 TWIN DIVE / PZ POP RECORDS / LIVE |
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Twin Dive is a rock’n’roll band from Vilnius with charisma at their forefront, consisting of Eglė(drums), Robertas(vocals and bass), and Jonathan (guitar). Despite having formed just ayear ago, they have already made a name in Lithuania’s alternative scene. After debuting atthe “Novus” festival, they have performed at “Loftas Fest”’, supported BA. in Juoda Palanga,and wrapped up the winter season with a bang at “Rokodiskoteka”. In early October 2024,the trio is set to release their debut album.
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| Y2KATI / GARS RECORDS / DJ, LIVE |
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Meet Y2kati, the enigmatic alter ego of Deividas Jaroška, whose sonic explorations transcend time and genre. Emerging from a tumultuous journey through mental illness and self-discovery in 2023, Y2kati delves into the depths of early 2000s nostalgia with a fresh perspective. Drawing inspiration from the digital sounds of progressive, groove, and tribal beats, Y2kati crafts a unique sonic experience that harkens back to the era of baggy pants, first mobile phones, and tuner cars from Fast and Furious and Need for Speed Underground.
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| KIPRONNO / GARS RECORDS / DJ |
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Kipronno is a new musical project that focuses on movement oriented but also storytelling techno music. With a fair amount of experience in the music field, he aims to combine his understanding with new technology that comes along the way. Kipronno aka Kipras developed a fascination with music at a young age, becoming a resident DJ at his local club when he was just a teenager. Continuing his music journey, he moved to London where he finished a Music Production and Technology course and performed in multiple clubs and bars such as Shelter, Egg, Traffic and Ministry of Sound under a project called Empathy Slow.
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| PHASE LINE / GARS RECORDS / DJ |
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Phase Line, Lithuania’s techno newcomer. Inspired by the pulsating sounds of Lizdas, Kablys and Opium clubs, he kicked off his DJ career in 2019 with borrowed equipment and a burning curiosity. Joining local party and promotion community “Orkaite” led him into production, and his debut track found a spot on their first compilation. Now he is a beloved resident DJ of the freshest techno club Elastica in Vilnius and was performing at events involving names such as 999999999, Dax J, SNTS, Kobosil, CLTX, Sina XX to name a few. While rooted in techno, Phase Line thrives on surprising his audience, refusing to be bound by a single genre.
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| DANNIE FADE / PZ POP / DJ |
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Dannie Fade aka Danielius Jurevič is a Vilnius based electronic music producer and DJ being active since 2014. His creative output shifts between slow groove dark disco up to modern techno. Dannie Fade has been making melodies and rhythms since youth, playing both guitar and piano. Inspired by the likes of Red Axes, Daniel Avery, Identified Patient, Curses, Tushen Rai, Kino Todo and many others Dannie debuted his first single “Demolition” on Sinchi Collective in 2019 along with powerful remixes by Tolouse Low Trax and Roe Deers.
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| NØHEL / PZ RECORDS / DJ |
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| Nøhel aka Kasparas is a hidden producer from Kaunas (Lithuania). His first touch with electronic music was in late 00s. After a decade anonymously practicing mastercraft of electronic music he finally fabricated his own definition of dance in forthcoming „Embody In Time“ EP, which will be released on PZ Records. |  |
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| KARKASAS / GARS RECORDS / LIVE, DJ |
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| Karkasas presents an intriguing aesthetic of minimalistic beats and postindustrial techno. Creating cold and hypnotic networks of sound walls, overlaid with unexpected simulations of modular synthesizers, the listener is surprised by harsh, dynamic, soul warping sounds. Music enables this mysterious artist to become the only language Karkasas speaks. |  |
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| CMRK / GARS RECORDS / DJ |
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| CMRK is a young forthcoming techno music producer and dj from Lithuania, who started experimenting with electronic music genres in his late teenage years. Finding inspiration in the industrial feel of the club’s atmosphere, CMRK keeps constantly searching and developing his own sound approach. |  |
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| OBCDN / GARS RECORDS / DJ |
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| From raw industrial sounds to ambient hypnosis OBCDN aka Obsidian delivers high-energy Techno journey for one to experience. Born and raised in small industrial town Šiauliai OBCDN has always been looking after northern Lithuania’s underground scene by organizing numerous illegal warehouse raves and cultural electronic music gatherings. His roots coming from playing detroit electro and breakbeat sounds on vinyl since 2008 in obscure and abandoned places that brought him to his current sound. |  |
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| FLORINDO / PZ RECORDS / DJ |
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| Florindo aka Florindas Krivcovas is a breakthrough DJ/producer from Kaunas (Lithuania) at his craft since 2014. After nearly 8 years of djing experience, collecting and playing vinyls, Florindo finally dived into music production. The debut definition of his creative journey gets materialised on the „Hikikomori“ EP, which got released on PZ Records. |  |
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| BASK / PZ RECORDS / DJ |
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| Nojus aka Bask started his rebelish path into dark electronic music at the fourth largest city in northern Lithuania. Siauliai club “Space Bar” resident is about to make his first creative appearance by shaping “Unrevealed Species” and “Main Goal” on the „Main Goal“ EP. |  |
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| KLASTOTE / GARS RECORDS / DJ |
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| Klastote got into music production at his early teens. Music was a whole new perspective towards artistic expression, the synthesis between solitude and interactivity of the production process was something new to the author, who primarily concentrated on writing, dancing and acting. In his debut EP the author attempts to express the energy collected within the socialist-modernist apartment block buildings in his childhood neighbourhood. Along with the functional buildings, other mechanical, industrial constructions are turned into a sonar experience of chaotic order. |  |
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| VEIVERIS / PZ PLIUS / LIVE |
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| Veiveris is a new entity that showed up on Partyzanai rebel radar. Still reminiscing his first nightlife journey steps in Lizdas club and now, based in Vilnius, more broadly exploring Lithuania’s club scene as a regular and passionate dancer he introduces himself by delivering his dossier for rebelcase series. Sounds that are compiled is an expressive glimpse of his soon to be released debut EP “Drumstis” on Partyzanai Plius. |  |
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| EMENT / PZ RECORDS / DJ |
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| Ement is a Kaunas based DJ / Producer focusing on peak time electro, ebm and obscure techno sound. In 2019 joined Partyzanai team and became a resident of hometown club „Lizdas“. Djing skills and music production has led him to perform in the most important clubs and festivals in the country, being part of line-ups with artists like Fjakk, PARALLX, Schwefelgelb, Maelstrom, Parrish Smith, Animistic Beliefs, Delta Funktionen, Kris Baha, Fractions, The Brvtalist to name few. In 2021 Ement released his debut LP on the new co-curated PZ Records label and joins the monthly PZ Broadcast residency at Radio Vilnius, founded by local flagship Manfredas. |  |
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| BLEACH CULT / PZ POP RECORDS / LIVE |
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| Bleach Cult is the musical nom de plume of Vytis Puronas, singer-songwriter and film sound designer, formerly one half of lo-fi synth pop outfit Soy Farm. His music is deeply textural and direct, with a genre-bending approach that explores post-punk aesthetics, minimal wave soundscapes and intriguing hooks with a sweet retro vibe.
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| 5ZYL / PPP, PZ RECORDS / DJ |
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| Zygimantas Dzikevicius aka 5ZYL hails from the vibrant urban district of Pasilaiciai in Vilnius, Lithuania. Since embarking on his musical journey in 2007, Zygimantas has been deeply influenced by the raw energy of old-school rave, breakbeat, and techno. His early work focused on crafting dubstep and jungle tracks, earning him spots as a dj at various underground parties and open-air events, including the renowned broken rhythm sound festival, Satta.
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| PALMĖS ŽIEDAS / PARTYZANAI POP / LIVE |
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| Briefly about the scene newcomer. Growing up in Kaunas and being strongly influenced by different cultures, Jonas started producing at his fifteenths, but his relationship with music was always on an abstract level, which made his personal work artistic, floating, with no clear purpose. The album „Futura“ was inspired by the Lithuanian electronic club music culture, particularly by strong sense of modern hedonistic life. Palmes Ziedas has always felt a weakness for mid/late twentieth-century recording style, so often his work may seem domestic, too human. But these features only emphasize the melancholy sense of nostalgia of the modernist age.
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| JAROŠKA / PPP RECORDS / LIVE, DJ |
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| A soundclash of genre-agnostic colourful sound that is melded together to create an equilibrium of unpredictable, ever-changing dance music. A complex definition of in the same way complex, versatile and standards breaking Deividas Jaroška sound, who recently could be nominated as one of the breakthrough artists in the vibrant Lithuanian underground scene. Already having performances under various monikers in Beijing, Riga, Kyiv, Paris, Lyon and Berlin, Jaroška released his debut “Red Room Offering” EP on Lyon’s boutique label AR/FM and started his own imprint: Ledotmat Musique where he brings out his music from most personal moments of his life.
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| AUREN / PPP RECORDS / LIVE |
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| Originally, Auren comes from downbeat, ambient and slow electronica background. He had to break his own rules in order to move into different music direction, what with the time becomes more and more unknown for himself. This reflects in Aurens debut album, where the boundaries between styles, genres, known and modern dissolve.
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| TEATRE / PPP RECORDS / LIVE, DJ |
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| The sound of TEATRE is meant to convey personal or societal dramaturgy regardless of style or genre boundaries. Within the plot of DEKADANSAS, the decadence of the individual is portrayed through emotional synthesizer lines, electro, coldwave and EBM-influenced rhythms of hope, hopelessness and aggression, the dust of tape recordings and the intensity of the Lithuanian underground.
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| PATRIS / PZ PLIUS / LIVE |
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| Patris aka Patris Židelevičius is exploring the boundaries of cello by combining this classical instrument with field-recordings and digital sounds for around 10 years. The subtle melodies and sounds in his music combine a multilayer soundscapes and feature properties of ambient, drone, musique concrète and other contemporary music genres.This organic cello-based acoustic ambient is recently being more and more often replaced with experimental electronic music as he sometimes calls it crooked techno.
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| CHANNEL 37 / PPP RECORDS / LIVE |
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| An underground rebel of hardware machine music and a lover of analogue sound who stays devoted to the true live performance, funk, soul and groove. Under the heavy influence of black American music including jazz, funk, hip hop, house and techno, Channel37 carries an old school groove tradition straight to 21st century.
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| SHAKNIS / PPP RECORDS / LIVE |
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| Shaknis is an ex-member of the Lithuanian hip-pop band, who re-discovered himself in the alternative electronic music. He started gathering various defected electronic instruments, which reparation became one of his main inspirational sources. First three tracks of “Theremostability EP” is the result of Shaknis creative shift, supported by OBCDN and Patris remixes.
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| WITHOUT LETTERS / PZ POP / LIVE |
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| Without Letters aim to redefine how a band can sound when the guitar became a non-rebellious instrument. The group’s most recent material is inspired by the increasingly virtual and anxious feeling of the now. Electronic influences as diverse as Floating Points, Elektroguzzi or Jlin, offer an underlying dark and frantic pace to the band’s live set.
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| LOCAL BLOOD / PZ POP / LIVE |
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| “Yet another post-punk band that is dabbling with minimalism and electronica? No, not really. Local Blood is something different, a more droned out and focused post-punk outfit from Vilnius …
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| OCEAN PROMISE / PZ / DJ |
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| Ocean Promise is an alter ego project of Zoé Zoe – further persuasive evidence of Lithuania’s growing talent pool (see also Manfredas from Les Disques De La Mort, Silence Music founder Vidis and Planet Mu’s Few Nolder). Just ask Maya Jane Coles, who bagged the title track of the Church EP for her DJ-Kicks compilation. Mantas Stonkus aka Ocean Promise is a 29 year old rebel, living in Berlin. The music influences of Ocean Promise comes from the past heroes like Shades Of Rhythm, Lfo and Drexciya to this decade innovators Bjarki, Nina Kraviz, Skee Mask, ROD to name a few.
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| 300 DEGREES / PZ / LIVE, DJ |
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| 300 Degrees aka IJOs music focuses on contemporary electronic music including experimental jungle, jazz and ambient. Releases on labels such as Sutemos, Plain Productions, Resting Bell, Envizagae and many more. Remixes for artists like Ruxpin, Doubtful Guest, Leon Somov and more recently for HK119 that’s been spotted by Bjorks One Little Indian label. Gigs with Luke Vibert, Ceephax, Plaid, A Guy Called Gerald, Murcof, Funkstorung, Martsman, Breakage, Ed Rush amongst others around in Europe. His side projects, dedicated to other genres just to avoid the confusion with IJO name, are 300 Degrees, who’s 4 track “Mobile Music EP” (melodic techno completely made with vintage analog gear) has been signed by Canadian label Napalm Enema Records, who’s artists have also released their music on labels like Warp, Rephlex, Planet Mu and Breakin.
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| BLACK WATER / PZ / LIVE, DJ |
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| Black Water (aka Ele 7) are electronic music artists from Vilnius. Initially having started out as a band of seven members, spicing their electronic sound with live vocals and musical instruments (guitars, drums), today they are a duo – Mantas Ažondenis and Vaidotas Mikulka. After their debut performance at the electronic music festival “Supynes” in 2007, Ele 7 managed to raise the roofs of all the biggest clubs in Lithuania, and in 2011 the electronic act released their debut album, “Open Air”, which neatly comprised the early tracks of the band – 15 untitled songs – sonically ranging from dance-floor oriented electronica to alluringly unfamiliar ambient. Fully ripe and mature, today Ele7 are decisively shedding their well-known skin and presenting their new alter ego – Black Water, followed by a new EP, “Let’s Pretend”. |
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| JAL / PZ PLIUS / LIVE |
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| Jal lives and works in Kobe, a “small” town between Osaka and Kyoto, Japan. When not experimenting with the sounds in the studio, Jal develops measurement control system at laboratory. Over the years, his education in the robot control system has had a profound impact on his music, which is extremely systematic and infiltrated with an abstract sound. His creation process is based on the step recording of individually designed sound without use of ready-made samples.
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| BA. / PZ POP / LIVE |
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| Another core evidence that the future of creativity belongs to the less influenced and brave youth. 17 years old Benas Aleksandravicius aka. Ba. unexpectedly appeared in the Lithuanian indie rock scene with his unique, virgin and promising sound. More brave is Ba. manifesto to sing his own encapsulated lyrics just in mother language. Furthermore Benas does the whole sound design on his own and later performs with his perfectly briefed band, which is the reason why every performance is a live instrumental improvisation of his creations.
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| ZOÈ ZOE / PZ + PZ POP / DJ |
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| Zoé Zoe is further persuasive evidence of Lithuania’s growing talent pool (see also: Mario & Vidis and Planet Mu’s Few Nolder). Just ask Maya Jane Coles, who bagged the title track of the Church EP for her recent DJ-Kicks. Mantas Stonkus aka Zoé Zoe is a 26 year old rebellious youngster, working at Klaipeda sea port, but nevertheless exporting a quality innovative sounds worldwide. This is the reality of today’s globalization and music industry. The music influences of Zoé Zoe comes from the past heroes like Shades Of Rhythm, Lfo and Drexciya to this decade innovators Martyn, Mosca, Jacques Green, Joy Orbison and Objekt to name a few.
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| WASTED GAZE / PZ / LIVE, DJ |
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| Andrejus Kurkinas is known as Wasted Gaze who developed his love for vintage synths in the small town musical school throughout his teenage years. One of his teachers had legendary synthesizers Juno-106, DX7 and a couple of Russian vintage monster synths as well. Teacher’s absence caused Andrejus wondering for unacademic experiments that lead him to djing in the late 90′s. Wasted Gaze started making music in 2004, since then dozens of trials and errors went into the recycle bin. The final decisive moment was after Andrejus purchased his long-time favorite Juno-106 that brought him back some good old memories and lead him closer to making music. |  |
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| SRAUNUS / PZ / LIVE, DJ |
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| In early childhood Sraunus (real name – Paulius Markutis) started to play with a comb and piece of paper to imitate the sound of the flanger effect. He was singing in front of a mirror in his fictional language. That was how it all started, Sraunus experiment began. “It was a shame, that i was so little taught about music” – ironically adds the singer. Paulius creativity roots are firmly seated and he still sings in his own music in unknown language, which is most accurately understood only by himself. The others may interpret it according to themselves. Sraunus creations can be described as complicated electronic dub variations, that are floating between minimal techno and experimental restraints diving into pure ambient. |
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| TANKETE / PZ / DJ |
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| Aurimas Lukošius aka Tankete got into electronic music by discovering Jeff Mills and other legendary Detroit artists. He felt enraptured of this newly discovered music culture. Together with his friends he started playing and organizing events in his local town Mazeikiai. After a few years it developed into a huge rave events, which became known in all Lithuania. Aurimas also started his own radio show “Mažeikiu AE” which gave him the opportunity to share his love for the vital and fresh sounds of electronic music. |  |
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| CALLI / PZ / LIVE, DJ |
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| Jonas Kazlauskas aka Calli grew up in one of the industrial cities of Lithuania. Like all normal kids he played trombone, piano and danced break. His early music experience was influenced by broken beat styles. Presumably started Calli djing in scartching school. In his continuing exploration of electronic music he reached Minimal Techno horizont and stopped for a while to relish its scope of creativity. We are hapy to present the Result of this overindulgence. “Acid from nowhere” is Calli’s debut EP, with which he joins our family of artists. |  |
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| Infektion is an example of Globalization. In Telsiai – the capital of Somogitia(western region of Lithuania) – born Tomas Taujanskis develops his own sound, which varies between classic Detroit and Dub techno.His interest in electronic music began in 2005 in the age of 15 together with minimal techno revival. From year 2006 Tomas dived into music making software. Ableton was the key, which opened the doors to passion of music creation. Rather than following Electro and New-Rave trends, Tomas was more inspired by classic minimal and dub techno artists like Plastikman, Basic Channel, Rhythm&Sound, Chain Reaction, Maurizio. The result of this is Infektion. |  |
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| SOY FARM / PZ POP / LIVE |
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| Early musical experiments by Soya (Aivaras Onaitis, Vytis Puronas) rapidly spread amongst the fans of electronic music nearly a decade ago. Employing the sounds of Lithuanian analogue synthesizers and robotic vocals the duo defined their unique style positioning themselves between Lithuanian pop and underground music. Later, pausing the studio practice for some years the pair engaged in various projects with other collaborators and delved into vast field of electronic music – from club dance music (Soya Modifed) to wall of guitar sound (The Headandshoulders), from glitch techno (Lumotree) to field recordings and video experiments. |  |
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| GOLDEN PARAZYTH / PZ POP / LIVE |
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| Having emerged practically out of nowhere in 2005, Golden Parazyth soon became one of the most interesting young electronic musicians in Lithuania and managed just recently to release a debut album titled Apartment of Steel, met with enthusiasm by the listeners. The basis of his music is darkly atmospheric beat-driven electro, adorned with traces of 8-bit music, IDM, broken beats and ambient. |  |
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| FEW NOLDER / PZ POP / LIVE |
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| Few Nolder – a simple phrase without any straight meaning. The start of this one-man project came into public view accidentally. After a mini track presentation on a non-commercial Lithuanian site ore.lt, it was well known djs and promoters, Partyzanai, who were the first to notice something different in the sound of FN. Everything from ambient minimal to eclectic techno whilst modifying most of the traditional ways of expressing electronic music styles. |  |
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| MANTAS T / DJ |
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| Started djing in 1997 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Since the early nineties he was regular at various rave parties and were heavily influenced by Detroit Techno and the likes of Acid House.Few years later it was a new experience living outside the country. Mantas T. was gone to the States (New York) and later to the United Kingdom where he faced the beginning of 80’s revival. |  |
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| GVIDAS / DJ |
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| First big raves in early teenage years. Meeting new likeminded friends. Innocent conversations about music, not drugs. It all seemed like a brand new world to explore. Fell in love for underground music ever since.Rather big influence of Detroit legends like Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills, Derrick May as well as the early works of Warp label. Started buying vinyl records nearly starving and spending school lunch money. Invited by Kaunas city heroes Dj Zveriukai started playing at rave parties back in 1997. Persuaded a good friend Mantas to dj together as a team called Partyzanai. |  |
