Earlier this fall, Into The Valley announced a series of warm up parties for the second edition of their festival. The tour will include several parties in different cities, also making a stop in the city of Antwerp. For the occasion we bring over Raresh, well known for his stake in pioneering the romanian sound and the elusive [a:rpia:r] label, together with the up and coming Swedish producer Dorisburg and our very own R&S labelhead Renaat.
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RARESH [a:rpia:r] RO
Raresh is definitely one of the fundamental figures of the up-to-date electronic movement. Born in Bacau, the clubbing scene enchained him at the age of 15, when he started playing in a small club in town, marking his turntable ascension from the age whereupon most of the youngsters are still playing football in the courtyard.
Moving to Bucharest and joining the agency ensured him constant gigs at Sunrise’s events at the seaside and laid him at the deck with Richie Hawtin, Magda, Steve Bug, Ricardo Villalobos, Josh Wink, Pascal FEOS, Troy Pierce, Marc Houle, Pier Bucci, Tobi Neumann … and the list could go on and on.
In 2007, alongside Rhadoo and Petre Inspirescu, he launched the [a:rpia:r] label, whose activity brought each one of them their deserved spot on top of the clubbing scale, becoming one of the most beloved Romanian DJs. With constant gigs all over the world, a strong label, forward releases, two complices to ratify the ping pong – back to back in three – Raresh proved, no doubt, what a complete DJ means and now enjoys all the support and admiration of the electronic music scene lovers.
PRASLEA ([a:rpia:r], Understand) RO
Surprisingly young, Praslea is already a big name on the Romanian scene, and one of the newcomers rocking the crowds worldwide. his clockwork precision and smooth selection helped him gain attention time after time while warming up for big names like Zip, Luciano, Ritchie Hawtin, Valentino Kanzyani or Cassy to name just a few. and that’s not all. guest appearances around Europe (Slovenia, Italy, Belgium, UK or Ibiza) followed shortly, as well as a collaboration with the famous Circo Loco brand.
between gigs across the country or abroad Praslea finds enough time to work on the Afumati project, started around him and Cezar. also, his first productions alongside Raresh will see the daylight on his new Understand label under the name of Praslesh.
DORISBURG LIVE (Bossmusik, Aniara Recordings) SE
RENAAT (R&S) BE