Konekt Asia welcomes Phon.O, an outstanding musician behind labels like 50 Weapons, BPitch Control and Tectonic. He made a fuse music output which including Bass, Dubstep, Techno and House. As the only gig of his Asia tour in China, 8th Dec at Oil Shenzhen, with support from 宀 Club Hong Kong’s Nanogram and Konekt’s Hu Yang.

 

 

 

The boy with the dot in his name and the dubby background, started to play records with his buddy Apparat in the early 90s far in the darkest reaches of the ruff'n'tuff Harz mountains, in former East Germany. But it wasnt until they both moved to Berlin in early 2000 that he started to make a name for himself. Soon he started to crank out EPs on Californian label Cytrax and his newly found home Shitkatapult.

Phon.o's heart as his mind feel most drawn to the bricolage. Conjuring his very own melange with sounds taken from hip hop, dub, baltimore, house, dubstep and techno Phon.o is known for his exstatic live and DJ-sets, sometimes leaning towards the digital and itchy, yet deeply moving and highly energetic. Phon.o deals fire and burned down many cities around the world – Europe, Asia, America – back and forth and gets rewarded with a residency at Berlin´s most notorious club known then for a music selection unparralleled in continental Europe.

With realeases and collaborations on highly praised outlets like Boysnoize Records, Bpitch Control and most recently Tectonic and 50WEAPONS where he also released his seminal album "Black Boulder", he´s beem priviliged to work with some of electronic music greatest afficionados: Diplo, Modeselektor, Funkstörung, Mixhell, Apparat, Sinkane you name them. Continously working on advancing his sound even more Phon.o has been invited to show his skills in worldwide workshops by some of the worlds leading companies in music software, Native Instruments and Ableton and also regularly contributes to their products with crafted sounds of his own making.

In summer of 2016 Phon.o released another EP for Bpitch Control called "Fractions" – for those of his fans hailing the 4/4 edge of his groove. After his brilliant stripped down UK club EP "Afterglow" for Pinch´s legendary label Tectonic, Phon.o released on Pinch's second label Cold Recordings a highly acclaimed heavy dancefloor EP "Schutt Und Asche". In the beginning of 2018 Phon.o released "Slow As Fog" –a beautiful dark ambient EP with heavy industrial beats.
At the moment he is working on a bunch of new music. So 2018 will be busy.

 

 

 

Nanogram was born in Hong Kong but grew up in New York, where he experienced the deeper end of electronic music. His first ever concert experience was a 4-man electronic music from Germany, called Kraftwerk, which has since set the foundation of his taste in techno music. He does not stop at Techno, but is also known to craft great sets incorporating 90s rave, acid, post-punk, new wave and industrial techno.

He is heavily involved in pushing the development of Hong Kong underground electronic music scene. Recently, Jason, and another co-founder and the collective's visual director, Matthew Chan, have started a new techno promotion brand - Entropy, with the aim of showcasing an eclectic pool of artists to Hong Kong and Asia-pacific region.

He has been playing regularly in the main underground clubs around Asia and sharing the decks with respected artists such as Mr. Ho, BNJMN, C-Kay, Haruka among others.

 

 

Being a core member of Footprint China before and a present co-founder of Konekt Asia, he has become one of the major figures connecting China with the World electronic music scene.His sound is very specific: deep, complex, bringing special atmosphere and aesthetic. In 2015 he made his debut analog live act, remixes for Electric Rescue and Satoshi Fumi. His latest 5 tracks EP “Xu Huai Ruo Gu” was released on April 2016 through Berlin’s Be Sure. Without a doubt he is someone to watch for.