THE HACKER Sat 14.06.2008 kiev, ua dj @ forsage club

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The Hacker is today considered as being one of the best French representatives of a pure and limpid Techno. Michel Amato begins at 17, in a Electro/Indus band influenced by Cabaret Voltaire, DAF... In Grenoble ( Michel's birth town) in 1992, the Electronic scene begins to grow and some precursory people show their interests for this new music called "Techno". These people are Miss Kittin, Kiko, Olivier Raymond from Oxia, Phunky Data... Michel decides to follow the Hardcore wave, close to his first influences and creates XMF with Benoit Bollini (later called "the money Penny Project") in 1993. XMF is today known as a reference in the French Hardcore scene. The Hacker recognizes the importance of XMF to him and explains that, though abandoned, this hard period has been a step with consequences on his actual music. In parallel to that, Detroit Techno/Electro has always fascinated Michel, who decides in 1996 to go on alone under the pseudo of "The Hacker". That's the time of the first series of maxis for Interface and Doug Dunner, labels influenced by the experimental and uncompromised Techno of producers like Christian Vogel and Neil Landstrumm. Some time later, Michel wants to make us share his love for the 80's, (with some references which go from the Electro-Pop of Depeche-Mode and Soft-Cell to the Disco/Hi-energy of Giorgo Moroder and Bobby O) but with humor. His two cults Eps : "Champagne" and "Intimit�es" he made with Miss Kittin for International DJ Gigolos (DJ Hell's label) are the result of his wish, and show both his fascination for the 80's (the cover of "Sweet dreams" of Eurythmics) and his humor (ironic tittles like �1982", �Frank Sinatra"). Michel, a very productive musician, keeps on collaborations with different labels : - the French labels UMF, Ozone( with Jack de Marseille, Kiko...) -The Swiss label Mental Groove ( for which he remixes the famous DJ rush) - the English labels Magic Trax and Sativae In 1998, he creates with Olivier from Oxia and Alexandre Reynaud ( an underground character in Grenoble) their label: Goodlife. Today, Michel proposes his first album "M�lodies en sous-sols" produced during the year 1999 (in a period of approximately four months) This record is composed of 11 titles without compromises , between Techno and Electro, which offer a sensitive vision of electronic music . The Hacker clearly assumes his Old School influences in reaction against the actual formatted electronic music. The title "Melodies en sous-sols" ("basement melodies") is a reference to the classical sixties French "Polar", but also a reference to the underground without saying the word... Fri 04.04.2008 antwerp, be dj @ cafe d'anvers Sat 05.04.2008 barcelona, es dj @ goodlife @ loft club Wed 09.04.2008 aix en provence, fr dj @ club mistral Sun 20.04.2008 london, gb dj @ wetyourself @ aquarium Sat 26.04.2008 bordeaux, fr dj @ 4 sans may Fri 02.05.2008 dublin, ie dj @ soul clinic @ spy dublin Wed 07.05.2008 mulhouse, fr dj @ noumatrouf Sat 10.05.2008 charleroi, be dj @ neon electronics night @ la providence art industry Sat 17.05.2008 madrid, es dj @ spandau @ but Wed 21.05.2008 paris, fr mkth dj set @ 15 years of rex club anniversary @ rex club Sat 24.05.2008 girona, es dj @ blau club Sat 31.05.2008 leeds, gb dj @ the mint club june Fri 06.06.2008 toulouse, fr dj @ festival alternativ Sat 14.06.2008 kiev, ua dj @ forsage club Wed 18.06.2008 barcelona, es dj @ citizen @ the loft info: http://www.gostimirovic.com/