2nd anniversary #084 | Mihai Popoviciu (RO)

Published: June 13, 2020, 9:31 a.m.

b'@mihai-popoviciu-1, from #Sibiu in #Romania, is considered one of the most innovative eastern European producers of electronic music today. He was born in Romania in 1981 and was drawn to the fast-growing rave scene of the 90\\u2019s. He started producing music in 2001 being influenced by the techno and house virus and it took many years of experiments untill he came up with his first vinyl release on @gigolorecords by @djhellofficial in 2005. Since then he has steadily added chapters to his personal success story with solo projects and those with partners like @markushomm or @jaybliss. In June 2007, his EP "First Contact" was released on @levelnonzero by @pascalfeos. Mihai joined the @highgrade-records family together with Markus Homm in late 2007 and from then on the duo have had several successful releases on the Berlin based imprint like \\u201cDeaf Sniper\\u201d, \\u201cLagoon\\u201d or \\u201cUrban Ballroom\\u201d. In 2009 the discographic activity of Mihai got very intense with releases on highly respected european labels such as Fear Of Flying, @huddtraxx, Bang Bang or @diynamic-music. The club hit Bis Co (produced together with Markus and Jay Bliss) was featured in all major dance charts across Europe and confirmed once again his fine producing skills. When teaming up with Jay Bliss the duo call themselves Hermannstadt Collective, a dj and producing team that has made big waves on the dancefloors all over the world with tracks like \\u201cRaw Fruit\\u201d, \\u201cThirst Day\\u201d or \\u201cSafety Match\\u201d. Mr. Popoviciu is the kind of producer that likes to innovate and to allways refine his varied sound pallette surprising the audiance in the best way.\\nIt\\u2019s not a big surprise that Mihai\\u2019s reputation as a DJ grew fast in the past years taking him to Europe\\u2019s most important clubs and venues. His flavourous dj sets have a distinctive peronal touch delivering you a perfectly balanced mixture of groovy beats, warm pads and musical emotiones that will get you addicted.\\nStay Rave with #R13!'