TEKNOBRAT aka THOMAS STEPIEN
[ COMMUNIQUE RECORDS | SOIREE RECORDS INT. | NUESTRO FUTURO | GEMINI WAX | PSYCHO THRILL REC. | MISSILE UK | HEMISPHERE | RESTRUCTURED | ASCEND REC. | VANGUARD PULSE Radio, Ottawa CAN ]
Brief bio of a DJ/Producer: WTF IS TEKNOBRAT? Hailing from Montreal yet currently living in Ottawa, Thomas Stepien aka Teknobrat has been in the scene since 1987! His prior musical training includes having studied the trumpet and piano at the Musical Academy in Canterbury High School in Ottawa. And he has worked for 11 years at ABM Records in Ottawa, a dance music record shop selling all kinds of electronic discoteque music and with several European techno/house distributors such as INDISC, PIAS, PRIME, CYBER and KUBIK. At this time, Stepien had an ever-growing music library comprising of an astounding 5.000+ albums. The early Detroit Techno sounds are in his blood and soul as well as the early Chicago Acid House and Ghetto Trax sounds from the end of the 80's early 90's. A a DJ and recording Artis as well he can been seen weaving Techno, House, Electro, Minimal, Deep House, Detroit TechnoBass & UK/EU style Techno plus essential Underground Disco Classics at the leading and underground parties. Teknobrat recently also holds a DJ residency at Mercury Lounge one of the most mythic House Music venues of Canada's Nations Capital. In addition to playing these venues, he used to have his own Techno/House music radio show, LA TEKNOSPHERE RADIO SHOW on CHUO 89.1 FM, Ottawa, wich aired from Sept 1997 to February 2005. Also he was the main host of the legendary techno house music radio show, PLANET RAVE, aired on CKCU 93.1 FM Ottawa, from 1991 to 1997. Today he's still busy at Otztawa's VANGUARD PULSE radio. By the way, Stepien has been appearing worldwide as a serious producer of House, Acid and Techno tracks on labels such as Komatsu, Ascend, Hemisphere, Missile UK, Communique US, Soiree Rec.Int. and Psycho Thrill Recordings since 1997. And this journey is not over yet but continues tirelessly ...
without the past … there’s no phuture … these alltime top20 faves in no particular order
01 BLACK DEVIL [BERNARD FEVRE]: H Friend [ A1-track from "Disco Club" RCA PL-164 FRA LP | 1978 ] 02 RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM [DERRICK MAY]: It Is What It Is _ Juan's Majestic Mix [ A-side from "It Is What It Is" Transmat MS 6 US 12" | 1988 ] 03 JESSE SAUNDERS: On And On [ A-side from "On And On" Jes Say Records JS-9999 US 12" | 1984 ] 04 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE: Jupiter Jazz [ A2-track from "World 2 World" Underground Resistance UR-020/ Submerge US 12" | 1992 ] 05 3 PHASE [SVEN RÖHRIG] feat. DR.MOTTE [MATTHIAS ROEINGH]: Der Klang Der Familie [ Transmat MS17/ Tresor US 12" | 1992 ] 06 LFO [GERRARD VARLEY, MARK BELL, MARTIN WILLIAMS]: LFO _ The Leeds Warehouse Mix [ A-side from "LFO" Warp Records WAP 5/ Outer Rhythm UK 12" | 1990 ] 07 PHUTURE [DJ PIERRE, EARL 'SPANKY' SMITH, HERBERT 'HERB J' JACKSON]: Acid Trax [ Trax Records TX-142 US 12" | 1987 ] 08 KEBEKELEKTRIK [PAT DESERIO & GINO SOCCIO]: Magic Fly [ A1-track from "Kebekelektrik" Les Disques Direction Records DLP-10005 CAN 12"/LP | 1977 ] 09 GIORGIO MORODER: The Chase [ Casablanca NBD-0146 US 12", single sided Pitman Pressing | 1978 ] 10 DREAMER G [J.GORDON]: I’ve Got That Feeling [ Madhouse Records, Inc. KCT-1001 UK 12" | 1992 ] 11 DONNA SUMMER: I Feel Love _ Patrick Cowley MegaMix & Edit [ Casablanca FEEL-12 US 12" | 1982 ] 12 [MARC] CERRONE: Supernature [ A-side from "Supernature/ Give Me Love" Atlantic K-11089 UK 12" | 1982 ] 13 PLASTIKMAN [RICHIE HAWTIN]: Sheet One [ Plus 8 Records PLUS8028/ Intellinet 2x12" | 1993 ] 14 M.F.A. [JÖRG BURGER, WOLFGANG VOIGT, CEM ORAL]: Music For Assholes on Blue [ Blue BLUE-001/ Blue German Electronic Foundation GER 2x12" | 1992 ] 15 X-102 [JEFF MILLS, MIKE BANKS, ROBERT HOOD]: Discovers The Rings Of Saturn on Tresor [ Tresor 4 GER 2x12" | 1992 ] 16 NEIL LANDSTRUMM: Brown By August [ Peacefrog Records PF-040 UK 2x12" | 1995 ] 17 CHOICE [LAURENT GARNIER & DIDIER DELESALLE]: Acid Eiffel [ A-side from "Paris EP" Fnac Music Dance Division 590155 FRA 12" | 1993 ] 18 DAPHNE ORAM: Oramics on Young Americans [ Young Americans YoungAm-001 RE UK 4x12"/ Album | 2013 ] 19 KRAFTWERK [FLORIAN SCHNEIDER, EMIL SCHULT, RALF HÜTTER, WOLFGANG FLÜR ]: Trans Europa Express [ Kling Klang 1C-064-82-306/ EMI GER LP/Album | 1977 ] 20 LIL'LOUIS & THE WORLD [MARVIN LOUIS BURNS]: Blackout [ FFRR LILLP-1 UK Promo-12" | 1989 ] #teknobrat #bookmarks: FACEBOOK | ARTIST | INSTAGRAM | DISCOGS | SOUNDCLOUD MIXCLOUD | VANGUARD PULSE | YOUTUBE | TWITTER BUBBLE WERKS EP | DEFCON ALERT EP
