mugwump Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 YOU GET BIG FUCKING BALLS OF BLISTER! TUESDAY APRIL 30th:ABE DUQUE PROZAC JOHN SELWAY TECHNO/ELECTRO AT IT'S FINEST. IN THE LAB: JAPAN IS BURNT FRIED CHICKEN DJ KOGI FILTER 14 (432 W 14th) $5 E-MAIL CRAIGH@CON-FU-SION.COM (A little 411 on Abe:)*************************Abe Duque Bio- Carlos Abraham Duque Alcivar (or Abe Duque) was born in the South American country of Ecuador. He moved to the United States at the age of 2 and grew up in NYC. He got much of his early musical understanding from his dad who was a gifted musician and evangelical minister. Abe discovered Djing in the early 80’s where he became obsessed with vinyl and electronic dance music production (an obsession that would remain vivid in his life until the present.) He bought his first synthesizer in 1983 with money from his newspaper route and played his keyboard in his dad’s church. In 1986 Abe joined the United States Marine Corps where he remained for 4 years. At the completion of his commitment he was honorably discharged, 1 month before his unit was shipped off to operation “Desert Storm” he was glad not to have to spend 6 months sitting in the desert. At the end of the 80’s he met Gene LeFosse and Victor Calderon who were then known as Program 2 a noted NYC techno duo. He would eventually come on board their team as a keyboardist. They would introduce him to the low world of the “dance music industry”. In 1993 Abe made a decision to start his record label TENSION. Today Tension Records Corp. goes strong in its trend blazing style, with such artist as Gene LeFosse, Dj Corbett, John Selway, Dietrich Schoenemann, Al Linndrum, Claudio Alvarez and himself on board. Tension has become a shining light illuminating the way for new paradigms and possibilities in electronic music, and sometimes for twisted stuff not even Abe understands. In 1996 Abe won Germany’s Disko-b records from owner Peter Wacha in a bet over cigarettes. Although Mr. Wacha insisted Abe should collect on the fairly waged bet and let him sign the company over to him, Abe let him keep it if he promised to use it for the benefit of mankind. In recent years Abe co-founded and runs Rapture Records along with John Selway. Abe is an intensely versatile artist whose styles range from Ambient, Techno, Downtempo, House, Latin electronic jazz, to the unknown. There seems to be no limit to Abe’s musical explorations while always keeping a unique flavor that’s remarkably refined and definitely his own. He can be categorized as a producer for producers, daring to go where most won’t. And one who will shoot himself in the foot any chance he can get. Abe has released his music on several labels such as, State of mind, Disko-b, Oval, V2, Vortex, Sahko, Mainframe, Tresor, Instinct, GiG, Tension, Abuse, Warner Bros, Mille Plateaux, Sonic Groove & Rapture. He has worked under a few different monikers such as: Kirlian, Abe Duque, Super Secret Symphony, New York Trance King, Monkey Spank, Facil, and founded the Rancho Relaxo All-stars. He has released works done together with the likes of Richard Dorfmeister, Jimmy Tenor, John Selway, and Patrick Pulsinger. Abe has travel the world to play his music. From his once resident club Limelight in NYC to many stops around the globe. He has been part of events such as the Sonar festival in Barcelona, the Love Parade in Berlin, the Zurich Street Paradeand the Latin American ambient Festival. He has played inside volcanoes in Mexico and caves in Austria. He has appeared in clubs such as Tresor (Berlin), The Rex (Paris), The Ultraschall (Munich), Sensor, (Zurich) Lolita (Spain) and the Limelight (NYC). All the travel that being an international DJ/Producer requires is not easy for Abe being that he carries an Ecuadorian passport. Which is rated as THIRD WORLD. This makes him conspicuous to border police around the world especially in NATO countries. And always makes him a great candidate for a good old-fashioned interrogation. And if he’s really lucky a strip search. Abe’s new album is called “De Todas Partes”. “De Todas Partes” this means “From All Parts and Places”. Abe considers it a milestone in his artistic endeavors. It is an album dedicated to his world travels and world troubles. It features recordings done in many different parts of the world. Munich, Bogotá, Vienna, New York are some of the stops on his recording tour for this Album. This work covers a wide spectrum of electronic styles and remains always ABE DUQUE in flavor. Revolutionary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogoamy Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 I can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobra Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Shit - Can't make it - damn Final exams!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyrevs Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 looks like i'm coming out again tonight, i need my techno fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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