Pulse Open Air 2011 Artists
The name Paul Ritch echoes around the world. His productions and live sets, charged with pure adrenaline and characterised by his powerful, harmonic, and deep techno, has made him be the holder of a unique mark of sounds in which, his passion and power transmit numerous memorable music moments. In 2009 Paul brought to life his own label Quartz Rec, the label puts forward minimalistic sounds that are blunt, sharp and energetic. The label is a testament of the ability Paul has to achieve perfection. With his first release, "Split EP Part 1" (Paul Ritch, 2008), he held the top 2 position in sales on Beatport, reaching over 11.000 downloads. Therefore, in 2009 Paul Ritch was nominated by Beatport as a candidate for best techno artist. In 2009, Paul performed on stages in 4 continents including clubs such as Berghaim (Berlin), Fuse (Bruselas), Nitsa (Barcelona), Vox (Athens), The End (London), Cocoon Club (Frankfurt), Goa (Rome and Madrid), Rex (Paris), Sankeys (Manchester), Lux (Lisbon), Circus (Liverpool) and Womb, Tokyo (Japan), among many others. He also performed in festivals including Awakenings, Neo Pop Festival, Uzes Festival, Electrosonic Festival, Voolt Festival, and WMC. Nowadays, Paul Ritch is considered to be one of the most highly regarded artists and producers in the global electronic scene. Without a doubt, 2010 will be a transcendental year for Paul as he will continue to grow and achieve bigger challenges.

Joseph Capriati, begins to approach the world of dj-ing in 1998 at the age of 11 with the passion for house and hip-hop. From 1999 to 2004 he performs in some clubs in south Italy and plays with various international dj's growing musically and converted to the music that will totally transform himself: the techno! In 2005, begins his interest in the music production with the desire to create their own music and to play it. In 2006 becomes resident DJ of the new club "underground" of his city , "Disco Seven" where perform with some best DJ's of techno scene. His first release named "Formaldehyde" will take a great success and will be played by DJ's like Richie Hawtin, Magda, Paco Osuna. In the end of 2007 Joseph has his debut on Analytic Trail. In 2008 he colaborates with Alex Under, Rino Cerrone, Markantonio, Uto Karem, etc. In february 2009 realizes an EP for the famous label CLR of Chris Liebing with tracks "Login" and "Passworld" that confirms Joseph in the world techno scene. In 2009 too has his debut on one of the best and storic label in the world: DRUMCODE, of the techno pioneer Adam Beyer, with 2 EP's DC 53 and 53.5…from here starts a new era and new sound influence for Joseph!

Tom Hades started to discover and experiment with electronic music when listening to DAF, Kraftwerk, Front 242 ... At the age of 15 he bought his first keyboard, the famous Casio CZ-101 and transformed his game-computer, Amiga 500, into his first DAW. Quickly he got experienced with MIDI-integration and sampling functions, which gave him even more urge for buying/selling new material as addition to his current setup. During the same period, his old school friend, RedHead, was co-producing with Marco Bailey. He got in contact with Marco too which led them in 2000 to their first co release. In 2001 Tom started to play all over the world. His live performance was fully appreciated in many countries. In the first period of 2002, Tom also produced his first solo release. In the next years he continued to produce tracks on his own as well as his co-production with Marco on respected labels like MB Elektronics, Drumcode, Bedrock, Tronic, Excentric Musik, 1605, Pornographic Recordings, Rhythm Convert(ed), Lupp, ... &Tom released their full album, Rude Boy, caused a stir all over the world. The best proof was their live performance during Nature One where they literally "blew the place to kingdom come"!

Samuel's love affair with electronic music began at an early age, at 15 when he discovered his greatest passion behind the decks . His musical roots come from his black music background, from his clear devotion to soul, jazz and hip-hop. Genres that have formed in Okain an amalgamated style that always, as producer and dj, result in an exquisite groove. Sa...muel handcrafts long sets of sensual and active sounds, driving forward on a thrilling musical journey. Okain is a producer who is continuously growing, releasing both solo material and as Handycraft, alongside Paul Ritch. He is a first-choice producer for many labels and has regularly contributed to releases for the likes of Tsuba, Quartz Rec, Bpitch Control and FourTwenty. His music has spanned the globe, from Spain to Japan and Peru to Canada, with Okain himself appearing in major clubs and parties like Fabric in London, Goa in Madrid, Rex Club in Paris, Space in Ibiza and Cocorico in Riccione to name just a few. As part of his creative projection, he also owns and runs a "vinyl only" label named Lezar. This label never mentions the artist behind the track and it came about due to Okain´s aim to create a niche entirely dedicated to the development of musical ideas.

Damir Šušmel aka Dj Chiko, je v glasbene vode zaplaval konec devetdesetih, ko se je kot najstnik popolnoma navdušil nad elektronsko glasbo. Leta 2002 je dobil svoj prvi nastop v klubu Oasis v Puli in takoj mu je bilo jasno, da je to posel v katerem bo ostal še dolgo. Poleg vrtenja glasbe se je takoj poslužil tudi svojih organizacijskih sposobnosti in tako je začel z organiziranjem klubskih večerov, kjer je promoviral glasbo katera mu je bila všeč in tako prispeval svoj delček v slovenski elektronski sceni. Po številnih nastopih se je leta 2006 odločil, da domači elektronski sceni prispeva še kaj več in tako so se pod njegovo organizacijo rodile blagovne znamke Pulse Festival in Reload, dogodki kateri so danes med najprepoznavnejšimi v državi, na slednjih pa je v nekaj letih nastopil dolg spisek velikih imen evropske elektronske scene. Njegov glasbeni slog je konstantno v evoluciji saj ga inovativen zvok od vedno pritegne, kar je tudi posledica, da svoje delo opravlja z enako strastjo kot na začetku. Trenutno odkriva vedno več svežega techno zvoka, tako, da bi lahko rekli, da se postopoma vrača nazaj k svojim koreninam, zagotovo pa je obdobje minimalizma na njemu pustilo velik pečat. V njegovi karieri je nastopal ob številnih dj-ih svetovnega kalibra in prav nekateri od slednjih so ga dokončno navdušili, da začne s svojo lastno produkcijo, plod tega pa bo prišel na dan še v letošnjem letu.

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Aney F is a 22-year-old DJ and producer, who was born in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and is currently still living there. He became passionate about electronic music a few years ago, when he started attaining all kinds of parties with electronic music. He fell in love with that kind of music and had decided that he wants to become a DJ. His sound is constantly changing and we believe that is a good thing..., because he always surprises us with new music. He has played in most of Slovenian clubs and festivals has joined hands with many famous DJ's and he has also presented himself abroad. At this time, his thoughts are focused on the production of music and this is what he spends most of his time on. About six years ago, he started to mix music and approximately three years ago he became involved with the production of music. He allready signed with labels like: Starlight Unlimited, Nulogic Records, Aenaria Music, Malatoid Records, Sound Of Acapulco, Microzoo, FHD Records, No-Logik, Fish Records, Killing Machine Records, Substudio Records, Speca Records, Eklero Records, Relogical, Flavorite, Fanfare, Oblique,... Many more tracks are expected to be released by the most famous and acknowledged foreign publishing houses and couple of his tracks was allready on Beatport Top 100. Many say that he has a very prosperous future ahead of him and this is definitely not the last we have heard of him. To see and learn more about him and his work, visit his website and enjoy listening to some of his mixes and tracks.

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