Dragongaz

Interlope

Paris, France

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dragongaz first started music back in the nineties playing guitar in punk rock bands to the point he made a switch in style with a first release on the French tekno label Chronobrain in 1996 (n°00 Psaizone) followed by several releases on the pioneer french hardtek tekno label No-Tek Records (1997/98 Psaizone). Member of the underground electronic live scene he has been active in free partys, festivals and clubs during more than a decade with his former band Interlope (1999-2010), live electronic duo (Dragongaz+Rimshot) improvising on stage with a wild range of styles, from Electro Glicth Hip Hop to Tekno, Breaks, IDM and Drum and Bass hosted by the labels Jarring Effect and Expressillon. They played big festivals like Garorock, Vieilles Charrues, Sziget, famous venues like Rex Club, Elysée Montmartre, Bikini, Cabaret Sauvage, alongside big names, approximatly 500 gigs over 10 years, gaining support from numerous artists and also collaborating, at the time, with Mc Jamalski (Boogie Down Productions, Brand New Heavies) on stage and on releases. During a tour in South Africa in 2004 (Siphon Project) Dragongaz collaborated with some SA artists before they explode on the international scene like Mc Totally Rad (Ninja Die Antwoord), Spoek Mathambo (Sweat X, Playdoe), Sibot (Dj Fuck-Contructus Corporation, Playdoe). Mc Totally Rad aka Ninja Die Antwoord is featured on Electrified (2nd Interlope Album on Expressillon 2005), Now as a solo act since 2010, Dragongaz came back to his first style, a personal techno/breaks dancefloor music, went on tour with some of the Spiral Tribe artists (Crystal Distortion, 69DB), and release several EP on labels Expressillon, Perce Oreille, released remixes for DTC Records (PC Pieces remix), IOT Rec (Loan Murderer remix) and Jarring Effect (Hight Tone Re Processed). Dragongaz is mixing live on stage with a computer and various controllers delivering a set based on improvisation with his own compositions ranging from breaks, tekno, dubstep to up tempo tek/Drum&Bass, with some bites off rock and dirty basses, definetely dancefloor influence.