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Beat junkie, producer and dj who has been moving minds galaxy wide for well over the past decade with his unique blend of dark sci-fi robot infected electro sounds for the dance floor. Being influenced by the early days of electro, breakdancing, hip hop, graff, and broken beat music such as Kraftwerk, Chakka khan, Newcleus, Styx, Egyptian Lover, Midnight Star, Lisa Lisa, Run DMC, Afrikka Bambatta, Edie Grant, Kurtis Blow, and many more talented artists.
In 1995 he purchased his first set of turntables self teaching the tactics and skills he would later use to rock party people on the dance floor world wide. Weekends soon became forest and full moon parties with beats and freaks dancing under the stars in the very beautifull northern Arizona countryside. In 1996 he moved to London to pursue his dreams of production and become submerged in the UKs underground electronic dance culture and music scene. While living in the UK he performed at his first massive event called World of Dance in Aug of 1996 under the name Neon Beat batteling the Psyconauts along side the bassest from Massive Attack and Big Darren, plus several smaller events and happenings in UK/EU area. Living across the street from the legendary Blue note club in Hoxton square near Old Street he was hitting some of the first of the METALHEADZ nights, FABRIC, the End, and many other underground events collecting inspiration and ideas to create urban influenced, BASSheavy electro robotik sounds geared towards the dance floor. Through a good friend he later met a couple of guys who were working on a little bedroom label at the time. They asked for some scratching over some of the projects they were working on. This label later became one of the most prominent breakbeat labels in the world now known as Finger lickin records. They released Soul of Man, Finger lickins first release, then soon after Finger lickin vol 1 Dj tool record bothe featuring ILLEKTROLAB scratching.
Djing under the name djl3go for the first part of his career he quickly made a name for himself on the underground rave/club circuit with his fluid scratching and mixing abilities plus playing free parties around various parts of the world passing out loads of demos to the beat junkies. In the year 2000 he was forced to change his name due to the L3GO toy corporation threatening him with a law suit. The decision was then made to activate his alter ego ILLEKTROLAB and spread the robot music to all open ears and minds possible. Since then he has performed on bills with many of the most influential and well known artists in the hip hop, electronic dance and uderground music scene such as Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Afrikka Bambatta, Kurtis Blow, Goldy, Perry Farrell of Janes Addiction, Lady Kier of D lite, Dj Craze, Massive Attack, Dynamix, Rabbit in the Moon, Dj Icey, Jackal and Hyde, Rhazel etc....... (A more detailed list can be viewed below)
ILLEKTROLABS high energy performances, scratching, and darker style of production are known to move the crowd and tantilize the senses into a sonik assault of electromechanical madness. With the launch of his own label ADVANCED ROBOTIKS in 2008, (ADRO 01). A slamming release on Satamile records (SAT39) 2007, and a very impressive aresenal of unreleased tracks in his vault the future is looking very bassheavy and energized for the illektrokadet and his robot uprising. The sounds are spreading to every corner of the globe like an uncontrollable yet programmed sonik virus. During his explosive dj/live PA performances ILLEKTROLAB feeds off the music he plays and then projects that energy and adrenaline straight into the crowd creating a direct connection with the party people travelling with them on their galactic space journey into sound. Ask anyone thats seen an ILLEKTROLAB performance and its the same story in any language. The energy is unbelieveable.The sounds are dark, heavy, and thought provoking with ground quaking deep bass along twisted driving acidic synth lines. Best heard on an ear bleeding wall of bass!!
The bottom line is that ILLEKTROLABS music is unparalleled, beat junkies and BASS freaks galaxy wide just keep asking for more. His style is unorthodox, yet crowds keep lining up to catch the vibe of his unique and futuristic robot sounding beeps and bleeps, all sequenced together with a certain mathmatical movement to make the bones vibrate and the body girate. Many try to imitate while ILLEKTROLAB originates. His sound is all his own, ROBOTIK, bassheavy, laced with attitude - and moving minds planetary.
TUNE into the ILLEKTROLAB frequencies !!
DISCOG -
Finger Lickin Records - Soul of Man (scratching) 1997
Finger Lickin Records - DJ Tools (scratching) 2002
Satamile Records - Overdrive (system check EP) 2007
Satamile Records - Real Pimp (system check EP) 2007
Satamile Records - Internal Software (system check EP) 2007
Satamile Records - Darkness Falling (system check EP) 2007
Advanced Robotiks - ADRO_01 "I am Illektro EP" Blue Vinyl/digital 2008
Advanced Robotiks - ADRO_02 "Dirty Robot"digital only 2008
Advanced Robotiks - Adro_03 "Android EP" Green Vinyl/digital 2010
DJ MIX DEMOS RELEASED-
Under the name DJ L3go (used for DJ performances 1995 - 2000)
Robot Circus (electro mix) 1996
Space Kadets (electro mix) 1997
Autism (drum&bass mix)1999
HerbalisticNodulator (electro mix)2000
Drum Capsule (drum&bass mix) 2000
Koma (drum&bass mix) 2000
Endosonix (drum&bass mix) 2001
Cyclic Entropy (drum&bass mix) 2001
LIVE in London (drum and bass) 2004
Plus many unamed freestyle sessions floating around.
LIVE PA DEMOS RELEASED -
ILLEKTROLAB (live PA electro mix -2000)
ILLEKTROLAB (live PA electro mix -2002)
ILLEKTROLAB (live PA d n bass mix -2005)
ILLEKTROLAB (live PA electro mix - 2006)
ILLEKTROLAB (live PA electro mix -2007)
ILLEKTROLAB (Live PA electro mix -2010)
RADIO PLAY-
Power 92 - PHX (2004)
KXCI in Tucson - AZ (2004, 2005)
Voice Q FM - Japan (2005)
The Future Shock FM - UK (2009/2010)
Global Funk FM - UK (2010)
Me On The Dance Floor - UK (2010)
TELEVISION -
International exposure on Japanese Television (2005)
ARTICLES/PRESS -
Lotus Magazine, USA, review of Robot Circus, 1996.
BPM Culture Magazine, USA, review of Robot Circus, 1997.
FIX Magazine, USA, review of Space Kadets, 1998.
FIX Magazine, USA, review of Autism, Honorable comparison to Squarepusher, 1999.
New Times Music Showcase, AZ, Voted best dj in Arizona, 2000.
Sleaze Nation, UK, Cover picture/Cover story of magazine, 2001.
Electro Alliance review of System check EP by NEXUS 6 www.electroalliance.net 2007
Electro Alliance review of "Advanced Robotiks EP" by NEXUS 6 www.electroalliance.net 2008
ILLEKTROLAB HAS PERFORMED WITH -
Some of the most influential names in the hip-hop and electronic music industry.
USA-
Grand Master Flash, Afrikka Bambatta, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Kurtis Blow, Dynamix, Z-Trip, Radar, DJ Icey, DJ Craze, Uberzone, RAW, Lady Keir (of Delite), Nas, Perry Farrell(of Janes Addiction), Rabbit in the Moon, Diesel Boy, Donald Glaude, Crystal Method, Simply Jeff, Dubtribe, DJ Dan, Mr Brad Lee, Christopher Lawrence, Pollywog, Freaky Flow, Liquid Method, Hyperactive, , Nigel Richards, Ron D Core, Adam X, Sandra Collins, Ricky Breaks, DJ Dara, Twonz, Scott Henry, DRC, Eric Davenport, Kelly Reverb, Lion and T.C. Islam, Simon Apex, Hixxy, Barry Weaver, Huggie, Jabari Mayes, TRON, John Acquaviva, Rhazel, and others.
UK/EU-
Finger Lickin, Goldie, Mickey Finn, Dylan, Loxy, DJ Rap, Aphrodite, Tech Itch, Decoder, LTJ Bukem, Roni Size, Ninja Tunes, James Lavelle, Dj shadow, Jedi Knights, Andrea Parker, Psyconauts, Adam Beyer, Hype, Spiral Tribe, Neon Beat, Tomy Gun, Cari Lekebusch, Massive Attack, and others