Mischa van de Bilt, known professionally as Mav, was born on the 4th of march 1979 in the small Belgian town of Lokeren. Having lived in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, and finally The Netherlands, Mav discovered the art of electronic music production at a very young age.
At age 11 he began experimenting with various tracking programs including Modedit, Fasttracker 1 & 2, Madtracker, and finally settled on Buzz which remains his main tool for creating music to this day. Exploring a wide variety of genres including techno, goa trance, hardcore/rave, house, and leftfield electronic, Mav eventually discovered drum&bass in 1998. He was hooked.
Quick to capitalize on his longtime experience in the scene, having already been a founding member of the widely respected tracking-group/label BMP (releasing music globally for free over the internet), Mav established his own drum&bass imprint called Scientific (www.scientific.nl).
Mav is also a seasoned veteran on the turntables, runs a drum&bass live-act called Scientific Live! together with several members of his crew, works closely with E202 Musicvisualisers (a well known Dutch VJ & motion graphics crew), and is a founding member of the audiovisual Farewell Industries collective.
Somewhere near the end of 2002 Mav's music career really began to take off as the majority of his demo tracks where quickly snapped up by various labels. Next to SCIENTIFIC, Mav is now closely affiliated with labels such as COVERT OPERATIONS (uk), FOKUZ (nl), FOKUZ LTD (nl), CITRUS (nl), OFFSHORE REC'z (usa), VIBEZ REC'z (uk), CAMINO BLUE (de), TRANSLATION REC'z (usa), WARM COMMUNICATIONS (usa), COUNTER INTELLIGENCE (nl), RED MIST (uk), MAKE-SHIFT (usa).
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discography:
VINYL:
mav & twister - the tubes [offshore 011] 2004
mav - me against the machine (feat. tyrah morena) [fokuz ltd 004] 2005
mav - me against the machine (drum origins remix) [fokuz ltd 005] 2005
mav - atomic collision [covert operations 007] - 2005
mav - out of the blue [covert operations 007] - 2005
mav - static interference (feat. tyrah morena) [covert operations 007] 2005
mav & usb - rapid [citrus 019] 2005
mav - cruise control [covert operations 010] 2005
mav - the scientific way [covert operations 010] 2005
mav - ocean phantom [fokuz ltd 007] - 2005
mav - the curse [covert operations 017] 2005
mav & implex - chasm [covert operations 017] - 2005
mav - the god of speed [fokuz LP 002] - 2007
mav & asc - too deep for ya [covert operations 024] - 2007
mav & asc - sceptical [covert operations 024] - 2007
mav & implex - chasm (future engineers remix) [covert operations 025] - 2007
mav - time & space [cov ops ltd 002] - 2007
mav - written in the stars [cov ops ltd 002] - 2007
mav & twister - ghost rider [cov ops ltd 002] - 2007
CD:
mav - atomic collision [knowledge mag covert ops front-CD] 2003
mav - static interference [knowledge mag covert ops front-CD] 2003
mav - out of the blue [knowledge mag covert ops front-CD] 2003
vector burn - orchid (mav remix) [thought process .01 by warm communications & covert ops] 2004
mav - special forces (old version) [thought process .01 by warm communications & covert ops] 2004
mav - atomic collision (vector burn remix) [thought process .01 by warm communications & covert ops] 2004
mav & twister - the tubes [breakbeat chaos] - 2006
mav - walk the earth [red mist] - 2006
mav - inside out (preview) [make-shift] - 2006
mav - northern light [camino blue] - 2006
DVD (audiovisual):
mav - trigger the rabbit (short version) [NOtv visual music 01] visuals by e202 musicvisualisers 2003
mav - the fool [NOtv visual music 02] visuals by e202 musicvisualisers 2004
INTERNET:
mav - black body swing [scientific 001] 2001
mav - synthetic movement [scientific 003] - 2001
mav - tale of the little elephant [scientific 007] - 2002
mav - horizons [scientific 007] - 2002
mav - divine interaction [scientific 008] 2002
heheh, actually it means a lot to me that we won with all fairness and straight up proper game. Spain really needed a big win. we love and appreciate all of the other teams to the point that we never allowed ourselves to grow. we can now say that we can win. thanx for the kind words. as u know im a barca fan and we allways have a good relationship with holland and thei players or trainers. big up holland massive!
hey! este mes la surco sesion mas directa que nunca! MACC (baterista en directo!) + el cantante BENJAMMIN de Nyahbigi Crew + TUFFIST + SURCO dj's! 13 DE JUNIO!!
hi dude! all its ok! i'm sorry for not bringing you to the airport on saturday... friday night was really long, hehehe. we are very happy for your visit to the surco sessions, was a really nice party! people enjoied your music so much. and don't worry, your set will not be online! hehehe. I hope you get good vibes from barcelona. see you!
Ey Mischa, are you alive? Haha. Hope all is well. If you get a chance, tune in to Fabio's show on Radio 1 this Sunday--Translation Sound Podcast feature and interview. Woo!
St. Petersburg residents Intelligent Manners step up with their first release on Liquid Brilliants. Do It Now kicks things off, a powerful, purely liquid roller. Creative work in the drum break and a vocal intoning the track title will lead the ladies to the dancefloor, and the organ washes and ambience will keep them there until the second break restarts the action and puts hands in the air. I Lost You Baby brings in melancholy feelings and sets the stage for clearing the mind of memories and sadness. Working it all out over top of piano and vocal interplay, I Lost You Baby wraps up a strong outing for the boys from St. Petersburg.
A. Intelligent Manners - Do It Now AA. Intelligent Manners - I Lost You Baby
(written & produced by Dmitriy Sabekiya)
OUT NOW @ Juno / Trackitdown / Digital-Tunes / Beatport / D&B arena
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