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…is a project of DJ Slon (”an elephant” in Russian) from St. Petersburg. Oleg Azelitski was born in 1970. He’s one of the pionners on Russian techno scene, a living legend of undegroung, since the times of late USSR. In the end of 80s, Slon was one of the hipsters. He started DJ’ing in 1993 with acid, hard-techno and trance. Year after, he got residency at the brand new electronic music club Tunnel. By the way, he’s still resident at this now legendary club, also being an art-director/promoter different periods of time.

DJ Slon formed “Underground Experinece” promo-group in 1994, influenced by well-known Detroit techno movement. Through the years, different, but united with the love to the music people, geathered under this flag, and made unique and bright parties. And so new music became open to the masses. Two years after DJ’ing start, Oleg tries making music by himself. His project “Zhutky Lazer” (Horrible Lazer) was one of the first techno-electro projects in St. Petersburg and Russia, and has inspired many artists. Today Slon has another project - Mass Fatality. In 1998, by efforts of two labels - Underground Experience and Perforated one of the first techno-records in Russia was released, with DJ Slon’s tracks of course.

As a DJ, and being a personification of Russian techno culture, in his big career, he has played on lots of festivals and clubs around Europe - Love Parade (Berlin, 1998), Club Lux (Finnland, 1999), PutInOut (Vienna, 2001), Ultraschall (Munchen, 2001), Koniesto Festival (Helsinki, 2002), Tresor (Berlin, 2003), and others. As a DJ, he’s a passionate music-lover, experimentator and enthusiast, his sets are full of energy and temper, and perfectly combine all styles of techno.

Mass Fatality appears on: RTSW2, RTSW4

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