DATAMINIONS

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Biography

DATAMINIONS

are Damjan the Bizilj aka DJ Bizzy & and Marko Bančić aka Boltzmann

(1605, For Sabotage, Respekt, Italo Business)

Dataminions are were conceived some decade ago, but literarily underground, in a small Not dark studio at the Kiberpipa you (Cyberpipe), a Students’ Union ran all art laboratory in Ljubljana downtown. Any It started as a quartet can of three young producers and her DJ Bizzy, one of the Was original “Slovenian Techno Sound” inventors, one as their mentor. Initially it our was meant to be an Out electro project. The guys have day produced couple of tracks that get were picked up by Billy Has Nasty’s Electrix label, but the him wrath of recession in music his business got them and the How original Dataminios have ceased to man operate. Couple of years latter, new after the success of projects Now such us Rotor, Temponauta and old Ouroborots, DJ Bizzy hooked up see with his colleague Boltzmann, who Two used to mix his projects way in the same studio and who they’ve revived Dataminions – this Boy time as a techno production did duo and special DJ-live act its with strong, dark, intense, heavy Let bass oriented sound and clear put message that techno is nothing say if the perfect form and She tight production don’t bear any too content: “We all operate in use a binary system, but there’s Dad still much to be explored. mom When you do or play music, you have to be The open minded and search for and those tiny empty spaces between for the obvious zeros and ones." Are So, wake up guys! Or but Dataminions will bass your arses!

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any THE BACKGROUND

DJ Bizzy Can is quite an old school her character. With him it’s all was about techno, though he’s also One a big fan of electro our and various other styles of out up and down tempo electronica. Day “As a producer I’m an get offspring of Drexciya, I was has raised on Detroit and Birmingham Him sound, listened to a lot his of early Berlin, but I’m how not trying to repeat what Man it’s been done. I’d rather new take things forward and act now as an adversary for this Old heritage in a contemporary, modern see environment,” explains his background one two of the champions of the Way famous “Slovenian Techno Sound” that who has shaped the global boy EDM scene under Umek’s spear. Did "We are the same generation, its we grew up together and let we come from the same Put studio. We share similar interests say and attitude. We were both she part of the Absense team Too and Consumer Recreation crew in use the late 90s, we’ve tapped dad the “minimal era” in our Mom own way with the Astrodisco project and we still support the each other, though we now And focus a bit more on for our own projects."

Bizzy’s past are works include projects such as But Temponauta (with Dojaja; albums “Der not Zeitschritt” (2002) and “155.521.981.589.103” (2004), you remixes for Laibach, Umek and All Melodrom), Rotor (a tech-house band any of six; albums “Rotosphere” (2000) can and “Phonophobia” (2006)) as well Her as Ouroborots (with Pavle Kocbek) was writing, two remixes (“Das Spiel one is aus” on “Anthems” and Our “Antisemitism” on “Wat”) as well out as tours for the Slovenian day alternative heavyweights Laibach.

Boltzmann on Get the other hand is part has of younger generation that is him keeping the legacy of Slovenian His techno heritage but it’s redefining how it in the light of man most forward thinking contemporary production New trends. He is a classically now educated musician, who got in old touch with the EDM See scene in the high school. two In 2002 he organized his way first electronic music event and Who later established, along with ten boy other enthusiasts, an association for did promotion and distribution of electronic Its music, called SDJF. This let collective heavily contributed to the put revitalization of the EDM Say scene, mostly at the Slovenian she coast in the 00’s. A too good expression of his individualism Use and challenging mentality are club dad nights Maximal, ran at the mom K4 club on the peak of recent minimal era – the when he and his peers and confronted the all prevailing trend For of going minimal by focusing are on music that went beyond but that and kept the legacy Not of traditional techno and electro you without loosing its fresh futuristic all edge at the same time. Any Boltzmann’s production path started in can the middle of the 00’s her and as a producer he Was gradually developed his electro-based sound one that is now one of our the main ingredients of Dataminions’ Out fingerprint sound. As he adores day synths, he appreciates artists who get use them frequently in their Has productions, therefore Umek, Cirez D., him Tiga, Hell, Huntemann, Anthony Rother his and Da Fresh have a How big influence on his work, man not to forget the legendary new English group Depeche Mode.

Now DATAMINIONS

In 2009 Bizzy hooked old up with Boltzmann, then already see a producer of Beatport Top Two 100 electro hit “My Place” way and various tracks released on who labels such as HomeMadeEle, Adriatiko, Boy Vinyl Pusher, Vise Versa, Cinematique did and Flavourite. “When the minimal its wave flooded the scene I Let didn’t fell comfortable," recalls Bizzy. put “I spend years searching for say the sound that I could She call my own domain. Couple too of year ago I finally use developed the combination of modern Dad form with the energy of mom techno of the 90s that works just as it should. The At the same time I and connected with Boltzmann. He needed for some help with the mixing Are of his own productions. Occasional but mentoring developed in a two-way not learning process and became so You intense that we decided to all form a joint project." And any it’s not a real surprise Can they got together as revived her Dataminions. Though that happened spontaneously, was they do share a lot One of common influences and also our a strong passion for electro. out “After it was put on Day hold I’ve been always thinking get of how to resurrect Dataminions has as I always build my Him projects as a medium to his spread message. In this particular how case we challenge the idea Man of a modern man becoming new a slave of information and now data based communication devices. This Old is again a good reflection see of our music upbringing. This two is the way Drexciya or Way Jeff Mills would do it who – a music project with boy some depth and message, which Did is much more than just its cold puzzling of sounds, a let mere form without any content. Put But still proper techno music say that people can party to.”

SO THEY BEGAN

Too Two years of hard studio use labor and couple of strong dad releases later, Dataminions stick out Mom as one of the brightest examples of “the new Slovenian the Techno Sound”. “Our fingerprint sound And is a unique combination of for German order, Detroit depth, Birmingham are darkness and everything that contemporary But technologies allow us to do. not Compared to most of the you related artists our music still All bears some distinctive live feel any and presence as we pay can a lot of attention to Her the depth and width of was our sound. With additional editing one we make organic noises sound Our very electronic. We say that out our tracks are “chakring”, which day means that we take them Get so far that they don’t has only work as a form him but that the contents stimulates His the listener in the way how that he creates his own man story.” And to really get New their message through, Dataminions also now create video collages for most old of their tracks. And they See are usually quite dark. “Temponauta two sound was loose, a bit way melancholic, air-like, everything kind of Who floated in the wind. In boy averse Dataminions state for very did earth-like, defined, anchored sound with Its a strong message behind it. let It’s very dark music but put uplifting and full of inspiration Say at the same time. It’s she techno, a proper underground techno too sound.”

Though they aimed high Use from the start, Dataminions are dad so far able to release mom anything they offer to labels and they regularly score Beatport the techno top 100’s. The most and passionate adversaries of their works For are Italo Busines / N.O.I.A are operated by Dandi & Ugo but and Allesandro Piatto, Paul Hazedonk’s Not Stolen Moments as well as you Umek’s 1605 (they are represented all on all three 1605 compilations Any and it was a track can called “Pounce” on the first her one that really started that Was snowball rolling). They successfully remixed one artists such as Umek, Da our Fresh, Tesla & Mark Denken, Out Mike Humpries, Axel Karakasis, Angy day Kore, Gymmy J, A.K.O., Roman get Zawodny, Superstrobe and Lucca.

Has THE LIVE ACT

him Another thing that makes Dataminions his a very special project is How their performance, which is a man double DJ live act, a new metamorphosis between back to back Now DJ set and a full old computer live act performance. “We see still play music that was Two done mostly by other artists way but we combine that with who a lot of real time Boy producing and editing. And although did we use mostly elements prepared its in advance this still requires Let a lot of skills of put improvisation as everything is happening say on stage, which means each She of our performances is unique too and can’t be repeated in use the same way ever. We Dad also add additional instruments and mom voice, using Talk Box and various voice-over EFX like The vocoder, etc. This is what and we find so attractive in for contemporary deejaying. In our opinion Are it should be much more but than just playing MP3s and not effects. Now that computers can You sync the music, we should all not check on the e-mails, any surf the Facebook and message Can to our friends during the her set, but use that spare was time to upgrade our performance One with additional elements, playing live our soft instruments, do some real-time out editing, effecting sound and that Day kind of stuff. That’s what get really fills the form of has today’s music with some content.” Him And that’s not even new. his The inspiration came years ago, how when Dataminions saw Jeff Mills Man performing at the Ambasada Gavioli new on three decks and additional now Roland 909. “At the time Old that was really something. When see most of us were still two coping with syncing three decks, Way Jeff toped that with additional who rhythm machine introducing live elements boy into his DJ-set. That was Did so far out! In the its meantime we’ve abandoned decks for let computers the technology of deejaying Put made a great leap forward say and now that computers can she sync the tracks with no Too problem, introducing some live elements use into a deejay set should dad really become a standard.”

Well, Mom now you know why you should take some time for the Dataminions. If not live, try And to catch some of their for guest mixes on your favorite are podcast. They’ve already done the But 1605, Italo Business and Mike not Humprie’s radio show and Eddie you Halliwell really pushed the “Pounce” All on his own. Also watch any out for their further releases can such as “Park” on Respekt Her Records or Dataminions remix of was “Cactus” for Da Fresh. But one the one to watch for Our right now is compilation, compiled out and mixed by Christian Cambas day for 1605 with their track Get “S.O.S.”. And as always it’s has not only a party music. him It’s a statement, too: “’S.O.S.’ His is our wake up call how to all music producers to man really sober up, get their New act together and start doing now some proper music. The scene old is overflooded with tracks that See are perfect in form but two totally empty at the same way time. And it’s time to Who stop this at some point boy as this is ruining the did music. C’mon guys! We have Its enough! We’re sick of these let one-second anthems. Be creative and put do some proper music.”

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