Mixing →
From $250
Depth, weight and separation: a mix that holds together at volume and still reads on a phone.
- Light Mix · $250
- Standard · $400
- Standard + Vocals · $600
- Pro Mix · $1,000
Transmission 001 · San Francisco, California
Techno DJ.Producer.Mystic.
behind the decks since 1998
producing since 2005 · running labels since 2009
now building the instruments too
producing since 2005 · running labels since 2009
now building the instruments too
YIRAH · 30 sec · the corridor listens
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01About · The Signal
A transmission from the void where expansive, hard-hitting sounds await.
Relentless basslines, complex rhythms, and dark, sexy, esoteric vibrations fill the ether. The performances are electric, dynamic, and full of mayhem.
Born in the California desert to parents who made knives and jewellery. Deep in crystals, snakes and tarot at thirteen. A Pink Floyd laser show in Los Angeles was the turning point. Bass in a grunge band, then the San Francisco rave scene in the late nineties as a full-time DJ and manager of Frequency 8 on Haight Street, the first record store in America dedicated to trance and techno.
Founder and label boss of Fierce Animal Recordings since 2009, a space built to explore the boundaries of the genre, and now of KONDUIT, a new imprint whose first release, YIRAH, is out now. Twenty-eight years later the thread holds: a catalogue of records, a room full of modular, and a line of instruments named for the four elements.
Gigs across Germany, Dubai and the United States. Since 2023, back on peak-time driving techno and not looking sideways.
Let’s
Rave
A studio full of Eurorack synced to Ableton and a Neve on the summing bus. Teaching for Sonic Academy, Ableton, SAE and Pyramind.
- 1998
- Behind the decks
- 2009
- Fierce Animal founded
- 500+
- Artists mentored
- 3
- Continents played
Shared bills
Layton Giordani✳Cosmic Boys✳Gary Beck✳Pleasurekraft✳Mha Iri✳D-Unity✳Marie Vaunt✳LEVT✳Mauro Somm✳Mateo!✳DJ Jordan✳
Layton Giordani✳Cosmic Boys✳Gary Beck✳Pleasurekraft✳Mha Iri✳D-Unity✳Marie Vaunt✳LEVT✳Mauro Somm✳Mateo!✳DJ Jordan✳
Fierce Animal Recordings△Modular States△Dark Face Recordings△Phobos Records△Jannowitch Records△Bonzai△
Fierce Animal Recordings△Modular States△Dark Face Recordings△Phobos Records△Jannowitch Records△Bonzai△
the voice
02Music · Out Now
Yirah
KONDUIT · KDT 001 · 134 BPM · Peak time / driving
YIRAH is here. The first release on KONDUIT.
Hebrew for the awe that sits beside fear: the feeling of standing in front of something too large to take in. Six minutes of peak-time techno built on a heavy kick, hypnotic synths, and razor-sharp stabs. The break is where it earns its name: the tempo lurches unpredictably between 65 and 160 BPM with no pattern, drums de-sync around a haunting vocal, then everything slams back at full force. The drop doesn’t build. It arrives.
This isn’t a comeback. It’s a reset.
03Dates
Where
Next
04Live
Peak
Time
Germany · Dubai · United States · Full technical & hospitality rider on request
Technical
- 2–4 CDJ 3000s + DJM900 / V10 (or equivalent)
- 1–2 large fans placed left and right of the DJ
- Qualified sound engineer familiar with the venue
- Minimum deck height 115cm / 45″
- Decks on a stable surface, free from vibration
- Good lighting of the booth
Hospitality
- 4 Topo Chicos, 2 Red Bulls, 1 bottle brut prosecco, cold
- Dressing room / green room / private space
- 6 drink tickets · 6 VIP guest list entries with wristbands
- 3–4 star hotel only · $200 buyout optional
- 1 meal on the date of engagement, or room service
- Clean, non-smoking, modern sedan/SUV to and from airport and venue
Full rider and stage plot on request · send an enquiry
05The Studio
Work
With Me
Major-label mixing and mastering out of a room built for techno. Rupert Neve analog summing, BetterMaker precision processing, and twenty-five years of knowing what a record needs to survive a club system.
Mastering →
From $60
Dimension, colour and translation. Loud where it needs to be, and never at the cost of the low end.
- Standard · $60
- Stem Master · $120
- Stem Master Plus · $175
- Label packages on request
Mentoring →
By application
Production, sound design, release strategy and the part nobody teaches: how the industry actually moves.
- Precision Sessions · $150/hr
- Industry Insider · 6 weeks
- Void to Vision · 8 weeks
- Limited intake
Worked with
LabelsEMI▽Sony▽Downtown Records▽Ultra▽SPINNIN' Records▽Toolroom▽Intec▽Defected▽Fierce Animal Recordings▽Dark Face Records▽Quantize Recordings▽Under The Radar▽InStereo Recordings▽Whore House▽Younan Music▽Turning Wheel Recordings▽AKI Recordings▽DC10▽Apache▽Blue Orb Records▽AnAbatic Records▽Lazer Native▽Punks Music▽Hotcakes▽Green Gorilla Lounge▽LANYX Sound Factory▽Minimal Nerds▽SIXTEENPADS▽Aerotek Recordings▽Hooked Music▽Massive Duck▽Minicoffee Records▽LW Recordings▽Outcast Records▽Vibrance Recordings▽Mizumo Music▽Sode Records▽Minimal Techno Records▽Drug Store Records▽Muenchen▽PLUNK!▽Household Digital▽Ostfunk▽Habitat▽Baroque Records▽Monster Disco Records▽Zettabyte Records▽Voluptuous Recordings▽A Deep Within▽Hypernation▽Smashead Records▽Totem Traxx▽Phobos▽JAW▽Plazma Records▽Sayless Records▽Subios Records▽Brooklyn Fire▽Groovy Bone▽B!tch Be Cool▽Wulpack▽Shadow Wulf▽Talk of the Town▽Brands & StudiosNike▽De-Yan▽MRM Worldwide▽Sample Magic▽Abletunes▽Sonic Academy▽Dynamic Music▽Sample Anatomy▽Attack Audio▽Pyramind▽Propellerhead▽Laundry▽University of Phoenix▽West One Music▽ASUS Republic of Gamers▽Runway Global▽Video Magician▽The Real Estate Show▽BRV BLK BRD Productions▽LabelsEMI▽Sony▽Downtown Records▽Ultra▽SPINNIN' Records▽Toolroom▽Intec▽Defected▽Fierce Animal Recordings▽Dark Face Records▽Quantize Recordings▽Under The Radar▽InStereo Recordings▽Whore House▽Younan Music▽Turning Wheel Recordings▽AKI Recordings▽DC10▽Apache▽Blue Orb Records▽AnAbatic Records▽Lazer Native▽Punks Music▽Hotcakes▽Green Gorilla Lounge▽LANYX Sound Factory▽Minimal Nerds▽SIXTEENPADS▽Aerotek Recordings▽Hooked Music▽Massive Duck▽Minicoffee Records▽LW Recordings▽Outcast Records▽Vibrance Recordings▽Mizumo Music▽Sode Records▽Minimal Techno Records▽Drug Store Records▽Muenchen▽PLUNK!▽Household Digital▽Ostfunk▽Habitat▽Baroque Records▽Monster Disco Records▽Zettabyte Records▽Voluptuous Recordings▽A Deep Within▽Hypernation▽Smashead Records▽Totem Traxx▽Phobos▽JAW▽Plazma Records▽Sayless Records▽Subios Records▽Brooklyn Fire▽Groovy Bone▽B!tch Be Cool▽Wulpack▽Shadow Wulf▽Talk of the Town▽Brands & StudiosNike▽De-Yan▽MRM Worldwide▽Sample Magic▽Abletunes▽Sonic Academy▽Dynamic Music▽Sample Anatomy▽Attack Audio▽Pyramind▽Propellerhead▽Laundry▽University of Phoenix▽West One Music▽ASUS Republic of Gamers▽Runway Global▽Video Magician▽The Real Estate Show▽BRV BLK BRD Productions▽
ArtistsMC Eric (Technotronic)▽Vicetone▽MorganJ (Dim Mak)▽Alex Stein▽Min&Mal▽Khainz▽Drumcomplex▽Analoge Dream▽Saeed Younan▽Mateo! (Mateo&Spirit)▽Maksim Dark▽Carlo Ruetz▽Christian Hornbostel▽Paul Neary▽Monococ▽Peter Groskreutz▽Alberto Tolo▽Luixar KL▽Rhythm Box▽Max (Italy)▽Bardia F▽Rishi K▽Avrosse▽Louie Cut▽Michael Penman▽Tony Thomas▽DJ Striker▽Sammy La Marca▽Agency55▽Omar Labastida▽Dhyan Droik▽Francesco Scalia▽David Cujino▽Austik▽Chris Ojeda▽Everdom▽Haveck▽Galvino▽M3▽Zita Molnar▽Sychosis▽Ezra Osborn▽J Swink▽Beck And Rius▽KLINES▽Thiago Monteiro▽Shane Fontaine▽Tim Taste▽Reza Golroo▽Alex Amaro▽Nightlab▽A Boy Named Barbara▽DJ Denise▽Crescendoll▽Niko Kotoulas▽Tasia▽MRKO▽Lumero▽Adoni▽Diego James▽Tyler Vera▽Tahdig▽Lachie A'rden▽ArtistsMC Eric (Technotronic)▽Vicetone▽MorganJ (Dim Mak)▽Alex Stein▽Min&Mal▽Khainz▽Drumcomplex▽Analoge Dream▽Saeed Younan▽Mateo! (Mateo&Spirit)▽Maksim Dark▽Carlo Ruetz▽Christian Hornbostel▽Paul Neary▽Monococ▽Peter Groskreutz▽Alberto Tolo▽Luixar KL▽Rhythm Box▽Max (Italy)▽Bardia F▽Rishi K▽Avrosse▽Louie Cut▽Michael Penman▽Tony Thomas▽DJ Striker▽Sammy La Marca▽Agency55▽Omar Labastida▽Dhyan Droik▽Francesco Scalia▽David Cujino▽Austik▽Chris Ojeda▽Everdom▽Haveck▽Galvino▽M3▽Zita Molnar▽Sychosis▽Ezra Osborn▽J Swink▽Beck And Rius▽KLINES▽Thiago Monteiro▽Shane Fontaine▽Tim Taste▽Reza Golroo▽Alex Amaro▽Nightlab▽A Boy Named Barbara▽DJ Denise▽Crescendoll▽Niko Kotoulas▽Tasia▽MRKO▽Lumero▽Adoni▽Diego James▽Tyler Vera▽Tahdig▽Lachie A'rden▽
06Instruments
I Build
The Tools
A label with catalogue numbers running across both records and instruments. Four generative engines named for the four elements, and the reactor that turns a record into a video.
Sigil
Earth · Closed beta
A genre-aware bassline engine. Real musical DNA per genre, not a random arpeggiator. Switch the genre and the pattern changes because the rules did.
Serpent
Air · Incoming
The lead. Call and response against Sigil: one generate, both instruments answer each other in the same key and scale.
Reactor
Live now · Studio $49 / Live $99
Drop a track in and it scores the whole video itself. It reads the arrangement, finds the drops, changes scene per section. 18 cores, 28 palettes, mic and MIDI on the Live tier.
Forge · Vessel
Fire & Water · In build
The groove engine and the granular vessel. Fire solves the hidden groove; Water transmutes sound through named alchemical operations.
07Press Kit
Electronic Press Kit
Everything a promoter or a writer needs in one file. Approved photography only. Anything else needs written clearance.
- Full biography · long and short
- Approved press photography
- Line-ups, labels and support
- Technical rider · CDJ 3000s / DJM900 / V10
- Hospitality rider
- Streams, mixes and links
Connect
08Transmission Open
Get In
Touch
Bookings, studio work, press or a demo. Pick what this is about below and the form changes to suit. Demos for Fierce Animal are listened to personally.