Doide

Doide is the brand new project from U.K. Techno pioneer Russ Gabriel and Barcelona's Tony Blunt. The idea was born out of a mutual respect for the other's music and kicked off with a DJ Tour of Spain in January 2008. There followed an intense 4-day studio session in which the pair realised the combination of Russ's experience in track-crafting and Tony's perfectionistic attitude to sound would forge a lasting partnership in electronic music production.

After the success of their first live performance in Cadiz in March, 2008 the pairing went on to perform at various European venues including a showcase at Barcelona's famed Sonar Festival.

Their live show is a testiment to Doide's sound, a fusion of deep bass, driving electronic percussion and Detroit-Techno inspired melodies.

On the recording side, there followed a series of releases including the classic "Type One" on the Justified Cause imprint and a forthcoming 4-tracker on Meerestief's siter imprint, Moonpool. The duo our now at work on a new batch of productions and a further developement of the live show fresh for 2009.

Tony is the head-honcho of his own Thump Elektroniks and his work with Barcelona's Ivan Murias as "Zwo" has already left its mark on the techno community. DJing since 1996, Tony's productions on Thump and his work on the Dpress Industries label are high on the playlist agendas of Laurent Garnier, James Talk and Ovum's Taho among many others. Taho has already been involved in retouching one of Tony's productions as have Mark Broom, Soultek, The Youngsters, Mikkel Metal and Djinxx to name a few.

Russ has been at the forefront of electronic music for over 15 years. Since the foundation of his own Ferox Records, he went on to produce for Djax-Up-beats, Planet-E, Mobilee, Soma, Peacefrog, Magnetic North, GPR and many more. This new project with Tony marks a new era in Russ's music production where his work for Sushitech's sister label Pariter and the relaunch of the Ferox imprint has inspired Russ to embark on this collaboration.