Dj Proton

Based in the german City of Cologne (Köln) DJ Proton is spinning records for 13 years now. His style is best described as thrilling, pumping, banging hard Techno, but once you're on the dancefloor music speaks louder than words. During Protons early years of Techno Jeff Mills was dominating the DJ and Producer polls, so after checking some playlists Detroit soon became a strong influence on the way Proton interpreted Techno and he started to travel around Germany to see DJs like Claude Young, Jay Denham, Juan Atkins, Derrick May or Jeff Mills himself on the rare occasions they played. Detroit had more to offer. Not only the sound, but also the thoughts and concepts of Mike Banks from Underground Resistance, dealing with topics as independence from Major-Labels and criticism of goverment indoctrination impressed Ex-Punker Proton sustainable and encouraged him to become a DJ himself. During the time the influences grew: Dj Rush, Dave Clarke, Dj Kammy, Ben Sims, Chris Liberator, Miss Djax, ViperXXL, PET Duo, Sandy Warez, Boris S, Sven Wittekind, Robert Natus - just to name a few. On his way Proton played a lot at parties in abandoned houses, barns and factorys and also the Clubs of Cologne, Germany and in 2009 at the Butan Club in Wuppertal (Hart aber Herzlich). 2008 he already had a gig and lots of fun at Tundra, the biggest baltic electronic music festival, where his curiosity for crowds in foreign countrys awoke. Gigs in Rome (Colocon Circus, EKOrulez), Barcelona (Guerilla Basement) and London (Hard Party Production) followed and there are more to come.