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The final waves of Timo’s set lapping against the effortlessly cool crowd at Leeds’ Mission mark another chapter in his ascension from unknown anybody to underground somebody. He’s just finished recording DJ Mag’s December cover mount CD, mixing funk infested b-lines, progressive, filtered synth lines and wigged-out, stripped back percussion with a nonchalant disregard for any restrictive pigeonholes.

Leeds is like a cosy second home for Timo, having forged ahead in the annals of dance culture there for three years at erudite music boxes like The Warehouse, The Music Factory and The Faversham at the enviable age of 21. Then championing a proto French house sound, the vocoded a cappelas and filtered sonics lacing his sets were nods to a previous sojourn as resident in Paris, where he spun with 4/4 peers like Thomas Banglater and Eric Rug. Keeping on his toes and absorbing innumerate influences on the way, he then split to London in ’05 and to the head of the table at his own imprint: Berwick Street Records.

It is this restlessness, married with a fulfilled appearance diary which is on a par with that of the rudest globe-trotting narco’ (encompassing Brazil, Denmark, Russia, Latvia and, obviously, Ibiza, as it does) that inherently sketch the blueprint for his sets and the make up of his musical DNA. House music to get sun burnt to; gritty little numbers that resonate in the deepest, darkest minimal discos, and metronomic beats manufactured unashamedly for the dancefloor are all musical tools used by Timo to construct bespoke sets tailored to the buggin’ crowds of wherever he be at.

When at work in the studio the scope of his electronic output is no more limited: Decidedly minimalistic and deliciously simple bass is punctuated with weirded-out samples when working on ‘Zombies Revenge.’ Glitches and guitars pepper the tech-house of his collaboration with Ricky Stone .. the Universe’ and the analogue pressings and bouncy beats of recent release ‘Uncle Fly,’ all highlight the point that Timo’s output is a dynamic one. Every set is a transient snapshot of the best electronica has to offer; some carefully picked works by other artists, and some from his, and Berwick Street’s own, audio arsenals.

What better endorsement is there than having records signed by voguish labels like Toolroom, Cr2, OM Records and Ninja Tune? Well, how about big-ups from the likes of Steve Lawler, Claude von Stroke, Tom Middleton, Louis Vega and Layo and Bushwacka? Or having one effort tagged by Radio 1’s dance Dons as an Essential Tune? You get the picture. Timo is one of the boys: welcomed with open arms by our culture’s elite and now a regular at haunts like London’s mighty Ministry of Sound.

It’s no surprise he’s such a regular spinner around the streets of our fair capital, Timo literally lives and breathes the place. Home is where the studio is: Brick Lane, E1. Nestled snugly in the bosom of uber-cool dance district Shoreditch, this locality allows him to selectively absorb all the best bits of Brit culture and intuitively filter out the many passing fads in favour of the cooler zephers which bring with them musical merit and longevity in equal measure.

Spinning New Order and Happy Mondays tunes in the downbeat pub of a London ‘burb as a meandering 16 year old seems a long time ago: but it was those fun, amateur parties that spurred Timo on to eventually go pro’ in ’02. And, whether in the throws of one of his colourful sets, or in the folds of one of his vital productions, you’ll sure be thankful for that. Welcome along.