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Moonbeam feat Blackfeel Wite - Your Wind Is In My Hands (feat. remixes by Ramon Tapia, Shades of Gray, Uone Slum) [Moonbeam Digital]
"Amazing release, favourites are original and dub, but Ramon Tapia and Shades of Grey mixes are really cool, too!" - 4.5 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-12-18 09:15:19)
Niko Fantin - Zoofisticated (featuring remix by Soliquid) [friskyRecords]
"Powerful stuff, Soliquid remix does it for me." - 4.0 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-12-02 17:29:27)
Elegant Universe - Hypnotized EP [Mashtronic Records]
"Great single, Hypnotized rulez, awesome tune in the typical E.U. style!" - 4.0 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-12-02 17:28:09)
Various Artists - Year001 (feat. Jerome Isma-ae, Pole Folder, Lemon8, Patch Park, Logiztik Sounds, and more) [friskyRecords]
"Nice compilation, congrats to Frisky to the successful year behind ;)" - 3.5 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-12-02 17:26:11)
Flow & Zeo - Dream (featuring remixes by Peter Horrevorts, Komytea, JML) [Vibrating Balance Records]
"Great tracks, full support!" - 4.5 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-11-27 03:38:27)
Elusive - Back in the Days EP (featuring remixes by Neos Deos, Nick Hogendoorn & Eelke Kleijn) [Outside the Box Music]
"Nice ep" - 3.0 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-11-19 05:14:04)
Derek Howell - Hot Summer Night (featuring remixes by Federico Giust, Samy Fresh, Mike Hiratzka) [Polytechnic Recordings]
"Cool tracks!" - 3.5 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-11-19 05:10:08)
Faskil ft. 3pm - Silly (featuring remixes by Render, Derek Howell) [Polytechnic Recordings]
"Cool remix from Derek Howell." - 4.0 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-11-10 08:09:47)
Various Artists - On The Decks With DJ Ondrej Vol. 1 (featuring Velkro, Pig & Dan, Tolis Q, AD Mark, more) [Plusquam Division]
"Old, yet still pretty cool ;)" - 4.0 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-11-10 08:08:32)
Atom - Somewhere (featuring remix by Frankie Pep) [Intermission Ltd]
"Fine tech-house..." - 3.0 / 5
(Slater) » (2008-11-02 06:31:20)
Slater (Prague, , Czech Republic)
Affiliates: Tribal Vision Records
http://www.djslater.net
International DJ / label manager / A&R / party promoter
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Bio:
Michal Smetana aka Slater started his DJ carrier in the late 90%uFFFDs, during the big boom of dance music in Prague. At the beginning of 2001 he decided to establish a new crew with the objective of organizing own electronic music events - this was the beginnings of the Tribal Vision collective.
Tribal Vision has been slowly getting engaged in more and more music-related activities, focusing mainly on a new wave of progressive and minimal sound. In 2004 Slater started to work on the first Czech progressive label and by the end of the year, Tribal Vision Records was born and slowly establishing itself as one of the leading labels on the progressive scene. Up to this day Slater is working as the label%uFFFDs head manager, A&R and representative DJ, with a long list of successful CD, vinyl and digital releases behind him.
Nowadays DJ Slater is playing a fusion of progressive house beats, electro and prog trance music, always including a lot of fresh new stuff from label related artists. He already performed at plenty of parties and festivals across the globe, including most of the European countries as well as gigs in places such as Japan, Canada, Australia, China, Mexico, Turkey, Morocco, Russia, Tunisia or South America; among them huge international gatherings such as Fusion, Voov Experience, Soulclipse, Antaris Project, Ozora, Akasha, Antiworld or Fullmoon Festival.
Besides that, Slater is constantly promoting progressive music in the Czech Republic and co-organizing parties, festivals and label nights. Recently he has been working also on his own production with several releases and remixes scheduled for the next months.
Played in countries so far: Japan, Canada, Australia, China, Mexico, Turkey, Morocco, Switzerland, Russian Federation, Portugal, Sweden, France, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Serbia, Greece, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Spain, Tunisia, Chile, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic...
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