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(Stefan Baghiu, Adub, Toygun)

As a producer, DJ & label owner Cosmin Nicolae’s dedication to developing a rich and wholly personal artistic landscape provides the driving force behind one of dance music’s most unique & industrious individuals.
As a producer, DJ & label owner Cosmin Nicolae’s dedication to developing a rich and wholly personal artistic landscape provides the driving force behind one of dance music’s most unique & industrious individuals.

Opening the door on Hessle Audio over a decade ago – an outlet that has gone on to become a defining voice within electronic music in the 21st Century, Nicolae’s list of affiliations reads like a who’s who of top tier contemporary dance music record labels. Appearances on Amsterdam’s Rush Hour and Gerd Janson’s Running Back, as well as a brace of singles alongside LP’s Gordian and Simulat on the now defunct 50 Weapons – not to mention work for Semantica and Bleep, have cemented Cosmin TRG deep in the psyche of the ever shifting amoeba that is the dance music zeitgeist.

In many ways, what lies at the heart of Nicolae’s work – beyond the extraordinary pairing of high end sound design and club functionality, is an innate ability to bind his discography – to create a streamlined sonic vision without compromise, one that moves with purpose and vigour outwards to explore in depth structures that exist on the very periphery of House & Techno, Ambient & experimental electronics – but maintain a unique and recognisable finish. Few artists could boast a discography that marries 2016’s ubiquitous In Your Body, an anthemic spoken- word-meets-Tool-Techno leviathan released via Nicolae’s own club-focused Sportiv outlet, with Semnal – a gloriously executed LP of shifting, otherworldly Experimental music delivered under the artist’s given name via the Opal Tapes label.

Cult concept missive Hope This Finds You Well, Nicolae’s 2019 reflection on corporate culture furthers this same dichotomy – a stunning wide-angle Ambient LP on Fizic – the label operated by the artist as a home to more conceptual iterations, that followed hot on the footsteps of a remix for Bpitch founder Ellen Alien & the fourth instalment on Sportiv – both offerings heady club constructions in their own right.

On the road, both DJ sets and live performances mirror this healthy sentiment – with Nicolae as comfortable on main stages showcasing his take on hyper-modern propulsive Techno, as he is presenting the low slung avant-garde preoccupations of his more leftfield alias’. There’s the constant feeling that both these practices feed back into one another, and that from each respective vantage point, Cosmin TRG is able to make the kind of dynamic & intuitive artistic decisions that few can – keeping his work fresh & current without concession – ceding to his own desire to further his vision as a creator of sonic abstraction without losing sight of the dance floor.

◈ Artist Support: 20 Lei / 18+ event
(It’s time to show your heart, and back our local art!)
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𝘛𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧.
𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘕𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳

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