Experience: Producer since 1997, Dj since 2000
Style: Drum`n`Bass
Present in the musical life of Romania first as a radio DJ and journalist since the early age of 14 (no typo, it`s for real!), Alien Pimp is the less known founder of the most acclaimed dance act in Romania in the 90`s, NSK, in 1996. After a first gig, he left the group for a solo career, starting 2 projects: Alien Pimp and Sonic Tonic. In the early years he approached almost all styles of electronic... Read more
Experience: Producer since 1997, Dj since 2000
Style: Drum`n`Bass
Present in the musical life of Romania first as a radio DJ and journalist since the early age of 14 (no typo, it`s for real!), Alien Pimp is the less known founder of the most acclaimed dance act in Romania in the 90`s, NSK, in 1996. After a first gig, he left the group for a solo career, starting 2 projects: Alien Pimp and Sonic Tonic. In the early years he approached almost all styles of electronic dance music, from gabber to garage, from big beat to d`n`b. Fast enough, in 1998 Alien Pimp won first prize at ASSOS Music New Talent Festival, a national competition for the electronic dance music producers and since then he played at all the major festivals in the country, and at countless club parties.
In the last couple of years things cleared out for him: as Alien Pimp he`s dj-ing and producing drum`n`bass and under the Sonic Tonic alias he produces downtempo music. As well, in 2004 he founded another downtempo act, WeAreNotSure, together with the sensational young producer Silent Strike and a very gifted female vocal from Norway, Gunhill.
As a producer, he has more than 10 tracks and remixes released on several Romanian compilations, and he produced the unanimously acclaimed Bucharest Chills & Thrills compilation in 2004. As well, in 2004 he started building SoundKraft Records, a label, booking & management company focused on promoting East-european d`n`b & breakbeat artists. SKR awaits it`s first release in march 2005, a breaks & d`n`b compilation that will prove sun raises from the East.
In 2002 and 2004 he was member of the jury at the Eastern-European Discoveries national contest organised by Radio France Internationale for the electronic dance music talents.
As a Dj, Alien Pimp started to play for free in 2000 at the Web Club, which is the biggest suporter of the electronic dance music in Bucharest. After a few unexpectedly successful parties, he was offered a residency there that he has never abandoned untill present time. He began with a very eclectic selection of styles, but now he`s focused on d`n`b. Since then, he has constantly played in Bucharest (had 2 more residencies) and across Romania, but as well at the Sziget Festival in Budapest 2003 and in the Republic of Moldavia. His d`n`b set may go from oldschool d`n`b to clownstep or techy/trancy dnb In his sets, apart from vinyl, he uses loads of hi-quality demos or local cd releases which never had the chance to meet a vinyl press. Show less
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