Techno DJ from Berlin
If you want to trace the beginnings of DJ Pete's status in Techno culture, you have to go back a very long way. He emerged as a DJ in the pioneering days of the Berlin scene during the late 80s and joined Hard Wax in 1991.
As a producer he made his name with the first release on Chain Reaction in 1995, a sub-label of the Basic Channel imprint, together with René Löwe aka Vainqueur as Scion. Scion also released the first commercially available CD ever produced with the then newly developed software Ableton Live in 2002 and later continued their collaboration as Substance & Vainqueur on the label Scion Versions. Substance, the acclaimed alias DJ Pete uses for his own productions has a back catalogue of highly influential solo efforts and an impressive string of acclaimed remixes for pivotal Techno artists like Juan Atkins, Regis, Kessell, Orphx, Robert Hood, Rhythm & Sound, Monolake or Shed, among many others.
DJ Pete earned similar respect behind the decks, combining highly individual yet refined mixing skills with both his vast encyclopedic knowledge of Techno history and an unquenchable thirst for new sounds that carry the potential to push all boundaries. Beyond that his energetic sets also incorporate elements of pure Techno, the Hard Wax tradition and powerful House tracks. His seemingly unlimited scope is informed by frequent Dynamic Tension nights at Tresor in the late 90s with Surgeon and his residency at Berghain since its opening, as well as countless successful gigs at the most crucial nights of the scene's international circuit. He is also known to merge Techno with Dubstep and selecting Reggae, particularly while working the mighty Killasan sound system as core DJ member of the seminal Wax Treatment events.
DJ Pete's lauded signature style also benefits from his numerous experiences as part of the cherished live acts TR-101 (an improvisational live act in collaboration with Sleeparchive), Scion (either with or without vocalist Paul St. Hilaire), and gigs with many other likeminded DJ innovators. A typical DJ Pete performance is always delivering an array of programming, sequencing, layering and live effects that goes well beyond a mere presentation of tracks. True to Techno's original claim, innovations in sound and technology are intuitively employed to achieve a floor sensation that manages to involve the crowd on as many levels as possible.
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DJ PETE / SUBSTANCE / SCION - DISCOGRAPHY
1993 Tyros - Antares – Mayday Compilation III (with René Löwe)
1995 Scion - Emerge - Chainreaction 01 (with René Löwe)
04'96 Substance - Relish - Chain Reaction 05
04'97 Substance - Relish Sessions - Chain Reaction 018
04'98 Substance - Session Elements - Chain Reaction CRD05
09'01 DJ Pete - Latifah - Counterbalance 007
11'06 Substance & Vainqueur - Surface/Immersion - Scion Versions 01 (with René Löwe)
03'07 Substance & Vainqueur - Reverberation/Reverberate - Scion Versions 02 (with René Löwe)
05'07 Substance & Vainqueur – Remixes Capter 1 - Scion Versions 03 (with René Löwe)
10'07 Substance & Vainqueur – Libration/Resonance - Scion Versions 04 (with René Löwe)
12'07 Substance & Vainqueur – Emerge - Scion Versions 05 (with René Löwe)
06'08 Substance – Relish – Scion Versions 06
11'10 Substance - Gestalts - Ostgut Ton Compilation "Fünf" Ostgut Ton LP 07
10'15 Substance - Keine Angst - Ostgut Ton OSTGUTLP20
01'19 Substance - Rise And Shine - Ostgut Ton 115
Remixes:
05'98 Ectomorph - Loop Variation DJ Pete - Science City 011
11'99 Juan Atkins - Never Tempt Me - Substance Rmx + Interlude – Tresor 132
2002 Scion Arrange And Process Basic Channel Tracks – Tresor 200 CD (with René Löwe)
02’03 Substance – Centralized – Central Special Project 06
09’03 Gys – Dim (Substance Rmx) – Zero G CD 005
05’04 Mikkel Metal – Rodd (Substance Reshape) – Echocord 08
05’04 Monobox – Realm 2 (Substance Remix) – Logistic 037
03’06 Rhythm and Sound w/Sugar Minott – Let Jah Love Come - (Substance Rmx) – Burial Mix BMX2
10’06 Monolake – Alaska (Substance Remixes) – Imbalance 021
04'07 Shed – Opulence - (Substance Remix) – Soloaction SOA1210/3
04'08 Tadeo - Reflection Nebula 056n (Substance Remix) – Apnea 020
07'08 Petar Dundov – Oasis (Substance & Vainqueur Remix) – Music Man 139 (with René Löwe)
11'08 Scuba – Poppies (Substance Dub Version) – Hotflush RMX 003
06'09 Orphx – Threshold (Substance Mix), (Division EP) – Sonic Groove 0936
09'11 Skudge - Overture (Substance Remix) - Skudge 004R
10'11 Kondens - Valvet (Substance Remix) - Kontra Musik 021
02'12 Oubys - Positronium II (Substance Remix) - Testtoon Records TTTB02
05'12 Emika – Chemical Fever (Substance Remix) - Ninja Tune – ZEN12319
06'12 Function - Obsessed (Substance Remix) - Echocord Colour 020
10'12 Fanon Flowers – Phenomenal (Substance Remix) - Sect 15
07'13 Kessell - Graviton / Sphere Of Influence (Substance Rmx) - Granulart Recordings 001
09'13 Plaster - Circular Mechanism (Substance Remix) - SonuoS S~S003
09'13 Regis - Cold Water (Substance Version) - Downwards DN 02020
09'15 Dan HabarNam - Glowstick Problem (Substance Remix I+II) - Selectie 01
07'16 Ø [Phase] - Morodem (Substance Remix) - Token PH453-2
03'17 30drop - Goldene Spirale (Substance Remix) - 30drop Records – 30DLP-001
06'17 Blue Hour - Untitled (Substance Remix) - Blue Hour – BLUEHOURMX#002
10'17 Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Beyond The Yellow-Spotted Bamboo (Substance Remix) - Hospital Productions
06'18 Oscar Mulero - GAS (Substance Remix)
11'19 Apparat - Heroist (Substance Remix) - Mute 12MUTE604
11'19 Ausgang - Caged (Substance Remix) - Key Vinyl keylp02r
12'19 Untitled - DJ Pete Remix - Fracture Label – FRACTXXX