeps looking for new sounds, for his own music aesthetics, that’s why he provides unique atmosphere on his gigs. At present you can hear him as well in brand new project called Phantom Project, where together with Peter Jacob he serves semi live acts. Really soon you will be able to listen to him in Poland where he wants to start a new project together with Rebus ( Oiom, Skylark rec.) based on club-swaps and mutual promotion of irish and polish djs.

We believe that parties, music and artists will be an alternative for all loving deep sounds such as minimal, deep techno, tech house.
Deep style from Central Europe.