Platform @ Scene Club, Swansea
Sat 16 Apr
Part of the same house and techno empire as Dogruff, Buzz covered Platform’s third birthday with S.A.M last year, and they kick off their spring season now with DeWalta. A subtle practitioner of minimal techno and deep house, strongly influenced by the cold clarity of Berlin techno, David Koch grew up surrounded by a musical family and instructed himself in the art of jazz from the age of 10.
After attending an elite Berlin music school he had a serious talent for saxophone, piano, composition, and music theory. The emphasis of improvisation in jazz led him to experimentation, and he began to acquire studio equipment, experimenting with different sounds and eventually founding his own label to release dancefloor records. Obviously his musical upbringing gave him a head start, as one year later he was signed to the Vakant label, releasing alongside some of the most exciting innovators in minimal techno such as Alex Smoke and Robag Wruhme.
Since then he’s put together two solo albums, and just a few days ago released another in collaboration with regular partner Mike Shannon – it’s more than plain old ‘mnml’ with some seriously lively bangers too. Just before this Welsh trip, DeWalta performed his machine music in Melbourne, Sydney and Lombok Island in Indonesia – we hope he finds Swansea to his liking…
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Tickets: £12/£10 early bird. Info: [email protected]