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http://www.elefant.com
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music of Juan Carlos Ordoñez (Prozack, Gauss) presents minimalist,
impressive rhythms, and dark, hypnotic atmospheres. |
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Juan Carlos Ordóñez, better known as Prozack, is an artist from
Galicia (Spain) with a wide musical culture, who within a short
time has gone on from being the most hopeful promise of Spanish
techno to become one of the most brilliant projects of the present
day.
Since he began his exclusive dedication to electronic music, in
1993, his curiosity, his love for music and his interest for technology
have brought him to a constant investigation which is now beginning
to fruit. During 1994, apart from doing his first live appearances,
he writes the music for "O Espello", a short film by young director
Manu D. Mayo, which received several international prizes to the
best soundtrack.
Prozack's favest place is the live act, as he has proved this too
well in the best venues both in Spain and Portugal: after achieving
a special mention of the jury at the contest held by Rock de Lux
magazine in 1995, everybody was anxiously looking forward to his
debut, especially after his acts at such festivals as Sónar, TechnoBAM
and Spanish Techno Festival. This debut did finally arrive with
his signing for Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings and the release
of the powerful maxi-single "Electromotriz", which shows his bet
for minimalist, impressive rhythms, and dark, hypnotic atmospheres.
He had already remixed Silvania's song "Eva Sobre Eva" (from their
12" "Galax Trax"), and his present day comes with the forthcoming
release of "Ideology", an ambitious work on CD and Double LP, which
will surely place Prozack among the best snipers of the international
techno scene. On this album, he relies on the same coordinates that
such a well deserved celebrity have brought to his powerful live
act: techno-trance, Detroit house, Chicago, obsesive repetition
of sequences, percussion work... although he includes as well some
other relaxing, atmospheric moments.
On the other hand, his tireless creativity is showed in his side-projects:
Discodé (along with Hd Substance) and Gauss, a minimalist
project, of simple and geometric deep house, whose first reference
is the Mini-CD/MLP "Estructuras Primarias". Musical influences on
Gauss could range from contemporary composers as Steve Reich or
Terry Riley, to avant-garde techno-house coming mainly from Germany
(from labels like Ladomat, Chain Reaction, Studio 1...).
The new Prozack album, "Tan Lejos", a softer approach to his concept
of techno, full of details which will hypnotize the listener. Young
director Juan Lesta made a wonderful black and white video of "Dualidad",
one of the tracks in the album. This video has been nominated in
several video festivals in Spain, like the notorious Vitoria Festival.
1999's new musical activities of Juan Carlos feature Radio, a new
project with Mario and Cocó from Silvania, in which they perfectly
blend their styles: the ethereal world of the Peruvian duo with
the martial rhythms of Prozack. Their first CD was released in May
1999, followed by a twelve inch with remixes and extra tracks.
In 2000 Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings released Prozack's
third album, "Dispersión", which meant to be his last production
under that name. Carlos announces a new more pop-oriented project
coming soon.
http://www.elefant.com
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- Electromotriz (Maxi, Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings,
1995)
- Ideology (Doble LP/CD, Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings,
1996)
- Tan Lejos (Doble LP/CD, Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings,
1998)
- Dispersión (CD, Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings, 2000)
as Gauss:
- Estructuras Primarias (Mini-LP/Mini-CD, Stereophonic Elefant
Dance Recordings, 1997)
Discodé:
- The Night, The Stars And You (Maxi, Stereophonic Elefant Dance
Recordings, 1998)
Radio:
- Radio (CD, Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings, 1999)
- El aire está vivo (LP, Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings,
2000)
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photo: Delmi
Alvarez

photo: Delmi
Alvarez


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"Prozack seems to approach textures that perhaps remember
of Chain Reaction, Bassic Chanel and Säkho. One approaches and it
explores although it does not neglect the hard percussion that has
characterized its previous works. Between Robert Armani and Maurizio,
between Pan Sonic and Silvania, it is there where Prozack moves.
From the cover of 'Dispersión' the panoramic intentionality
of the disc is already observed that from the evocación of 'La Escalera'
and the flight of 'Icaro' to 'Dispersión' in its three parts
convinces without theatricalities leaning in the sound in all its
variants...//... Here until the noise it is part of the language
of Juan Carlos Ordoñez. The noise integrated to the space and the
melody made elasticity, that is 'Dispersión' ". (Aldo
Linares - TERRA.ES)
"Juan Carlos Ordoñez (Prozack) publishes, under the
name of Gauss, a relaxed minimalist work and more of which he has
to us customary. Repetition, clarity, impeccable production and
formal simplicity. All it confers to 'Estructuras Primarias' hipnotic,
sober and extremely cerebral qualities." (Alvaro
Mora - DISCO 2000)
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