Camouflage Club presents STEVE RACHMAD (Delsin/Get Physical/Amsterdam)

CAMOUFLAGE CLUB  presents STEVE RACHMAD (Delsin/Get Physical/Amsterdam)

@ Camera Club
Neubaugasse 2 / 1070 Wien

Start: 22h

Entry:  8 / 10

_Line Up:_
Club:
STEVE RACHMAD (Delsin/Get Physical/Amsterdam)
Blade (Camouflage Club)
Detronic (Camouflage Club/Pipe Up Project)

Cafe Tralala:
Paul Yang (Soundgallery/Am Wasser)
Thomas Grün (Club Pompadour/Playground)
Markus Lindner (Stadtpark Musik/Playground)
Lashair (www.myspace.com/lashair)
Maximilian Grün (Newcomer)

Special Visuals by 4youreye*

more infos:
www.myspace.com/camouflageclub
www.myspace.com/steverachmad
www.steverachmad.com
www.myspace.com/4youreye
www.4youreye.at
www.camera-club.at
_
About Steve Rachmad:

_Steve Rachmad is a Dutch techno producer, DJ and remixer. By many, he
is considered a father of Detroit techno in the Netherlands, respected
in the world of electronic music for his deep, groovy sounds that tend
to rest on impressive strings, melodies, funk and soul. His career has
been reaching its highest peaks from 1996 up to the present time. Yet,
it is somewhat less known that he has been in the music realms for over
25 years by now.
Steve’s life story starts in Amsterdam. At the age of 12, teenage Steve
already starts buying his first records: to mix, remix, and
cut-and-paste their parts with an open reel tape deck. In such a
cut-and-paste fashion, he presented his first release in the mid-1980s.
Among these early releases was also the one created for a
hip-house/dance artist Tony Scott.
 From that time on, Steve finds his inspiration in the 1980s dance and
electro, works of former Time members (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis), The
System, Arthur Baker, to name but a few. At the age of 15, he also
starts his DJing career with a disco set in a small Amsterdam club.
Nevertheless, his love for music urges him to start buying equipment,
which would later result in a professional studio that is, according to
him, ‚everything he ever dreamt of having.‘ Today, his equipment is
mainly analogue, providing him with a chance to explore the realms of
warm, alive, non-static sounds. He laid the corner stone of this
collection in 1985, by getting a TR-808.
A year later, Steve gets introduced to the house music. His attention is
captured by the new sounds echoing mostly from Detroit and Chicago, i.e.
by the work of artists such as Mr. Fingers and Derrick May. Following
their style, Steve’s own style takes a new direction. He is soon to be
found releasing for artists like Darren Emerson and Derrick May.
The incoming years are to be marked by numerous successful releases on
labels such as 100% Pure, Cocoon, Underwater, Fragile, M-Plant, Tresor,
and the recent years on labels as Sino, Delsin, Music Man, Artless, etc.
He also made over a hundred remixes, signed under various pseudonyms. He
remixed a variety of artists, from Taksi, Derrick May and John Tejada,
to Armand van Helden, Club MCM, Armin van Buuren, Seven Grand Housing
Authority, Victor Calderone and Basement Jaxx. Among Steve’s most
respected releases is certainly his album ‚Secret Life of Machines,‘
which came out in 1996 under his pseudonym Sterac, and is up to this
date considered as one of the all-time techno classics. About the same
time his DJing path starts rapidly evolving as well. Until today, Steve
shares his talent with the crowds all over the World. He occasionally
spins disco and electro, but mainly techno.
Of all the fictitious names he used throughout his career to sign his
productions, the ones that remained until today are Sterac, Sterac
Electronics, Ignacio and Parallel 9. In the later years, he also
releases more and more under his real name. The history of remixes
continues into the present, including a variety of people, such as
M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade, DK7, Clashing Egos, Sweet Coffee, Infinity
(Juan Atkins vs Orlando Voorn), etc. In the latest years, next to his
characteristic techno sound, he also actively focuses on electro,
stripping it down to the old-school feel. His Sterac Electronics remixes
of the vocal track Love Sweet Love (by Clashing Egos), Keep on Running
(by Sweet Coffee) and Body Language (by M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade), and
his own ‚Keep on running‘ and ‚Night Heat‘ releases on Music Man Records
have ended up in the record bags of a wide variety of artists, from
techno, to minimal, house and electro. He re-confirms his reputation as
an artist with exquisite ear for technical qualities of sound, always
returning to his soulful roots and maintaining the warmth of
analogue-produced music.
Over the years, Steve lost the count of his productions and remixes.
However, he built an oeuvre that is without a doubt of a high magnitude:
both quality and quantity-wise. Unfortunately, his busy DJ schedule puts
a limit on the time he would like to spend in his studio. Yet, he
strives for the balance that would satisfy his enormous artistic
appetite and potential. His devotion to his dreams and inspirations
drives him safely into the successful future.