Techno Espana: Oscar Mulero, Peter Gual - Dec 18th Dublin
Fusion Inc presents
TECHNO ESPANA
Oscar Mulero (Warm Up Recordings, Spain)
Peter Gual - Live (Mallorca, Spain / Fusion Inc)
Señor Drudles (Fusion Inc)
Wong Sai Hung (Fusion Inc)
Chris Bonnie (Fusion Inc)
Paul Prior (Collective Music)
Saturday 18th December, 2004
@ Temple Bar Music Centre, Curved Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Doors: 11pm sharp
Adm: 15euro
Advance tickets available from:
Selectah Records, Crowe St., Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Spindizzy Records, George's Street Arcade, South George's St., Dublin 2.
TECHNO ESPANA
On Saturday December 18th, Fusion Inc have a Christmas Cracker lined up for the Temple Bar Music Centre. The main room will be dominated by some of the finest techno Spain has to offer. Headlining the night will be Spanish techno maestro, Oscar Mulero. Oscar has gained an international reputation for his technique as a turntablist, and is renowned for his tasteful hard, minimal techno sessions. Revered as one of the most technically talented and musically gifted DJs in the world, Oscar's performances are an essential tick off the 'to see list' of any techno (or indeed dance music) lover. A truly innovative DJ whose legacy runs deep through the scene across all parts of the globe, Oscar flies in this December to give the Dublin techno massive a much deserved Christmas present.
Support on the night comes from Fusion Inc favourite, and one of the freshest techno acts to come out of Spain, Peter Gual. Hailing from Mallorca, Peter is currently living in Dublin, and to say he has been making waves in the Dublin techno scene would be an understatement. His productions comprise of hard, minimal, atmospheric, energetic (phew!) techno and his action packed live sets are not to be missed.
The main room warm up comes from Fusion Inc's Drudles. Technically Drudles isn't Spanish, as he wasn't born there and doesn't have a Spanish passport or any Spanish relatives, but he's been there on holiday a couple of times and knows a few Spanish swear words, so that's close enough for us. Expect minimal to funky, grooving techno to get you in the mood for a hedonistic night ahead.
Fusion Inc's Wong Sai Hung, Technology regular Chris Bonnie and Collective Music's Paul Prior will be looking after proceedings in the bar, serving up chilled house, breaks, electro and techno.
Oscar Mulero bio:
Oscar Mulero's career as a DJ has been as prolific and long lasting as the progress of dance music in Europe. As a key figure in this evolution, Oscar has always absorbed new trends and kept his finger on the pulse of electronic dance music from the end of the 80s to the present. Today it is impossible to understand the phenomenon of the DJ in Spain and Europe, without taking into account his tireless work behind the decks for more than a decade.
Oscar began to DJ at the end of the 80s in Madrid's most forward looking clubs such as Impossible, Capital, Kitch and Babia, playing Gothic Rock and Electronic Body Music, the dominant styles of the time. In 1991, he began to play at the legendary New World, Madrid's most influential after hours club, and by the middle of the 90s he had helped to set up and run The Omen, a club which quickly became the focus for hypnotic dance in Spain.
The closure of this legendary club in 1995 marked a change of direction in Oscar's career. He began to play all round Spain and gradually distanced himself from the trancey lysergic sound he had previously favoured and moved towards the more basic minimal techno, influenced by artists such Joey Beltram and the new Detroit sounds of Jeff Mills.
Oscar had become an icon and the main exponent of the hard techno sound in Spain and his popularity grew and grew, year after year. Oscar's sound became more and more focused, incorporating techno's most ground breaking tracks and artists into his sets. His incredible skills behind the decks and spectacular EQ techniques ('often imitated, never duplicated' to misquote Lil Louis) never leave the crowd indifferent. Oscar has released two CD mixes to date. The first 'About Discipline and Education' (So Dens, 1998) showcases the latest sounds personified by Surgeon, Ho, Polson and Ruskin alongside some classics of Hard Techno. His second mix 'Era' (Rexxistance, 2000) brings together the most advanced sounds ranging from Autechre through to the essentials from Ho, Ruskin, Surgeon and Mulero himself.
While his DJ schedule took him round the world, Oscar started producing and released his first record 'Quite Unusual' (1999) co-produced with label owner Groof, on his Madrid label Brainwaves. Later came 'Different View' (Kobayashi 1999) and a various artists LP 'Planet Kobayashi' featuring Oscar's track 'Problem Child'. In 2000, Oscar set up his own label Warm Up and began to focus on his studio work. The first two releases 'Medical Mesh' and 'Sans Souci' went down well and were included in the Top 10s of artists such as Surgeon and Ben Sims. Since then he has gone on to record prolifically for well known international labels such as Theory where he has released 'Next Wave' (2001), 'Bad Company' (2001) and 'Anaconda' (2001).
Oscar has also released Indoor Culture Remixes (2002) and Trolley Route (2002), a melodic Detroit influenced 3 track EP on the British label Pure Plastic. On the same label and in the same style he has also released 'Occhi Chiusi' (2003) the first Trolley Route LP, which includes remixes by artists such as Robert Hood and Steve Rachmad. The Trolley Route sound is also designed for home listening not purely for the dancefloor. 'The Breakthrough Remixes' (2002) appeared on Stimulus and the 'Altered State EP' (2002) on Coda, and the 'Unexpected EP', a co-production with Christian Wünsch on Sheep Records. In 2003 Oscar released 'Just Flat and Dry' on the Slovakian label Palicavonzvreca.
Oscar has also continued to put out quality music on Warm Up 'Floodland', 'Learning To Be a Machine', 'Rented Opinion' (with C. Wünsch, Exium and Groof), 'CV is Dead', 'Payback EP' (written and produced by Mark Broom), 'Action Through Inaction' (with Cage and OR) and finally 'The Nine' the label's ninth release.
Oscar's experimental tendencies and his desire to explore have led him to champion other styles outside the confines of techno such as Electro and Drum'n'Bass. He forms part of the Dark Archives Collective alongside DJ Pitch, Focus and DJ Muerto running Altered State, the first club in Madrid to promote the Drum'n'Bass sound and one of the most underground and futuristic clubs in the Madrid.
With well over a decade's experience in the world of techno, his charisma and professionalism have turned Oscar into something more than just a DJ. Oscar is admired wherever he goes and nobody can deny his status in the Spanish and European techno scene. However what is truly remarkable is that all his success has come from the things he most identifies himself with: hope, dedication and one hundred per cent passion for his work.
