Vital

The professional career of DJ Vital started in 1991, although the first time when he stood at the decks was in 1986: together with his father also a DJ. And already at the beginning of nineties he started creating music himself. At the moment Vital is mostly concerned with producing of his own music and performing DJ sets which are not particularly tied up with one certain style: it varies from Breaks and Downtempo to Deep/ Tech/ Electro house. 1992 – 1994 Vital is a member of a band called New Fashion, which plays Synth-pop, and Electro. The band records an album and is touring over Latvia. 1993 DJ Vital opens a club called “Pagrabs” (Basement) where he is the resident DJ. Organized concerts at the place are in "indie" style, also featuring DJ's playing industrial, techno and house music. Vital starts to gather his own band – Bacterium, whose main style-line becomes industrial. The band’s activities are inspired by "Nine Inch Nails", "Front Line Assembly" and of course "Depeche Mode" and "Kraftwerk". During next 5 years band is touring around Latvia and all the Baltic States. The band issues two albums and three singles. Later Bacterium is named as the best band playing industrial music in the territory of ex-Soviet Union. 1994 Vital establishes W-records studio. He is cooperating as a musician and producer with many famous Latvian projects such as „Yaputhma Sound System”, „Alexandroid” and many others. 1995 DJ Vital begins to record electrical–accoustic experiments together with Pan Kuznec in a project called Trilobitum Coitus. The team is giving loads and loads of concerts in Latvia and Baltic States. Trilobitum Coitus is taking part at music festivals such as „Biosport” (Latvia), „New Theory Of Jazz” (Latvia, Lithuania), „Frosh – Air” (Latvia), „Tabuns” (Latvia) and also movie–projects and theater shows. So far Trilobitum Coitus have got 4 albums (3 studio albums, one live album) and an EP. 1998 A project called Oriola is founded by Vital and his friend Le Zzz. The project becomes well known and beloved both in Latvia and across it’s borders .In a short while after that Vital organizes the DJ unit and music label "Quadrat Musique". The concept of the music label is about producing electronic music, promoting talented artists and organizing DJ label participant' sets all over the Baltics. At the moment the are seven more DJ's in the label including Vital and Le Zzz. 2000 Vital establishes another project under the name Vital Trio. It is a synthesis of electronic musical & rhythmic basis and jazzy vocal with live sax and flute. Vital Trio is: DJ Vital (turntables, electronics), distinguished musician Deniss Pashkevich (sax, flute) and vocalist Raily Orrava. 1999-2003 DJ Vital is producing all the releases by Quadrat Musique and making number of remixes, including on Yana Kay „Begi”, „The Ball” by Time After Time, Mumiy Troll „Bez Obmana”, Janis Stibelis „Live My Life”, „I Wanna” by Marie N, „Colder” by Brainstorm and others. “Que-Lab” studio is founded. 2004 KINGZ OF DA BEAT presented as a new project based on collaboration of two distinguished Latvian DJ’s – Drum and Vital (both from QUADRAT MUSIQUE). KINGZ’s life performances using turntables, mixers, effect processors, samplers and rhythm machines in a year became very prominent in Latvia. In brief it can be described as a uplifting set of funky broken beats and massive scratch. 2005 Oriola signed with Latvian label “Amber Muse” and Vital participated as mastering producer to all label releases including Oriola-Welder Girl 12”. Vital become a member of Amber Muse project, Add Cinnamon, together with label artist Max Lomov. 2006 Vital continue active gigging, showing his flawless mixing style and promoting Breaks and Electro all over Europe. Many new parties is promoted by QM crew, including many international artists.