
TECHSOUND (collective, events and booking agency, record label and studio, graphic design, visual production).
After 3 years making parties, Techsound was finally founded in 1.999 in Bogotá, Colombia by Luis Vargas aka Sonico as an electronic arts collective.
Conform by promoters, djs, music-video producers and graphic designers, it was created fundamentally to: - promote, support and stimulate its members and through them support national scene worlwide-.
TS is considered one of the most important independent techno crews in their country and Latin America. They been involved for the last decade in the development process for a solid scene in this area. Their mission started from scratch making parties and playing underground music for the passion of just doing it and to the date they stay the same way.
Techsound is the result of more than 12 years promoting electronic music in Colombia.
It is organized in 5 divisions:
-TS collective: the artists that represent and work towards TS. This crew is conform by promoters, djs, graphic designers, music and video producers, they are: Sonico, Bluekim, Blanali, Vj Triana and Jairo Vargas.
-TS Bookings and Events: division responsible for making events and bookings since 1999 through Luis Vargas and Jairo Vargas.
TS have made several parties promoting djs, producers, artists and live performers, but most of all, they have taken their audiovisual concept to many places in and outside the country through his members and the artists they represent at their roster and label.
There are more than 100 events that TS is responsible for, from temporal residences at clubs to after hours and raves at several venues in and outside the country and more than 50 artists from all around the world booked for SouthAmerica in the past specially in Colombia.
Some of their most known events are: Reconexion, Hardcodelia, Boycott, Trip, Techno Fly, Bunker, ElectroPaz, Clan Destino and Electrocinderellas in wich they have featured:
Ade Fenton,Adriana Lopez,Afternoon Coffee Boys,Agent Orange,Allan Banford,Allan Sommerville,Andre Frauenstein,Bea Lanagram,Ben Long,Ben Sims,Buchecha,Camea,Caval,Cristian Varela,Daniel Gloomy,D.A.V.E. The Drummer,Derek Marin,Destro, Dj 7,Dj Dan,Felixmix,Gaiser,Heartthrob,Jamie Bissmire,Joris Voorn, J7XI,Konix,Krakindub,Marco Bailey,MarcoNastic,Nimitz,Noloop,Oliver Ho,Oliver Klingenberg,Oscar Babani,Patrik Skoog,Pol Cahn,Prozac,Reyt,Round Eye,Skimfish,Space Djz,Sunka,Supersilverhese,Takaaki Itoh,Tim Xavier,Tony Rohr,Tom Hades,
Tonio,Umek,Valentino Kanzyani,Yann Keller..
Since 2006 TS Bookings got official for management in LatinAmerica representing 26 artists till the date:
ABSOMPH aka CHARLES TOX (FR)
ADE FENTON (UK)
ADRIANA LOPEZ (CO, ES)
ALEX PI (NL)
ANDRE FRAUENSTEIN (SA)
BEN LONG (UK)
BLANALI (CO)
BLUEKIM (CO)
COLINE (AU)
DAN PHYSICS (USA)
DAVE THE DRUMMER (UK)
FAKTOR M (CO, ES)
IGNITION TECHNICIAN (UK)
JAMIE BISSMIRE (UK)
KAMIKAZE (CA)
KRAKINDUB (ARG, FR)
KRISCHMANN N KLINGENBERG (GER)
MAGDALENA (COL)
MANU KENTON (FR)
NIMITZ (BR)
PAUL LANGLEY (UK)
SEBASS (CO)
SONICO (CO)
SPACE DJZ (UK)
SUNKA (FR)
Vj TRIANA (CO)
please check our bookings website www.myspace.com/techsoundbookings
Our ideology for the events and the agency is simple: -is based on friendship, talent, feeling and respect between members. We dont want to represent or bring pretentious persons. Is a family constructed towards love for the music and the scene with honest passionate people.
-TS Records and Studio: in charge of Luis Vargas aka Sonico, is where audio production and difusion is done. There are 3 different techno styles series (White, Extra, Black) at the label and more than 15 artist supporting it worlwide until now. TS records is on vynil and also on digital netlabel at
www.beatport.com/label/techsound
and
www.junodownload.com/techsound
If you are interested in our label and want to show us your music, please write and send tracks to sonicodj@hotmail.com
-Missy Fu Grafix : TS image, flyers, and web design managed by Laura Martínez aka Bluekim.
-TS Visual: video, edition and visual production managed by Guillermo Triana aka Vj Triana.