FUTURE STYLE
Savas Pascalidis was born in Stuttgart (Germany) in 1970. Influenced by Disco and early 80's music, he started his musical career in 1987 as a House / Disco / Funk dj in various clubs in the Stuttgart area. In 1988, he started to play more Acid and New Beat music, which was quite popular at the time. From 1991 on, Savas organized Techno parties in Stuttgart and its surrounding areas, and spinned at the Oz and the Perkins Park, the only clubs to offer Techno nights at the time. In 1992, he got in touch with Goran Besov from Megahertz, who introduced him to the basics of electonic music. Equipped with this knowledge, he started to produce his own tracks on an Atari 1040 and a Juno 106. In 1995, he released two EPs on Affie Yussufs label 909 Perversions: "The Power Of Music" and "Masterblaster", followed by "Helter Skelter" on the Vienna cult label Loriz Sounds in 1997. Richard Bartz got aware of Savas Pascalidis, his first release on Kurbel Records "Sugarland Express" became a real hit 1997 and was licensed around the world. Savas' popularity grew as more gigs abroad followed. In 1998, he produced "Discotheque" as a contribution to the second "Kurbel Compilation", which hit like a bomb. The remix by Richard Bartz even hit the Groove Top Ten Best Remix year poll. In 1999, he released "Sexomatic" on Kurbel, presenting more of his musical abilities and obviously referring to his Disco/Funk roots. In 1999, all his previous tracks were (re-)released on the newly founded Lasergun label, which turned out to be the perfect platform for his kind of music. Soon, two new releases came out: "Disco Galaxy" and "Stellar Funk". In 2000, he remixed Sexual Harassments "I Need A Freak" and released Superastronaut "Dancing In Outer Space", which was strongly influenced by the music of the 80's. A three days session in Stuttgart with DJ Lab Insect resulted in the release of the "Venus EP" under the name Universal Power. After one year of hard work, he finally published the "Cosmic Dancer EP" on Kurbel, showing a very well-balanced mixture of his favourite styles: 80's, Disco, and Techno.
TOUR DATES January 2004 30.01. rostock December 2003 05.12. moa /geneva 06.12. moscow / russia 12.12. barcelona tbc 19.12. ghent/ belgium (tbc) 20.12. turbine/neubrandenburg 27.12. brandenburg 31.12. budapest November 2003 01.11 ade /amsterdam 06.11. wagenburg / hamburg 08.11. polar tv /berlin 14.11. dome / lindau 15.11. burg rabenstein /brandenburg 21.11. umatic / athen 28.11. chile October 2003 11.10. polar tv / berlin 14.10. cookies /berlin 17.10. ramien / wien 18.10 badeanstalt / munich 25.10 moscow (tba) 31.10. florida 139/spain
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advanced technologic sound magazine 2003 november issue 119
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