FISHIMSELF

Haris P. aka Fishimself is a dedicated ambient activist. Owner of Freeze Magazine in Greece and IT Record shop in Athens, organiser of the first almost ambient only festival in Europe ISLAND OF FIRE, stage and booking manager for festivals such as Aurora in Greece, PR and manager of the ambient section of the newly reunited Medusa Records and last but not least a outstanding DJ.He creates unusual mixes of electronic music with a melancholic mood and mesmerizes the crowds with sounds of ambient, IDM, acoustic music, sometimes breaks and downtempo trance taking them on a original journey for mind and ears.

NIARK1

Niark1 aka sebastien feraut is a french graphic designer and artist based in Paris.
Both confortable under a computer than with brushes and pens in his hand, he
succeded in imposing his crazy universe populated by strange high colored creatures and geometric mysterious shapes. He has worked for prestigious clients and make exhibition all over the world.
We can also find his works in several international magazine and book about graphics and art.

TALKSEEK

David, Chief Fire Officer only son, instead of following his beloved father’s footsteps to rescue people from burning houses and crush doors with firefighter axe, he fell in love with skateboarding and hardcore/punk. He spent his wonder years trashing his decks and watching skateboarding magazines and videos religiously. Heavily influenced by the mentioned culture he developed his very own style where street art meets illustration. David’s still evolving, starting as a black and white fanatic, lately he’s been incoroporating more colour into his work. Insanely detailed stuff. Crazy about factures and symbols. Never stagnating. Part time punk rock drummer. Full time Anula’s lover.

THE BOGHE

Mystery has surrounded this illustrious artist since his birth. Not only are there many shady areas concerning his death, but also his very birth. Born in Perugia around about 1975. We know nothing of his childhood and very little of his adult life, but this precursor of savant garde may well have been illiterate, and what we do know originates from what is narrated by TwoThings and the HelloSavants; he appears and disappears in their tales, eluding all pursuit, fascinating and enigmatic at once. He made it to Amsterdam in the year 2000, maybe by ship, probably convinced that such places would have been able to offer him things he would not have found elsewhere.
Once the war was over, Rocco went back to his old habits, smuggling spray cans and stealing toys

BAHWEE

Born in the bay and raised in southern california, bweezy, 22, comes from the long line of talented producers on the My Hollow Drum imprint. Heavily influenced by the early recording sessions during his freshman year with college roommate Coincidence, he consequently through childhood friend sajmoney was introduced to visual artist, mtendere mandowa that same period. They would go on to collaborate on the now legendary "It's A Bust" which was released at one of his earliest showings that drew the attention of producer co.fee. A regular no-show at his own gigs and self described "shittiest dj ever", this guy is basically now, just putting out material that he's been sitting on for years, leaving a lot up to the imagination of what's he capable of and what HW&W plans to do with him.

NOTAWONDERBOY

Notawonderboy is a graphic designer, based in Parma, North Italy.Between 2002 and 2005 working in various realities : Sartoria Comunicazione (Modena), Fabrica (Treviso). In 2005 lands in Bastard, skate company based in Milan, where until 2007 he worked as director of communications and graphic designer. In 2008 he worked for Convertno & Designers then in 2009 he moved to Parma, where he began working as a freelance and collaborating with Moonlight Studios (recording studio, booking agency, record label), with which he made covers for The Wraiths Orchestra, Francis & Francis and many others. A partnership that will launch in September of 2010 Batzar Studios, a project that wants to become a reference point for the creation of artwork in art music in Italy. (photos by Alessia Leporati)

FRANCESCO ERCOLINI

He Started taking photos before even owning a camera.
In 1993 he decided to make a job of it, first as an assistant, later as freelance , he lived and worked in Florence, London, Milan as fashion photographer he collaborates with many magazines still with the initial idea..."point-and-shoots with a flash"!!!
He’s always felt far more honest working this way, but in just as honest a way he knew it was still far too early for all that!!!.The idea that a fashion shot had more to it than the "buy me" message was something that belonged to the big names alone!!!..and last of all...he’s vegetarian!!!

BREAD&BUTTER

Bread & Butter (Flama Booking) eats truffles, plays eclectic music and drinks fine rum from Puerto Rico. The Chefs: Hiero and Daddy Africa spin the wheels of steel delivering throughout the speakers fresh music from all around the world. They burn down barns, make stripers (just female stripers) cum just by looking at them and manage to make truth between break-dance posses when they blend funk, hip-hop, big beat and samba flavors with lots of bass and cinnamon.
Bread & Butter got served at numerous events, radio shows and block parties with swimming pool. Some of the best snacks were alongside Masta Ace, Fine Cut Bodies, Feel Good Productions, at the get-togethers: 48h, Get Out Festival and Summer Break in Romania.
Word to your daughter!

NINE 878

Nine878 used to be a medicinal chemist pretending to be a writer in his spare time.
Willing to explore any creative and geographic possibility, he moved to Amsterdam where he’s stuck trying to create beautiful and honest motion/graphics. Probably he will irreversibly move and be stuck again and again until he will find out that the highest human condition, the one necessary to invent the divinity, doesn’t lie in the equilibrium of reversible processes.
For some people Past is the only real dimension. For these people living means essentially to update their own Past.

LORDH

Lordh is a Amsterdam-based artist and graphic designer. He stated his name in Perugia (Italy) graffiti scene since ’94. During these years the main influences were coming from New York, and European graffiti. When his style improved the focus started moving on legal productions, which made it possible to show more of his style. This change allowed Lordh to start working as a graphic designer at the age of 21. At the age of 25 opportunities seemed to be limited in Italy, when on the same time inspiration was bigger than ever; a move to the Netherlands was made in order to fill this gap.
Arriving there meant working within a bigger spectrum of clients in a new environment and collaborating with companies. His artworks have been exposed in several galleries , shops and exhibitions.

AINTSANE

Aintsane mostly known as Mr.Valente is born in a little town closed to Naples, in the south of Italy. After the High School, Mr Valente moved to the USA for six months to have that what he calls "a life experience". When back to Italy, he start to study graphic design and after few years of freelance works for small Italian agencies, he decided to move to Amsterdam searching for new work experiences and new stimulus, directions and inspirations. His artworks are a strange mix of manipulated pictures, illustrations, typography and vectorial elements with a particular attention for the colors.

DUB SPENCER

Dubspencer Sound are a dubstep twosome from Italy, Foster, dj since 1998, ex turntablist moved into dubstep in 2006, Dubplate culture pusher with a weekly radio show on Sub.FM and regular gigs. Ganji-Killah, a famous mc in the italian underground dnb/hiphop/dancehall scene, they played many around Europe alongside names like Benga, Pinch, Storm, Calyx, Noisia.

IROKI

Iroki is a graphic / illustrator born in the province of Brindisi in southern Italy. His passion for drawing led him to work a lot on paper, until he began to use the computer. Drawing a lot, he fell in love with illustration slowly even on the press, meaning studying of typographical letters.
He worked as a freelance in many agencies between South and North Italy (Big Sur, Farm, Frush, Heads Collective, etc ...). He graduated in Industrial Design and Environmental at Ascoli Piceno University, specializing in Visual Communications & Multimedia at IUAV in Venice. He has just won a grant conferred by the municipality of Milan to attend a master’s degree in Visual Design at the Polytechnic School of Design. He is currently working with several agencies and following his own projects.

DAVIDE BONA

Born in Carrara in 1982, after graduation he moved to Parma where he studied architecture, worked as a designer and is passionate about the visual arts... no no no...bullshit...Hello, I'm Davide, constantly in a hurry, undecided about everything, touchy, stubborn, no half measures and always biased. Can I afford to take photos in film just because I do when (and with) I want. I love photographing people, animals and geometries, I always have a camera with me and use it as a japanese tourist. I have a real fetish for cameras and especially for the Leica...ah i'm not a pleasant person...

ELAQUENT

Born in Ottawa, Canada. Got a Sega Genesis for Xmas in '94, + Sonic 2.
Older brother Es put me onto Jay Dee & Pete Rock.Age 12, tried rapping. Got discouraged after Mom told me i had a "geek's voice". Hung up the mic for good.
Accidently stumbled upon beatmaking exactly one year later...ended up paying for books in college by flipping tracks to rappers and such.
Started getting frustrated with buster ass rappers fucking me over and the focus then moved to instrumentals for good. Things changed after I started dropping these mixtapes and opened for Talib Kweli.

HUSTLE SIMMONS

Hustle Simmons is the emcee/producer duo consisting of Camden City, NJ’s indie hip-hop mainstay, Dave Ghetto and Philadelphia based producer Tha S Ence. Dave Ghetto began making a name for himself as a member of Nuthouse, releasing projects on both Bobitto Garcia’s Fondle Em imprint and Goodvibe Recordings whose roster boasted artist like Slum Village, Bahamadia, and Mystic. While Dave is the voice of Hustle Simmons, Tha S Ence is definitely the sound. His signature drum heavy sample based production style has been garnering him attention around the city of Philadelphia for sometime now. An introduction by a mutual friend lead to Tha S Ence submitting a beat cd for a project which eventually became a full-length project. "It’s that new millenium boom-bap!", explains Dave Ghetto. Welcome to the Digital Underground.