Andre Salmon

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With two decades, 20 years as a musician, guitarist, sound engineer and producer, passionate about sound and musical experimentation, full of love for auditory texture, although it reaches the point of becoming abstract and dissonant; this artist comes from a small part located in the middle of the world, Ecuador, is globally recognized for his original music and his sets full of emotions, euphoria and energy, he was born in the 90s' and absorbed the essence of a generation of diverse musical cultures. He has the recognition and support of great artists such as John Moffett, drummer par excellence of King Michael Jackson, the great Madonna, the legend Elton John and we could continue without an end, sound engineers of great recognition such as Cass Irvine owner and founder of the company and recording studio Wired Masters, several renowned talents we could mention below, Well, the list is extensive, with just these two names, we already know that we are talking seriously about a quality musical artist.

Her inspiration and roots within the Span, span a wide range of influences, ranging from punk-rock, hip hop, electronica and nu-metal, to experimental and alternative genres. His passion for electronic music led him to explore nu-wave, electro and techno beats, consolidating himself as a benchmark in the global electronic music scene.

When talking about Andre Salmon in his shows and presentations, we can say that he is unique in his mixes, since there is nothing prepared, everything is totally improvised and he always knows what to place and at what time, as a DJ he very spontaneously selects his music by reading the audience and his audience.

He also has a live-act Hybrid called *I'm The Rain* where he uses 3 cd-players + his Tascam (tape recorder) playing cassettes full of sounds, voices and acapellas, combining production techniques with his controllers and machines, giving a special shape to his auditory story and opening a small vortex between the art of DJing and live production.

We couldn't leave behind their 'Pure Live-Act' which is more about grooves with touches of micro-tech and minimal, where everything is spontaneous and is pure live production in real time.

Andre has managed to define a unique sound in his unreleased songs that bears his unmistakable signature!!

His inspiration goes beyond music, incorporating influences from various art forms, such as animations, TV series, film, painting, and even abstract elements, creating a mix that reflects his artistic vision and ability to merge different creative worlds.

Throughout his career, Andre has founded several music labels, along with friends and colleagues such as Sagmen and Addikson, who became references for the underground electronic music scene on vinyl. His first label, Maniacs, was born almost two decades ago and covered a wide variety of subgenres of electronic music. He later founded Anima Somnis, a label with a more melodic approach, fusing tech house and techno. Then came Above From The Tree, with ambient sounds and breaks, followed by Fenomeno, a label more oriented to the "techy" style.

Currently, Andre is part of Arritmia, a label he founded with him, creator of the techno movement in Detroit and the Detroit-techno genre, creator of the Reese-bassline and also founder of INNER CITY, one of the biggest groups in the world of dance music, we are talking about the legendary Kevin Saunderson and Dantiez (his son).

In addition, he is part of the iconic KMS Records label, created by Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson in the 80s and which currently maintains its solid musical base of House and techno to this day, Andre, is a sound engineer within this record label, as in some others making mixes & masters with a purist definition that entails a great combination of auditory experience and analog machines to maintain the essence of humanization in sound quality.

We currently have PARALLEL <|> which is a new record project with his great colleague Marcjack... Andre, with his rebellious vision, in the music of anti-rules coming from his introspection and his broad musical culture, is combined with the essence of Marcjack that originates with sounds and influence of House, of legendary labels such as Nervous, of which he is an artist, the perfect combination to launch this project to the world, before the eyes of the entire global sphere, within his new label/project there will be a diverse catalog of artists, with several sound derivatives, such as Felipe Valenzuela, Kevin Saunderson, Carlo lío, Jay Kurmis, Felipe Venegas, Art No Logia, ACÁ and an endless number of names.

Andre Salmon also made his debut at the renowned 'Boiler Room' which was presented in one of the most beloved clubs in the world today, Lost Beach Club located in Montañita Ecuador, a place where he has been a fundamental part since the beginning of the venue, both as a DJ and as a musical artist.

Throughout his career, he has shared the booth with big names on the scene, such as Seth Troxler, Magda, Ben Klock, Charlotte de Witte, James Zabiela, Green Velvet, Gordo, Cloonee, Martín buttrich, Paco Osuna, Lee Foss, among many others.

Currently, Andre Salmon works as a sound engineer and A&R for Trackstack, the world's largest platform and tool for DJs and artists of house and techno culture whose face and mind come from one of the greatest exponents of dance culture, we are talking about Jamie Jones, creator of the group Hot Natured and record labels such as Hot Creations, Hottrax, Emerald City and Paradise.

The story is long and words fall short of all the extensive information about Andre Salmon!! thanks to his solid relationship and connection with renowned artists at a high level, Andre has the opportunity to expose his music through releases on record labels and record companies of great prestige in the culture of music, Dance-Underground, Dance-Underground, Dance-Underground,

Hot Creations, Elrow, Drumcode, Suara, Ultra, Toolroom, Saved Records, Get Physical, Repopulate Mars, Mood Child, Issues and a very extensive list of infographic houses from the most Underground to the most popular.

He has remixes and collaborations with high-caliber artists, classic artists and artists who leave a legacy within the cultural scene of dance/electronic music such as: Paul Johnson, Inner City, Kevin Saunderson, DJ Deeon, DJ Sneak, just to mention a few.

His most recent project leads him to meet his shadow and his most emotional side, making an introspective and taking it with his shadow, Merac.• This is how he calls this project of noise and music completely abstract and without any purpose, nothing more than to satisfy his own shadow.

Which also led him to create his labels ERROR MACRO and KAAL, these labels are more than musical impresses, they are Andre Salmon's personal trunks, ERROR MACRO will tell us from now on the non-danceable and non-digestible musical-paintings of Andre Salmon as Merac.• while KAAL (Vinyl/digital) is a sonic 'rune' that you will come across at any time in Andre's musical journey. KAAL symbolizes the initials obtained from love for his family; he exposes melodies and sequences taken to techno and trance hypnosis.