Michal Basar

Originally comes from Košice, Slovakia, but after he first visited the iconic Rotterdam techno club Perron in 2014, he decided to move to the Netherlands. Between 2014 and 2016 he studied audio engineering at SAE Institute in Rotterdam, collaborated with various bands and gained experience working with professional audio gear. Shortly after this period he fell in love with the tactile feeling of modular synthesizers and stand-alone hardware. Michal is also an Ableton teacher and because of his skills with the software, he has decided to equip his hardware gear with sophisticated routings through Ableton effect chains. Analog or Digital – he has no longer any preference. After finishing his studies in Rotterdam, Michal and his friends organized a techno nights in Rotterdam called Foldback in the course of 2016 and 2017. Still lives in Rotterdam, but travels as much as he can to Bratislava, Slovakia, where he collaborates with fellow DJs from Slovakia and Austria in various collectives such as KOHM, aMT or Anacle – experimental, synthetics created adventures with the sound of a modular system, live recording and rough edits, filled by drum lines. Hypnotic repetitions are essential substances for Michal’s production as well as performance. His inspiration comes from different kind of music therapy techniques. However, always within the framework of a techno subgenre. Live improvisation and adaptation during performances on stage is a key element in all projects where Michal participates, as he believes it makes the creation more organic.