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Style: FUNKY HARDGROOVE TECHNO, PROGRESSIVE HARDBASE ELECTRO, PROG. TRANCE
Born: 3rd July in Valtice, Czech Republic
Michael Poliak started his carrier unlike any other DJs in Czech Republic.
Hailing from Breclav, his constant commitment to his work and talent
burst him into claiming a name in the international electronic music
scene.
Formerly known as BB Mike, he discovered his passion
for DJ-ing while on a trip to Canada in 2001, after performing at an
underground party and attending Montreal's infamous record shop
"Terminal" run by local DJ hero Yaz - a staunch supporter
of Montreal's biggest names like Misstress Barbara, Tiga and DJ
Preach – he then met the latter while browsing through records.
Since then, Michal learned the tricks of the trade by none other but
his idol: DJ Preach. After returning to the Czech Republic, Michal
decided to devote himself to supporting the local scene by playing in
clubs such as Fabric in Ostrava and even organizing his own nights:
Insomnia and Amnesia at Club Laguna in his hometown. His contribution
into the local scene attracted the attention of Czech's and
Slovakia's club promoters and gave him the opportunity to
perform at the most reputable clubs such as Paradogs, Fabric,
Bobycentrum, Barumba and many more.
In 2003, Michal Poliak became resident at Breclav's hottest nights
at Citadela. His name very soon started to appear in line ups of
other big events such as Antistatic, Ibiza, Observer, Stereodome…
He then joined DJ Preach on a Balkan tour performing in places like
Bulgaria, Croatia and Kosovo and finally concluded the trip with a
last performance at "Gloom" party in the hills of Quebec,
Canada.
2004 added another addition to Michal's DJ residency, claiming his
place at the infamous "OSeex" in Brno and "Bluck"
in Breclav while building a name for himself in the surrounding
neighborhoods of Austria, Slovakia and Croatia. His lust for Canada
continued when he performed at "Cube" in Quebec City and
decided to pursue his production carrier after receiving pointers
from his mate DJ Preach.
In 2006, Michal was ready to take it to the next level and landed
performances at Czech's most acclaimed festival "Hrahouse"
and club "Impremium" thanks to his funky and addictive
sound that resonated during his public appearances. Production wise,
Michal witnessed the birth of his first number which landed him a
spot on Citadela's album compilation: Citadela Vibe III. His
strong dedication was inspired by the work of Bryan Cox, Brazil's
Wehbba, Peppelino, Mojado and Len Faki. He was very particular about
colorful composition of melodious and energetic rhythms. This led to
the release of his first single in conjunction with DJ Orbith titled
"Phantom EP" later that year. Thanks to the success of
the latter, Poliak went on to collaborate with DJ Preach on the one
hit bootleg wonder "Crazy" featuring Gnarls Barkley which
gained support from international DJs especially from Paul van
Dyk.
This gave him the opportunity to release his first mix
compilation "Live from Barbarossa" and a list of other
singles starting with "Duplex 01" with DJ Orbith followed
by his own independent single on DJ Preach's Relic Recordings
label featuring remixes by Filterheadz and Elton D titled "World
Republic" that caught the eye of Carl Cox and his BBC Essential
Mix.
In 2007 Michal he entered the organizational team of the biggest Czech
indoor action: Apokalypsa, and took part in the realization of this
successful event with headliners such as Adam Beyer, Cristian Varela,
Space Djz, etc…
In 2008, Michael continued to climb up the talent chart by rolling out
nine new productions and gaining support of the DJ masses like Armin
van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Gareth Emery, Eddie Haliwell,
Christopher Lawrence, Phynn, Andy Moor, Suzy Solar, Flash Brothers,
Orkidea, Martin Roth, Discomania and many more. He then headlined
some of the biggest events in the region such as Transmission 2008,
Creamfields Central Europe, Machac, Free Summer Festival, Hradhouse
etc…
2009 witnessed "Black Mamba EP" on Ying Yang records topping
the techno charts on Trackitdown.net for four weeks. On March 6, he
was announced the producer of the month of February on Slinky.fm's
CGI Sessions program. Later this year he was also rewarded for his
production when he claimed the third spot on O2 Dance Music Award's
poll in The Czech Republic in "Project or Band" category.
Michal Poliak's latest project became his own radio show concept
called "World Republic" which started broadcasting on
worldwide radios such as Slinky.fm, DI.fm and PureSound and locally
with exclusive sessions on Czech's own Danceradio.cz.
Discography:
Heroes of AscalonDeep Ocean records
Preach feat. M.Ryan - Spark (Michal Poliak rmx)In Charge
PEPPELINO - The Army (Michal Poliak remix)StarTraxx records
MONORIDERZ - Shine on Me (Michal Poliak remix)
FS Music Records
Viking EP
Foundation records
Reaky - Meduza (Michal Poliak remix)
Propulsion records
Palava EP
Propulsion Records
Danube EP
RMS records
Czechoslovakia EP
WA-X records
Victoria EP
Tribal Vision
ELSD SESSION 9
ELSD Tunes
Quinto EP
Amigos Records
Black Mamba EP
Yin Yang records
Rubicon EP
Propulsion Records 2008
Jebada EP
Babylon Records 2008
Long Time Ago EP
P Hits Records 2008
Abolish EP
Swordtail rec
Intoxicating EP
ELSD Tunes 2008
Ninfa - It doesnt metter (Michal Poliak remix)
Hypotron records 2008
World republic Remixes
Relic records 2008
World Republic EP
Relic records 2007
Michal Poliak vs Orbith
Duplex 1 2006
U Know Hit vol.5 (with Preach)
2006
Phantom EP (with Orbith)
Qrime records 2006
