Ravet

Artists - Thursday

Andy Piney [Sense.fm]

Andy Piney is a Finnish music producer who has developed his skills and wide taste by studying classical piano and theory, playing in several bands and composing with computers since late 90s. Aside of just electronic dance music he has also produced music for short movies, theater, flash demos and game projects.

For the first 7 years he was involved in the tracker music scene with his old alias (minomus), before moving on to more powerful software and setting a new goal to get his first signed release. This was achieved in 2007, as the debut single "For the Forgotten" and a few remixes on various releases got out.

Since then he has moved from full-on trance to a bit slower and groovier stuff and started DJing every now and then for fun. He's also been involved in developing a 24/7 electronic dance music Internet radio, Sense.fm, since its beginning and hosts a monthly 3h live show, "Digression Session" with Deck Jagger and Jimmy H.

http://www.andypiney.com/



Indigo [Sininen]

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20 PRINT" AN EXCLUSIVE COMMODORE 64 SET "
30 PRINT" AMAZING SOUNDS FROM ROB HUBBARD, JEROEN TEL, MARTIN GALWAY "
40 PRINT" AND MANY OTHERS "
50 PRINT" BEATMIXED! OMG! "
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70 GOTO 10


Aegonox [Goa, Entropy]

Golan (DJ Aegonox, formerly DJ Golem) has played music in Finland since 2001 and in countries like Japan and The Netherlands. He has roots both in Finland and Israel and mainly plays various styles of psychedelic trance, with emphasis on energetic morning full-on. Nowadays he also plays chill-out. He has also composed music infrequently since 1994 and has a never-ending project for an album release. In addition to Aegonox he also has another project named “Neural Resonator”, whose estimated release date at this pace is 2015. It will blow up your minds. Aegonox spent 2004-2005 in Japan getting familiar with the local club culture and sound patterns. Aegonox has played and influenced in Entropy, a finnish organization whose mission is to promote electronic music culture in Finland and which organizes experimental underground parties deviating strongly from mainstream club concepts. http://aegonox.1g.fi/music/mixtapes/ .



Calderone

Calderone has been involved in the ebm/industrial scene of Finland for several years and is the man behind the projects Cal-Drone and The Secret Doctrine. In Calderone's sound distinct styles of industrial are matched together from floating trance -and psyche influenced melodic ebm to harsh aggrotech.

Artists - Friday

Proteus [http://www.djproteus.com]

Proteus has gained the respect to be called Finland's most known Hard Dance DJ and has become one of the key players of the global hard dance scene. Proteus has been DJ'ing for 12 years and producing music about 7 years. Proteus and his friends have been the key figures in creating the harder dance scene in Finland. Proteus belongs to the famous Finnish artist and label collective FINRG.

The biggest achievement for Proteus so far has been the Hard Dance Awards 2004 and 2005, where he was voted "Best Hard Dance DJ" in the world two years in a row by clubbers all around the globe. In the DJ Mag`s Top 100 DJ list, Proteus has been voted number 90 in 2004 and number 93 in 2005 and made history in becoming the first Finnish artist making it to the Top 100 DJ list alongside Darude.

In his career so far Proteus has toured in Finland, United Kingdom, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Malaysia, Estonia, Australia and Japan. Proteus has played and headlined most of the major events in Europe and Australia like Dance Valley, God's Kitchen's Global Gathering, Creamfields, Impulz Outdoor and Impulz Inside, Defcon 1, Streetparade Zurich, Energy, Ground Zero, Sonic, Transmission Sydney, Frantic Hardhouse Academy at Brixton Academy, Utopia/God Speed, Winter Enchanted, Bulldogbash, Slammin Vinyl's Sanctuary and NYE @ NEC and Tranzmission at Alexandra Palace, Logic, Pharmacy, Lab-4's Laboratory Experiment 2, Torture Garden, Antiworld, Wildchild, Tidy Weekender and Tidy Summer Camp, Goodgreef, Slinky, Polysexual, Storm, Tunnel Hamburg, Laserpoint and Koneisto to name few.

Proteus and his friends are also running their own clubnight called Sade in Helsinki, Finland. They have organized many very successful club nights and events in a period of over 9 years. Sade was voted as The Best Club in Finland in the Finnish Club Awards 2003. They have also organized private/underground industrial/fetish parties in Helsinki called Inferno and Tuska in 2000-2001 and Hellfire Club in 2004.

Proteus also runs his own radio show called Dark Side at the major Finnish radio station Basso Radio. The show is based on introducing all genres of darker music from goth to speedcore.

http://www.djproteus.com
http://www.myspace.com/proteusfin


Wiljam [Boner Breaks, BASSO]

Wiljam aka Ville Tikkanen has been DJing and promoting electronic music events since 1995. He started out DJing and promoting in the legendary Smooth Underground warehouse parties in the mid-90's. One of his early career highlights was in '97 when Sven Väth warmed up the 10,000-person dancefloor for Wiljam in St. Petersburg. Today he is one of the big names in the Finnish club scene and has also been invited to play abroad several times, for example St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, Bristol, Tonton, Vibourg and Tallin. He is running Finland's premier Breakbeat club night and radioshow called BONER. He is also the founder and head of the only Finnish urban music radiostation, Bassoradio.

Wiljam has shared decks with: Q-Bert, Sven Väth, Aquasky, Goldie, Dj Assault, Mantronix, Ctrl-Z, Shout Rakkas Crew, Robert Miles, Infected Mushroom, Astral Projection, Autobots, Unbalanced Jack, Deekline, Juno Reactor, Tittsworth, Krufty Kuts, Atomic Hooligan, Scratch Perverts, Jay Cunnings, Far Too Loud, LBJ, Herbaliser, Vigi, Zero + many many more...

Links:
Radiostation: http://www.basso.fi
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wiljam


Tres [Antenniosasto, Rauta]

During the last 15 years Tres has become one of the household names of the Finnish techno scene by operating as the mastermind behind such clubs and concepts as Rauta, Antenniosasto, Inkvisitio and Salamurharyhmä, and playing techno and hardcore both live and as a dj in some of the biggest events in Finland (Koneisto, Labyrinth, Laserpoint, and Pacifique to name but a few). His uncompromising view of techno as a mind moving medium is evident in his dj sets as he pulls the dancing crowd into his world of pounding, hypnotic rhythms - techno at it's purest.



Glxblt [Sequence]

Being brought up in a family deeply involved with music, Ville Rastas a.k.a "Glxblt" spent most of his childhood happily bashing both the keys of his piano and his computer. However, as the young musician/geek reached his puberty, things went horribly wrong. Despite the classical training and responsible parenting, Glxblt developed an interest for electronic music which later on evolved into full-blown love for techno and especially drum'n'bass. Finding like-minded people in a small Finnish city was practically impossible, but eventually it happened and Glxblt made the first contact within the neighbouring town's rave scene and coincidentally, the demoscene.

Since then the young junglist has honed his skills in producing and DJ'ing, focusing on the darkest, techiest newschool drum'n'bass you can find without forgetting about the rolling, danceable beats that define the genre. Filling in the demand for harder, heavier drum'n'bass, Glxblt is a bundle of big things just waiting to happen.


Roz

Roz has promised to play his grooviest house records. Be prepared to hear even some of his own tracks. It's a Roz's 10th anniversary DJ gig!



Pasik [Sequence]

Pasik is one of the founders of Sequence Ry, a non-profit organization for promoting electronic dance music and arranging raves and clubs mostly in eastern parts of Finland. Sequence has arranged Assembly Raves during the last 3 years.

Pasik also has a background in the demoscene. He got interested of the scene in 1992, visited his first demoparty in 1995 and started arranging Simulaatio demoparty in Finland in 2003 with his friends.

Pasik first fell in love with trance music in 1995, when a lot of melodic goatrance was procuced and released. Later he bought his own decks, started collecting records and eventually played his first DJ gig in 2004.

Pasik plays psychedelic trance in its many forms. Oldschool melodic goa trance, full-on psychedelic trance or easier progressive psytrance.

At Assembly Pasik will play a special set of intensive oldschool-sounding melodic goa trance released mostly during the last couple of years!

Artist - Saturday

Takomo [trans:verse, sango music]

Takomo is a production unit for electronic dance music formed by Pekka Kokkonen and Otto Hassinen. The blokes also have a solid demoscene background as musicians for Matt Current.

They have been making electronic music together since the year 2002 and the results have been heard as soundtracks for video games and demos, as well as released on vinyl by several American and British dance music labels. Their music has also taken them to gigs in various European countries.

The music by Takomo could be described as dark science fiction breakbeat which draws influences from d&b, house and techno. Their dj sets mix the aforementioned genres, and being dark does not mean that you can't dance to it!

for more information: http://www.myspace.com/tak0m0



Tyranoid/Strongstream LIVE [hard/acid/techno/nrg]

Tyranoid vs Michael Strongstream, also known as Tyranoid/Strongstream, is a producer duo making hard electronic dance music. They are based in Helsinki, Finland.

Tyranoid (Rauli Valo) and Michael Strongstream (Mikael Wahlström) made their first tracks together in 2003. Both Tyranoid and Michael Strongstream have been into electronic music since the early 90's, although until 1998 their primary musical interest was in metal and industrial music.

Their liking for hard and aggressive music is still evident Tyranoid/Strongstream's tracks are a mixture of different influences from various genres of electronic dance music, e.g. hard nrg, techno, acid, freeform, industrial and psy. They prefer real analogue synthesizers and effect units for edgier and warmer sound. Their tracks include lots of samples from films, television, games and beyond. Tyranoid/Strongstream try to make tunes that differ from mainstream hard dance while still being enjoyable to listen and dance to.

Most of all, Tyranoid/Strongstream is a live act. They love playing on stage and having a good contact with the audience. Tyranoid/Strongstream holds residency at Fusion Drive underground parties in Helsinki. Their live gig highlights so far include Club Säde in Helsinki and a two-club mini tour in Poland.

Tyranoid/Strongstream's music is influenced by bands and DJs such as Carbon Based, Hardfloor, Kraftwerk, Lab4, Ministry, DJ Neon, Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy and DJ Proteus.

More info: http://www.tyranoid.net



Byproduct LIVE [psy/breaks with c64/nes/game influences]


Juhana Honkanen got introduced to electronic music making somewhere in the 90s, when he got introduced to Fast Tracker II. He thought he was going to give the program just a quick try, but soon found it too interesting and fun to quit. In 2003, after gaining some experience, he moved on from trackers to sequencers and started spreading his tracks on the Internet under the name Byproduct. In 2005, he made his first live gig for the electronic music audience, and has since been performing in various events around Finland.

Not restrained by genre limits or strict expectations, Byproduct tracks can be anything from ambient to psytrance or breakbeats, but his style is consistent and original, and easily recognized by the old video game influences. He combines good old tracker sound, c64-emulators and computer game samples with new technology, creating progressive tracks with plenty of content and detail.

http://byproduct.koshiyoka.com



Nuance

Nuance started his foray into the exciting world of music in the tender age of 4. At that time the weapon of choice was a kit of drums, his older brother serving as the drill sergeant. Since then, music has been the main ingredient of his life. Before reaching the age of 10, and hearing the first breakbeat-fueled tracks from The Prodigy's Music For The Jilted Generation, the soundtrack of Timo's life was strongly guitar-driven.

Nuance found his way to producing his own music through the legendary Pro tracker software on an early nineties' Amiga 500 home computer. He wasted his time fiddling around with sample-based tracker software and lurking around the demoscene to his late teens. In the tide of the new millenium he developed an interest towards the rave culture.

The 16-year-old juvenile started honing his deejaying skills playing techno and progressive house. Some two years after that trackers stepped out of the way of more professional production software and equipment. His own works drifted inevitably towards broken beats and his record collection followed.

The aspiring new DJ played his first booked gig 5th january 2005, alongside Ana and Eme, his partners in crime. The night was a huge success and the following months saw a rapid increase in incoming gig offers. The Finnish club community awarded him with the title of "The Best New DJ Of 2005" for his first busy year in the business.

Nuance's musical repertoire consists mostly of aggressive drum'n'bass and he pays meticulous attention to technical excellence as well as lively performance.



Gr [Spinni]

Gr is a finnish dj originating from Kuopio, nowadays living in Tampere, who is playing various styles from psychedelic trance and techno. In spite of style the most describable things you hear in his dj-sets are rolling, groovy and melodic tunes. Earlier his preferred genre were rolling techno which later turned into uplifting trance. These genres have influenced a lot of the wibes of his psychedelic dj-sets which varies from melodic to really dark and crazy jungle sounds.

Apart from this gr is a really demoscene oriented person, and this has left its mark on his style. Therefore it shouldn't come as a surprise if you hear some scenetunes during his sets. Gr is also active in an organisation called Spinni whose task is to promote electronic music and culture; arranging dj-courses and underground parties.