[Manchester] -Locked - Steve Rachmad world tour

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Friday 13th October 2006
£9 OTD / £7 b4 11

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Steve Rachmad(Sterac, Music Man, Scorp) 25 years in music world tour
Sam Horam (Locked)
Chris Emerson (Locked)

Residents Jay Knight, Ad Rayner

Joshua Brookes, Charles st, Off Oxford rd, Manchester.

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Steve Rachmad Sterac, Music Man, Scorp


Kicking off at Innercity at Amsterdam RAI, NL on December 17, 2005, Steve Rachmad will tour the World in 2006, celebrating his 25-year involvement in music. This will be followed by some major releases and remixes to be out in 2006, as his new, long-awaited artist album on Music Man Records Belgium, and a Sterac Electronics remix of M.A.N.D.Y. and Booka Shade’s Body Language on Get Physical Records.
Rachmad’s passion for music awakens at an early age. By the age of 12, he buys his first records and starts experimenting with track editing. He starts to mix, remix and cut-and-paste their parts with an open reel tape deck. Soon after, music becomes his main drive. Initially an excellent student, he starts neglecting homework and hides in his bedroom—which will until late 1990s be his studio, where he produced various techno classics, among which his famous Sterac album Secret Life of Machines.
His first cut-and-paste releases came out in the mid-1980s, amid which also the one created for a hip-house/dance artist Tony Scott. At the age of 15, Rachmad has his first DJ gig at a small Amsterdam club: he plays disco.
In his early teens, Rachmad works as a newspaper boy, spending all his earnings on records and musical equipment. In 1985, at the age of 16, he buys his first piece of hardware—a TR-808. This would be the base stone of his later professional studio, which remains mostly analogue up to present time.

Rachmad’s early musical aspirations went towards 1980s disco and electro; works of artists as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (former Time members), The System, Arthur Baker, etc. Their music will remain his reference up to date, for its exquisite technical qualities and a soulful “black feel.”
In 1986, his attention is captured by the house music; specifically, by the new sound coming mostly from Chicago and Detroit, from the artists as Mr. Fingers and Derrick May. Accordingly, his style takes a new direction. He would soon be found releasing on Fragile (sub-label of Transmat, ran by Derrick May) and Underwater (ran by Darren Emerson).
In the early 1990s, Rachmad’s production opus grows rapidly. He releases on labels as Tresor, 100% Pure, Fragile, M-Plant, Underwater, etc. He also becomes a respected remixer, up to the present remixing more than a hundred tracks. His releases are signed under various aliases as Black Scorpion, Adverse Match, A Scorpion’s Dream, Dreg, Ignacio, Parallel 9, Publiq Space, Scorp, Sterac, Sterac Electronics, Tons of Tones, VCP, etc. Few of those pseudonyms are active today as well: Adverse Match, Dreg, Ignacio, Parallel 9, Scorp, Sterac and Sterac Electronics.
In 1996, with the release of his Secret Life of Machines album, his DJ career starts taking Global proportions. Until today, Rachmad has traveled the World, spinning at major clubs and events. He occasionally plays 80s disco and electro, but predominantly techno. His releases continue into the present, on labels as Music Man, CLR, Jericho, Sino, etc. He remixes artists like The Advent, Chris Liebing, Vince Watson, etc. He also runs three labels: Scorp, Ion and Interpersonal //XP. His productions as well as DJ sets remain recognizable for deep, groovy sounds that tend to rest on impressive strings, melodies, funk and soul.
In the latest years, next to his characteristic techno sound, he also actively focuses on electro, stripping it down to the old-school feel. His latest Sterac Electronics remix of the vocal track Love Sweet Love (by Clashing Egos), and the “Night Heat” release on Music Man Records have ended up in the record bags of a wide variety of artists, from techno, to minimal, house and electro. He re-confirms his reputation as an artist with exquisite ear for technical qualities of sound, always returning to his soulful roots and maintaining the warmth of analogue-produced music.
2006 World Tour: 25 Years in Music will bring Rachmad all over Europe, South America, USA, Asia and Australia. Thanking everyone who supported him over the past years, he will return to places that played a major role in his DJ career, as well as enter new areas where he is yet to write his future. In between a busy DJ schedule, Steve also reserved few weeks in 2006 for studio work, as some major labels are awaiting for his EPs and remixes. Parallel, he is involved in the project initiated by Joost van Bellen, for which he is remixing Sebastian Bach’s St. Mathew Passion—project that started in 2003 and culminated on Easter 2003 when a selection of Dutch producers and visual artists presented their outcomes. The new version of St. Mathew Passion—New Generation Remix will be touring in the first weeks of April 2006.



Sam Horam (Locked)

We are proud to announce the new locked resident and member of the team Sam Horam. Over the years sam has constantly impressed us with his mix cd's, live gigs and dedication to his music. Sam's sets at Darkside and Primate's I-funk built him massive respect amongst the techno community aswell as his small and simple website which had worldwide appeal with thousands of downloads. He has crafted an ultra-tight and dynamic 3 deck mixing style playing music that ranges from tribal house to driving techno

[Traxx]

Two crackers comin up there! good stuff!

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[Technobitch]

is that THE DJ ad rayner???

[Frank Dogshit]

rachmad is the daddy...

gonna be great hearing him knockin it out.

[Sam_Horam]

rachmad is the daddy...

gonna be great hearing him knockin it out.

Hi mate,

Did you get my PM the other day about those charts?

[ComputerControlled]

rachmad looks like my dad...

gonna be great knockin him out.

calm down mate... no need.

[sisherlock]

rachmad is my daddy...

gonna be great knocking one out over him.

Thats just sick frank

[Technobitch]

dogshit is at it again

[retox]

What about a bio for Emerson?

"After a short break from the world of techno due to being depressed because someone messed up his pounders, Emerson is back with a performance not to be missed! His tight mixing combined with his “larger than life” physique are guaranteed to get the dancefloor rocking as everyone will buzz off his enthusiasm for sleeping and telling people to “**** off”. On rare occasions he teams up with his lifelong music partner MC Clampard for a truly unique and unmissable performance. DJ Ad Rayner will vouch for the fact that Clampards’ musical integrity is unbeatable.
Emerson is one dj you will not want to miss as he makes his locked debut!"

:cheese:

[Technobitch]

:lol: :thumbsup:

[fitipaldi]

MC Clampard

Watch us wreck the mike

;)

[Sam_Horam]

I'll get that bio up on the site when I get a chance... ;)

[fitipaldi]

I'll get that bio up on the site when I get a chance... ;)

You'll have to speak to my publicist first :)

[retox]

I'm his publicist, get it up!!! Haha!! :cheese:

[Technobitch]

agreed! sort it!

[Frank Dogshit]

one week to go on this one!

its gonna bang like the shitter door! just hope i make it back in time!