Wild Dark
Stemming from a partnership with over two decades of DJ experience behind them, Wild Dark takes on contemporary songwriting and gives it a unique, thoughtful approach using a wide spectrum of electronic music to tell a story.
The duo, comprised of the NYC-based brothers Corey & Ryan Negrin, stray from cold digital samples in favor of a warm, organic approach to writing music. This allows them to merge house, techno, and natural vocal work into a cohesive concept that uses soulful yet charming songwriting to nurture a sophisticated palate.
Before perfecting their impressive music production skills, the brothers had a long history of DJing at the finest clubs in their hometown of NYC and beyond, setting them up for an explosive career with releases on Anjunadeep, Supernature, Flying Circus, True Colors, Do Not Sit On The Furniture, Akbal Music, NazxaRecords, The Gardens of Babylon, IAMHER, Underyourskin, Sounds of Khemit, Happy Camper Records, Suruba X, Acker Records, L’enfant Terrible Records, Where The Heart Is, Eyedyllic Music, along with performances at notable events such as The Robot Heart Bus at Burning Man, Bedouin’s Saga in Ibiza, SXM Festival in Saint Martin, The Monastery Festival in Goch, Germany, ZERO’s City of Gods Halloween bacchanal, Cityfox and Teksupport parties in Brooklyn, NY.
This combination of a deep understanding of what it takes to move a dance floor and the ability to produce unique, emotional, thoughtful, and dancefloor-oriented music have given Wild Dark the perfect storm to fulfill their destiny as one of the premier electronic artists in the world.
As of March 2023, all Wild Dark performances will be powered by Corey, as he embarks on this new adventure as a solo touring artist.
From darkness, beauty rises
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wilddarkmusic/
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VEYTIK
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Bio: As with the moon and its far side, to deny our darkness would be to deny that which makes us whole. Veytik—a veteran combat engineer turned audio engineer, producer, and DJ—embraces this duality through his music. His ever-evolving sound adjusts its focus across a spectrum of moods that both shape and are shaped by his very essence. As a producer for almost 10 years, the Art Vibes label boss has multiplied projects and relentlessly ran in the melodic techno & deep, organic, progressive house circuits, connecting with others on the path of music as therapy. The resulting listen is often haunting and thought-provoking, resonating with a depth and pain that Veytik has come to seek safety in, not from.
Veytik’s style continuously evolves alongside his own growth and his response to world events. Featured on a variety of labels — Cafe De Anatolia, Shango Records, Harabe, Trndmsk, ICONYC, Closing Sounds, Tibetania Records, Camelriders, Souq Records, 90 Watts [Manual Music], Click Records, Re:Sound Music, and his imprint, Art Vibes—it wavers between eclectic influences, from ‘80s, synth-infused cinematic, to the heyday of ecstatic trance music and more recent deep, melodic, and organic house sounds. His fusion of piano, guitar & sound design is always handcrafted, every project made from an internal emotion and voice within. Veytik will never take a project on he doesn't connect with.
This last undertaking is reflected in his 'Akkulturatyon' mix series, a year-long project exploring how sharing culture and experiences through sound attacks prejudices and paves the way for progress. Uptempo positive energies mixed with similar yet melancholic vibes and live keys. And 'Akkulture' mixes which are a more downtempo & ancient-rooted sound. After his disco project as D1rty Kickz where he toured and played 80's tech house & live talk box all over the world and after his his recent melodic techno theatrics, Veytik’s new deep chapter roams with the same dark undertones mixed with uplifting dualities. Crafting a place of obscurity, acceptance, and illumination. More than ever, the artist is ready to reach out, break barriers, and build bridges from all the facets of who we truly are—our whole. His project and main mission statement of acculturation is growing with the influence reaching & connecting artists
DESERT RAVEN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desertravenmusic/
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Bio: Desert Raven is the founder of the Primordial Grooves music collective and @primordialpodcast. Also, he is the co-founder (with @dirlasion) of The Odyssey Music Podcast. Desert Raven is a musical artist who, for his whole life, has had a deep affinity to dance, to the harmonic and melodic nature of sound, and to the healing and inspiring power of music. He believes in the power of storytelling as well. A good song should have a powerful message and journey, with a spirit that moves the listener's soul.
Based in Denver, CO, USA, he has grown up and lived around the world, and uses his life experiences in many cultures as the foundation and root of his sound and worldview. He seeks to create soundscapes with depth and layering of emotion, with extended build-ups and climaxes. He works with music that is primarily longer form and believes that, like our own deeper feelings, good, deep music takes time to surface. As a storyteller, he embraces the epic storytelling tradition, so his music feels epic in scope and very much like a story.
He seeks the mystical groove in all sounds. His signature style has grown and matured into an organic, ethnic, psychedelic, trippy sound, with an ancient feel, evoking a mystical vision experience. He still seeks to explore new soundscapes where possible. He is a versatile artist. He has released songs in several genres, from organic house to downtempo to slowtech to psybient to progressive house to melodic techno. Overall, he seeks to bring the audience close, making even larger events feel like an intimate party among close friends and family, where trust, love, and freedom of spirit are paramount.
His personal approach to composition and production is to infuse deeper, more ambient sounds into all he does, to evoke nature and dreams. He believes ethnic, traditional instruments should be used as much as possible and that they can work beautifully with well-crafted electronic sounds. A bass player at heart, he seeks to create rhythm and harmony that penetrates to the heart and brings the heart of the listener and dancer to a level of energy in sync with, as mentioned earlier, deep feelings. He seeks to find and bring the listener to a place of natural, spiritual illumination, where the listener encounters healing, encouragement, and divine purpose.
CEREUS
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisiscereus/
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Bio: Cereus is an electronic music producer, DJ, and live act based in Denver, CO. Drawing from the sounds of downtempo and organic house while also frequently borrowing from melodic house and techno, Cereus’s productions and DJ sets make you move and make you feel. Sometimes slow, sometimes fast. Sometimes chill, sometimes heavy. Always groovy.
Cereus’s debut EP was released on Suprematic in September 2022. 2023 has seen Cereus’s second EP released on Baikal Nomads. In the upcoming months, Cereus will be releasing originals and remixes on the likes of MŎNɅDɅ, Shango Records, and Keyfound.