Petar Dundov Added by Chris, 26 January 2004

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Croatian producer and DJ, born 1973. in Zagreb. From young ages he was fascinated with synthesized sound and concept of developing new ways of composing. In 1989. bought his first synthesizer and started doing music under influences of Kraftwerk, Jean M. Jarre and Depeche Mode.
In 1993 he composed an anthem for first Croatian rave party Under City Rave soon after released as his first 12'' single on Formaldehyde Records from Berlin. Berlin inspired him to move forward with his music and performance as live act showing his skills for the first time in famous E-Werk. To connect even more closely to musical happenings in electronic music scene he started DJ-ing. Also appearing under aliases Soulslider and Pajazzo releases on German Adam and Eve and Loaded UK labels
In 1996. with his brother Simon he started project Brother's Yard with an idea to break down techno to his elemental parts and build it up again in a new experimental way. Followed up with couple of powerful releases on Absense and PV labels. Uncompromised, metallic, lo-fi techno, but with a soul is maybe the closest way to describe it.
In 1998. working with Pascal FEOS on single Sidechained, and remixes of his album From the essence of minimalistic sound. Also, joining up with Jorg Henze in couple of releases on Federation of drums and Delirium Red labels. For his softer output formed TikaTaka on Phono Elements label, producing unique combination of tech-house, dub and acid. Appeared on Cristian Smith's Tronic label releasing Evolver 12'' single recognized as one of the ultimate dancefloor smasher by the end of millennia.
In a year 2001. Petar presented his ambient works to Jeff Mills, followed up with release on his label Tomorrow. Sculptures 1-3, timeless concept with more philosophical approach to music.
In 2002. joined Belgium label Music Man, releasing two EPs and actual Kaskades EP, voted for techno vital release of the month April 2003 in Muzik magazine. His recent remix works included artists like Marco Bayley, Damon Wild, Pascal FEOS and Toni Rios. His music can be found on many V.A. compilations like Cocoon C, PVLAB com, Kozzmoz etc.
Until present time Petar released over 30 maxi singles, 3 albums of electronic dance music, traveled around the world performing in various clubs and festivals, just to name a few: U-60311 (Frankfurt), Womb (Tokyo), Sensor (Zurich), Mazzo (Amsterdam), I Love Techno Outdoor 2003 (Belgium), Exit Festival (Yugoslavia), MTV Valkana Beach Festival (Croatia), etc.
In his hometown he organizes Perfection parties since year 2000., with guest DJs from all around the world keeping electronic dance music scene alive and connected globally.

Petar Dundov
Kroatië
http://www.petardundov.com/

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