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Morgan Page // Nettwerk

Some people just don't mix with the in-crowd. These, let us call them outsiders, prefer paving their own path to Easy Street. Often just loners with an unique vision, simply set to make difference in a somewhat unconventional way. Of course this "detour" might cause a slight delay, but nonconformists are usually not in a great hurry to get anywhere special. Their sole purpose is to get the job done exactly in the manner they intended to. Maybe this is one of the reasons why Tocadisco chose to live in Cologne, Germany. Well-known for its underground minimal sound, yet far from being the axis of modern day contemporary culture. Perfect for an artist to silently work in solitude, not facing the daily distractions of the overwhelming opulence of a boom town such as New York, London, Madrid.

Here near the Rhine river Roman B. started his prosperous musical career at a very young age. Based on the immediate success in the closer region, Tocadisco chose to turn his passion into his profession. Learning by doing is certainly this mans motto. Within an extremely short period of time the studio wizard taught himself how to record and produce tracks. No teachers, no musical education and no annoying guidelines. Soon after the prodigy already released his first single "Nobody Likes The Records That I Play" on Superstar Records. This more than unusual club-hit was his breakthrough anthem. A worldwide tour ensued, which led to an even more auspicious year 2005. His remix for the Mylo 12 inch "In Your Arms" became one of the most played records during the summer of 2005.

From then on his phone didn't stop ringing, stupendous remixes for various artists succeeded. Axwell & Ingrosso, the Egg, A'Studio, ATB, Hi-Track, Philippe B. and many many more. But that didn't keep this workaholic from banging out another killer track. "You're No Good For Me" was another step for yet bigger things to come. Tocadisco's wide musical taste somehow had to be expressed through other outputs.

Logically AC/OT was born, his underground pseudonym. During 2005 he released 3 four-track EP's containing remixes by John Dahlbäck and Martinez. It was time for another single, "Music Loud/Crazy Cursor" hit the air-waves. Simultaneously laboring on red hot remixes for New Order, Deep Dish, Pet Shop Boys, Mylo, Linus Love, Sono, Etienne Daho (in cooperation with Fishersponner), Flatpack, Boosta, Funkwerkstatt, M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade, Enigma, Sharam from Deep Dish, Moby and the list goes on and on! Numerous outputs dominated the club scene globally, but Tocadisco's the Egg rework of "Walking Away" has to be considered as one of the biggest releases of that year. MIXMAG called it the "biggest Dance Single of 2006".

David Guetta even used the instrumental version of the remix for an official bootleg version of his first hit "Love Don't Let Me Go". Television even picked up on the track, Citroen used the remix for its worldwide car add. But everybody is probably wondering by now: When will this man release his first album?! Well, let me tell you, soon! He has just finished putting the final touches on his full-length LP. "Solo" will finally be available by January 2008. The first single "Better Begin" will showcase the Sono vocalist Lennart A. Salomon. That not being enough, Tocadisco launched a new underground series: The Black Series", expect numerous outputs under this anonym in your local record store. Self-evidently he is also still more than busy remixing artists such as Tiga, Bob Sinclar, Tommie Sunshine, Amo & Navas, Axwell, DY10, Mighty Dub Katz (Fatboy Slim) and Culcha Candela. Tocadisco also helped out David Guetta on his new album, co-producing the piece "Tomorrow Can Wait" with him.

Does this man ever take a break? I guess not, but living in Cologne, this hack has got all the time in the world to work himself to the top of the mountain. This is just the beginning.

Michael Burian // Bohemian Recordings

DJ, producer and the owner of the Bohemian Recordings label Michael Burian has belonged to the most important figures of Czech dance scene for a few years. He started his career as a DJ and producer at the age of 15, when he first performed at a school party. He made his first steps in the music field both as a DJ and as a dance events organizer. He performed successfuly under the stage name „Electromajk“ till 2001. By then he had become an essential part of modern Czech dance scene. He performed at the biggest events in this country and did not miss many important performance in England, Germany, Poland, Hungary and also in Slovakia. He also released many successful mixed compilations, which came out on the Nextera (Evolution Beat) label under this name and he also mixed one of the most successful CDs for the no longer existing Tripmag (Trancing) magazine He was awarded for the work he had done at the Czech Dance Music Awards, where he was announced DJ of the year 2001.

At the beginning of 2007 Michael releases his new single „Wacker Drive“ at his own music publishing house called „Bohemian Recordings“. This single reaches leading positions on all sales servers. Then comes the other successful single called „ From Berlin to Prague (Bohemian Recordings)“. All his released singles were supported by Paul Van Dyk, who played them regularly. Some time later Michael started his own radio show called „Bohemian Session“, which is still on on some radios such as Vonyc, Slinky.Fm and many others. In 2008 he becomes the first Czech DJ to be invited to the prestigeous music festival „Winter Music Conference“ in Miami. His participation at the conference and the subsequent tour of the U.S.A. were so important that he was addressed by the representatives of the Czech Centre in the U.S.A., who offered him further cooperation. At the same time, besides the traditional nominations in the domestic polls, Michael won two nominations in the „See Me“ poll. He reached one of the top positions in the Best House DJ category and so did his single Freakin in the Best Music category.
In 2009 he becomes the resident DJ of the Pure (United Music) events, which are held at the SaSaZu club in Prague. He releases a new single called „Circles“, which got on the playlist of big DJs, on Bohemian Recordings. At the end of the year he prepares an actual sound for his label, on which another EP called „New York City Sound“ was released and which comprises tracks „Fifth Avenue“, Times Square and Tribeca“. He cooperated with the producer Nipp on this EP. Michael is also invited by the AUDI car manufacturer, which he has been cooperating with for a few years, to a party held within the film festival in Karlovy Vary. He also accepts an offer to cooperate on the publication of the first AUDI calendar, where besides Michael many other Czech celebs appeared.
At the beginning of 2010 Michael cooperates with the DSG brand (New York, USA), which calls him the new Paul Oakenfold from East Europe. The DSG brand represents Michael´s label „Bohemian Recordings“ and also looks after his booking and management in the U.S.A.

In cooperation with DSG Michael has prepared a new project called „CIA (Czech in America)“, which will be officially presented at „Winter Music Conference 2010“ in Miami. Michael´s radio show Bohemian Session which is regularly broadcast on Slinky.Fm, Fun 1 and Europe 2 has become world famous.
Currently Michael Burian belongs to the most demanded Central European artists. You could hear him perform at big events held both in this country and abroad, namely Máchác, Creamfields, Love Parade, Energy, Street Parade, Space Parade, Summer of Love, Time Warp and many others. He didn´t miss the tour of East Europe together with Tiesto, either.

DJ Hildegard, Morgan Page, Michael Burian