Podcast 066 - STAN KOLEV

Haunting melodies, hypnotizing vocals and most of all heart-quenching synths. It is this perfected signature sound that has earned Miami-based DJ/Producer...

Stan Kolev, a place at the top of house music's most respected and in-demand producers. A former drummer, Stan's mastery of rhythm is unparalleled in his ability to portray emotion through his exquisite production.

Moving to Miami from Bulgaria at an early age, Stan began producing in 1996 and by 2003 he already had a massive world-wide hit with De Moma De under the name Casa Flava, which hit #13 on the UK Top 40 Dance Chart . Stan was soon invited to play at Miami’s hottest clubs becoming a pioneer in today’s South Beach Sound. Stan's prized performances reached global heights when XM Satellite Radio's UPOP Channel requested to broadcast his set from the closing party at the prestigious Suite Lounge Miami in the summer of 2008.

As one of the highest selling artists on Beatport, in 2008 alone, Stan Kolev had two number one hits including Breakout on Baroque Records which reached #1 Tech House and Stan Kolev's remix of Joeski's Caribe Elektrico which reached #1 on Deep House and was later signed to Balance SOS 013. Stan Kolev's tracks Asuncion, Midwayers, Internally Generated, Haters and Wait A While also ruled the Beatport charts. Nick Warren picked up Stan’s track Soma Funk for his Lima GU035 compilation on Global Underground. Stan Kolev's music also appears on the last three Global Underground compilations: “Mesmerizing”on GU Mixed 4, “I Know Feat Bubu”on Global Underground Summer Collection and also on Global Underground 2010.

With such success in the charts, it is no wonder that Stan’s music is hailed by the world’s top DJs, producers, and record labels including Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, Chus & David Penn, David Morales, Renaissance, Global Underground, ZYX and Buddha Bar just to name a few.

Stan has released his original work on Global Underground, Baroque, Plastic Fantastic, Ready Mix, Dutchie and Outta Limits has done remixes for Baroque, Unrealesed Digital,Plastica, Soma, Atlantic, and Sony among others. Stan has also taken his music outside the club scene by producing music for A3TV, Porsche TV commercials as well as having a track featured on the hit TV series CSI: Miami for the second year in a row.

Stan is currently working on his second artist album Grace Light scheduled for release 2011.

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Podcast 065 - RAXON

At the turn of the millennium was when Ahmed Raxon found electronic music and since then has never looked back.

Born and raised in Abu Dhabi and of Egyptian decent, Raxon later moved to Dubai to attend university, which is where he began DJing in 2005. His keen ear for blending genres of deep, house, progressive and tech house started to get noticed at countless house parties which later lead to gigs in some of the Dubai’s best night clubs.

He later joined forces with the Audio Tonic crew at 360 (one of the top 100 best night clubs in the world as rated by the DJ Mag poll). He has quickly become one of the night’s residents proving he knows what the crowd wants to hear and when they want it here it.

His track selection always ignites the fire on the dance floor leaving people wanting more, so week after week people return to 360 to hear more! Having played some of the best parties in the region, including Creamfield’s Abu Dhabi in 2009, he has been able to share the decks and warm up for some of the industry’s best DJ’s including SOS, Jimpster, Luke Fair, Alex Dolby, Spirit Catcher and Jody Wisternoff to name a few.

Immersing himself even further in the music, Raxon began producing and remixing in 2007. Realizing that it’s a totally different science from DJing he has spent countless hours in his studio learning what sounds work ‘at the end of the day, music is just a bunch of sounds that trigger certain feelings in your brain, or at least that’s how I like to think of it.’

Being able to get those sounds mixed like a delicious cocktail has allowed him to have remixes and originals on some of the hottest international labels such as Audio Therapy, Sick Watona, Night Drive Music, Witty Tunes and most recently Discoteca Music.

His fan base is continually growing as both a producer and DJ, which was evident by his recent ranking as lucky number 7 in DJ Mag Middle East’s poll for best DJ of 2010. With a host of production projects and gigs lined up for Dubai, Beirut, Egypt, Ibiza and WMC 2011 we can expect to hear a lot more of RAXON very soon!


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Podcast 064 - MINA

Born and raised in Rafaela, Santa fe, Argentina.

Guillermina (a.k.a. Dj Mina) developed her affection for music and become an avid collector of jazz vinyls, bossa nova, soul, and some electronic sounds.

Later on in 1996 she moves to Cordoba where she gets involved with dance music. Once she learned how to deejay, her style was deeply influenced by House music.

Eager to expand her musical boundaries, Mina flew to NYC where she got involved with a new breed of deejays and dance sounds. Inspired by that New York trip, Mina decided to settle down in Buenos Aires where she took her hobby more seriously and turned herself into a professional house deejay. As a member of the growing dance community she began djing at hype hangouts like “Grand Bar Danzón”, “Pop Hotel Boquitas Pintadas” and “La Morocha Home” just to name few.

She started off in small venues such as Animal and The Basement (Shamrock) and eventually worked her way up to large venues such as the famous Clubland Pacha, which gave Mina the chance to become a much respected name in the Dj culture amassing an interesting following, attracting cool crowds wherever she played. All this background allowed her to share the line up along with some well known names in the dj international scene like Lee Burridge, Steve Lawler and Satoshi Tommie.

In 2002 she flew to Barcelona and in 2004 she visited NYC where she had great shows. Creamfields has had Mina in all of its southamerican editions. Annually she tours Lima, Guayaquil, Quito, Bogotá, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, San Pablo, Florianópolis and Londrina , but during the summer Mina always makes room in her hectic schedule to spread out her good vibrations in Punta del Este (Uruguay), either djing in the beach when the sun sets or in some of the best bars, restaurants or clubs.

Inspired by the west coast sound veterans Mark Farina and Miguel Migs she also roundes out her mix with touches of funky and jazzy tunes that turn the night into a silky smooth and groovy experience. To listen to Dj Mina’s latest mixes, tune into “The Late night shows” every Sunday from 2 to 4 am on Metrodance 95.1 Fm.

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