Swiss dj and producer Plastique De Rêve hails from Geneva but currently lives in Berlin.
Born in 1970 in Australia, raised to 70s electronic disco and his parents’ Kraftwerk records in the outskirts of Nairobi, then grown on DAF, new wave and EBM back in Europe’s 1980s, Plastique has been fascinated by electronic sound since childhood and dabbling into electronic music since 1984 !!
After several live EBM and experimental performance groups, then acid, techno and early rave projects, contemporary art installations and KLF-like performances across the 90s, Plastique released two 12” electro bombs on Gigolo at the beginning of this century, becoming one of the pioneering names of the swiss electro scene.
After the highlight of the Gigolo era, Plastique moved on with releases on other top international labels such as Turbo, Mental Groove, or Kitty Yo. His electro, disco, breakdance and acid house influenced productions have been played and playlisted by many top djs across the world such as Dj Hell, Miss Kittin, Tiga, Playgroup, Chicken Lips, Optimo Djs, John Acquaviva or Electric Indigo.
Today Plastique De Rêve lives and works in Berlin, as ever into futuristic electro, techno, acid house and cosmic disco, but also weird ambient soundtracks for film. He’s a great live performer and a skilful peak-time club deejay for all of those who have embraced neither the electro-clash mullet nor the minimal scarf, but keep on looking for the perfect beat.
His next single “Lost In The City”, featuring a fantastic young vocalist of Eritrean descent called Ghostape, could well become a future acid house classic. It's out now on DFA’s new label Death From Abroad in the US and will be released in October on Berlin’s Supersoul Recordings for the free World (dist. Kompakt).
Discography (short) :
1999 : Ural 13 Diktators « Diskossa » remix – Mental Groove 15
2000 : ?Syntax Error – Gigolo 52
2001 : « Heut’ Nacht Komm Ich Zu Dir » w. Crowdpleaser – WMF Rec 04
2002 : Rodéo Mécanique – Gigolo 91
2002 : Water Lilly « You Kiss » – Mental Groove 26
2003 : Lost In Kyoto – Mental Groove DA005
2003 : Do It ! – 7B Records 03
2004 : Plastique Mitte Crowd « The Night The Boy » – Berlin Inzest 03
2005 : The Sounds You Hear – Turbo 27
2005 : Voodoo Kit – 7B Records 08
2006 : Plastique De Lux – Mental Groove 52
2007 : Future Forward « Welcome 2 Chicago » remix – Kompute 16
2007 : Jeux Sans Frontières – Kitty Yo Cuts 012
2008 : Rêve De Plastique – Helvet Underground 014
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