Dubbed an “elegant dark lord of the dance floor” by XLR8R Magazine, Alland Byallo is a DJ, producer, label owner, graphic designer and event organizer – a tour de force within the club and underground music scenes.

Born in Los Angeles, Alland began his musical journey at a young age. Trying his hand at piano and trumpet as a young boy and influenced by the experimental electronic sounds of the late 80s and early 90s, Alland grew captivated with the world of dance music, bought his first pair of turntables and eventually began experimenting with basic production. While working at WAX Records, LA’s now defunct authority on dance music, Alland’s tastes matured, and a move to San Francisco in 2003 saw Alland’s star rise quickly; while in SF, Alland honed his talents DJ-ing at respected venues stateside and overseas, started his own an underground dance music label named Nightlight Music and launched one of California’s most inspired techno-focused nightclub events, the monthly [KONTROL].

Gaining global attention producing gems for definitive record labels like Poker Flat, Liebe*Detail, Dirt Crew and Missive, by the time Alland garnered four stars from influential web-based dance music magazine Resident Advisor for his original full-length album release, Brick By Brick (2009), Alland’s devotion to the techno-house sound was plain and his fate as one of dance music’s major talents was reasonably sealed.

At the same time, Alland’s ongoing DJ residency at [KONTROL] found him sharing the stage with a roster of talent that reads like a who’s who in electronic music, leading to a solid demand for Alland at dance music gatherings around the globe – often as a headliner at renowned events and venues like Berlin’s Panoramabar, Brazil’s D-Edge, Detroit’s annual DEMF Movement Festival, Munich’s Harry Klein and Tokyo’s La Fabrique, among many others.

More recently, a move to Berlin has Alland expanding his horizons and focusing not only on DJ-ing and producing but also, adding a greater organic touch to his productions – more vocals, more experimentation, and dare it be said, a little more soul.

http://www.allandbyallo.com/

Known as the '3 deck master', 'the human ableton' and 'the machine', Ben
Sims had his first decks at age ten. Schooled on mix tapes by the likes of
Bambaata, DJ Cheese and Froggy, and with his musical roots in reggae, funk, disco, electro, rare groove and hip-hop, by his mid teens he was spinning at after-hours 'blues' houses and a few years later came the acid house explosion with pirate radio and clubs.

Ben Sims productions have gained widespread attention and feature regularly in the boxes of his own personal heroes like Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Jeff Mills and Rolando, whilst also attracting crossover appeal from the likes of Carl Cox etc. He has remixed Jeff Mills, Green Velvet, Blake Baxter, DJ Funk, Marco Bailey, Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer plus many more and has had his tracks and remixes featured on mix cds by Robert Hood, Francois Kevorkian, DJ Rush, Joey Beltram, Dave Clarke, Umek, Luke Slater, Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin and hundreds more.

On the 5th November @ Corsica Studios in London Ben will be playing for Socialeyes and Tilted Disco alongside The Advent (live), Mark Broom and Steve Strawberry with Justin Robertson, Robin Ball & Colin Dale in room 2
http://samurai.fm/groovepleasure/events/20101105-socialeyes-with-ben-sims-the-advent-live-mark-broom-justin-roberton-colin-dale