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Moonstarr is one busy cat. If he's not busy on the phone holding things down on the biz side for his label Public Transit Recordings www.ptrmusic.com, the man's hunkered down behind closed doors over his synths, drum machines, and samplers to bang out some killer beats. Citing such diverse influences as Baden Powell, 4 Hero, DJ Premier, and Underground Resistance, Moonstarr's sound can only be classified as DOPE. Everything he touches carries imprints of deep techno, jazz, hip hop, bossa, and broken beat, resulting in tracks that step far into the future.
And it's not like people haven't noticed. Ever since Moon's dropped the now-classic Dupont EP, he's received love for his work the world over. People like Jazzanova, Recloose, Ivana Santilli, Rednose Distrikt, Mad Matts and others have called up the studio red phone for remixes that have charted from San Francisco to Tokyo, London to Hamburg, and all points in between. Big name DJs like Gilles Peterson, Mr. Scruff, Rainer Truby, and DJ Spinna have mashed out many-a dancefloor with some Moonstarr niceness. Just a little note: The big "Detriot" tune on Sonar Kollektiv was voted (by 20,000 peeps) as the 16th "Best of 2004" song for Gilles Peterson's Radio 1 Worldwide program. He's rocked parties all over the planet for fans in the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, across Canada, and the USA.
With the great strides Moonstarr has made so far, 2006 looks to be a banner year for Moonstarr. In the works is a full-length album to be released in the near future (with proceeds going to charity) as well as many more remixes and great new music on Public Transit Recordings www.ptrmusic.com.
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