Saturday, June 27^th  2009

Kozzmozz  @ Concert-hall : Vooruit, Gent : 2 rooms ! 

Line up :

Kozmozz main room

Robert Hood (Music Man, M-Plant, Axis rec, Detroit)

Marcel Dettmann (Ostgut Tonträger, MD rec, Berghain, Berlin)

Pacou LIVE (Tresor, Cache Rec, Berlin)

Kr!z (Token rec, Kozzmozz, BXL)

Will O’Brien (Sub-scape, Antwerp)

Ultra Room

Spacid (Ultra, Bol, Ghent)

Franco Cangelli (Mowar, Persistencebit, 7th Sign Rec, Ghent)

Fader ( Curle Rec, BXL)

YTC (Poppunt.be, Vi.be)

Price :   Pre-sale  :  13,50€  ;  Door : 16,00 €

Doors :  23h.

More info :   www.kozzmozz.com

                  www.nl.netlog.com/kozzmozz

                  www.myspace.com/kozzmozz

Artist-info :

Robert Hood

http://www.myspace.com/hoodrob

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hood

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Robert+Hood

Marcel Dettmann

http://www.myspace.com/marceldettmann

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marcel+Dettmann

Pacou LIVE

http://www.pacou.com

http://www.myspace.com/pacou

http://pacou1.blogspot.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacou

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pacou

Kr!z

http://www.myspace.com/kriz_space

http://www.tokenrecords.com

Will O'Brien

http://www.sub-scape.com

http://www.myspace.com/mysubscape

Spacid

http://www.myspace.com/djspacid

http://www.spacid.be 

Fader

http://www.curle.be

http://www.myspace.com/doffice

Franco Cangelli

http://www.mowar.be

http://www.myspace.com/askonceagain

http://www.myspace.com/mowar

YTC

http://www.vi.be

http://www.poppunt.be

Concept :

For the summer edition of Kozzmozz we have invited some special guests again and we can guarantee you, it’s going to be one hell of a party again also!

Our first international star is Robert Hood also known as a founding member of the legendary collective Underground Resistance. With his latest album ‘Wire to wire’ he takes us to another level of musicality and sophistication within the world of electronic music. His latest project ‘Hoodmusic’ on Music Man Records brings a unique style of minimal techno back to the forefront and are singles leading up to an album. Around the time of this party a special ‘white vinyl’ version of the classic: “Minimal Nation” featuring unreleased music from the original recording sessions will also announce the re-birth of his own label M-Plant.

As second international guest we welcome Marcel Dettmann. He is resident of the famous and well-known German techno club, Berghain in Berlin for whom he also mixed their second compilation. Next to remixes for the likes of Ellen Allien, he also started his own label Marcel Dettmann Records on which he has released several of his own productions and some remixes. Marcel Dettmann is definitely on his way to the top with his exciting and refreshing look on current techno.  

To end our international line-up we’ve invited a fellow countryman from Germany, Pacou. His main release was the experimental techno style LP "No computer involved" on Tresor. The newest project of Pacou is the vinyl label "Cache Records" on which he has steadily been bringing out records since 2005 with the latest one being the popular ‘Tangent’ release. He recently also named one of his tracks on the Special Operations EP on the Mental Disorder label ‘Kozzmozz’ so it was impossible to resist booking him again.

They are joined by Will O’Brien from Sub-Scape, a high quality techno concept in Café Capital in Antwerp, and our resident Kr!z who’s going strong with his label Token Records. Kr!z has been taking Token on the road with Token label nights in Shangai, London, Berlin, Rotterdam, … He has released 11 records in less then two years from artists such as Inigo Kennedy, Phase, Radial, Dimitri Andreas, Oscar Mulero and more.

For those who like their techno sounds in the style of Dettmann, we have added the Ultra concept to the festivities again. They will be brought to you by the better Belgian dj’s as well as a young talent. If you want to play in the Ultra room at Kozzmozz, post your demo’s on www.vi.be from Poppunt before June 7th.

Our resident Spacid will bring his collection of minimal records and as you know, when he’s behind the decks, all hands will go up in the air!  Franco Cangelli will also play in his hometown and has released records on labels such as ToysforBoys, Sushitech, Seventh Sign, … whilst also running the Aesthetik and Nowar labels with Akî and his own techno label Mowar.

Fader who works at NEWS takes care of labels such as Music man and Eskimo. It’s also the place from where he runs his own label Curle Recordings of which several tracks have been compiled by Sven Väth & Richie Hawtin. Perfect for the Ultra room we thought!

The artists:

Kozmozz main room

Robert Hood (MusicDe man, M-Plant, Axis rec, Detroit)

Robert Hood needs little introduction. Founding member of the legendary group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister Of Information' with ‘Mad’ Mike Banks & Jeff Mills, his seminal works on Jeff Mill's Axis and his very own M-Plant imprint paved the way for a wave of stripped-down dancefloor minimalism that directed much of techno's path throughout the late Nineties. As Birmingham's Surgeon once remarked, 'When Hood released his pivotal 'Minimal Nation' EP in 1993, it was like a bomb went off.'

Robert Hood makes minimal Detroit techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation over flash and popularity. Having recorded for Metroplex, as well as the Austrian Cheap label and Jeff Mills' Axis label, Hood also owns and operates the M-Plant imprint, through which he's released the bulk of his solo material.

As part of the original UR line up whose influential releases throughout the early and mid '90s helped change the face of modern Detroit techno and sparked a creative renaissance. Infusing elements of acid and industrial into a potent blend of Chicago house and Detroit techno, UR's aesthetic project and militant business philosophy were (and remain) singular commitments in underground techno. Hood left Detroit (and UR) with Jeff Mills in 1992, setting up shop in New York and recording a series of 12-inch Eps. He began to concentrate on his own production 'Vision EP', the 'Riot EP' and X-103 were big stepping-stones for him as they were the first releases he worked 100% on his own. The X-101 to X-102, were Waveform Transmission projects with Mills for Tresor. He slowly progressed to work more and more on his own, but collaberated on some of the first Axis releases with label owner Jeff Mills as H&M (Hood & Mills) with ‘Tranquilizer EP’ and ‘Drama’.

He soon decided it was time for him to start his own label to focus on what was in his soul musically and set up M-Plant in 1994 releasing singles such as "Internal Empire", “The Protein Valve”,"Music Data," and "Moveable Parts. "M-Plant is what I've always wanted to hear: the basic stripped down, raw sound. Just drums, basslines and funky grooves and only what's essential. Only what is essential to make people move. I started to look at it as a science, the art of making people move their butts, speaking to their heart, mind and soul. “It's a heart-felt rhythmic techno sound. M-Plant is just M. minimal."

Although his desire to remain underground has been replaced by an urge to reach a wider audience, Hood remains fiercely critical of artistic and economic movements destructive to inner-city communities and has combined his musical enterprises with outreach and social activist ends. With this in mind the seminal ‘Nighttime World Pt.1’ in 1995 and ‘Nighttime World Pt.2’ in 2000 incorporating Jazz, Soul, Hip Hop as well as Techno and House.

His debut Peacefrog album 'Point Blank' took Hood's hypnotic minimalism to entirely new depths and territories, whilst his last album 'Wire To Wire' takes his productions onto new levels of musicality and sophistication within the world of electronic music.

Most recently he embarked on a new project with Music Man records (Belgium) titled “HoodMusic”, bringing his unique style of minimal techno back to the forefront of what is going on in the music scenes today. These are a series of singles leading up to an album. Next to that he will also be re-launching his own M-Plant label with the first release being an exclusive white label of the classic ‘Minimal Nation’, out on June 15 ^th.  

Marcel Dettmann (Ostgut Tonträger, MD rec, Berghain, Berlin)

Marcel Dettmann is one of the supporting pillars of the Berghain sound: Powerful, sexy and knowing in the right sense. One could also say he knows his edutainment. Since 1999 Marcel is and has been a steady fixture at both the old OstGut and the new Berghain.

The classic sounds of Chicago and Detroit have had a huge influence on him, but Marcel also says that “the music and the sets have to work, should have a soul and be ignorant of boundaries. I re-invent my dj philosophy for every new set, location and night. Generally, it is very important to me to play sets as varied as possible , fusing classic tracks with the contemporary ones”.

Besides his dj activities, Marcel also works at Berlin’s highly influential record store Hard Wax. The store’s excellent musical portfolio provides Dettmann with a constant inspiration for his upcoming projects. “Dawning/Dead Man Watches The Clock” on the label OstGut Ton is his first ever released record. It has gotten excellent feedback and was charted in Groove Magazine’s Top50 at number 2.

Dettmann started to produce and release tracks and remixes in 2006. Beside Ostgut Ton he runs his own label MDR on which he released some of his own tracks. In 2008 he mixed the ‘Berghain compilation 02’ with a rich and dark palette of sounds. He connects lost Detroit and Chicago classics like Strands “Zephyr”, Kevin Saundersons “Just Want Another Chance”, Deetron “Let’s get over it”, Planetary Assault Systems “Kat” and Risqué Rythum Teams “The Jacking Zone” with timeless, recent grooves taking on the rough, sketchy and dark energy of the old tracks. He also remixes for artists like Ellen Allien and labels like Rekids.

Pacou LIVE (Tresor, Cache Rec, Berlin)

Pacou started spinning in 1993 when he bought his first music equipment. Three years later, he produced, and then released his first records under the names "Agent Cooper" (on the label "Raw Music") and "Pacou" (on Tresor Records). Soon after, Tresor also released Pacou’s first long-play album "Symbolic Language", and he became a resident DJ at the club.

The year 1998 marked a substantial progress in both the DJ and production aspects of his work. He started playing DJ sets around Europe, Japan and Australia, and changed over to being a full-time musician and DJ. His main release at that time was the experimental techno style LP "No computer involved" on Tresor. In September 1998 Pacou also founded his first own label "LL Records", on which he released some of his own material and that of some friends. Remixes for Ben Sims and Access 58 from UK were also done at the time.

Another LP format "State of mind" was released in March 2000, followed by vinyl singles on the famous Dutch label Djax-Up-Beats. Tour dates again ranged from Brasil to Australia. Musical projects for 2001 included releases on the German "Konsequent" imprint, "Music Man" and "Djax" record labels.

New plans for 2003 included continued work on the Music Man label series "Rio Sketches", and starting a new Livemusic / performance project "Autofokus Music", which released 3 vinyl singles in 2004/ 05. Tresor released another single "Last Man Standing" in February 2004 and a whole album "The Berlin Sessions" produced with Juan Atkins in 2005.

His latest project is the vinyl label "Cache Records". It was started in May 2005, October 2008 saw the 11th release. So far Pacou played in more than 20 countries, and so the story will continue... spreading the good vibe.

Kr!z (Token rec, Kozzmozz, BXL)

Kr!z's  story with electronic music started after walking the many genres of music. He didn’t need much time to feel the heat of the vibe as it was a mere comparison between his heartbeat and the one of energetic techno.

He earned spots on some main events in Belgium: he got invited by Kozzmozz (7 ^th, 10th and 11^th anniversary) & Fuse, where he still plays on regular basis. A demo of this solid pumping techno sound was picked up by the national radio show ‘Switch’ whom offered him a spot in the new talents room of I Love Techno. His dj-schedule gets him all around Belgium, with gigs across the borders of France and Netherlands and as far as Shangaï.

With his own label Token and a first release by Inigo Kennedy in March 2007, which received positive feedback from over the whole wide world, is strengthening his position in the techno scene even more. In May 2007 "Chain Reaction" by Sub Space (aka Julien & Gonzague) was released on Token. Tracks by Wax and Radial (Jeroen Liebregts and Laurens van der Starre from Holland) and Phase, Inigo Kennedy, Dimitri Andreas and Oscar Mulero.  

And now just released is Tokenspec1x - Phase – Morodem remixes – includes Ben Sims remixes. The original Tokenspec1 was one of THE techno records last year and sold out in a week. As there still is a lot of demand for this timeless track, Token decided to release the original mix, which wasn't included on the red vinyl, together with 2 fresh remixes by Theory-boss and notorious 3 decks-wizard Ben Sims. All 3 goodies are pressed on a nice blue marbled vinyl.

Will O’Brien (Sub-scape, Antwerp)

Will O’Brien is a dj from Antwerp with roots from Ireland. He is one of the founders and resident dj. of Sub-Scape, a high quality club night in Café Capital.

The famous Sub-Scape  parties are known for their perfect musical combinations of UK rave, Detroit techno, electro, acid, house, idm and minimal. Some of their international guests include Carl Craig, Fabrice Lig, Steve Rachmad, Dan Curtin,… 

Ultra Room

Spacid (Retro acid, Ultra, Ghent)

Together with some friends, Spacid organised his first party in 1992, which turned out to be a big success. After a few parties in the club Carioca, he was involved in setting up the club Cirao in Waregem Belgium. He was 17 then. The club was short-lived but is still remembered as one the legendary and trendsetting clubs in Belgium.

1994 saw the founding of Funky Green Aliens, a party organisation and booking agency concentrating on promoting groundbreaking music & arts and introducing international artists to the Belgian scene. These parties, mostly illegal, were very successful and still to this day represent the true roots of Spacid's dj career.

By 1997 he was propelled to slots at the biggest clubs and parties in Belgium and abroad, such as Dance Valley, Ten Days Off and Kozzmozz. His name started popping up in all major Belgian clubs and events and today he is resident at various important party concepts such as Body To Body at the famous Culture Club, Beats Of Love, Elektron, Retro Acid, Ultra ..

Apart from a busy dj schedule in Belgium he regularly plays abroad. Just have a look at line-ups of parties, festivals and clubs in France, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Poland and Malta. e manned the decks in British clubs and parties like Club Trash, Herbal, The Key, House of God, Downtownsounds, Human Zoo, Death disco and played in about every major Dutch club such as Paradiso, Club 013, Melkweg, Effenaar, Doornroosje. He was even invited at the Berlin Weekend club and Paris's 'Respect is Burning'.

A real ambassador of the vibrant club scene, both his quest for innovation and his reverence for the past transpire in his work as a dj. Spacid's sets are fuelled by an underlying thought process aimed at providing party people a good time and at the same time opening up music that is less evident to a larger public.

Here he will bring an upfront minimal set.

Franco Cangelli (Mowar, Persistencebit, 7th Sign Rec, Ghent)

Franco Cangelli stands for an uncompromising quality punch, spiked with motor-city soulfulness and Chicago jack while still gently pushing the envelope. Feel free to call his music deep techno, Detroit techno, deep house… he doesn’t really care about monikers anyway.

Hailing from Gent Belgium, he made his debut with the successful 2005 release Spectre on Belgian imprint Toys For Boys. Since then he went on to release on various labels such as Sushitech, Aesthetik, Seventh Sign, Persistencebit and his own imprint Mowar.