Real name: Shay Raban
Monikers: Animaltek, B.R.A.Z.I.L, Sonecule, DJ Earthian
Basic info:
Born in 1977 in the city of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, wich used to be part of USSR. At the age of 14 moved to Israel, in the year 2000 moved to NYC.
Real name: Shay Raban
Monikers: Animaltek, B.R.A.Z.I.L, Sonecule, DJ Earthian
Basic info:
Born in 1977 in the city of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, wich used to be part of USSR. At the age of 14 moved to Israel, in the year 2000 moved to NYC.
Musical background:
Self taught guitar player with background in rock, jazz and instrumental music, DJ'ing since 1998, producing electronic music since 2002.
Press/Radio/TV:
Featured in 'New York Times' article about young Israeli artists living in NYC.
Featured in 'Novoye Russkoe Slovo' article and interview about Omnitribe collective and Omnidance festival 2003.
Featured in 'Rolling Stone' russia in an article about the band Discrete Encounter, with wich was collaborating and perfoming.
Several guest shows on WERS, Emmerson college radio in Boston, 2003-6
Guest show on 'eccentric beats' online radio.
Perfomed on 'New Yorker' TV show on channel 25, local NYC station, as a part of DE band.
Highlight gigs:
Limelight club (NYC)
Joes Pub (NYC)
Sullivan Room (NYC)
Pacha (NYC)
Shelter (NYC)
Exit (NYC)
The Frying Pan (NYC)
Omnidance Festival (Echolake, upstate NY)
Soma club (Boulder, CO)
Deerfields (Ashville, NC)
Gaian Mind Festival (PA)
The Vault (NYC)
Moda (Chicago)
Diesel (Detroit)
Europa (Lisbon)
Odonien(Cologne)
Juno(London)
'Limud' Festival (Israel/Ashkelon)
Dirty Deal Cafe (Riga)
Trash Bar (Moscow)
Elipamanoke (Leipzig)
Raduga club (Chelyabinsk,RU)
Orfei club (Smolensk, RU)
Music released on:
Treibstoff, Wir, Living Rec, Resopal, Polarlight Recordings, Thoughtless, Iboga Records
Support from:
J. Digweed, Sasha, DJ Hell, Mathias Schafhauser, Kiss 100 fm, A.Pappa, G. Ananda, Marcel Janovsky, Laurent Garnier
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Animaltek releases
ep's:
Innocent robot (12") Treibstoff
Karmik loops (12") WIR
Bombom ep (4xfile, mp3, ep) Resopal Schallware
Ferocia anima (12") Treibstoff
Oh seven (12") WIR
Aspiree (cd, ep) Elektrotribe
Mountain mermaid (12") Living Records
Samurai (12", mp3) Neopren
Disko Kats (cd, maxi) Elektrotribe
Extatix (file, mp3) Wolf Music
Pasdue (file, mp3) Flow Records
tracks appear on:
10 years Treibstoff The Compilation (cd) Treibstoff
Electronic Washroom vol 2 (mp3) Insectorama
"moments" mixed by A.Pappa (cd) High Note records
Thoughtless Times Vol 2 (mp3) Thoughtless Music
Tsugi Sampler 010 (cd) Tsugi Sampler
Tech My House 3 (cd, mp3) Elektrotribe
New York VA (mp3) Nomados Urbanos
remixes:
Antix - Bhd (Animaltek remix) (mp3) Iboga
Lado - Retro Robot (Animaltek remix) (mp3) Front Digital
Meesha - Daat (Animaltek remix) (mp3) Thoughtless Music
DJ Earthian - Nibbled (Animaltek remix) (mp3) Zaubermilch
DJ Earthian releases
ep's
Te-nos (mp3) Living
Nibbled (mp3) Zaubermilch
tracks appear on:
Auditoria VA (mp3) Biatch Corp
remixes:
DE - I will be (DJ Earthian remix) (cd) Polarlight Records