New Booking Info
February 12, 2010
There has been a change in my booking situation. I have left Extrema Music and I will be taken care of my own bookings effective immidiately, untill further notice. Extrema Music and myself wanted to move into different directions and decided to part ways. For international bookings please contact Michael from Kinetic AM for the time being, I am working on a permanent solution.
I have updated the contact page with the new booking information.
Remix on TRAPEZ out now!
January 20, 2010
My remix for Roland M. Dill’s Low Go is out now on Trapez! You can listen to a preview on SOUNDCLOUD
And the feedback has been amazing on this EP!! Check out the list below:
Adam Beyer: Great release! will play and support
John Digweed: good stuff
Danny Tenaglia: sian mix sounds good!! thanx!
Ewan Pearson: The is original impressively dark!!!
Perc: Best Trapez for a long time. Sians darkness or Darkos trip to Detroit are my faves. Will use in my guest mix for Carl Coxs radio show. (charted the Darko mix at Resident Advisor)
Philip Sherburne: heavy, heavy, heavy. “low go” is proper techno with its own damn agenda, exactly what i\’m looking for right now.
Dominik Eulberg: I like the Original!
Dave Tarrida: love the ep, original and sians mix
Justin Berkovi: Darko\’s remix!!!
Kyle Geiger: Man! The original, Sian, and Secret Cinema tracks are all rockin\’! Is it against the rules to put two mixes of the same track on my next chart?
Axel Bartsch: grahams remix is rocking but all are good
Patrick Lindsey: sweet release! the original.. also the sian and secret cinema version are my choice!
Max Cooper: Very nice indeed! Really feeling the Darko Esser remix, Roland\’s original is suitably huge!
Blind Minded: I like the Original Mix…Warehouse Tekkk!!!
Dr Alternative: Looking forward to play this. Awesome tracks. i go for Secret Cinema and Darko Esser rmxs
Sebastian Russell: The original mix and Darko Esser´s rmx are psychedelically genius! I love the harmonic part in the middle of the A1. The wobble bass is well fat!
Orde Meikle/ Soma: all good mixes – strong release
Raw Hedroom: Darko Esser mix is awesome!! Love those Detroit chords and the jacking snare pattern! Hotter than currywurst!
Luis Bonias Bias: Original rocks
TONI D: support!
Scratch Massive: techno is back, strong and energetic. bravo, great ep. will play !!!
Dan Curtin: I like the melodies of the Darko Esser mix the best
Ben Irving (Nish Nish): Low go is fierce. All mixes cool but Darko Esser\’s is defo the one for me. Love it.
Tsugi mag (FR): secret cinema\’s mix rocks
Groove (SE): My track is the Secret Cinema remix. Great atmosphere.
Provison Mag (J): A1 : Solid groove, tough! A2 : best for peak time!!
B1 : Rhythmical, like this;-)) B2 : Galant.
Berlin Mitte Institut, fm (Ger): 5 am, stroboscope, gin-tonic and \”low go (original mix)\”
Halfstereo/ Istanbul FM (T): One of the darkest EPs in Trapez discography. But full throttle! I love the Darko Esser remix and Secret Cinema\’s treatment. Like the EP.
“DIVERSIONS” RADIO ON CHRY 105.5FM (CA): played and charted
Positive Education, DI fm (US): the original mix is cool, and the mix im really into is the secret cinema mix, which rocks
Radio calade (FR): played and charted
Balans featured release on itunes & whatpeopleplay!
January 12, 2010
I am very happy to announce that my album ‘Balans’ is a featured release on iTunes and also a strictly recommended release on WhatPeoplePlay”
You can also find 3 new charts from me online:
Resident Advisor January 2010
Beatport Freshly Squeezed January 2010 Charts
WhatPeoplePlay Charts
And finally, there’s an interview online on the Evotions website in regards to the second Balans night held at Studio 80 in Amsterdam. Besides me my good friends Len Faki, Roger Gerressen and Ferdi Blankena will join in on the fun!
Darko Esser Evotions interview
BALANS is out now on BEATPORT!
December 15, 2009
You can buy it following this link
All other portals (I-tunes, DJDownload, Tracksource, Junodownload etc) will follow early next year.
Balans is out now on CD, vinyl follows this week
November 30, 2009
Hey everybody,
am very happy and proud to announce that my album is officially out today! And I would like to use this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you that took the time to really listen to it either through the luisterpaal, soundcloud or promotional services. Your personal and heartwarming feedback has meant a lot to me and made the whole project more then worth it. But really it’s only just starting now off course ;-)
The CD version will hit (online) stores and chains today, the vinyl version will follow next week and the week after that it will be on Beatport.
Some nice reviews:
OOR
DJ Broadcast
And here’s what some people had to say:
Laurent Garnier – “Acid, Chicago , House …when u hold me !!! Proper old school vibes on this ep …. LUV IT …..FULL SUPPORT!”
Benny Rodrigues – “great great work my brother from another mother! especially the non-dance/electronica tracks just blows my mind! darko really has an ear for creating sincere moods & vibes wheiter it’s tech/house or electronica. each and every track is original in it’s own right and they can all count on my support one way or another! i suggest next time you go for a full-on electrinica album cause you really have a thing going on there ;) love!”
DJ Hell – “Lots of really good tracks!! I will play these out for sure!”
John Selway – “Really nice sounds, Zuurkool and Balans are my favourites.”
Christian Smith – “Very nice stuff! Besides he very obvious old school style, i like the sounds he used. Bofkont in my favorite here. Very lush and beautiful ☺”
Paul Woolford – “’Zuurkool’ and ‘Bofkont’ are the ones I’m most feeling although it’s all high quality, soulful stuff. I always pay attention to what Darko is doing.”
Rocky – (X-Press 2) – “I like the slow number, Balans.”
Timo Maas – “Zuurkool is wicked, Pechvogel is great!”
Joris Voorn – “Great work Darko!! Congratulations with your debut album! Some classic drumsounds and deep melodies here..”
Deetron – “Really nice tracks all of them but my favourites are Bofkont and Pechvogel, will play!”
Nick Warren – “I am a big fan of everything he does, great stuff again with Zuurkool,Bofkont and Balans all going in my dj bag.”
Gregor Tresher – “Excellent album from Darko, just as expected! Full support!”
Warren Fellow – “Superb work from my dutch bro! Darko is on fire.”
Jody Wisternoff – (Way Out West) – “Very good stuff indeed, loving Zuurkool and Balans the most !! Will support!”
Pig & Dan – “Amazing 303ism and musical melodies. nice work!”
out now
Balans
out now
Low Go (Darko Esser No Go Remix)
out now
Balans The Remixes Part 1
out now
New Crack (Darko Esser Fresh Rock Mix)
Schedule
charts
March 2009
01.Tim Exile | Family Galaxy | Warp
02.Laurent Garnier | Gnanmankoudji | Different
03.Harmonic 313 | When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence | Warp
04.Tony Lionni | Found A Place | Ostgut
05.Superbad | Brethren | Room With A View
06.Baustein | 01 | Baustein
07.Frozen Border | 001 | Frozen Border
08.Kevin Gorman | Elements (Part 1) | Mikrowave
09.Distance | Repercussions | Planet Mu
10.Benny Rodrigues | I Like | Be As One