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Designer/Typographer
This is most of the work I do, however I have the least to say about it.
1993: bitmap and vector typefaces localized for Calamus DTP environment
1994-1996: design of ALERT magazine for ATARI/Apple [in Calamus]
1996: design of MacLife magazine for Apple [in Calamus]
1997: first original author typefaces for CINEMAX’s game Nodus Domini
1999-2003: custom typefaces and magazine design for LEVEL magazine [QuarkXPress]
2004-2007: freelance graphic design
2008-2009: Health Only magazine [inDesign], some new and re-made typefaces
Developer
There’s a lot of programming environments I’ve seen. It all started with BASIC, of course… the most ugly and inconvenient one. But for many of us, it’s the first thing we learnt. Well, we’ve been there and done that many times. I’ve learnt BASIC and the machine code of Zilog Z80 and the Motorola 68k family. I’ve tried such beasts as Lisp, Forth, Pascal, Modula and Turbo C developing for ATARI, PC and Macintosh. With emerging of the Web, i started to use languages like PostScript, PHP, JavaScript, Java and lots of other -scripts. But now, I’m stuck with Objective C and Cocoa in OS X/iPhone OS as the most powerful tools these days. I love it. In my free time.
Igraczech the DJ
Spinning since 1999, Igraczech is active central-european drum’n’bass and electronic music freak. All the years Igraczech was smashing dancefloors at Czech Republic and not only Prague clubs Spilka, Piranha, Swamp, XT3, U Sudu, Roxy and last but not least Punto Azul.
You can find Igraczech’s own tracks in MP3 section of his second personal server syxra.cz. There are four private-press albums (Destination: Trashcan, Platform, No.command and Nothingness of Existence), fifth album Ctrl-Art-Escape officially released as Punto Azul: Presence vol. 2 and free net-release at kaktusrecordings.org and 12″ single Witch Instinct on own label KAKTUS Recordings based together with one of leaders of Czech d’n’b scene – DJ Touchwood. The album No.command, was rated 9/10 in Czech club scene magazine Ultram:x.
Together with canadian Adam Stepanek aka DJ Marvel, they founded project called Edgestatika and produced some heavy dancefloor drum’n’bass tracks often played from Final Scratch, but never released.
In the 2007 there are still running residential nights at Prague: Punto Azul drum’n’bass headquarters and monthly at Le Mirage. The repertoire now consists of 66 % d’n’b and the rest is breakbeat, downtempo and self-made tracks played using up to 3 turntables plus mixing CD players or Final Scratch at least once a month as the best favorite for future performances.
Igraczech cooperates closely with DJ Touchwood, DJ Stanzim (Radio 1), Matkore and Nailer promoting Digital Penetration electronica/experimental/break- beat/grime/dubstep/anything night in Cross Club Prague, bringing underground artists from UK labels like Seed, Anticat, Lo, Control Tower, Baselogic or even Warp.
Igraczech is also member of HPNVSN crew specialized on light and visual effects for drum’n’bass and breakbeat parties. Igraczech fully uses his music knowledge through understanding the mix thus being able to work with light scenes much better than usual depending on what’s the dj on the decks playing in this nanosecond. HPNVSN crew lit names like: Adam Freeland, Fauna Flash, Stanton Warriors, Monika Načeva, Rennie Pilgrem, Lee Coombs, LTJ Bukem, DJ Esta, Panacea, Reality, Triple Vision, Aphrodite, Klute, Suv, Alex Reece, Utah Jazz, Surge, Nookie, Ed Rush, Fabio and many others.
Curriculum musicum
1986: first home experiments with audio recording and light effects
1988-1995: basic school of Music arts / acoustic guitar
1994: first cover design jobs
1998-2002: art director of computer games magazine
1999: graduated at digital-communication-oriented high school
1999: intermediate dj course at LIVC dj centre (www.djschool.cz)
1999: founder of HPNVSN (hypnovision light engineering crew)
2000: Destination: Trashcan CD
2001: Platform CD
2002-2004: art director of alternative music magazine Ultram:x
2002: No.Command CD
2003: self-released Nothingness of Existence CD
2004: resident of Digital Penetration in Cross Club, Prague
2005: played for the very first time at Volks in Brighton, UK
2006: released Punto Azul Presence vol. 2: Ctrl-Art-Escape album CD
2007: running kaktusrecordings.org free mp3 netlabel
2008-presence: moderating Inclubator independent talents’ show at Radio 1
Official releases:
2001: Kaktus Recordings KAKT001: 12 inch split Witch Instinct (w/Stonedhigh: Hack)
2004: C41 C41001: Playback compilation CD: single Breathe
2005: Quazi Delict QDR005: Alvik – Beat::skip remixed: igraczech rmx
2005: Drumandbass.cz DNBCZ01: Back In My Mind compilation CD: single Blackmagic
2006: Punto Azul: Presence vol. 1 PACD001: Carrier & Zainfish also released on Punto Azul
2006: Shotgun compilation: Dream is Destiny / Sand Witch
2006: Punto Azul: Presence vol. 2 PACD002: Ctrl-Art-Escape author album
also released on Kaktusrecordings.org
2007: Punto Azul: Presence vol. 3 PACD003: Ouroboros compilation CD: single Quantum Decoherence
also released on Punto Azul
Played with/at:
2001: Luxury of Dirt: Panacea (Position Chrome, GER)
2002: Hyperfunk: Triple Vision (NL)
2003: Marvel (CAN), Drumstation: The Engine (CH)
2004: Digital Penetration: Stormfield (UK) back2back live!
2005: DigiTraction: with djs Stormfield [UK] and Cursor Miner [UK] live back2back sets
2006: Digital Penetration: with many UK artists (Mark Moore, Mr.6, Rob Hall, DJ N>E>D, Synapse, Symmetrik, KansasCityProphets, Ardisson… see DigitalPenetration.wz.cz
2007: Noisia (@ Shotgun Festival)
2008-2009: official DJ break, producing upcoming album
Volks and Sidewinder (Brighton, UK), Wagon (Wroclaw/PL)
CZ: Roxy, XT3, Mecca, Harfa, Swamp, Inspiral, Ostrava, Spilka Kokory, Spilka.blok Prague, Liquid (Liberec), Depo 9 (Olomouc) and dozens of other small clubs all over the country…