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DJ BAN BAN
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Curitiba / BRAZIL
The story began at the age of 12 when Kleber Feldmann Mendes, Ban Ban, started djing at his friend’s garage parties. At this time he was addicted to radio shows that played mixes from well-known Brazilian DJs, at that time…“the radio DJs”. House music was getting big, electronic music was still underground. Djing could not be considered a job. No Djs were making any cash besides the Radio DJs. They organized events only for the difusion of their beloved music. This new sort of sound, the DJs unit, the underground, all came together and Ban Ban just feel in love with it. That was the begining of all, his most important influences.
In 1995, influenced by DMC stars like Noise, Roc Raida, Tomi and MC Jack, Ban Ban bought a pair of Technics MK2 and a few DMC videotapes and aimed at winning the DMC championship one day. That was the beginning of his professional career as a DJ, playing disco-house at clubs in Curitiba, his hometown.
Brockie – “Represent” - “the track that changed everything!” he says. “I started playing DnB from the day I listened to this track for the first time in 1998”. Since then, Ban Ban joined some friends and started to organise the first DnB parties in Curitiba. This new concept of music refreshed the local nightlife.
The opportunity to introduce his talent to the music scene nationalwide came up when he signed up to compete his first amateur DJ contest. “Unfortunately” he was disqualified by the judges who declared that he was not a amateur, but a professional DJ. He was far ahead of the other competitors in terms of mixing and turntablism technique. Ban Ban was astonished and left the competition motivated to move on and reach higher levels!
The “breakthru” took place in 2000, when once again he signed up to another DJ contest, organised by Hypnotic and supported by the “Godfather of Techno”, Juan Atkins (Model 500 / Metroplex / Detroit). Ban Ban was chosen to participate at that final round with the top 32 DJs selected among nearly 300 competitors. Above all he was there to have fun and was totally surprised to be ranked #1 DnB DJ of the competition. Things completely changed after that day, winning this award resulted with an invitation to spin at Sao Paulo Street Parade, PEACE PARADE 2000, where he played for 50.000 people.
October 2004: BAN BAN is invited to play @ FLEDA in Czech Republic at one of the biggest DnB party in the country, BREAK4BEATS – an event that has hosted guests like Dieselboy, LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, Klute, John B., Aphrodite, and many others.
Spring 2005: BAN BAN returns to the “Old Continent” and performs twice with Dom & Roland (Czech Rep. & Austria), also with Subfocus in Austria. This time followed by MC Kraft (UK). He is also invited to host a weekly night @ 7Nebe (Brno, Czech Republic) named “Break It Down”.
Summer 2005: BAN BAN is brought to the Czech Republic again to perform at one of the biggest summer festivals in Central Europe, the Summer of Love with Grooverider and Simon Bassline Smith. His impressed set at Summer of Love pushed “the son of Bambaataa”, Afrika Islam, to step up on the stage, grab the microphone and MC.
Winter 2005: The 4th European tour…
12.11 Liquid Club, Malta
17.11 Decadance, Gent, Belgium
18.11 Amazonia, Malta
07.12 Tattingers, Malta
09.12 Pécs, Hungary
10.12 Citadela, Hungary with Sub Focus (Ram Records) & Chris.su (Tactile)
16.12 ProjectEast! Hungary @ Pub Fiction Club, Sopron, Hungary
17.12 Neusiedl, Austria
23.12 Budapest, Hungary
25.12 Fabric, Ostrava, Czech Republic
29.12 Nightlife Club, Johvi, Estonia
30.12 Club Pilot, Tallinn, Estonia
31.12 Ksilourgeio:Milos, Thessaloniki, Greece
Spring 2006: The 5th coming to Europe, 1st time in Australia (Ministry of Sound Sessions Tour with Hazard)
12.5 Platoon@ Club North, Manchester, U.K.
26.5 SOS Karolina, Ostrava, Czech Republic (with ED RUSH)
28.5 Rave By The Sea, Cornwall, U.K. (with DJ HYPE, DJ ANDY)
02.6 Fractured, Melbourne, Australia (with DJ HAZARD)
04.6 Ministry Of Sound Sessions Tour, Perth, Australia
(GRANDMASTER FLASH, THE UPBEATS LIVE, DJ HAZARD)
09.6 Penguim Dance@ Cooler, Bristol, U.K.
10.6 Revolver@ Tri Opice, Vsetin, Czech Republic
16.6 Umerkura@ Zluty Pes, Pardubice, Czech Republic (with DJ ANDY)
Summer 2006: Czechoslovakia Tour
This “Czechoslovakia Tour” marked BAN BAN’s debut on the biggest DNB media worldwide, KNOWLEDGE MAGAZINE, with a 2 pages feature and the MIX CD by him. “Upcoming turntablist in the mould of Marky” (knowledge mag)
19.08 Summer of Love 2006 (headed by Kraftwerk), Pardubice, Czech Republic
with Adam Freeland & Simon Bassline Smith.
04.09 Perpetuum, Brno, Czech Republic
15.09 Hasièská Zahrada, Vendolí u Svitav, Czech Republic
16.09 Club #3, Nove Zamky, Slovakia
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