Elias (CH)
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Biografía
- “Elias has a convergent style that brings new life to techno and his versatile show is a sonic journey into his range of influences.” -Data Transmission; 17.10.2016There is no real shortcut to describe an individual whose thoughts go from A to Z and back when targeting every next move. One of these personalities is about 20 years old Elias and whether it is radio, design or “open to close” sets one can be certain that the artist has tapped into each of these hemispheres: that, over a patient timeline. Born in southern Switzerland, Elias is currently based in Milan. However, search of belonging goes far and wide throughout the countries he’s stepped into since day one. 2009 marked the initial footsteps in music as he visited the studios of local broadcasting network Radio Ticino. Years of relentless self training resulted in a well carved body of sound. Heard in Barcelona, London, Berlin, Zürich, Ibiza, Rome and Bali - his sets have been performed on the same stages of artists as Agoria and Carl Cox. 2014 saw Elias being named “Swiss newcomer dj” in an exclusive interview by the Swiss Nightlife Award. While boarding on a flight straight to his UK debut in 2016, magazine Data Transmission stated “Elias has a convergent style that brings new life to techno and his versatile show is a sonic journey into his range of influences.”. The previous mentions along with implacable, rigorous work brought bits of unforgettable moments: playing Space Ibiza’s “terrace” in its last ever season being of these. Elias’ debut release “Enigma” came in the same twelve months, on the same club’s compilation. Different fields, same efforts: a sense of organised chaos walks on the “fil rouge” of an enthusiastic work named ‘Mirrors’. Founded by Elias in 2016, it identifies itself as a multitude of different projects: everything started as a series of online podcasts and mixes before evolving into a local radio show on, once again, Radio Ticino boasting more than 100 weekly episodes. Songs by artists like Redshape, Traumprinz and Benjamin Damage were never heard on regional frequencies before.‘Mirrors’ could be seen as a metaphor of Elias’ range of actions and attention to detail while personally curating artworks, promotion, radio programming, identity and bookings. That is the reason why it also ultimately became a local press acclaimed clubbing event. Elias ambitiously saw his own new ‘Mirrors’ club nights as an inner necessity to shake a reinvigorated movement of young and new party goers: essential dancers for a little and threatened local scene. The first event took place bringing PLAYdifferently’s Japanese ambassador Hito to the decks. Together with the following party set on fire by Belgrade’s 20/44 resident and Dystopian affiliate Tijana T, ‘Mirrors’ started filling local dance floors. It then continued with Italian artist Silvie Loto during the international Locarno Film Festival, while also giving something back to Elias’ early supporters. Other notable guests include Greek master Argy and Cr2 Records’ founder Mark Brown. Street parties, local collaborations and unusual locations followed - leading up to solid “all night long” sessions too. The palette of music gravitating towards the ‘Mirrors’ nights is undoubtedly diverse, keeping accurate and varied selection rather than excessive conformity above all. New music is coming and nothing stops Elias exploring different musical and creative territories on a real daily basis. Some links: www.eliasdjmusic.com www.soundcloud.com/elias-official www.facebook.com/eliasofficialpage www.facebook.com/eliasmirrorsofficial www.ra.co/dj/elias-ch www.beatport.com/artist/elias-ch/571255 www.instagram.com/eliasdjofc www.youtube.com/eliasdjofficial̸Elias - Enigma (Club Version) - Exclusively on the "Space Ibiza 2016" compilation by Cr2 Records - 05.08.2016 Elias - Enigma (Elias Short Edit) - Exclusively on the "Space Ibiza 2016" compilation by Cr2 Records - 05.08.2016 Elias - Disperso - 'Mirrors' Records - 2019 Elias - Skye - 'Mirrors' Records - 2019 Elias - Antares - 'Mirrors' Records - 2020 Elias - Escape - 'Mirrors' Records - 2020 Elias - Magnet - 'Mirrors' Records - 2021
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