Jan Nemecek / About

One of the most interesting younger artists of the club-electronic scene in Serbia is Jan Nemecek, born in 1989. in Belgrade. Due to family musical tradition, at an early age he showed interest for creating electronic music - he started to record with a primitive rhythm machine and a tape machine. At the age of 10 he wrote music for the children's series as well as for ads for films and TV series. Over time, he switched to MIDI and sequencers, as well as working in a software enviroment, and formed his own studio. He spent several years working on ambient music (the albums Disappearance and Through the Planetary Void), as well as various multimedia works.

In 2006, he met Marko Nastic and Marko Milosavljevic, who supported his first forays into techno and house. Thus he performed at Exit Festival that same year, barely aged 17, making him one of the youngest performers at this event ever. In the same year he remixed Nastic's single U Are The Reason, and released a solo CD/DVD album Afterimage, while the set from Exit was released as a special edition acoompanying the Yellow Cab magazine, with a pressing of 15.000 copies. A year later he co-founded with Danilo Tomic one of the first Serbian net-labels - Norbu, where he turns to a more experimental side of electronica, minimal and house with his Kalope alias.

In 2008. he released his debut 12" for Traffica Records, Multiply EP, and the title track appears also on the Belgrade Coffee Shop 2008 compilation. Soon, several other releases and remixes followed, most notably Beckett On The Beach for Traffica Records and a more techno-based Dzat A Poco EP for Recon Light. Contrary to most DJs and producers on the local scene, Jan prefers playing live, presenting the development of his tracks on the dancefloor. If there is a question about what he is playing at a particular moment coming from an excited clubber, you will always hear that Jan plays only his own stuff.

In addition to his solo releases, Jan is currently working with Danilo Tomic on a few projects including J-House which focuses on a more housier side of things. Occasionaly, a bootleg or two may emerge from this collaboration.

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