Deepicnic Podcast 519 – Dorian Knox Tracklist
The guest in this episode is a Budapest-based artist, Dorian Knox. He is one of the colourful characters of the Hungarian techno scene, since he represents a style, which has become a curiosity in the little country, called Hungary.
He has been interested in playing music since the year 2000, around that time he preferred the more pleasant and popular type of sounds. Nowadays he has found his own musical taste, which is dark and industrial and it fits his personality to play with real passion. During the long process of finding his style, he experienced a lot, and various factors affected and influenced his decision. One of those important milestones was the encounter with a Hungarian DJ who had his record store, which was the way Dorian found the records and genres that made his commitment to techno for a lifetime.
In general, he represents industrial, however, we can find releases in his record case from Jeff Mills, Mark Broom, or even The Advent, which expands his unique mixes. Due to his talent, he gave his first gig during the summer of 2004 at Kashmir Underground while he was a resident of the Dirtybass and Listen to the Techno events. At this time he met with Wildcrush and they shared our passions and aspects of electronic music. They played memorable back2back sets in the early mornings.
From 2005 until the year of 2006, he played an important role in the BudapesTechno movement as he was involved in the management part of the event as well. After all, a one-year residency followed his career in the music club, called Freeport. One year later he joined the Fuerza team where he had the chance to introduce his new side and present his altered musical vision. In 2009 he made his debut on Justmusic FM, which is the leader electronic music radio in the country. For the first time, he played in the ‘Mind the Tech’ radio shows. Meanwhile, he started producing his own music with Ableton Live. In 2010 he moved to the only regular techno radio show on the channel – ‘Planet Radio Show’. Since then he performing there regularly and he is one of the unique artists who plays monthly.
Under the name, D.W. Sync Dorian and Wildcrush form a collaboration where they create their own musical ideas with no boundaries attached. This project is based on music writing, but they are collaborating on live events and promoting their music to the audience as well.
He has already played with artists such as the Space Dj’z, Speedy J, Alan Fitzpatrick, Hans Bouffmyhre, Takaaki Itoh, Regis, Gary Beck, James Ruskin, Inigo Kennedy, Bas Mooy, Dustin Zahn, Dj Misjah, Sven Wittekind, Sasha Carassi, Supagrupa, Toky, Eric Sneo, Raw Hedroom and more.
