Robin Hirte was born on the 11. October 1972 in Stuttgart as a son of opera singer, his brother is a successfull guitar player, his sister an opera singer and singer teacher. In the Age of 11 years he was at the disco party in the youth club of his city – He saw this and said: THAT’S MY THING ! 3 months later he was a member of their “disco group” and had his first gigs – very succesfully !

In the next years he was the Main DJ at all the parties and events (like private or scool) around his town. With 15 years he won a DJ-Contest from a dance scool and from then he played every saturday in the dance-scool-disco. With 16 years he helped a friend DJ who was ill and played one night in the legendary ROXY in Stuttgart – on a thursday, on a new wave evening – Depeche Mode, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb….

The Main DJ of the ROXY heard him and said: Do you wanna play with me on the Saturday? There he played mixed music, from Soul, Black, New Wave, Oldies, Neue Deutsche Welle… From this day on, Robin played every weekend in all the big clubs in Stuttgart like OZ, BOA, Perkins Park, Musicland, Nachtwerk.

In 1993 – it was the Summer of Trance – he found his Love to Techno and in the following years he had Residencies and Bookings in the biggest Clubs in Town: Skylab, Zenit, OZ, TOY, Ohm, Paris Club, Stomp, Nexus 6, Störung… He played 3 x at Love Parade Berlin, 4 x Street Parade Zürich, some Mayday-Afterhours and many more exclusive dates.

In 1998 he began to work in the studio and had 4 releases, but these were made with other producers in their studios – Robin took his time and began to learn to produce his own style. After a little break he came back in 2007 – no longer with turntables – just the notebook and his controller, that brings a revolutionary sound on the dance floors.

Read more: www.myspace.com/robinhirte

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Teggno Sessions airs every other Tuesday exclusively on the Techno Channel on www.DI.fm and the first hour of the show is always rebroadcasted on www.lanceblaise.com/podcast

Gazpacho sees Frank take a more minimal approach to his usual techno productions. With lots of percs, a whompy breathing bassline, and constant overall track rising, this track is great for introducing Frank Chiarello to the minimal genre.

Finally, Nettles is a great big room techno track. This one features all things techno. A big bassline, a big kick, lots of percs & rides, all of these together make this a big track for the summer!

TRACKLIST
1. Fubar (Original Mix)
2. Gazpacho (Original Mix)
3. Nettles (Original Mix)

Frank Chiarello releases his debut full EP, Fubar, with Teggno Records on the 2nd of July. Frank’s Fubar EP consists of three tracks; the title track Fubar, Gazpacho, and Nettles. Fubar is a nice dark and dirty techno track with a heavy bassline, nice percs, and constant heated background noise throughout!

Gazpacho sees Frank take a more minimal approach to his usual techno productions. With lots of percs, a whompy breathing bassline, and constant overall track rising, this track is great for introducing Frank Chiarello to the minimal genre.

Finally, Nettles is a great big room techno track. This one features all things techno. A big bassline, a big kick, lots of percs & rides, all of these together make this a big track for the summer!

TRACKLIST
1. Fubar (Original Mix)
2. Gazpacho (Original Mix)
3. Nettles (Original Mix)

SUPPORT FROM: Anderson Noise, Bodyscrub, Chris Rusu, Cytric, Dan Monoid, DJ Vibe, Eddie Halliwell, Frank Chiarello, Matt Minimal, Miniminds, Robin Hirte, Subfractal, Tom Hades, Tomy Declerque, Topspin, Worakls, & many more…!

Tracklist
1. Densando (Original Mix)
2. Nervo (Original Mix)

HiChis joined Teggno a few months ago when we signed a wicked minimal track of his to a various artists EP. Recently Chris played the Teggno WMC party, and we now present you with his first EP coming out on Teggno.

US based Chris Rusu is minimal techno influenced producer. Rusu has become a favorite young producer of Teggno owner, Lance Blaise, as well as gaining air play from industry leaders like Richie Hawtin, and many more

SUPPORT FROM: Richie Hawtin, Alex Delia, Alexander Madness, Anderson Noise, D-Unity, Dan Monoid, John B, Lance Blaise, Mark Mendes, Miniminds, Peter Bailey, Richard Dinsdale, The Junkies, Tom Hades, Tomy DeClerque, Tomy Declerque, & many more…!

Tracklist
1. I Everything (Original Mix)
2. The 5th Drink (Original Mix)
3. Konekt (Original Mix)
4. Affekted (Original Mix)

His track, ‘Faaktree’, recently came out on the Black Rock City album from Carl Cox and it peaked the Top 10 Techno Chart of Beatport.

As head of Teggno Records, Lance Blaise has been hard at work introducing (and re-introducing) America to some great talents. Now, Lance will be unleashing his monster artist album ‘Pretty Twisted’ exclusively through Beatport in April. The first single ‘Deep Pete’ climbed the charts of Beatport in techno and deep house, so it stands to reason that this album will be a welcome addition to the minimal/techno landscape.

SUPPORT FROM: Dubfire • Laurent Garnier • Davide Squillace • Alex Delia • Alexander Madness • Anderson Noise • Cari Lekebusch • Carlo Lio • Miniminds • Nicole Moudaber • Cristian Varela • Eddie Halliwell • Technasia • Tomy DeClerque • Nihil Young • Peter Bailey • Richard Dinsdale • Dimitri Nakov • F.Sonik • Anthony Attalla • Francesco Bonora • Robin Hirte • Roman Gertz • Subfractal • Tom Hades + MANY MORE!!

Track Descriptions (not for the faint of heart)

Careful Wit Dat Ax – Sounds of emperors (think Planet of the Apes), and creepy echoing synths are set over winding pulses of textured bass and drums.

Naked – When you’re mind has completely left this world, tracks like this are written. Vocals that are just wrong, but sometimes we all need to be disturbed.

Headbugs – What do you do when you havent moved from the studio chair in days, with visions of bugs among you and on a rampage? And what happens when the voices youre used to hearing so clearly start to mumble and make no more sense? Lance avoids certain involuntary commitment by writing this one.

Mi Pianooo – Not only can Lance play a creepy piano, but he can apparently sing the keys, or at least try.

Italo Bock – With love for his Italian heritage Lance let his inner techno guido shine. Maybe it was just too much Jersey Shore, but this track is a sick, reverb laden homage to his homeland.

Mai Tai Slaughter Bitch – Dark and minimal sounding, but still huge overall. A bigroom track with nuances that creep up you each time you hear it. This is what happens when you spend weeks locked in a room with only mai tais to drink and Japanese splatter flicks going in the background.

Beat Yir Bird – A big room tech sounding track with repetitive minimal percs driving and delayed. Lance adds the call of a bird, which he believes has been in his head for years.

Deep Pete (original) – Remembering his friend from college, Peter Rock, Lance felt in the creation of this album Pete was constantly standing behind him just as he did way back. Oddly enough, Lance isnt really sure if he ever had a real friend named Pete, but his influence on the track is without question. Creepy.

Technocaine – Is it about techno and drugs? Defo.

Forgotten – Hours and hours of music creation will surely drive you mad, what happens if everyone forgets about you? Lance may have lost in on this one.

Bobbis Steel Drum – Introducing new sounds and drive to Lances core of minimal elements, BSD adds a bit of jacking sound to his normal darkness.

Deep Pete (Lances Peter Goes Deeper Edit) - Not all things about Lance’s friend Peter were creepy, he had great hair and was a real charmer with the ladies, so in his (possibly imaginary) honor, something deeper was required.

UPCOMING SHOW SCHEDULE

UPCOMING SHOW SCHEDULE
MAR 16, 2010 Special Guest for the second hour – Frank Chiarello
MAR 2, 2010 Special Guest for the second hour – Anthony Attalla
FEB 16, 2010 Special Guest for the second hour – BenBen
FEB 2, 2010 Special Guest for the second hour – Adrew Technique
JAN 19, 2010 Special Guest for the second hour – Subfractal
JAN 5, 2010 Special Guest for the second hour – Rod B.
DEC 22, 2009 Special Guest for the second hour – Lucca
DEC 8, 2009 Special Guest for the second hour – F.Sonik
NOV. 24, 2009 Special Guest for the second hour – Tomy DeClerque

The new featured Teggno artist is Chris Rusu. Chis joined Teggno a few months ago when we signed a wicked minimal track of his to a various artists EP. Recently Chris played the Teggno WMC party, and he has a full EP coming out on Teggno in May.

US based Chris Rusu is minimal techno influenced producer. Rusu has become a favorite young producer of Teggno owner, Lance Blaise, as well as gaining air play from industry leaders like Richie Hawtin, Gabriel Ananda, Roman Gertz, Simone Tavazzi, Nihil Young, and more.

We took a few minutes to ask Chris Rusu some quick questions to let you know a little bit about him…

1. Tell us where you are from, and what is the music scene like there for EDM?
I’m from my hometown Madison WI, US. The music scene here is expanding and evolving. Projekt, a group in Milwaukee WI are bringing in some big names and great local artist which are shaking up the standard club scene here.

2. Describe your style of music…
Techno Minimal

3. What or who have been your biggest influences in your music?
Richie Hawtin has to be my main influence as well as the rest of the Minus crew. But Chris Liebing, Speedy J and Adam Beyer influenced me in my early years.

4. What are some future goals/aspirations for you as an artist or as a DJ?
Well as a DJ I would love to tour and explore new cultures and the different scenes around the world. As a artist it’s been a dream of mine to have 1 release with Minus

Be sure to keep an ear open for Chris’ release coming out in May on Teggno Records, and also keep your eye open for a lot of great things to come from Chris in the future!

This 3 track EP from Justin shows how he is developing as a producer. Justin takes a walk into the heavier and darker techno dimension with three great ones here. Enjoy these!

SUPPORT FROM: Dubfire, Richard Dinsdale, Louis Osbourne, Nihil Young, Anderson Noise, Lance Blaise, Dimitri Nakov, and more…

1. Justin James – Fundamentals (Original Mix)
2. Justin James – Deus Ex Machina (Original Mix)
3. Justin James – ReRoll (Original Mix)

BenBen’s album single, Blue Sofa was hit! This album is sure to follow suit. Eight tracks perfect to pull you out of those winter woes.

SUPPORT FROM: Dubfire, Alexander Madness, Andrew Technique, Miniminds, Anderson Noise, Lance Blaise, Carlo Lio, Cristian Varela, F.Sonik, Subfractal, and more…

1. Justin James – Fundamentals (Original Mix)
2. Justin James – Deus Ex Machina (Original Mix)
3. Justin James – ReRoll (Original Mix)