YUKSEK + AZARI AT BANG BANG FNGRS CRSSD presents... Yuksek Azari Yuksek Early in the 2000s, Yuksek released a series of maxis and two albums: Away from the Sea (2009) and Living on the Edge of Time (2011). Those records laid the foundations of a sound that combined disco and darker electronic vibes. Then in 2013, he set up his own label ( Partyfine ) and toured the world as dj and live performer. As a real studio addict he produced, remixed and has collaborated with a huge number of artists like Gorillaz, Phoenix, JD Samson, Boston Bun, Breakbot, Brodinski, The Magician (Peter & the Magician) and Alex Metric (The Alexanders), and recently Yuksek has also devoted a lot of time to writing for cinema, television and the stage. His third album Nous Horizon is Yuksek’s great studio comeback in 2017. the opus features the Greek singer Monika, the duo Her, Roman Rappak (Breton), Juveniles and Kim. Yuksek’s characteristic sound, midway between post-disco and house shines through on its various tracks. Yuksek also shows his talent as a singer. His new melodies are sunnier than before; his beats and production more subtle; airy, but still conveying a touch of hedonism in its most club-friendly sounds. A second version of the record been released featuring remixes and edits by Dimitri From Paris, Ccolo, Jacques Renault, Juveniles… Yuksek collaborated with his friend the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet to make the first exclusive video shot from space. Live Alone title of the clip revolves between life in the studio of producer and life in the resort for the astronaut. That video has a huge media feedback « only footage shot from space with the vision of a cosmonaut who listen to a song! we still can not believe it .. » 2018 is the time for him to go back to the club, with a big dj tour and some new tracks dedicated to the floor, Yuksek released two EP's recently, a collaboration with Fatnotronic ( Bateu ) and an other one with Bertrand Burgalat ( Icare ) both songs been played and playlisted by dj's like Black Madonna, Horse Meat Disco, Skream, Ivan Smagghe and many many more. Next releases are a song with JD Samson (Le tigre, Men) called « Don't even try » in may on YouTooCanWoo and a disco edits EP on Razor n' Tapes, both Brooklyn based labels. Facebook: www.facebook.com/yuksek/ Azari You’re being watched. Your every movement is being logged. Your window to the world is controlled by big corporations. Everything about you is being tagged and labeled because data is a new form of currency. Looking good is valued over doing good. Reality has become stranger than fiction. News has become propaganda. Your identity is no longer yours... all this means is the world is more unsafe than ever. Yet, somehow, music has never been safer. One artist has had enough. He’s hungry for the power to be returned. That person used to be part of AZARI & III, the influential electronic band who blurred the lines between sounds, scenes, styles and cultures as they repeatedly played all over the world. AZARI is a mysterious embodiment of free thinking and unrestrained creativity that is utterly honest and heartfelt. It’s a social experiment that aims to drive music--rather than the musicians involved--into new realms. Having proven his skills to the world, then, AZARI is focused on saying whatever he wants, however he wants to say it. This project is a reaction to perfection and predictability, a reminder that you don’t have to fit in to function. It’s a return to the raw, expressive and rule breaking days of punk and acid house. It embodies forward thinking music, art and visuals that have the power to incite shock and awe. It’s for a generation that looks beyond labels. It’s a project that places equal power with all genders, sexualities and races, and draws in outsiders at odds with the world’s current categories. AZARI will continue to serve up the deep, aquatic DJ sets that he’s renowned for, headlining shows at festivals like Exit, Sonar, Glastonbury, & Ultra — while bringing you to a new urban utopia with stylistic direction by Brooklyn cyber-art fixture James Moore. It’s unadulterated and uncompromising, and through sounds that are best described as expressive body music, it speaks on a visceral level. It draws inspiration from the carefree creativity of yesteryear and races into unknown futures where anything goes. Website: www.gotasoul.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bang Bang: Facebook: www.facebook.com/BangBangSanDiego Twitter: www.twitter.com/BangBangSD Website: www.bangbangsd.com For bottle service inquiries please contact: No flip flops No Shorts No Tank tops No Jerseys - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FNGRS CRSSD: Facebook: www.facebook.com/FNGRSCRSSD Instagram: www.instagram.com/fngrscrssd Twitter: www.twitter.com/FNGRSXCRSSD Website: www.CRSSD.com