ClubAntix

The year is 1998: Damien embarks on a grand tour of the jewelry capitals of Europe. Prague, Berlin, then Paris, where he ends up staying for good. At this point in his life, he hates music. With one crucial exception: techno, which he discovered by listening to snippets of albums on display at big, well-heated department stores. Then it gets less quixotic: the French Touch (Daft Punk, Mr. Oizo, Air, Etienne de Crécy & Cassius), then Bpitch via Feadz and Perlon thanks to Akufen and Ricardo Villalobos, Matthew Herbert, Whrume, Pantytec, and the German minimal empire: Kompakt, Musik Krause, Freude Am Tanzen, Milnor Modern, Trapez/Traum… Damien buys his first pair of turntables on April 14th 2001.

One year later, he asks Alex from the record shop Katapult, pioneer of all things minimal in France, how one gets to play in clubs: “You have to have a record out!” So production is the next step. All the money his grandmother has been saving for him since forever is used to buy a computer, and a year of his own savings goes into a decent soundcard. At the first “Alors les Filles” party thrown by Institubes, Damien discovers the incredible mixing style of (TTC DJ) Orgasmic and realizes he has found a home. In September 2004, Institibes recieve a strange sound file in their inbox. Two years later, we give you Das Glow – “Weiss Gaz EP”.

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