Sunday, September 7th

ft. special guest DJ ED VERTOV (Pro-tez rec, LA/Moscow)

live pa: Lokua, Garo, Slava

DJ: Slow Children

live visuals: The Machinist, Spiderback

Rodan 1530 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL
10pm | FREE | 21+

ED KARAPETYAN was born in Moscow and witnessed Soviet union Calapse and in 1998 moved to Los Angeles, where he went to school to pursue his dream to become a filmmaker, but in 2003 Ed and his old time friend Anton Kubikov of SCSi-9 (Kompakt) decided to set up an international electronic music record label PRO-TEZ RECORDS. It was launched in 2005 and became first Russian /American exclusive Kompakt label. Now the record label is getting world wide recognition and with number of releases proved to be an exquisite music vessel for young and never heard before musicians. Ed also works at Amoeba Record store in Hollywood where he is deeply involved in electronic music department , keeps djing around LA and making music which will come out one day. Ed also hosts a monthly in Los Angeles called QUADRANT. Nights of dub/deep/techno. Past guests were: John Tejada, Marc Schneider, Mike Huckaby,Ark… And of course some talented local LA Djs.

The focus of Pro-tez Records is to work with a broad roster of artists who create a wide scope of innovative approaches toward minimal electronic music that is equally comfortable on the dance floor as in the living room. The label will explore the wide palette of microscopically intricate compositions that are based on the foundation of minimalist music and at the same time develop original ideas. It all started in Moscow where the electronic music scene has been emerging since 1995. Now it is growing bigger than ever, where we found many young forward thinking artists which have to be heard. After listening to numerous amount of demos we selected a wide catalog of fresh material. All soon to be out there for people to enjoy.

See PRO-TEZ page on Discogs