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At the the forefront of the French techno scene, Antigone is today a leader and mentor for a whole new generation of electronic music producers and djs.

His entry into the world of electronic music has been highly acclaimed with his initial EP « Forbidden Works » published by Construct Re-form. Antigone followed his debut with the « Menace of Species » release on Concrete Music, offering him a warm welcoming by his peers. Tracks like « As I walk to you » for Construct Re-Form or his EP « The Day the Sky Fell » (for Indigo Aera) illustrate this very personal melodic and melancholic style of his productions.

His powerful dj skills has guided Antigone to the doors international clubs and festivals, rewarding him a residency since 6 years at Concrete, where he continuously gathers captived publics with a diversified and intense tracks selection, which definitely brought him a solid artistic reputation. Musicwise, his meteoric ascent and the warm reception to all his productions make Antigone an emblematic player in the French Techno scene: The highly acclaimed Cantor Dust, establishing the beginning of a collaboration between Antonin Jeanson and Token, his mother label since 2015, « We Move As One » on Dement3d, in collaboration with François X on Dement3d, his all time complice or more recently, in 2017, his skills as a remixer have seen him rework Slam’s classic « Positive Education » for the 25th Soma Quality recordings anniversary amongst a remix for Carl Craig on « Infiné », and a first album « Rising » to be released in November 2018 on Token.

Benjamin Damage’s roots lie firmly within the UK’s underground. Drawing from early rave to jungle to nineties house, Benjamin’s non-purist approach to techno produces an energy and emotion rarely found in modern electronic music.

Being the first artist signed to 50 Weapons, Damage had several of his most renowned releases on the label. 2017 sees his musical direction move to a new label home as he tightens the knot with R&S Records.

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Abandoning the stage laptop Benjamin returns to his roots, creating a truly live electronic techno performance. He combines machines of early electronic influences with the latest in music technology, taking elements of his original tracks and recreating them in a new form for every show.

His all hardware setup first premiered at Fabric in 2014, and now 2018 sees Benjamin reinvent his live show, debuting with a new set up at Oval Space in London this March, followed by the infamous Berghain. Further appearances with the new live set up include Sonar (Spain) and Bestival (UK) this summer.

François Xavier-Zoumenou, aka François X, is a DJ and musician from Paris who has forged his position as an artist of note in the world of electronic music. Characterized by his love for warm, earthy and swinging compositions, he is an individual that takes things slowly while spinning them big.

François’ own label DEMENT3D, noted by Resident Advisor as a «key cog in the French techno renaissance», was established in 2011 and has served as the home of his last five releases, blending his influences - house IDM, electro, techno - into sonically adventurous stories. There, he displays his talent to transform streamlined club music with subtle, disturbing elements into exciting and abstract journeys. Within the label, François has showcased his ability as an A&R, releasing material from the likes of Polar Inertia, In Aeternam Vale and Valentino Mora, with the label’s output spanning from ambient, techno and drone through to abstract and leftfield landscapes.

His debut album ‘Irregular Passion’, hailed by Groove Magazin in their top debut LP’s of 2017, provides a perfect example of Zoumenou’s ability to merge layers of experimental electronica through to off-kilter house and techno territories within a universe in which he thrives - interlacing sensual and rich textures amongst darker elements to compose delicate productions that span the width of dance music. Alongside his work on the label, François has also released material on a number of acclaimed imprints including Deeply Rooted (remixed by Marcel Dettmann), Fabric, MDR, Soma and Pole Group. Centered around a techno approach, one can feel François’ love for musical genres as his DJ sets depict and draw from a wider range of music, embodying house, electro, acid and beyond. His love for the club has brought with it a reputation as a devoted DJ, heightening his sonic pallet with regular sets at some of the world’s most notable institutions, from EXIT Festival through his residency at Concrete (Paris), more recently Drugstore ( Belgrade), not to mention being one of the few to play closing sets at both Berghain and Panorama Bar.

Whether playing all-night-long sets, curating nights or performing audio-visual sets within historic venues, François X is a performer that projects his feelings and raw emotions in all aspect of his work - an approach that finds him in a constant state of evolution as one of electronic music’s most consistently refreshing artists.

Essentially the project of a single man, Laurent Prot, In Aeternam Vale was created in Lyons in 1983 under the heavy influence of punk6rock nihilism, Kraftwerk roboticism and cold, aggressive industrialism.

Bridging EBM, proto-techno and synthesized dark pop, Laurent Prot was makingfearless music in the 80s being recently reinterpreted (by the likes of Silent Servant, Regis and James Ruskin) as equally or more important than Detroit’s influence on the current electronic music landscape.

In Aeternam Vale has experienced an underground revival over the past few years. Following a prolific run of low-key tapes spanning back to 1984, his work has been getting a second look via Minimal Wave, Jealous God and other modern imprints. Samuel Kerridge’s Contort Records released IAV’s memorable live at Berlin Atonal in Sept 2014.

«His synthesis of techno, post-punk and drone is documented in DEMENT3D’s release Pink Flamingos (Quietus) that has recently been released.»