11th anniversary of Next Level w/ Rebekah / 15. SEP / Teatri ODA, Prishtina-KS
Rebekah's first "Live Hybrid" performance in Prishtina, Kosovo, hosted by Next Level
Rebekah’s next stop of “Fear Paralysis Album Tour”, will be in Prishtina, Kosovo.
The founder of “Decoy Records” & the producer of “Fear Paralysis”, is finally coming to Prishtina for the first time in Kosovo’s techno events history, thanks to Next Level.
She will be headlining Next Level’s “11th Anniversary Celebration Party”, which will take place at Teatri ODA (Private Theater in Prishtina), next month (15.09.2017).
Rebekah’s “Live Hybrid Set”, will be followed by: Rinia Rinia, Toton, closed by: Vegim & Flekitza [TMM Records] & VJ:1MAN.
In 2015, Vegim debuted on Rebekah’s “Decoy Records’, with “Alchemist EP”, & it’s the proof that Rebekah has been connected with Prishtina, regarding techno music, a long time before this upcoming gig of hers.
Rebekah’s biography:
Celebrating 20 years since she first stood behind the turntables, Rebekah has established herself as one of the leading exponents of techno currently operating on the global circuit. Her love affair with the harder sounds stretches back to the legendary Que Club in her hometown of Birmingham where she drew influence from the likes of Dave Clarke, Derrick Carter, Richie Hawtin and Billy Nasty.
Having made early inroads with EP’s on Naked Lunch, Smut Music, and Cult Figures, it was perhaps her remix of Matador’s “Blond Slackers” on Stolen Moments that really awakened a wider consciousness. Techno luminaries such as by Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer, Perc, Dustin Zahn, Tommy Four Seven, Alan Fitzpatrick and Sandwell District all had it as a feature of their record boxes.
With his interest piqued, Chris Leibing invited Rebekah to do a podcast for the infamous CLR Podcast series, and this signaled the start of an ongoing relationship with the monolithic label. Kicking off 2013 by mixing “Reconnected 03” for the imprint, her summer 2013 “Cycles” EP opened her tough, dark, driving productions up to an even wider audience, and was one of the highlights of what would be the break-through year for Rebekah.
Her relationship with CLR continued into 2015 with her sophomore EP “Distant” re-asserting her position on the global techno scene. This followed a sublime three track EP on Sleaze, and preceeded her September release on the mighty Soma Records. The “Confined Heart” EP, and especially the title track, showed off a more subtle and emotional side to Rebekah’s productions. A perfect complement to “Kill Floor” which does exactly as the name suggests.
Her “Beginnings” EP on her own Decoy Records at the start of this year signaled the coming of a new chapter. Her track ‘Orbital’ on Mord’s Herdersmat Part 1-7 highlighted her devotion to the new wave of techno artists and imprints.
And in February she continued the narrative started with her “Elements EP” and launched her own event series of the same name. Returning to her home city of Birmingham in the UK, the night will serve as a showcase for Rebekah’s sound and will host guests from her favourite peers from the techno community. The fact that it is taking place in Birmingham, a bastion for UK techno in the past, highlights her desire to reconnect with her musical roots, whilst also providing an experience for a new generation of techno lovers. As Rebekah notes the events will be “bringing all the ‘elements’ that make the experience of techno so exciting and exhilarating, be it visuals, lighting, and of course the sound system”.
And with Rebekah putting the finishing touches to her debut album, it appears as the diminutive artist with the ferocious sound is set to go from strength to strength in 2016.
“Fear Paralysis” is a 13-track, double-pack LP. It sees Rebekah returning to Soma Records, the Glasgow label that handled two of her most recent EPs, Anxiety and Confined Heart. Having released music on key techno outlets like Mord and CLR over the years, “Fear Paralysisis” her first full-length and arrives more than a decade on from her first 12-inch in 2004.
Listen to “Fear Paralysis”
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