Darko Esser

PROMOTER In late 1996 he applied for a job as a dance promoter in a local club called Simplon. In this period he learned a lot about putting on events as well as DJ-ing. Not limited by a puristic mind, the likes of JEFF MILLS, KEMISTRY & STORM, I-f, BAD COMPANY, ACID JUNKIES, PAUL DAMAGE, ANDY SMITH and ADAM FREELAND have been booked to play. Because of his expertise in the local dance area, he worked frequently as an advisor for events as EUROSONIC, NOORDERLSLAG and BEVRIJDINGSFESTIVAL. In october 2000 he switched jobs and moved to Nijmegen to become the promoter for the legendary club Doornroosje. Their he promotes their succesfull nites Planet Rose (Techno) and Jungle Galaxy (Drum & Bass) a.o. The status of Doornroosje in the European techno scene is impeccable. The likes of DAFT PUNK, JEFF MILLS (who says Doornroosje is one of his 3 favorite clubs in the world), DAVE CLARKE and RICARDO VILLALOBOS made their Dutch debut on the Doornroosje stage. DJ/Live Although he has been DJ-ing since 1995, his DJ career took off in 1999, where he was asked to play in a lot of different clubs in and outside of Holland as well some major events like the LOWLANDS festival in 1999 en 2001. He was also the resident of the only northern Drum & Bass night called 'Bass Nation' for 3 years where he received guests like DECODER, BAD COMPANY, CALYX, NOS (Hidden Agenda) and JOHN B. Since 2000 he focuses on techno, (deep)house, minimal and electro and played in well known clubs such as Moog (Barcelona), Neue Heimat (Stuttgart), Mazzo, 013, Effenaar, Throb (Leeds), House of God (Birmingham) and Aqua (Antwerp). To broaden his horizon he started to do livesets as well since april 2004. He did some succesfull shows in Doornroosje, Paradiso and Moog (Barcelona). The liveset contains a great variation of music styles (minimal, house, techno) and reflect his DJ style perfectly. WOLFSKUIL RECORDS He started his own labelimprint with Ger Laning (DJ LL) in 2003, called Wolfskuil Records . On their website www.wolfskuilrecords.com you can find out all about the label. The first 5 releases include music from Joris Voorn, Hakan Lidbo, GWP Gatzigristos, P van Dongen, Bart Thissen as well a release from Darko Esser and LL wich where well received by magazines and topartists like Groove, De-bug, Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier, Ben Sims, Cari Lekebush and John Selway. PRODUCER Darko has been making music in his small homestudio since 1998 as a hobby. He didn't start producing more fanatically untill 2002. The effort paid off in releases on Fingers Ltd ('Movin' with LL), Flux Recordings from London ('Late at night' featured on the compilation 'The Adventures of..'') and off course Wolfskuil Records ('Chaos in da flesh'). The track he did on Flux was played on the John Peel show (mr. Peel even charted the track as one of his favorites of that month) and the 'Chaos in da flesh' EP was charted on number 2 in his july chart by none other then Dave Clarke. Darko's first solo release will be released on Wolfskuil Records ('Laku Noc Jasna' (WOLF 006)) and will hit the stores in January 2005. Next year seems to become a good year release-wise with several labels showing interest in his music.... Watch this space! CLUBS (Holland, a selection) Simplon (Groningen, Resident '97-'00), Vera (Groningen, Resident '96-'00), Doornroosje (Nijmegen), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Nighttown (Rotterdam), Bunker (Groningen), 013 (Tilburg), Mazzo (Amsterdam), LVC (Leiden), Burgerweeshuis (Deventer), de Rechter (Eindhoven), Effenaar (Eindhoven), Bootleg DJ Cafe (Rotterdam) CLUBS (Foreign Countries, a selection) Riverside (Newcastle, UK), Foundation (Newcastle, UK), World Headquarters (Newcastle, UK), Future Methods (Hull, UK), D.O.P.E. (Leeds, UK), House of God (Birmingham, UK), Quayclub (Newcastle, UK), Throb (Leeds, UK), Moog (Barcelona, Spain), Delerium (Aberyswyth, Wales), Electroosho (Gottingen, Germany), Neue Heimat (Stuttgart, Germany), Aqua (Antwerp, Belgium), The Castle (Belgium) EVENTS (a selection) Lowlands '99 & '01, Rebel Bass launch party, Bevrijdingsfestival '98 & '99, Fast Forward Parade '00, Fantasy Factory (Nijmegen), Trinity in Technoland (Groningen), Tomorrow (Hemkade) DISCOGRAPHY 2005 Darko Esser - Luka Noc Jasna (Wolfskuil Records, WOLF 006) release scheduled January 2005 2004 Darko Esser versus LL - Chaos in da Flesh (Wolfskuil Records, WOLF 004) Darko Esser - Late at night (Flux Recordings, FLUX 004) 2003 LL vs Darko Esser - Movin' (Fingers Ltd. Records, LTD 001) 2002 Darko Esser - Black Corner (feat. on Puschkin presents Doornroosje)