New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Blkmarket Membership) Blkmarket Membership with Michael Mayer & Zenker Brother
8 Year Anniversary party
Saturday / 17th May 2014
daytime and night time event
line-up /
Michael Mayer (Kompakt Records)
Zenker Brothers (Ilian Tape)
(Dario Zenker &
Marco Zenker)
Taimur & Fahad
more acts TBA
Tickets will be available at the DOOR and you can still get advance tickets on Resident Advisor for this night
Everyone attending has to RSVP
[email protected] with their FULL NAMES & the venue information will be released soon.
michael mayer
As a DJ, producer and remixer, Michael Mayer remains one of Germany's core celebrities in dance music. It's no secret that he spends his weekends traveling around the globe. It's likely throughout his career he's played in front of millions. Then, as a co-owner of Kompakt, he spends his weekdays deciding what will be released on the label and working with the label's artists and overseeing Kompakt's distribution wing - the home of over 50 record labels. Amazingly enough, he manages to sneak into the studio on occasion to produce his own music and remix the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode,
Foals and
Rufus Wainwright. And of course there is Supermayer but more on that later. It's safe to say he loves being challenged and regardless of the pressure is never putting less than 100% of his heart and soul into everything he does.
zenkerbrothers
Zenker Brothers
(Dario and
Marco Zenker)
Dario and
Marco are not just brothers, they run the record label Ilian Tape, they make music together as Zenker Brothers, they hang out and they hustle hard in Munich city.
The following does not seek to lionise, rather it wishes to tell the amusing tale of a carnivorous, Kung Fu-loving Munich man who just happens to have that certain uuuhhh…factor. Dario Zenker, natural-born dancer and Mowgli-like wild boy was raised in Germany's Deep South on a diet of Wu Tang, Gangstarr,
Michael Jackson and sweet mustard. His childhood habitat allowed for much adventuring, moving from the heart of Munich to the Bavarian wilderness at the age of 12, but always having the liberty to roam freely and explore his surroundings. At weekends, wandering off back to the southern capital, he would stay at his stepdad's flat, encountering many techno warriors from far and wide. Here, they would find their refuge after a night behind the helm at the infamous Ultraschall, founded and run in '94 by Dario's stepaunt, Dorle and her man DJ Upstart, among others. After turning 15 he got his paws on a mixer and a set of Gemini turntables. Subsequently, his passion for playing music (and disturbing the peace) took flight. As the young cub matured, his nocturnal nature lead him to goa trance gatherings and other such tribal ceremonies. Coming home to meet mystical gurus like L.A. Williams, Jay Denham and Shake Shakir served only to ignite his burning curiosity for underground electronic music. After receiving his first techno record from Shake at 16, (having woken to him listening to his stepdad's
Beatles records in the living room) his techno quest began.
2006 saw his first vinyl debut and since then he has produced releases, remixes and his own unique brand of house and techno on labels such as Vakant, Frozen Border and Time to Express, to name but a few. Today, apart from gourmet cooking and Kung Fu wrestling his compadres, the Munich maverick channels his energy into two projects in particular. Founded by him, his brother and partner in crime
Marco and longtime sidekick Mueller, Ilian Tape is their homegrown label, nurtured with much tender love since 2007. His inspiration? Life, love and dancing.
Marco was born in Munich in 1988. As a teenager he came true with skateboarding, listening to
Roots Reggae, Dub and underground Hip Hop for years. A dj set from his brother Dario in 2006 introduced him to electronic music in a club environment.
By the time
Marco was already making hip hop beats. At the beginning he was just messing around, but soon he spent all of his free time discovering sound and gear. Slowly and step by step he built a studio. His first club gig was a live set on new years eve 2008/2009 at the old Harry Klein in Munich.
Everything began with dancing - the love for music and letting yourself go with the crowd. His live sets are accordingly full of energy and rhythm whereby it is also always about the live moment.
Marco never plays whole pieces - his live sets are always live jams. For many years he played only live, but he was always buying records during that time. In 2013 the Zenker Brothers started to play b2b dj sets.
Over the years the brothers consequently followed their vision. They run the record label Ilian Tape, dj, play live and produce music together, throw dance jams in Munich and hustle hard.
