DJ SURGELES aka KOLE LEIJEN
[ Axis Records | Something In The Sky | STR-MRKD | Modularz | Belief System Records | Nasty Temper Records | U.F.F Records | Diffuse Reality | BLAST!, Alkmaar NL ]
Brief bio of an artist: Surgeles (Kole Leijen) is a true musician with a lot of energy. He started digging into his parent’s records collection at the age of five and at the young age of eight his sister introduced him to house music. Soon after that, young Surgeles got his first set of turntables as a present for his birthday and started visiting regularly his local record dealer. While after a couple of years he started producing his own dark, deep and swerving techno. In 2005, while attending a Jeff Mills’s show, Surgeles managed to give a demo CD to The Wizard. The very next day Surgeles received a personal mail from Jeff Mills claiming that his music sounded great and that it inspired him to let Surgeles make a mix for his Purpose Maker Label. Two weeks later Surgeles’ mix was on Jeffs Mills’ Axis Records’ website for the 10th anniversary of the all-time Techno anthem "The Bells" .
Later that year, during the Amsterdam Dance Event, Surgeles won a competition hosted by Dave Clarke for the best produced track and was than picked to play on Dave Clarke’s White Noise radio show on 3FM Radio. Around 2007 Kole started throwing his own parties called ‘Civilized?” at the legendary Escape club in Amsterdam. While 2009 marked the beginning of his career as record-label boss, as he launched his brainchild: ‘Underground Freedom Fighters (UFF) Records’.
Ever since, the collaborations with Jeff Mills kept on flowing and Surgeles' consecration came when Jeff asked him to make a compilation for his label, ‘Something In The Sky’. In 2017 Jeff entrusted DJ Surgeles to take care of “the Betty Hill Case”, a 12” inspired by the story and the interviews of an American couple, who were allegedly abducted by extraterrestrials in a rural portion of New Hampshire in 1961. To be continued ... .
without the past … there’s no phuture …
these alltime top20 faves in no particular order
01 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE: The Seawolf [ A-side from World Power Alliance WPA-002 / UR / Submerge US ss-12" | 1992 ]
02 MIKE GRANT: The Struggle Of My People _ Mr. G's There's Hope Mix [ B-side from "And Then It Was My Turn ..." Moods & Grooves MG-011 / Big50 Entertainment US 12" | 2001 ]
03 MODEL 500 [JUAN ATKINS]: Starlight [ B-side from "Starlight" Metroplex M024 US 12" | 1995 ]
04 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE: Transition [ B-side from "Inspiration / Transition" Underground Resistance UR-3000 / Submerge US 12" | 2002 ]
05 X-101[JEFF MILLS, MIKE BANKS, ROBERT HOOD]: Sonic Destroyer [ A3-track from "X-101" Underground Resistance UR-013.5 / Submerge US 12" | 1991 ]
06 THE SUBJECTIVE [CISCO FERREIRA & COLIN McBEAN]: Like Warriors [ B-side from "Comin Thru / Like Warriors" Rotation Records rot-98015 UK 12" | 1998 ]
07 TERRENCE FIXMER: Armee Des Tenebres _ Original Mix [ A-side from International Deejay Gigolo Records Gigolo-074 GER 12" | 2001 ]
08 AUX 88 [KEITH TUCKER & TOMMY HAMILTON]: Voice Modulation [ Track 2 from "Mad Scientist" Puzzlebox Records PBX-14CD US CD / Submerge | 2009 ]
09 DOPPLEREFFEKT [GERALD DONALD, KIM KARLI, MICHAELA To-NHAN BERTEL, WILLIAM SCOTT]: Rocket Scientist [ B1-track from "Fascist State" Dataphysix Engineering DX-001 US 12" | 1995 ]
10 JEFF MILLS: The Bells [ A1-track from "Kat Moda EP" Purpose Maker PM-002 / AXIS Records US 12" | 1997 ]
11 GENNARO LE FOSSE: RU4 This [ A1-track from "American Psycho" Counterbalance CBX-006 UK 12" | 2001 ]
12 KAREEM [PATRICK STOTTROP]: Umreck [ B2-track from "Caspian Gold EP" Possible Music Records pmr-003 GER 12" | 2004 ]
13 STEVE STOLL: Observer _ Original [ Proper N.Y.C. props-028 US 12" | 1999 ]
14 DEPECHE MODE [ANDREW FLETCHER, DAVE GAHAN, MARTIN L. GORE]: Dream On _ Dave Clarke Remix [ B1-track from "Dream On" Mute 12BONG-30 UK 12" | 2001 ]
15 JEFF MILLS: The Industry Of Dreams [ Track 3 from "The Messenger" Axis AXCD-045 US CD| 2012 ]
16 JOHANNES HEIL: Die Zahl Des Tiers (Part 3) [ B1-track from "Die Zahl Des Tieres" JH-003 GER 12" | 2001 ]
17 JEFF MILLS: Approching Moon [ Track 1 from "The Messenger" Axis AXCD-045 US CD| 2012 ]
18 SUBURBAN KNIGHT [JAMES PENNINGTON]: Nocturbulous Behaviour [ Underground Resistance UR-011 / Submerge US 12" | 1993 ]
19 CODE RISING [MATT LANCASTER & RYAN PHILLIPS]: Nightriders _ Will Web's Zero One Remix [ Track 1"The Night Riders EP" Propulsion Records PR003 US 3xFile(s) | 2015 ]
20 CHARLTON [C.RAVENBERG]: Chaotic Behaviour [ A1-track from "Chaotic Behaviour EP" Mord MORD-002 NL 12" | 2013 ]
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