Iggy Z

Producer, DJ

Techno, House

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DJ, LABEL OWNER, PRODUCER, PROMOTER, JOURNEYMAN AND IN HIS CORE STILL THAT KID FROM STATEN ISLAND / NEW YORK (WHO JUST HAPPENS TO LIVE IN GERMANY NOW)… THAT’S IGGY Z, IN A NUTSHELL. BORN IGOR ZASLAVSKY, HE STARTED ACQUIRING A TASTE FOR ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. HE RECEIVED HIS FIRST SET OF DECKS AT THE AGE OF 13. AND FROM THEN ON, HE BEGAN COLLECTING RECORDS AND LEARNING TO MIX THEM AT HIS HOME. FROM THERE, HE WENT DOWN THE “HOUSE PARTY” ROUTE AND PLAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS WHERE HE GAINED SOME VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND ADDED SOME NOTORIETY TO HIS NAME- ESTABLISHING HIM ULTIMATELY IN THE NYC NIGHTCLUB SCENE AND SCORING RESIDENTIAL DJ JOBS IN VARIOUS VENUES ALL OVER THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (PACHA, CIELO, SULLIVAN ROOM, BUDDHA BAR, SANTOS PARTY HOUSE). IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT IGGY PLAYED ALONGSIDE LEGENDS SUCH AS DANNY TENAGLIA, DANNY KRIVIT, LOUIE VEGA, DANNY HOWELLS, CHUS & CEBALLOS, PETER BAILEY, AND RICHIE SANTNA, AS WELL AS OTHER HOUSE MUSIC ALLSTARS, LEARNING HOW TO DRAW AND TO MANIPULATE A CROWD IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. IN 2012, IGOR MOVED FROM NEW YORK TO FRANKFURT / GERMANY AND JUMPED RIGHT INTO THE TURMOIL- IN WHAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY A CULTURE SHOCK, BUT NEVERTHELESS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR HIM; AS THE DEEP HOUSE AND TRIBAL HOUSE VIBES THAT HE WAS USED TO FROM THE STATES WERE INFUSED WITH THE INFAMOUS TEUTONIC TECHNO SOUNDS. IGGY EMBRACED THAT CULTURE AND IMMERSED HIMSELF RIGHT INTO IT, ADOPTING A MORE HARDHITTING AND RELENTLESS PACE IN HIS TUNE SELECTION WHILE STILL MAINTAINING HIS HOUSE ORIGINS WHENEVER IT SUITED THE VIBE! CURRENTLY HE WORKS FOR A MUSIC TV CHANNEL iM1 AND TRAVELS THE WORLDS` HOTSPOTS, TRENDING LOCATIONS AND FESTIVALS, ALWAYS SOAKING UP NEW INFLUENCES AND MAINTAINING HIS STATUS OF ONE OF FRANKFURT’S MOST EXCITING “NEWCOMERS”- ITS JUST THAT THIS PARTICULAR “NEWCOMER” HAS MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE UNDER HIS BELT AND THAT HIS PHONEBOOK READS LIKE A “WHO IS WHO” OF THE WORLDWIDE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE.