FUTURE BEAT INVESTIGATORS - BIOGRAPHY
In the spring of 2006, DJ Lil' Tony (of Nuspirit Helsinki fame) got together with Roberto Rodriguez from Track n Field and Kimmo Oksanen from Acid Kings (who both are also involved with a host of other projects) in the studio. The guys realized they have a common interest towards soulful, yet minimal techno sound, and after long days and nights in the basement during the spring and summer the first tracks were finalized.
After sending out some demos to the heavyweights of the dance music biz, the Future Beat Investigators were soon noticed by labels such as Raw Fusion, Sonar Kollektiv's new Member of the Trick imprint and DJ Sasse's Mood Music, with several 12" releases to be expected in early 2007
Future Beat Investigators' sound is heavily infuenced by Detroit techno and the current Berlin minimal sound, as well as house and disco pioneers such as Harvey, Ron Hardy, Ron Trent, Chez Damier, Daniele Baldelli, Theo Parrish and Moodymann, with a measure of Marvin Gaye and Fela Kuti thrown in, topped with some Basic Channel - style dub influences.
Though the group's history is still a short one, the guys behind it are all well known heavyweights in the Finnish scene:
DJ LIL' TONY is one of the central characters in the Helsinki club scene. Best known internationally as one of the Nuspirit Helsinki family, local clubbers probably know him even better as the man behind the top club venues in town: Kerma and sOda from 90s to the early 2000s, today Kuudes linja and Rose Garden, plus a host of smaller bars. Tony is also one of Finland's hardest-working DJs with more than a hundred gigs annually in Finland, rest of Europe, Asia and the Americas, runs his own radio show and is the programme coordinator for the annual Flow Festival in Helsinki.
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ is one of the busiest producers of electronic music in Finland, working in genres ranged from downtempo to acid techno and with labels such as Sähkö/Keys of Life, Frozen North, Laka and Nine2Five. Besides Future Beat Investigators, his solo career and remix work, he's involved in the groups Track n Field, Robbyn Rhodes, Bermuda and Acid Kings. He is also a DJ, sound designer and a radio presenter.
KIMMO OKSANEN is Roberto's partner in crime in the groups Bermuda and Acid Kings and also involved with the Jörg Mager project and remix work of his own. He is a collector of vintage analogue synthesizers and runs his own sound design company Analog Clinic.
For all booking enquiries please contact : ali@warm-music.com
http://www.myspace.com/futurebeatinvestigators
http://www.rawfusionrec.com/
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http://www.moodmusicrecords.com/
http://www.cosmiccity.fi/
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http://www.nuspirit.com/
