Bio: We, two lovers of the arts, science, sports, languages, funk and techno, are Renaissance Man - a platform for contemporary dance music.
This is our story so far /
Bio: We, two lovers of the arts, science, sports, languages, funk and techno, are Renaissance Man - a platform for contemporary dance music.
This is our story so far /
2007
We first met through working in the same architecture office in Helsinki. The office was commissioned to design a club, the number one underground venue in Helsinki, where we, as a type of compensation, started our own monthly night ..NOW!...
2008
After a year the sound of the night boiled down to a playful and modern sound of house and we started bringing over several international acts we found relevant. Although the night was far from a financial success, inspired by it, we started producing our own music together. Renaissance Man was born in the summer of 2008 after we name ourselves self-ironically referring to the culture of multidisciplinary creatives inhabiting our social circle. We got a great kick start when Dave "Switch" Taylor signed our very first track Spraycan on his label Dubsided.
2009
After a long wait the Spraycan EP came out to much success in April. Soon after we signed our track 'Rythym' on the Kitsune Maison 7 compilation and released a second EP on the ambitious Parisian Sound Pellegrino label. Its title track 'What Is Guru' became somewhat of an underground hit.
Meanwhile remix requests started to drop and we got rather busy with them. We have remixed this year, amongst others, Brodinski & Noob on Turbo, Crystal Fighters, Delphic, Health and Le Corpse Mince De Francoise.
A mere year after producing our first track together things are looking bright. We relocated to Berlin in June, and turned around Europe intensively ; shows have also been booked in Australia, New Zealand and China towards the end of the year and our tracks and remixes are now played by everybody from Jesse Rose to Tiga to Tomboy to likes of radio giants as Pete Tong and Annie Mac.
Upcoming, the release of our third EP in Spring of 2010.
So no time for rest as our house has an open plan!
Discography
Spraycan EP , Dubsided, 2009
Aloha EP , Sound Pellegrino, 2009
"Rythym" on Kitsuné Maison 7, Kitsuné / June 7th 2009
"Flute Loop" on Fluokids Scion Sampler, Scion AV 2010
Remixes
Harvard Bass - 81 (Renaissance Man Remix), Sound Pellegrino,2009
Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Youth(Renaissance Man Remix), Kitsuné, 2009
Sharkslayer - So Sincere (Renaissance Man Remix) , Ramp Records / Real Monsters 2009
Brodinski & Noob - Peanuts Club (Renaissance Man Remix), Turbo 2009
Sissy Nobby - Lay Me Down(Renaissance Man Remix), Mixpack Records 2009
Delphic - Counterpoint (Renaissance Man Remix), Modular Records 2009
DJ Chernobyl & Braga - Balanca (Renaissance Man Remix), Exploited 2009
Health - Death + (Renaissance Man Remix), City Slang 2009
Le Corps Mince De Francoise - Golden (Renaissance Man Remix), Kitsune 2009
Upcoming
The Very Best - Nsokoto (Renaissance Man Remix)
Solo - Afreaka(Renaissance Man Remix)
Crookers - Hold Up Your Hand (Renaissance Man Remix)
New Renaissance Man EP May 3rd 2010, Made To Play
Track on a Sound Pellegrino Compilation, May 2009
Tracks Appear On
Annie Mac Presents , Island 2009
Bugged Out Presents: Suck My Deck, Brodinski, New State 2009
Tsugi Sampler, Tsugi 2009
Laundry SayDay 09, Mostiko 2009
Ministry Of Sounds Compilation, Ministry 2009
One Love Australia Compilation, One Love 2009 (less)
