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Dave Tarrida's 21-year Techno career began in 1991 at Edinburgh Scotland's
legendary Sativa Sound System. Selling his Fender Mustang and
Marshall amp to buy turntables, Dave's DJing and creative input at Sativa
gained the Scottish scene worldwide status from its DJs and guests including
Irvine Welsh, respectfully tipping his hat at Sativa in "Malibu Stork
Nightmare". Love for the music and pure vision maintained the club'sRead more
Dave Tarrida's 21-year Techno career began in 1991 at Edinburgh Scotland's
legendary Sativa Sound System. Selling his Fender Mustang and
Marshall amp to buy turntables, Dave's DJing and creative input at Sativa
gained the Scottish scene worldwide status from its DJs and guests including
Irvine Welsh, respectfully tipping his hat at Sativa in "Malibu Stork
Nightmare". Love for the music and pure vision maintained the club's
powerful following and strong say within the UK scene with acts like the
Scottish debuts of Dave Clarke and a then unknown Cristian Vogel in his
first-ever live set, further Sativa achievements included the British debuts
of Claude Young, DJ Hell, Electric Indigo, Adam X and most notably the
first-ever live shows of 'local guys' Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt.
Dave's DJing brought him into the early-90s free party circuit, travelling
and playing Northern Europe but returning to Edinburgh in 1993 to set up his
Sativae label with Sativa co-organizer Steve Glencross. Today Sativae's
cult output not only highlights Dave's vital hand and ear within the scene
but still narrates the most important chapters in UK underground Techno
history, mirrored by the debut release from Neil Landstrumm as part of Blue
Arsed Fly with Cristian Vogel, the three vital Tobias Schmidt EPs and other
capital releases from artists Subhead, Jamie Lidell (Super_Collider), Justin
Berkovi and most recently Tube Jerk (aka Tim Wright). The label's extensive
discography also reflects the broad-based nature of Dave's interest in
Techno, as DJ Hell and Americans Adam X and Chance McDermott also feature
strongly in the backcatalog.
The Sativa club nights ended in 1996 but got Dave more trans-Channel airtime
in Europe and particularly Germany and Belgium, bringing his UK new school
sound to audiences in all the veteran clubs including Tresor, Ultraschall,
Stammheim, Douala, Prag, The Omen, Loop, Funky Green Alien, I.O. and Cube.
Dave became a regular visitor to the US as well, touring NYC, the Midwest,
and California with Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt.
But after and between the parties, Dave slowly began to reveal his studio
sides beginning in 1996 as 'Pujol' on Neil Landstrumm's "World Rallying" EP
followed up by his Tresor debut with Tobias Schmidt on "The Test" EP. The
first solo appearances began with top-notch imprints Mosquito, Predicaments
and Sativae before his "Postmortem Pop" and "Scream Therapy" EPs on Tresor
paved the way for his "Paranoid" debut album in 2001.
"Paranoid" revealed not only good tunes, but the two sides to Dave Tarrida's
character as well. There's the Dave Tarrida production side, defining his
devoted adherence to pure sound: still extreme and on an experimental slant
but reduced to a searching and deeper psychology in mind. But then there's
the Dave Tarrida club DJ side... nasty Techno mixing a raging high-tech
attack of Sheffield bleep sophistication with aggro-punk grooves from early
Rave and basslines. It's well known that he plays raw and hard but
undeniably funky so just for the fans he released his notorious "Plays
Records" cd-mix (2001), put together like nobody else in the scene could and
highlighting his ten-years of Techno floor experience.
NOW --- Propelled by constant touring in continental Europe and Britain,
Dave's regular appearances at massive techno festivals like Sonar and the
Berlin and Mexico Love Parades have built him followings that brought him to
Japan and Australia. His 1999 move to Barcelona has earned him area club
residencies as well as a place in the sun between gigs ands traveling. With
continuous output landing in compilation and remix work, including the
recent collaborations with Funk D Void ("Supa Hammer"), Tobias Schmidt
("Spanish Winter") and Cristian Vogel ("Big C"), Dave's long-awaited "Life's
A Glitch" LP for 2003 promises to be a landmark kick for fans in all the
right places. --- M.Snow Show less
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