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Tekno Dred

Real Name:
Femi Olasehinde
Profile:
Ola has always been a lover of music and has a broad mind for taste. He purchased his first set of decks at the tender age of 15 and started DJ'ing at friends and family birthdays, weddings and other parties. He wanted nothing more for himself than to be able produce music and be creatively involved in the music industry, either as a DJ or producer.

In the early 1990's, Ola's DJ'ing came into play in various venues up and down the UK and also on local pirate radio station, Friends FM. At the same time, he purchased records for £1 per box 100 from a liquidated company called G & M and set up a market stall as an outlet to sell the records from. These record batches were quite hilarious, containing all granny's favourites, but also some soul classics and rare, sought after deletions. After 6 months, Ola started distributing white labels up and down the country while his new partner Paul Watson, looked after and maintained the stall. But as the distribution became more popular, they decided to sell the stall and to move onto Stage One Distribution. By 1994 Ola and Paul parted company and The Stage One Music Company was founded.

Although Ola was heavily into his DJ'ing and all the fun that it would bring, he was faced with a tough decision and had to choose the career path to take - would he be a DJ / Producer or would he manage the business of others around him, who he had seen needed help running and developing themselves as artists? He decided to concentrate his efforts on the business side of things and focussed on The Stage One Music Company, which has been a success within the independant sector of the music industry ever since.

More recently, Ola has embarked on youth work within the community, introducing young people who would not normally have the opportunity, to gain insight into the music industry and its related industries. Ola feels he is putting something back into the community (not forgetting where he came from) and has been hell bent on helping those in the deprived community, where he once came from.

Even though Ola has been very busy running the The Stage One Music Company alongside Laura, who is and always has been a great help and backbone to him and the company, he still had the chance to produce music under the name of Love Nation, releasing a classic track on Just Another Label called Positive and also under the name Tekno Dred, producing the innovative sounds of Hardcore, called Trancecore. He also made a bit of name for himself writing music for the production music industry under the names of Blak Majik, Dred and Voodoo Don. He claims his musical influences and inspirations come from "life itself and everything it holds & produces to enable us to enjoy and rely on sound".
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Discography

Releases:
U R Everything / Noise & Music (12")   Stompin Choonz 1996
Can It Be / New Horizons (12")   Stompin Choonz 1997
Change The Style / More Understanding (12")   Stompin Choonz 1997
Cluster / A Voice Spoke To Me (12")   Stompin Choonz 1998
Mindless Pleasure / Movement IV (12")   Stompin Choonz 1998
Tribalistic (12")   xy² 1998
Higher Love / U R Everything (12")   Final Chance, Final Chance 2001
The Calling (File, MP3, 320)   Just Another Label 2006
Tribalistic (File, MP3)   xy²  
Remixes:
Bonkers (Comp) (3 versions) Burn This Joint (Tekno... React ... 1996
Burnin Love (Maxi) (2 versions) Burnin Love (Helix vs.... Jumpin' & Pumpin' ... 1996
Cained + Able / Burn This Joint (Remixes) (2 versions) Burn This Joint (Tekno... Stompin Choonz 1996
Get It Right / Before Your Eyes (Remix) (2 versions) Before Your Eyes (Remi... Stompin Choonz 1996
Most Uplifting Vocal Anthems (CD, Comp + VHS, PAL, Comp) Burning Love (Tekno Dr... SAS (2), SAS (2) 1996
Trance Core - Chapter One (2 versions) Before Your Eyes (Tekn... Jumpin' & Pumpin' 1996
Utopia EP (12", EP) Utopia (Tekno Dred Mix) Jail House 1997
Production:
Feel The Love / Keep On Loving (12") Keep On Loving, Keep O... Stompin Choonz 1996
Bonkers 14: Hardcore Strikes Back (4xCD, Mixed, Comp) Break Free (Scott Brow... Resist Music 2005
Wow - What A Rush!! 10 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Spiritual High, Beauti... Stage One 2006
100 Anthems: Hardcore (5xCD, Comp) Break Free (Scott Brow... Apace Music 2008
Co-production:
Most Uplifting Vocal Anthems (CD, Comp + VHS, PAL, Comp) Better & Better (18 CM... SAS (2), SAS (2) 1996
Appears On:
Feel The Love / Keep On Lovin (12", W/Lbl, Promo, Sti) Keep On Lovin, Keep On... Stompin Choonz 1996
Dark Eden / Endorphia (12")   xy² 1997
Saviour / Crazy Daze (12")   Stompin Choonz 1997
Utopia EP (12", EP)   Jail House 1997
Off Yer Nut!! (Comp) (2 versions) Emotions Smart TV 1998
Spritual Blessings (Remix) / The Promised Land (12") Spiritual Blessings (S... xy² 1998
Brainstorm: Hardcore Trance Fusion (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Active Techno (Chemica... React 1999
Unda Ground / Deeper Unda Ground (12")   Stompin Choonz 1999
Warpath Remixxx (10", S/Sided, W/Lbl)   XXX 2001
200% Nu Energy (CD, Mixed, Comp) Unda Ground Nu Energy 2002
Break Free (12") Break Free (Original Mix) Relentless Vinyl 2005
Wow - What A Rush!! 10 (CD, Mixed, Comp) Beautiful, Break Free ... Stage One 2006
Complete Happy Hardcore (2xCD, Comp + DVD-V, NTSC, Comp, Copy Prot.) Saviour, More Understa... Warner Music Entertainment 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Chemical Dance Culture - Test 1: Phuturistic Trance (CD) Can It Be, More Unders... Tecnojam 1997
Masters@Work Dance Series (3xCD) More Understanding Helter Skelter Recordings 1997
Bonkers 4 - World Frenzy (Comp) (3 versions) Mindless Pleasure React ... 1998
Bonkers 5 - Anarchy In The Universe (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) A Voice Spoke To Me (H... React 1998
Happy Hardcore Hysteria (4xCD) Change The Style Jumpin' & Pumpin' 1998
Happy Hardcore Hysteria Volume 2 (4xCD) Can It Be, Spiritual B... Jumpin' & Pumpin' 1998
Off Yer Nut!! 2 (3xCD, Comp, Mixed) More Understanding Smart TV 1998
Off Yer Nut!! 2 Exclusive Summer Madness Sampler (CD, Smplr) More Understanding M8 Magazine 1998
Chemical Generation Volume 2 (2xCD, Mixed) Tribalistic Stage One 1999
Off Yer Nut!! '99 Spaced Out (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Tribalistic, A Voice S... Smart TV 1999
Off Yer Nut!! In The Millennium (5xCD, Mixed, Comp) Tribalistic, A Voice S... Smart TV 1999
Trance-Tastic: 20 Full Length Acid, Euro & Progressive Trance Anthems (2xCD, Comp, P/Mixed) Spiritual Blessings Jumpin' & Pumpin' 1999
Wow !!! What A Rush Vol 5 - Old Skool Flavas (CD, Comp) Jungle Jingle Stage One 2000
Contagious Drum And Bass Volume 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Warpath (Dylan Remix) Stage One 2002
XXX The Making Of... (CD) Warpath (Dylan Remix) XXX 2003
Bonkers 5 - Silver Edition (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) A Voice Spoke To Me (H... Resist Music 2005
Wow - What A Rush!! 11 (CD, Mixed, Comp) The Calling, Change Th... Stage One 2006
Best Of Bonkers (Comp) (2 versions) U R Everything Resist Music ... 2007
The World's Greatest Hardcore (2xCD, Mixed, Comp + CD, Comp) U R Everything (Helix ... Resist Music 2007
100 Anthems: Hardcore (5xCD, Comp) A Voice Spoke To Me (H... Apace Music 2008
Complete Happy Hardcore (2xCD, Comp + DVD-V, NTSC, Comp, Copy Prot.) More Understanding Warner Music Entertainment 2009
Wow (What A Rush) Vol. 7 (CD) A Voice Spoke To Me, M... Stage One  
Wow What A Rush!! Volume 6 (CD, Mixed) Know You Want It Stage One  
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