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| Location: | Canada, Quebec, Montreal |
| Description: | Why Dj Nachtengel and why Cite Souterraine? First of all, Nachtengel means "Night Angel" in German. It is also a derivative of my family name which is Nightingale and I also associate "Nachtengel" to a dear friend of mine who used to call me that...
Cite Souterraine saw the moonlight, (hey this show plays after midnight after all), five years ago in the autumn season. Since its debut, Cite Souterraine adopted many kinds of musical tendencies to reflect the image of an ever growing city. It passed from alternative music to techno music to hardcore music to finally come to a stop and rest on EBM music. In those years a number of distinguished guest djs and musical personalities came to visit Cite Souterraine and leave their impressions on the air. Just to name a few, I received Mr.Black, Headscan, Scrape, WesternDream, Metha Mean, MD from Geska Records, The Varia 2002 Staff and many more guests who all contributed to the eclectic, alternative scene. Cite Souterraine has also interviewed recently some major bands coming to Montreal through the blessing of KAO Productions. To have more info on Cite Souterraine, you can always go to the online website.
Now a little bit about me. Just like Kaotik, I've also lived on the South Shore, in St-Hubert. In fact, I'd meet Mr.Kaotik there before he was out in the bar scene in Montreal. Of course when I moved to Montreal it was easier for him and his girlfriend at the time to go out all night because he would come and crash at my place afterwards...
I was around when the Vampire Lounge existed; when the Loft was doing it's Goth night; when we would have to line up to enter the Backstreet; when The Lizard was a cool place to hang out and when the Pharoh's Tomb was the place to be. I could also name the Purple Haze (Aka The Saphir), The Fetish Cafe, The Sphinx and many more small places like The Ezra, The Redemption and The Crash who also played the kind of music I liked to hear on the weekends. Now all those bars have given way to the Saphir and of course, The Foufs to entertain us on the weekend with the latest gothic, EBM, synthpop and new wave music.
My first live dj experience outside my many years in the radio industry came last year for Varia 2002 when I was guest dj there to host the evening. Then in January 2003 came the KAO Production experience which is still going on. I could qualify my mix of music as being an abrasive, destructive, sinful symphony of nocturnal noise made for the black masses in search of something beyond than just plain VNVish sound. |
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