Frivolous x Chippy Chasers pres. Meteorology 2025 (secret location)

Who they are

• Piotr Bejnar

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  Frivolous

  Vancouver, Canada · 4 bookings since Oct 2025

  “Classifying the unusual character of Daniel Gardner is a challenge.”

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  Classifying the unusual character of Daniel Gardner is a challenge. His school-teachers all tried and failed, finally attributing his unconventionality to a learning disability and decidedly closing the case on him completely. Born and raised on a farm in the suburbs of Vancouver, Grades were always mediocre at best for young Daniel, until one semester a mysterious new course emerged into the curriculum; Electronic Music Composition. Suddenly discovered, were honor roll grades, and a means to merge an imaginative young mind with over a decade of fiercely enforced classical piano training. In 1996, captivated by the unified dance floors and Detroit sounds, the 16-year-old embarked on a life-long love-affair with the loop and took his first DJ residency at a Vancouver afterhours. After two successfully directionless years studying electronics and design, and after dabbling with some independent releases, Daniel decided to put his pride aside and demo his accomplishments. A CD of incomplete works were sent out as an experiment to 5 of the most esthetically innovative labels in Germany, and received back were 3 requests to release it. The encouragement and new-found confidence led to the birth of the project FRIVOLOUS. Now with more than 40 releases and over a dozen 12"s to his name, Frivolous has toured the globe playing an eclectic array of venues and festivals along the way. His live shows have been hailed for their energy, originality and ingenuity as he's taken the stage next to some of the most respected names in the business. Never compromising the art of showman-ship, these spectacles feature live keyboards and vocals as well as the incorporation of his DIY aesthetic. Integrating homemade devices such as the "Frivolous Patented Electromagnetic knife", the "Broken-Ruler Music Box" and the Double "Cable-Tub" Bass, his sets are injected with a sense of fantasy, imagination and personality scarcely found elsewhere in modern electronic dance music.
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  Their RA profile lists Cadenza Records, ~scape, Fenou, Karloff and 6 more.

  often with Nils Ohrmann, Annina, Laura de Vasconcelos, none of them here that night

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  Mattia Prete

  South, Italy · 3 bookings since Aug 2025

  “Inspired by the unbridled creativity of these genres, Prete’s work in the studio is infused with sci-fi futurism and the immersive, expansive nature of film soundtracks, resulting in a unique sound that has gained him acclaimed support from the international underground scene.”

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  the whole biography

  Inspired by the unbridled creativity of these genres, Prete’s work in the studio is infused with sci-fi futurism and the immersive, expansive nature of film soundtracks, resulting in a unique sound that has gained him acclaimed support from the international underground scene. He signed his debut with “Moon, Please Don’t Go Away” in 2020 on Jazzotech, the label he manages, and has since released a vinyl EP titled “Life is Waiting” on the experimental “Faith Disciplines” label, as well as a series of singles such as “Palettes” and “Zamovliannia” which featured classical musicians from some of the Dnipro’s Philharmonie. As the label manager and A&R of Jazzotech, Prete has laid the foundation for a new club scene through the creation of original productions and live events featuring jazzists and electronic musicians. One of his most inspiring projects is the Double LP “This is Techno Jazz,” which brings together artists like Stanislav Tolkachev working with Finnish band Himanen & Kinnunen, Katharina Ernst with Spanish techno innovator Reeko, Tensal with Turin jazz band TUN, Fabrizio Rat, and trombonist Gianluca Petrella, among others. This project has also inspired a party of the same name at Kantine Am Berghain and Sage beach, featuring legends and innovators such as Matthew Herbert, Fabrizio Rat, and Studnitzky. As a DJ, Prete has a broad sound and uses silence as a tool to increase the dynamics of his music, selecting fluid and selective genres such as Techno, Modern Classical, Jazz, Electronica, and Broken Beat, always built on strongly propulsive grooves. He likes to take risks and experiment in all kinds of situations, as he has learned from hundreds of hours as a resident at Amigdala, one of Rome’s most prestigious parties. As part of the Beat Movement project (from 2010 to 2020), he has toured the best clubs in Europe, from Tresor to Griessmuhle in Berlin, from Street Party Pristina in Kosovo to Lärm in Budapest and the Moog Club in Barcelona, releasing music with acclaimed techno artists such as Umwelt, Tolkachev, Mulero, Sharpe, and Shxcxhxchxhchx. Prete recently co-founded the Garden 505 recording studio and his 505 band project with Daniel Calvi, aiming to redefine electronic rhythms with a more sensitive triphop sound, using live electronics and organic instruments to give his grooves a trippy detail or electric texture that makes them even more engaging and enchanting.
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  Their RA profile lists Jazz-O-Tech and Aurora..

  Last at Daidarabotchi Studio in Aug · often with Resonances, Nory Kimijima, Do you know Juno, none of them here that night