Steve Rachmad

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Real Name:
Steve Jerome Rachmad
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Dutch techno producer, DJ and remixer. At the age of 12 he starts buying his first records: to mix, remix, and cut-and-paste their parts with an open reel tape deck. In such a cut-and-paste fashion, he presented his first release in the mid-1980s. Among these early releases was also the one created for a hip-house/dance artist Tony Scott. From that time on, Steve finds his inspiration in the 1980s dance and electro, works of former Time members (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis), The System, Arthur Baker, to name but a few. At the age of 15, he also starts his DJing career with a disco set in a small Amsterdam club. Nevertheless, his love for music urges him to start buying equipment, which would later result in a professional studio. His equipment is mainly analogue, providing him with a chance to explore the realms of warm, alive, non-static sounds. He laid the corner stone of this collection in 1985, by getting a TR-808. A year later he gets introduced to the house music. His attention is captured by the new sounds echoing mostly from Detroit and Chicago. He has releases on labels such as 100% Pure, Cocoon, Underwater, Fragile, M-Plant, Tresor, Sino, Delsin, Music Man, Artless, etc. He also worked part-time in the Outland Records shop in Amsterdam.
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steverachmad.com, Facebook, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, SoundCloud, YouTube
Aliases:
A Scorpion's Dream, Adverse Match, Black Scorpion, Continuous Cool, Didato, Dreg, Esteban del Monte, Flexible, Ignacio, Norma G, Parallel 9, Publiq Space, Rachmad Project, Scorp, Sterac, Sterac Electronics, Tarik, The Lonely Guy, Tons Of Tones, V.C.P.
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USA 3051 CD Platinum — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Presents Tons Of Tones Steve Rachmad Presents Tons Of Tones - Platinum (Album) Urban Sound Of Amsterdam, Fonky Fibe Records USA 3051 CD Netherlands 1997 Sell This Version
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SINO102LP Neo Classica — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Neo Classica (Album) Sino, Sino SINO102LP Hong Kong 2006 Sell This Version
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PURE LP011 Secret Life Of Machines (Remastered & Remixed) — Steve Rachmad Sterac AKA Steve Rachmad Sterac AKA Steve Rachmad - Secret Life Of Machines (Remastered & Remixed) (Album) 100% Pure PURE LP011 Netherlands 2012 Sell This Version
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DBM2170 Citation Saga (Part 1 Of 2) — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Presents Tons Of Tones Steve Rachmad Presents Tons Of Tones - Citation Saga (Part 1 Of 2) (Single) Fierce! DBM2170 UK 1996 Sell This Version
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DBM3133-1 Nocturno — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Presents Tons Of Tones Steve Rachmad Presents Tons Of Tones - Nocturno ‎(12") Fierce! DBM3133-1 UK 1997 Sell This Version
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PDJ7432DS A Lot Of Love — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad A Lot Of Love ‎(CD, Single) Pro DJ International PDJ7432DS Australia & New Zealand 1998 Sell This Version
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MM 060 Sikora — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Presents Ignacio Steve Rachmad Presents Ignacio - Sikora Music Man Records MM 060 Belgium 1999 Sell This Version
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MM 061 MM Twelve Inch — Steve Rachmad Green Velvet / Steve Rachmad Presents Ignacio Green Velvet / Steve Rachmad Presents Ignacio - MM Twelve Inch ‎(12") Music Man Records MM 061 Belgium 1999 Sell This Version
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rot0023 Tir Na Nog — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Tir Na Nog Rotation Records rot0023 UK 2000 Sell This Version
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SINO 03 Sinosphere — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad aka Sterac Steve Rachmad aka Sterac - Sinosphere ‎(12") Sino SINO 03 Hong Kong 2001 Sell This Version
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MM104 Amsterdam Session — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad & Petar Dundov Steve Rachmad & Petar Dundov - Amsterdam Session Music Man Records MM104 Belgium 2003 Sell This Version
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MM - 100 Superman / Legacy Of The Lost World — Steve Rachmad Richard B* / Steve Rachmad Richard B* / Steve Rachmad - Superman / Legacy Of The Lost World ‎(12", Pic) Music Man Records MM - 100 Belgium 2003 Sell This Version
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MM 122 Amsterdam Session 2 — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad & Joel Mull Steve Rachmad & Joel Mull - Amsterdam Session 2 ‎(10") Music Man Records MM 122 Belgium 2006 Sell This Version
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SINO 16, sino 16 I Am A Machine — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad I Am A Machine ‎(12") Sino, Sino SINO 16, sino 16 Hong Kong 2006 Sell This Version
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MM 131 Moog On Acid — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Moog On Acid Music Man Records MM 131 Belgium 2007 Sell This Version
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70dsr/str1 Rond Bot EP — Steve Rachmad Sterac aka Steve Rachmad Sterac aka Steve Rachmad - Rond Bot EP ‎(12", EP) Delsin 70dsr/str1 Netherlands 2008 Sell This Version
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EC.078 Surdosong — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Surdosong ‎(12") EC Records EC.078 Netherlands 2008 Sell This Version
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True1221 Hutspot / Stamppot — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad & Heiko Laux Steve Rachmad & Heiko Laux - Hutspot / Stamppot Truesoul True1221 Sweden 2009 Sell This Version
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SVALB02C Hidden Alleys — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Hidden Alleys ‎(12") Saved Records SVALB02C UK 2009 Sell This Version
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figure spc H Figure SPC H — Steve Rachmad Heiko Laux & Steve Rachmad Heiko Laux & Steve Rachmad - Figure SPC H Figure SPC figure spc H Germany 2010 Sell This Version
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mm152 Virton Upgraded — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Presents Ignacio Steve Rachmad Presents Ignacio - Virton Upgraded Music Man Records mm152 Belgium 2010 Sell This Version
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WAD 005 The Viking — Steve Rachmad Heiko Laux & Steve Rachmad Heiko Laux & Steve Rachmad - The Viking Soma Quality Recordings WAD 005 Germany 2011 Sell This Version
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WOLF 021 Fruit Of The Room — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Fruit Of The Room ‎(12") Wolfskuil Records WOLF 021 Netherlands 2011 Sell This Version
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PURE 084.1 Secret Life Of Machines (The Remixes Part 1) — Steve Rachmad Sterac Aka Steve Rachmad Sterac Aka Steve Rachmad - Secret Life Of Machines (The Remixes Part 1) 100% Pure PURE 084.1 Netherlands 2012 Sell This Version
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rej024 Bling It Up! — Steve Rachmad Steve Rachmad Bling It Up! Rejected (3) rej024 Netherlands 2012 Sell This Version

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Alain_Patrick

Alain_Patrick

March 24, 2005
edited over 18 years ago
Guided by the original grooves to the avant-garde electronics, the dutch DJ & producer Steve Rachmad aka Sterac became definitely one of the most respected artists of the international techno scene.

What is very important to remember is that he grew up under the elements of Soul and Funk and also all the street dance culture, having Arthur Baker and other references such as the main latin Hip Hop names such as Chep Nunez, Omar Santana and The Latin Rascals and their copy-and-paste practices that drove him to learn and do fine edit later for Hip-House artists like Tony Scott.

“Guys like Arthur Baker gave a black-latino taste to German sound”, said Steve Rachmad recently about the transformation of the cold german electro into the American electro-funk era. Like many other groove supporter kids of his age, his first record was the classic 'Planet Rock' from Afrika Bambaata & The Soulsonic Force. “I know there was a really small group of people who were into that sort of sound. I have personally been under their influence up till present time. I still listen to Arthur Baker and similar regularly”, he concluded.

The acquisition of his first TR-808 drum machine represented one of his first major steps as a producer. Why did he choose an 808? “I liked 808 because of Planet Rock and SOS Band records. That’s basically why I bought it. I worked as a newspaper delivery boy then, so I bought it with my earnings from that job. That’s where my studio collection starts, so it’s one of the crucial points of my career as a producer. Over the years I got hold of many other amazing machines, but this one will always have a special flavour for me”, claimed Steve very honestly about his past.

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