Bryan Zentz
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Biografía
- We've got that PMA.Bryan Zentz Biography: by Grumptronix Hailing from Virginia, home of hip hop mega-stars Timbaland, Missy Elliot, and The Neptunes, this former punk rock/b-boy enjoys the peace and quiet and the opportunity to concentrate on his own thing in an area withdrawn from any major dance music culture. This is reflected in Bryan's production and dj talents which are a breath of fresh air. At an early age Bryan was taken-in by the attitude and reckless freedom that hardcore/punk, graffiti art, hip-hop, and different forms of electronic music offered. With his background as a former sponsored skateboarder, he knows how to push boundaries, always wanting to know what was next and always looking ahead. From playing in bands and being surrounded by a strong musical family, his ears are fine-tuned when it comes to hearing an original sound. Bryan has been performing since the age of 16. He started off playing with bands influenced by DC area hardcore punk like Bad Brains and Minor Threat as well as the heavy politically charged crunch of Amebix, Crucifix and Discharge. Later he noticed the same release of aggression and wall of noise in hip hop. The production techniques of Marley Marl, Mantronix, The Bomb Squad for Public Enemy and the unmistakable sound of Eric B & Rakim, helped establish a source of inspiration. Early exposure to synth-based bands like Kraftwerk, and The Human League, paved the way for the more industrial side of Skinny Puppy, Cabaret Voltaire and Tackhead alongside the house and techno productions of Inner City, LFO, Fast Eddie, 808 State, Basic Channel, Underground Resistance, Robert Hood & Jeff Mills. His style is a combination of all these influences along with his own vision of the future. His DJing and live p.as have landed him headlining spots at Fabric (London), Womb (Tokyo), Twilo (New York), The Rex (Paris), I Love Techno, and The Detroit Electronic Music Festival among others. The labels which he has recorded for read like a Who's Who of techno music: from early output as Barada on Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva's Definitive label, Dave Angel's Rotation, Felix Da Housecat's Clashbackk as Stare5, dark electro as Bryan Never on Electrix, as well as Soma, Morris Audio, and many more. He has also completed full length albums for Carl Cox's label Intec and Definitive/Virgin as well as remixing Ken Ishii, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Mazi, and Onionz among others. In 2004 Bryan started his own record label Disruptor. A sonic blend of Detroit, Jamaica, and New York, Disruptor is a techno label encompassing many of Bryan's influences and interests such as dub reggae, street art, and the hardcore/punk aesthetic. Since then, Bryan has relocated to Portland Oregon where he rides his bicycle, eats vegan donuts, holds two DJ residencies and has recorded several eps for Circle Music, Morris Audio, CMYK Musik and Plus8.̸Bryan Zentz Discography 1994-present: ALMA SOUL MUSIC (SPAIN) 1) Bryan Zentz & Javier Orduña: "Unlawful Assembly" Asm050 AMAM (ITALY): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Sycamore Trax" Amam09 BITTEN (HOLLAND): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Bushido (Remixes)" Bitt08 BUSH/TEST (UK): 1) Bryan Zentz: presents "Guttertrax Vol-1" Bush1031 2) Bryan Zentz: presents "Guttertrax Vol-2" Bush1033 3) Bryan Zentz: "Mtrsklz Collection" Bush1043 4) Bryan Zentz: "Transit One" Test2011 5) Bryan Zentz: "Equal" Bush CATALYST (USA): 1) Barada: "Baradatrax4" Cat216 CIRCLE RECORDINGS (GERMANY) 1) Stare5: "Sew The Sky Shut" CIrcle10 CLASHBACKK (USA): 1) Stare5: "Bloodloops ep" Clash004 2) Stare5: "Datakill ep" Clash009 COMMUNIQUE/SOUNDS/COUNTRY WESTERN (USA): 1) BoomBox: "Breathe" S12 2) BoomBox: "The D-Cell Lowdown" CW002 CMYK MUSIK (SPAIN): 1) Stare5: "Blanco Esqueleto" CMYK15 DEFINITIVE RECORDINGS/+8 (CANADA): 1) Barada: "Glue" Def18 2) Barada: "Baradatrax 1&2" 2x12 Def21 3) Barada: "Baradatrax3" Def23 4) Barada vs. Omegaman: "Barbies Theme" Def31 (w Boomer Reynolds) 5) Barada: "Arm Your Frequency" Def49 6) Barada: "Strategies For a Deeper Design" (Vinyl Version) 2x12lp Def53 DISRUPTOR (USA): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Digital Unrest" DISRUPT0401 2) Bryan Zentz: "May Your Blade Chip and Shatter" DISRUPT0402 3) Bryan Zentz: "Equation Steppers" DISRUPT0403 4) Bryan Zentz: "Disruptor Versions1 (Joel Mull & Mazi remixes" DISRUPT0501 5) Bryan Zentz: "Words Are Bullets" DISRUPT0601 DUST TRAXX/HIGH OCTANE (USA): 1) Bryan Zentz "Dirtboxx" Hor003 TORTURED/ELECTRIX (UK): 1) Bryan Never: "The Further Abductions of Bryan Never" ETRX6 2) Grudge: "Grudge Two" TBA EXPERIMENTAL (USA): 1) Cyan: "Peacekeeper" EX28 2) The Blue Dot Technique: Ex32 (w Jack D Elliot) 3) Cyan: "Starkness" EX33 GOURMET RECORDINGS (USA): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Recontrol" Gour001 IMPORTANT/IMPORTANT EXTRACTS (GERMANY) 1) Never: "Singe" IMP016 2) Surface: "Acheron" IMX005 INTEC (UK): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Skufftones 1.0" In-Tec6 2) Bryan Zentz: "Watch The Sun" In-Tec12 3) Bryan Zentz: "Joplin" In-Tec15 4) Bryan Zentz: "D-Clash" Intec19 (w Slam remix) 5) Bryan Zentz: "Seven Breaths" Inteclp01/CD02 6) Bryan Zentz: "Redfield" (Electric Gender RMX) JERICHO (UK): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Loving Them is Dangerous, Hating Them is Futile" JEL9 2) Bryan Zentz: " Indulge " JEL19 LOW PRESSINGS (UK): 1) Barada: "Let Me Go" LPLTD12 2) Barada: "Detente" LPTD19 MINUS (CAN/GERMANY): Bryan Zentz: "Psychic Symmetry" MINUSmin15 MORRIS AUDIO (SWITZERLAND): 1) The Forlorn: "Curses Upon Curses" 2) Barada: "Renew Your Circuits" MA54 PLACKTOWN SOUNDS (SWEDEN): 1) Barada: "Music For High Maintenance Robots" PTS019 PLUS8 (CAN/GERMANY): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Midnight Teeth" Plus8105 2) Bryan Zentz "D-Clash (Matador Remix) PRIMATE RECORDINGS (UK): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Kingdom of The Selfish" 2x12 PRMT040 2) Bryan Zentz: "The Crawl ep" PRMT054 PSYCHOACTIVE (USA): 1) Never: "Experiments in Sleep Deprivation" PSYCH3 2) Bryan Never: "Darkrooms" PAE008 ROTATION RECORDS (UK): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Ethics & Practice" ROT99017 2) Bryan Zentz: "All Terrain Versions" ROT0126 SOMA (SCOTLAND): 1) Faculty X: "Airports & Hospitals" STRIVE (SWEDEN): 1) Barada: "Baradatrax5" STR08 SUPERBRA (SWITZERLAND): 1) Bryan Zentz: "The Art of Speculation" SUPER5 2) Masters of Static: "Strictly Physical ep" SUPER13 (with Aaron Nesbit) 3) Faculty X: "Otherworld" SUPER30 THOUGHTLESS MUSIC (CAN/GER) 1) Stare5 feat Bryan Zentz: "The Sprawl" TRONIC MUSIC (SWEDEN): 1) Bryan Zentz: "Medicine Drum" TR06 2) Bryan Zentz: "Speaking in Numbers" TR11 VIRGIN RECORDS (CANADA): 1) Barada: "Strategies for a Deeper Design (CD version) ZOZAN (UK): 1) Faculty X: "Citizen" Zozan4 2) Faculty X: "What youve always known" remixes (Jori Hulkkonen, C1, Cherry Bomb)" Zozan5 ZYNC (SWEDEN): 1) Grudge: "Grudge One" Zync15 MIX CDs: 1) Bryan Zentz: "Bryan Zentz on Monoid" Monoid COLLABORATION: 1) Ken Ishii feat Bryan Zentz: "Perfect Memory" 70 Drums REMIXES: 1) Andy Roberts: "Getdown" Definitive 2) Hatatomic: "Cantina Song" Definitive 3) Tranquil Elephantizer: "Zombie Dawn" Definitive 4) Watura Kishada: "Untouched" Bush 5) Basketball Heroes: "DR J" Communique 6) Modal: "Slender & Tender" Sounds 7) Freddy Fresh: "Rockin" Sensuist 8) Christian Smith & John Phillipe: "Goldrush" Tronic 9) Omegaman: "EverbodyLoves" Out Of the Box 10) Chris Hall: "Servo" Servo 11) Tim Baker: "Soul Provider" Elephanthaus 12) Hardcell: "Female Voice" Zync 13) Galactica: "Neverend" Tronic 14) Sunkissed: "Roundtrip" Future Groove 15) 2B: "Trust Ur Reciever" Special Needs 16) Cox and Wink: "Its The Machines" In-Tec *(unreleased) 17) Kenneth Graham: "Carrier Waves" Spectral 18) Chris McCormack: "Sea Level" Materials 19) Maybe and Her Boneless Sisters: "Dirty Minds" Zozan 20) Sheeno: "2X2" Substance 21) Multi Purpose: "Shake Well" Jump *(unreleased) 22) Andrew McClaughlin: "Love Story" Bush 23) Marco Bailey: "Challenger" MB Electronics 24) Ivan Komlinovic: "Silver Strawberry" Eskape 25) Robin Porter: "Intoxicated" Immigrant 26) Tim Xavier: "Scandalous Endevour" Techno Mafia 27) Jordan Vesteyo & Sneaky Pete: "Valentino Revenge" BluntedFunk 28) Jevne Miller: "You Savages" 130 29) Subsdance: "Sway" Elephanthaus 30) My Life With the Thril KIll Kult: "Waiting For Mommy" Red Ant 31) Ken Ishii: "Presto" Exceptional 32) Mazi & Joshua Collins: "Basic Analog" Gournet 33) Onionz: "Woman of the Sun" OM 34) Kevin Saunderson/E-Dancer: "Behold" KMS *(unreleased) 35) Retronouveau: "V2" Cray1Labworks 36) Aaron Nesbit: "The Give and Take Method" From 0-1 37) Josh Surma: "Goose Egg" Klektik 38) m.O: "Supermental" From 0-1 39) Rico Casazza: " (Murky Waters Mix) Slant 40) Clubroot: "Dulcet (Dirges mix)" Lo-Dubs 41) Heron: "Revolt (Blaq Bloq mix)" Limikola 42) Jason Dunlap and Reese : "SMOS (Cascadian Seance Mix)" HEJ 43) Onionz: "Burnt" Electric Soul 44) Karate Club: "Cockroach (Infested Mix)" Girafe Sauvage EXCLUSIVE COMPILATION TRAX: 1) Cyan: "Doorways" (Mind EXpansions) EXperimental 2) Barada: "Swivel" (Acid House For All) Definitive 3) Barada: "5'o clock dilemma" (House For All2) Definitive 4) Bryan Zentz: "Regulator" (High Octane) High Octane 5) Barada: "Death of a Robot part1" (Sampler) Catalyst 6) Bryan Zentz: "Geneva" (?) Placktown Sounds 7) Bryan Zentz: "Motorkatt" (International ep2) In-Tec 8) Bryan Zentz: "Guarded Eternal" (T-4 project) Azure 9) Bryan Never: "Friends among Ghosts" (Deck Sharks5) Speaker Attack 10) Bryan Zentz & Barada: "Opaque", "Ravish" (Made on Earth) Bush 11) Bryan Zentz: "Heated" Omegaritm 12) Grudge: "Pneumonia" Seismic 13) Ghost In the Shell/ Innocence Tribute1: "Interfaced" Victor/JVC 14) Ghost In the Shell/ Innocence Tribute2: "Floating Point" Victor/JVC 15) Stare5: "-1" Net 28 compilation 16) Bryan Zentz: "Pragmatics" World Of Circle 17) Lets Go Outside + Bryan Zentz: "Hethradia" (Various Artists) From 0-1 18) Bryan Zentz: "10th Mudra" TIme Has Changed Loves Summertime Compilation SELECTED MIX CD APPEARANCES: 1) Carl Cox: "Mixed Live 1&2" Moonshine 2) John Kelley: "High Desert Sound System2" Moonshine 3) Justin Robertson: "Bugged Out" Virgin 4) Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva "X-mix3 (Video, CD & Vinyl)" K-7 5) Felix Da Housekatt: "Clashbackk Compilation Mix" Cold Front 6) Dave Mothersole: "Techhouse Phenomenon2" Eukahouse 7) Umek: "Monoid" Monoid 8) Angel Alanis: "Accelerated Motion" MCM 9) Josh Wink: "Profound Sounds2" Ovum 10) Dave Angel: "01" Trust the DJ 11) Tiga: "Mixed Emotions" Turbo 12) Lawrence Burden: "Detroit Calling" 430 West 13) DJ Dan: "In Stereo" Moonshine 14) Carl Cox: "FACT3" Jive 15) Robert Hood: "Caught In The Act" Logistics 16) Misstress Barbara: "Relentless Beats2" Moonshine 17) Carl Cox: "Global" London/Warner Brothers 18) Oliver Ho: "?" Resistance 19) Kevin Saunderson: "KS02 + KS03" Trust The DJ 20) Slam: Fabric 21) Adam Beyer: DJ Sets 22) Ken Ishii: Play Pause and Play 23) Danny Howells: Global Underground Miami
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