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Franz Scala’s sets are as diverse as the music he curates as label head of Slow Motion. Weaving smoothly between Proto House, Italian Dance and Psychedelic Acid Disco, Franz quickly turns the dance floor into a vignette-tainted nostalgia rave fuelled only by his music. Born in Italy and now Berlin resident for over a decade, Franz has his roots in noise rock and electronica but was led by record collectors’ passion to explore a diverse spectrum of dancefloor sounds. He inspires dancers in clubs worldwide with his eclectic blend of spacey House, New Wave, Italo and Acid speckled with hints of Electro and Chicago House. Aside from producing on his own imprint, he has releases on World Unknown, Bordello A Parigi, Bahnsteig 23, Tusk Wax, Mechatronica, Duca Bianco or Discodromo´s Cocktail d’Amore Music. Franz is link to many events around the german capital such as Wrong Era, Italian Dance Wave, Memory Dance and Italorama night in Panorama Bar, Self Control in RSO, Magic Waves or New Dance Fantasy Festival. Beside long time collaboration with Sameheads he is regular dj at Berlin iconic club Griessmuhle and Salon Zur Wilden Renate. In 2013 he joined Dimitri SoEmotional in the “Studio Luce” project and in 2022 he team up with his label partner Fabrizio Mammarella as “Sesto Senso”.
Hailing from San Francisco, Joe Weidman (aka Jumpr) has been a staple of SF nightlife since 2016. He got his start in the leather scene as the creative director for Fog City Pack before jumping behind the decks himself in 2018. In 2021, Jumpr, along with his dj partner Fawks, became resident of the monthly party Stank, one of SF’s longest running fetish nights. In 2023, he launched Synthia, a party that celebrates the queer sci-fi futurism of the 1970s & 80s with an emphasis on vintage synths & space disco, and along with Fog City Pack resurrected Deviants: Adult Arcade, the closing party of the Folsom Street Fair which boasted 2000 guests in attendance. Jumpr prides himself on being a dance floor filler, agnostic of genre, spinning everything from sweaty bathhouse disco to throbbing techno bangers. Jumpr wants to bring the rush and keep the energy ecstatic.
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