{"id":1755,"date":"2018-01-08T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halcyon-sf.com\/main\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2018-12-10T04:23:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T04:23:34","slug":"feb-3-sante-b2b-sidney-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halcyon-sf.com\/main\/feb-3-sante-b2b-sidney-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 03 – Sant\u00e9 b2b Sidney Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SANT\u00c9<\/h5>\n

\"\"Sant\u00e9, hailing from Berlin, is part of a new school of artists championing musicality, skillfulness and creativity over mindless loops and endless repetition. His productions, like those on his record label AVOTRE, ooze character, charisma & humour, feelings so often overlooked in the realms of house music.<\/p>\n

Sant\u00e9\u2019s career trajectory has grown hand in hand with AVOTRE\u2019s reputation. His success has allowed the brand, founded in 2012, to grow incredibly quickly, to the point where it is now an established label selling out at least two international showcase events every month while continuing to act as a \u2018go-to\u2019 label for the undergrounds hottest acts. 2015 saw the release of two further successful House Lessons releases \u2013 One from long term friend Russ Yallop, and the other, touring and production partner Sidney Charles. The House Lessons concept itself comes from one of the label\u2019s first releases AVTR003 \u2013 Sidney Charles\u2019 genius track of the same name that has led to a musical concept, fully embraced by Sant\u00e9 and the AVOTRE family. Culminating in the February 2017 with the release of Sant\u00e9\u2019s own House Lesson\u2019s LP, the twelve track concept album is a compilation of collaborative tracks, featuring some of house and techno\u2019s most influential artists including wAFF, Marshall Jefferson, Ann Saunderson, and Solardo amongst others.
\nBeyond AVOTRE, label boss Sant\u00e9 has continued to build his already impressive repertoire of releases with a number of Beatport top ten records including a hit track for Hot Creations \u2013 \u2018Forever\u2019 – and the era defining \u2018Stay\u2019 on Nic Fanciulli\u2019s Saved Records, which went on to take a place among the label\u2019s most successful releases of 2015.<\/p>\n

Looking to the year ahead, Sant\u00e9\u2019s 2017 calendar is already filling up with key events such as Glastonbury, several dates with Elrow at their newly announced Amnesia residency, and BPM Portugal. Continuing to push boundaries with his electrifying live shows, Sant\u00e9 launched event concept \u2018Cave Rave\u2019 at newly opened Leeds venue The Church in late 2016. Incorporating 3-D projection and an altogether deeper sound, Cave Rave is set to make a return in 2017 with a series of yet to be announced summer dates.<\/p>\n

It all started when Sant\u00e9 bought an Akai MPC-2000 aged 16 and set the ball rolling for a life entrenched in electronic music. \u201cI was totally into sampling and house\u201d, he recalls of those early days of button bashing and experimentation. He left his hometown when he was 21 to immerse himself in the dance music mecca that is Berlin. A studio internship blossomed into a full-time career, with the emerging talent spending six years producing jingles and ad music and nurturing his passion for house music at any opportunity. Nothing was released, however, until one of his demos found its way to Matt \u2018Radio Slave\u2019 Edwards. His first ever release came out on Edwards\u2019 acclaimed REKIDS imprint, setting the bar incredibly high and garnering him a lot of high-profile attention in the process.
\nThe next major stepping-stone for him was meeting Tiefschwarz. \u201cThey were looking for a new engineer and hired me to oversee all projects for their label Souvenir, where I got the freedom to release my music and a platform to experiment\u201d he explains. This fruitful, intense relationship lasted three years, a time Sant\u00e9 describes as being \u201ca fantastic experience\u201d. After working on many of Tiefschwarz\u2019s releases, including remixes for Richie Hawtin and Grace Jones, Sant\u00e9 decided to fly the nest in search of new pastures. His subsequent release schedule spells out what a diverse producer he is and how far his popularity ranges – from bastions of techno like Cocoon to the kings of big room house Defected, through to underground darlings like Desolat, all the way to acclaimed remixes for huge stars like Depeche Mode. Few producers can claim such a breadth of imprints to be associated with at any one time. When you ask Sant\u00e9 to describe his musical style, he says he doesn\u2019t really know how to – which goes someway to explaining his widespread appeal.<\/p>\n