PICOTTO & PSYCATRON RESISTANCE SUMMER PARTY

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FORUM WATERFORD, SAT 14 JULY

Italian super-star DJ, Mauro Picotto, and fast rising Irish techno act, Psycatron, play the Resistance
Summer Party at The Forum on Saturday 14 July, with support from local lads Alan Harris and
Joe Gould from Retech. Believe it or not, its 10 years now since that first Resistance Party in South
with Green Velvet playing a live set, and throughout the rest of 2012, Resistance will be organising
a number of partys to celebrate the anniversary. During those 10 years Resistance has brought
Laurent Garnier, Jeff Mills, Timo Maas, Dave Clarke, Carl Craig, Green Velvet, Roger Sanchez, Groove
Armada, Mylo, Slam, Felix Da Housecat, Erol Alkan, Steve Lawler, Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Derrick
Carter, Joris Voorn, Kerri Chandler, Andrew Weatherall, Stanton Warriors, Christian Smith, James
Lavelle, Phil Kieran and many more to Waterford for memorable partys. Tickets for the Summer
Party (€15) are on sale now at Next Door (Forum), 051 871111 or www.forumwaterford.com .

Mauro Picotto first began playing records in 1984 at the age of eighteen, at a club in Piedmont
called Top Sound. By 1988 he was a finalist in the Italian DMC and devoted much of the following
year to the production of his first album as “R.A.F”, soon becoming one of the leading producers at
Media Records in Italy. Mauro’s series of massive tracks at that time (Bakerloo Symphony, Iguana,
Komodo, Lizard) made him one of the Top 10 most popular DJs in the world. The new millennium
saw a change of direction for Mauro with his new label, Alchemy, and his club brand, Meganite.
The latter was a huge success in Ibiza introducing new talent like Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer and
Marco Carola, and also bringing techno back to the “white isle” big time, alongside Cocoon. More
recently, Mauro released an album “2010” in that year, and secured a residency at Space (Ibiza) for
their “Come Together” partys. That album and “2011” last year, confirmed that his musical taste
and creativity is still spot on. To date Mauro Picotto has released over 600 productions and remixes,
selling over 6 million copies worldwide. He has played in all the best clubs around the globe as well
as prestigious events like Love Parade, Creamfields, Ultra, Time Warp and Awakenings. This will be
Mauro’s second performance for Resistance.

Berlin , Detroit is a musical alliance that resonates deeply with electronic music lovers around the
world. Add Belfast to this equation and you have Irish duo Psycatron, who have dropped releases
on both sides of the Atlantic through Carl Craig's Planet E Communications from Detroit and Berlins'
legendary Tresor imprint. Their touring schedule has followed a similar global trajectory, touching
down everywhere from Fabric (London) to The Rex Club (Paris), to Movement Festival in Detroit,
I Love Techno in Belgium and many more of the best clubs and festivals worldwide. With musical
influences ranging from Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk to Underground Resistance and Jean Michel
Jarre, it's easy to see where the raw emotion, tension and energy prevalent in their music stems
from. Being born less than 12 hours apart and subsequently growing up hitting the same techno
parties in Belfast, is another common bond that has helped shape the Psycatron sound, where the
past clearly influences the future but has an entirely different slant on it. Among their fan count
you'll find the likes Depeche Mode's Martin Gore, Francois K and Dave Clarke.