Teemu Tammela a.k.a. MK-Ultra
Teemu Tammela, also known as MK-Ultra, discovered electronic dance music in the break of 1980's and 1990's when euro dance emerged in mainstream popular music. Fresh soundscape sparked the young Finn's curiosity to dig deeper into the underground music scene. Gradually the infatuation grew, culminating into the event of purchasing a pair of turntables and a mixer.
While eclectic in taste, MK-Ultra's first and foremost love has always been house music. His DJing style is defined by the chameleon-like ability to switch effortlessly between styles and genres. MK-Ultra is just as comfortable mixing funky and jazzy vocal disco as playing gritty tech house and electro - not to mention the occasional steps to the wild side in the form of trance, techno and psytrance.
Like his idols Carl Cox, Eric Morillo and Derrick Carter, MK-Ultra's driving force is the undying love for music - a trait that will not go unnoticed by anyone who has witnessed his passion and energy behind the decks. Over the years MK-Ultra has been organizing and promoting such night clubs as Synergy and Nothing But House Music in addition to AuralCandy.Net and Shadow Project events.
Despite his vinyl jockey origins MK-Ultra has always been on the cutting edge to adopt new innovations in DJ technology. After realizing the creative potential of digital DJing, there has been no looking back. The latest addition to MK-Ultra's repertoire is merging visual effects as part of his DJ performance. DJing and VJing simultaneously is a skill mastered by few, but revered by many.
Vesa Kotinurmi a.k.a. Mesmic
Vesa Kotinurmi, also known as Mesmic, was a real cross-genre enthusiast in his youth until he finally discovered electronic dance music in the mid 1990's. Mesmic began listening euro dance and old school house music of the early 1990's. As years went by he experimented in producing music in his home studio. After introducing himself to variety of genres within the realm of electronic music, house music turned out to be the most inspiring.
Mesmic became interested in DJing through his DJ friends MK-Ultra and elysion (Concussion, NuBreaks, Spinni). After years of vigorous bedroom DJ training, in the spring of 2007 Mesmic performed his first gig in the legendary underground club Torvi of his hometown Lahti - sprightly referred as the Chicago of Finland.
This late bloomer got his promoting feet wet by co-organizing night club Nothing But House Music and subsequently organized Uplifting Beats on his own. Mesmic also resides and co-organizes all AuralCandy.Net and Shadow Project events.
Mesmic's live and recorded sets have included a spicy mix of soulful, vocal, deep, progressive and tribal house to name a few. Mesmic has always aimed towards keeping himself up to date with the latest trends in house music. According to his philosophy house music is constantly evolving and will never lose its hold on him.