Santé, hailing from Berlin, is part of a new school of artists championing musicality, skillfulness and creativity over mindless loops and endless repetition. His productions, like those on his record label AVOTRE, ooze character, charisma & humour, feelings so often overlooked in the realms of house music.
Looking to the year ahead, SantĂ©âs 2018 calendar is already filling up with key events such as festival bookings throughout Europe and key Ibiza dates. Continuing to push boundaries with his electrifying live shows, SantĂ© has become a resident for the newly launched âCAVE RAVEâ event concept, breaking ground at Liverpoolâs Arts Club in March of 2018. Incorporating 3-D projection and an altogether deeper sound, âCAVE RAVEâ is set to make a return this year with a series of yet to be announced summer dates.
It all started when SantĂ© bought an Akai MPC-2000 aged 16 and set the ball rolling for a life entrenched in electronic music. âI was totally into sampling and houseâ, he recalls of those early days of button bashing and experimentation. He left his hometown when he was 21 to immerse himself in the dance music mecca that is Berlin. A studio internship blossomed into a full-time career, with the emerging talent spending six years producing jingles and ad music and nurturing his passion for house music at any opportunity. Nothing was released, however, until one of his demos found its way to Matt âRadio Slaveâ Edwards. His first ever release came out on Edwardsâ acclaimed REKIDS imprint, setting the bar incredibly high and garnering him a lot of high-profile attention in the process.
The next major stepping-stone for him was meeting Tiefschwarz. âThey were looking for a new engineer and hired me to oversee all projects for their label Souvenir, where I got the freedom to release my music and a platform to experimentâ he explains. This fruitful, intense relationship lasted three years, a time SantĂ© describes as being âa fantastic experienceâ. After working on many of Tiefschwarzâs releases, including remixes for Richie Hawtin and Grace Jones, SantĂ© decided to fly the nest in search of new pastures. His subsequent release schedule spells out what a diverse producer he is and how far his popularity ranges – from bastions of techno like Cocoon to the kings of big room house Defected, through to underground darlings like Desolat and Supernature, all the way to acclaimed remixes for huge stars like Depeche Mode. Few producers can claim such a breadth of imprints to be associated with at any one time. When you ask SantĂ© to describe his musical style, he says he doesnât really know how to – which goes someway to explaining his widespread appeal.
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