Suit Kei

ENG
Suit Kei is founder of the crew Drastic Beat, landmark of italian underground. She brings across Italy and Europe an eclectic music style rich in influences, builded up on a solid multiform techno frame that plays with house, electro, breakbeat and funk, enriched with a strange perversion for 80's sounds, a taste for psychedelic grooves and a manic obsession to harmonic and rhythmic fusions. Imprinted by the european illegal tekno party scene since 1998, Dj since 2001, from 2006 to 2013 with Drastic Beat produces, organizes and plays in lots of events that leaved a mark on the scene, in many locations of Italy, from big squats to historic clubs. She performs in many cities, clubs and festivals, with huge names of the international electronic scene, in Italy and also Czech Republic, Spain, France. In 2013 frequent gigs in Berlin take her to Germany, where she has found a fertile ground for her music, with new projects, gigs in many relevant locations like M.I.K.Z., Schwuz, Suicide Circus, Griessmuehle, Köpi (Berlin), Elipamanoke (Leipzig), Kassablanca (Jena), Peter-Weiss-Haus (Rostock). In the bright club season 2015/16 the residency at Golden Gate, and the release of her first single on Vanity Music Records and the second one on the big compilation "Artists In Action".
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DE
Suit Kei ist Gründerin der Drastic Beat Crew und somit eine feste Größe des italienischen Undergrounds. Ihr vielseitig beeinflusster Stil schlägt sich in handfestem Techno nieder, in dem House-, Electro-, Breakbeat- und Funkparts sich die Klinke reichen, allzeit umspielt von prägnanten 80s Sounds, sowie psychedelischen Grooves, auf Ewig verpflichtet gegenüber harmonischen und rhythmischen Fusionen. Begeistert von der europäischen Free Party Szene stellte sie sich erstmals 2001 hinter die Decks. Mit Drastic Beats produzierte sie zwischen 2006 und 2013 wegweisende Tracks und bespielte ganz Italien sowie Tschechien, Spanien, Frankreich und Deutschland. Ihre regelmäßigen Gigs in Berlin bewogen sie schließlich ihren Wohnsitz nach Deutschland zu verlagern, wo sie einen fruchtbaren Boden für ihre Produktionen gefunden hat.

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ITA
Suit Kei, fondatrice della crew Drastic Beat, punto di riferimento dell’underground italiano, porta in giro per l’Italia e l’Europa uno stile musicale eclettico e ricco di influenze, che poggia le sue basi su un solido scheletro techno che gioca con house, breakbeat, electro, funk, condito da un’insana perversione per le sonorità degli anni ’80, i groove psichedelici e una maniacale attenzione per le fusioni ritmiche e armoniche. Nel movimento degli illegal rave europei dal 1998, Dj dal 2001, milita nella scena elettronica italiana e dal 2006 al 2013 con Drastic Beat produce, organizza e suona in numerosi eventi con una scelta di ospiti che lascerà il segno in svariate location della capitale e non solo, dai grandi centri sociali a storici club, tra cui è da menzionare l'Umbriaelettrofestival, patrocinato dal comune di Narni (2011). Un percorso che la porta all'attenzione del pubblico al di fuori dei confini nazionali, in particolare Repubblica Ceca, Spagna, Francia. Si esibisce in diverse città, clubs e festivals, con i grandi nomi dell’elettronica internazionale. Dal 2013 frequenti gigs a Berlino la portano in Germania dove ha trovato un suolo fertile per la sua musica

Alcuni nomi significativi dell'elettronica con cui ha condiviso la consolle e il palco Suit Kei sono:
Kavinsky, Far Too Loud, T.Rauschmiere, D.A.V.E. The Drummer, Elite Force, Henrik Schwartz, Robert Babicz, Makam, Camea, Sascha Braemer, Vera, Bloody Mary, Sandrien, Aphrodite, Dillinja, Invasian Krew Killah (ex asian Dub Foundation), Dj Storm (Metalheadz), Lady Waks, Aquasky, Mowgli, Break The Box, Andrea Lai, Probe1, Gigi Barocco, Signal Electrique,
69db, Jeff23 aka dj Tal, Ixindamix, Crystal Distortion, Meltdown Mickey (Spiral tribe, Expressillon, Audiotrix, Labrat), 4Q (Sound Conspiracy/Total Resistance), Banditos, Les Boucles Etranges (Ntw23), Babylon Joke, Arobass e X-Tech (Okupe/ Iot Records), Arok, Midilink, Tone Yo, Teknodonuts (Iot Records/ Tomahawk), Les Enfants Sages, Suburbass, Heretik, Msd....
e molti altri.

Some locations:
Germany: Golden Gate (1 season residency), M.I.K.Z., Schwuz, Suicide Circus, Griessmuehle, Köpi, Loftus Hall, Brunnen70, Hangar47, R19 (Berlin); Elipamanoke (Leipzig); Kassablanca (Jena); Peter-Weiss-Haus (Rostock)...and many more.
Czech Republic: Cross Club (Praha); Comics Club (Ceske Budejovice); Space Pik Nik, Bass Invasion, Move It and many other openair festivals.
Italy: Dude Club (Milano); Mono Club, Lab Millepiani (Caserta), Extra (Recanati), Cassero, Sottotetto Sound Club, Arteria, Logic Club, Zoom (Bologna); Umbria Elettrofestival (Narni), Pata Pata, Sicily Music Village (Ragusa); Coiba Beach (Salento-Lecce); CAP10100, Punto33G (Torino), Spiaggia 3 Ponti (Livorno); Summerbreak Festival (Cosenza, Altamura); Sonica Festival (Avellino); Kavarna (Cremona); Forte Guercio (Alessandria) ; Banzai (Catania); Magazzino 47 (Brescia), Pop Corn (Venezia); Style (Grosseto)
Circolo degli Illuminati, Animal Social Club, Alpheus, Qube, Alibi, Balckout, Traffic, Forte Prenestino, Villaggio Globale, Acrobax, Corto Circuito, Muzak, Zion Beach, Akab, Init, Big Bang, Fanfulla, 30 Formiche, and many more.