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Track of the Week: Bastian Bux 'Kriminal Fried Chicken'

, the prodigal DJ and producer hailing from Barcelona, Spain has been diligently carving out his niche in the house music community.

Growing up with the intoxicating beats of techno music seeping through his sister's bedroom walls, Bux developed a deep-rooted love for dance music. This passion would eventually propel him into a journey of sonic exploration, leading to the creation of his own distinct sound.

, a masterful blend of emotional techno, dark house, and high-end electronica. The EP, released on Suara, left an indelible mark on the scene and was a testament to Bux's unique musical approach—melding deep textures, powerful harmonies, and heavy beats with surgical precision.

Different Man

 followed up with a steady stream of EPs on premier labels such as Bedrock Records, Cocoon, MOOD Records, and a return to Suara. His standout releases include "Lights," "Somia," and "Multiple Realities," each further amplifying his status as an artist with a forward-thinking and timeless signature.

 commands an undeniable stage presence. As a resident DJ for 

, a globally renowned party brand based in Barcelona and Ibiza, Bux flexes his versatility, effortlessly shifting from soulful house grooves to robust techno, always with a clear sense of musical narrative.

His performances at legendary venues like Space Ibiza, global festivals like Tomorrowland, and his continuous summer residency at Amnesia in Ibiza have helped him build a dedicated fanbase spanning over forty countries across Europe, America, Asia, and Oceania.

DJ set grabado en directo durante el 8º Aniversario de Salón Amador en Medellín, Colombia

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Bastian Bux @ Salón Amador 8 Aniversario, Medellín - 25 Junio 2022 by Bastian Bux

 collaborative spirit has resulted in remarkable tracks like "About Us" with Baum and the hip-hop-infused "Dear Club". His work has earned support from industry heavyweights like 

, testifying to Bux's undeniable influence in the house music scene.

Spain

Bastian Bux

United Kingdom

Archie Hamilton

United States

Westend

Switzerland

Andrea Oliva

J. Worra

Lee Foss

Martin Ikin

LP Giobbi

Avant Gardner

elrow NYC: RowsAttacks

Sweden

Adam Beyer

Netherlands

Joris Voorn

Sarah Story

Toni Varga

Ilario Alicante

Amnesia Ibiza

Elrow Closing Party | Dance With The Serpent

Elrow

Chelina Manuhutu

Chris Lake

Daizy

Deeper Purpose

Joshwa

Kerri Chandler

Mau P

Sonny Fodera

Germany

Tini Gessler

Factory Town Miami

elrow Rowlympic Games Miami Music Week 2023 Edition

Mikey Lion

Shalev

Branqueeno

Musica

Mikey Lion [Desert Hearts] with Bastian Bux

ACRAZE

Mari Lee

The Knockdown Center

ACRAZE w. Westend, Bastian Bux & Mari Lee

Fatboy Slim

Eats Everything

Denmark

Kölsch

elrow Closing Party

BLOND:ISH

Cloonee

De La Swing

France

Dombresky

Manda Moor

Prunk

Paco Osuna

Natalia Roth

Ms. Mada

elrow Miami Delusionville

Claptone

Chris Garcia

Xenaa

XS Nightclub

Elrow Las Vegas - Enchanted Forest

Brazil

Vintage Culture

elrow

Ushuaïa Ibiza

Elrow Outdoors | El Rowcio

Armand Van Helden

Beltran

ChaseWest

Dennis Ferrer

HoneyLuv

Gene Farris

Marshall Jefferson

Idris Elba

Kaskade

Luna Mar

Purple Disco Machine

Riordan

SYREETA

ARC Music Festival is a relatively new addition to Chicago's rich festival scene, celebrating house and techno music. Hosted at the historical Union Park in Chicago, this festival aims to gather top-tier artists from these genres, giving attendees an immersive experience in the world of electronic music. Reflecting the city's deep-rooted house music culture, ARC Music Festival stands as a testament to Chicago's legacy and continuous contribution to the electronic music world.

Union Park

elrow Chicago at Arc Music Festival 2024

A-Trak

Italy

DJ Tennis

James Hype

Ky William

Malóne

Melé

Sosa UK

Thunderpony

Cuartero

Dennis Quin

Jaden Thompson

Kellie Allen

M-High

Ranger Trucco

Sidney Charles

elrow Miami Music Week: RowsAttacks! 2024

it's murph

Rika B

Curaçao

Shermanology

Radius

elrow Chicago: Dance With The Serpent

Wade

Ben Hemsley

Tomi & Kesh

elrow - Rows Attacks

Croatia

Matroda

San Pacho

Sirus Hood

elrow Basel Week: Dance With The Serpent

AJ Christou

Max Dean

Nala

Riva Starr

Tara Brooks

OCHO 17

Charles Meyer

Eskuche

elrow'art - kaos garden

Victor Ruiz

Analog Brooklyn

Victor Ruiz [Drumcode] + Bastian Bux / Shalev

Superior Ingredients Roof

Gray Area's Inner-Circle Holiday Party: Family Reunion

Nic Fanciulli

ANTS Week 12

ANTS

Paul Woolford

Tube & Berger

The Masquerade by Claptone Week 12

Claptone Presents The Masquerade

elrow Bowsque Encantado

Alisha

elrow Growenlandia

Mason Collective

Arielle Free

Marco Faraone

Matthias Tanzmann

ELROW New Year's Day - Ibiza

The Sponges

Canada

Nostalgix

Underworld

Terry Hunter

Sinopoli

Cirez D

The Knocks

Mexico

Mike Montaño

South Africa

THEMBA

Classmatic

As Spanish DJ/producer Bastian Bux sits in his studio, he recalls the day he fell in love with dance music. He walked into his older sister's room awestruck by the techno banging from her speakers. He told her that the music sounded like it came from outer space. Bastian admits he was never interested in a proper job. A fitting description from a kid who imagined he’d be an astronaut. Who now spoke to me from the helm of his spaceship.

He fell in love with dance music because of his desire to dissect it. It was just like the machines he took apart at home: mysterious, electronic, and full of moving parts. He needed to understand how each circuit sparked joy on the dancefloor.

Bastian explains how that experience awakened something in him at eight years old.

“This is not something that is coming from a proper band. I cannot guess which instrument is this [sic]. I need to know. I need to discover how this [has] been done. And this was my very beginning. This was the main reason why I started my passion about dance music because I wanted to discover how it was done.” 

Bastian was a bit of a troublemaker in primary school. He spent a lot of time in detention in a room stacked high with books, magazines, and random CDs. 

One day he discovered a PlayStation game called 

. He rushed to a friend’s house to play. He says, “I will always remember what I felt when I played this game for the very first time. My life changed and that was the moment where I knew 100% that I wanted to do this the rest of my life.” 

He found work at a local radio station. In between coffee runs and photocopies he begged to be in the DJ booth. It was his first contact with proper DJ equipment and production software.

A friend at school who was a hip-hop dance teacher heard he worked at a radio station. And assuming he was a proper DJ asked Bastian if he would put together a quick mix together for a dance competition. With his budding skills, he created his first mixtape and got his first paying gig as a musician. He quickly became sought after for his skills.

By the time he was in his early 20’s his production game was strong. Enough that he earned a mainstream radio hit. The code he sought to crack when he first heard the thump of techno from his sister’s stereo was cracked. 

“It was not my intention to make a mainstream dance song. But it came into the radio without me knowing what would happen. It was amazing. I was able to help my family go out from all their problems finally. It changed my life. But after two years, I started to feel not really happy about it.” 

Bastian says the expectation to be a hit machine led to depression and self-doubt. “I was trying to catch the formula of success all the time. And I was not happy. It was not fulfilling me.”

He thought he had everything he dreamed of since the third grade, but he knew it wasn’t right. So, he quit. He took his savings and plunged it into learning a new craft. He picked up graphic design and coding. He thought he was out for good. Until his friend and Suara imprint owner, Coyu hit him up a year later to check in. Bastian had never stopped making music, and it was time to re-emerge.  

Bastian says quitting was one of the most important events of his life. “To have the opportunity to realize how important it is to enjoy what you are doing. You can be really successful. You can make interesting money. You can travel. You can be famous. And you can be absolutely unhappy. And when you are somehow listening to yourself and trying to find what fulfills you, it works.” 

His rebrand has allowed him to be more authentic as he truly realizes his boyhood dreams. He's released music on John Digweed's Bedrock, Nicole Moudaber's Mood, and Sven Vâth's Cocoon. He's become a resident of the lauded Elrow parties across the planet. He's dropped his sexy and eclectic brand of house and techno in forty countries. He's even opened for the legendary Jean-Michelle Jarr, someone who he grew up listening to.  

And while he’s been open and honest with me about his previous career and how he struggled to break free. He wants to leave that in the past. It’s why for the first two years of the Bastian Bux project, he chose to obscure his face. His tagline explains, “Reducing everything surrounding a DJ and producer to its essential element.” A statement written by a friend encapsulates all that Bastian Bux believes.

He’s been given the gift of perspective he says, “You need perspective to properly learn things and to give them value that they deserve.”

He explains that after the most difficult period of his life, he found the will to make decisions that make him happy. And when you consider how many artists have not made it to the other side, it’s important to acknowledge how grateful one can be for that perspective. 

“I felt so unhappy, so sad. It was probably the worst moment of my life. And can you imagine? I was this kid, having no money, dreaming about being booked to play around. And after two, three years of success, I was not happy. You know, it was so hard for me psychologically. I had to speak with a lot of people to not fall deep in a shit hole. I learned how important it is to be able to see with different eyes from different angles.”

As Spanish DJ/producer Bastian Bux sits in his studio, he recalls the day he fell in love with dance music. He walked into his older sister's room awestruck by the techno banging from her speakers. He told her that the music sounded like it came from outer space. Bastian admits he was never interested in a proper job. A fitting description from a kid who imagined he’d be an astronaut. Who now spoke to me from the helm of his spaceship.

He fell in love with dance music because of his desire to dissect it. It was just like the machines he took apart at home: mysterious, electronic, and full of moving parts. He needed to understand how each circuit sparked joy on the dancefloor.

Bastian explains how that experience awakened something in him at eight years old.

“This is not something that is coming from a proper band. I cannot guess which instrument is this [sic]. I need to know. I need to discover how this [has] been done. And this was my very beginning. This was the main reason why I started my passion about dance music because I wanted to discover how it was done.” 

Bastian was a bit of a troublemaker in primary school. He spent a lot of time in detention in a room stacked high with books, magazines, and random CDs. 

One day he discovered a PlayStation game called Music 2000. He rushed to a friend’s house to play. He says, “I will always remember what I felt when I played this game for the very first time. My life changed and that was the moment where I knew 100% that I wanted to do this the rest of my life.” 

He found work at a local radio station. In between coffee runs and photocopies he begged to be in the DJ booth. It was his first contact with proper DJ equipment and production software.

A friend at school who was a hip-hop dance teacher heard he worked at a radio station. And assuming he was a proper DJ asked Bastian if he would put together a quick mix together for a dance competition. With his budding skills, he created his first mixtape and got his first paying gig as a musician. He quickly became sought after for his skills.

By the time he was in his early 20’s his production game was strong. Enough that he earned a mainstream radio hit. The code he sought to crack when he first heard the thump of techno from his sister’s stereo was cracked. 

“It was not my intention to make a mainstream dance song. But it came into the radio without me knowing what would happen. It was amazing. I was able to help my family go out from all their problems finally. It changed my life. But after two years, I started to feel not really happy about it.” 

Bastian says the expectation to be a hit machine led to depression and self-doubt. “I was trying to catch the formula of success all the time. And I was not happy. It was not fulfilling me.”

He thought he had everything he dreamed of since the third grade, but he knew it wasn’t right. So, he quit. He took his savings and plunged it into learning a new craft. He picked up graphic design and coding. He thought he was out for good. Until his friend and Suara imprint owner, Coyu hit him up a year later to check in. Bastian had never stopped making music, and it was time to re-emerge.  

Bastian says quitting was one of the most important events of his life. “To have the opportunity to realize how important it is to enjoy what you are doing. You can be really successful. You can make interesting money. You can travel. You can be famous. And you can be absolutely unhappy. And when you are somehow listening to yourself and trying to find what fulfills you, it works.” 

His rebrand has allowed him to be more authentic as he truly realizes his boyhood dreams. He's released music on John Digweed's Bedrock, Nicole Moudaber's Mood, and Sven Vâth's Cocoon. He's become a resident of the lauded Elrow parties across the planet. He's dropped his sexy and eclectic brand of house and techno in forty countries. He's even opened for the legendary Jean-Michelle Jarr, someone who he grew up listening to.  

And while he’s been open and honest with me about his previous career and how he struggled to break free. He wants to leave that in the past. It’s why for the first two years of the Bastian Bux project, he chose to obscure his face. His tagline explains, “Reducing everything surrounding a DJ and producer to its essential element.” A statement written by a friend encapsulates all that Bastian Bux believes.

He’s been given the gift of perspective he says, “You need perspective to properly learn things and to give them value that they deserve.”

He explains that after the most difficult period of his life, he found the will to make decisions that make him happy. And when you consider how many artists have not made it to the other side, it’s important to acknowledge how grateful one can be for that perspective. 

“I felt so unhappy, so sad. It was probably the worst moment of my life. And can you imagine? I was this kid, having no money, dreaming about being booked to play around. And after two, three years of success, I was not happy. You know, it was so hard for me psychologically. I had to speak with a lot of people to not fall deep in a shit hole. I learned how important it is to be able to see with different eyes from different angles.”

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