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Please note: This article was released on the 3rd June 2011.

Dance culture’s only big name DJ to start his career as a PHD geneticist Max Cooper specializing in producing stripped down techno tracks driven by crunchy electro beats and startlingly melancholic soaring strings.

A relative newcomer to the upper echelons of experimental techno, he’s nevertheless already notched up a substantial and impressive back catalogue of tracks released on over 20 labels including Traum, Perc Trax and veryverywrongindeed.

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hkclubbing.com talked to Adrian Armirail about the launch of Nu mood radio in Hong Kong and the up and coming party at Azure on the 30th April. So, what kind of music is your radio show focused at and who are you looking to reach?

Nu mood radio was created to provide a promotional platform for established as well as up an coming high quality house music DJs. Out target audiences are house music lovers and clubbers around the world, with focus on Europe, USA, East Asia and South East Asia.

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Berlin DJs Jonty Skrufff and Fidelity Kastrow performed at Buddah Club in Grand Baie last weekend and delivered exhilarating sets of Berlin style electro and techno, the likes of which have never been experienced in Mauritius before.

As well as DJing at many of the world’s biggest superclubs, Jonty is an acclaimed producer and founder of press agency/ blog Skrufff.com and also works as a moderator/ consultant for leading music conference the Amsterdam Dance Event. An expert on all aspects of international club culture, we chatted to him after Berlin Konnektion to find out his thoughts on both Mauritius and club culture in general.

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If you didn’t hear of Max Vangeli in 2010, then you missed out; but don’t worry 2011 looks like it’s going to be even bigger for Max. With support and collaborations with the likes of Steve Angello, Tiesto, Erick Morillo, Swedish House Mafia to name a few his stock is certainly on the rise. hkclubbing.com sits down with Max to find out what it’s like to be rubbing shoulders with his idols, his plans for Miami, and to find out when he is coming to Asia.

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Brazilian drum & bass DJ Marky has mixed the latest compilation for Fabric (FabricLive 55) and chatted to Skrufff this week (via email) to promote the CD.

Skrufff (Jonty Skrufff): Starting with the Fabric compilation: in recent years the compilation market has collapsed with every DJ releasing podcasts and mixes on soundcloud; how much, if at all, did that change the way you approached the compilation?

DJ Marky: “I have to say that it didn't really change the way I looked at the compilation. At the end of the day, if I had taken that into consideration then the mix probably wouldn't have happened. I had to look at it as a way to connect with people and therefore had to do my absolute best with it to make sure it was something better than just another Soundcloud or Mixcloud mix. If we took the attitude that ‘it simply isn't worth it because there is free content everywhere’ then none of us would have jobs anymore.”