Arian Leviste
Encyclopedia
Arian Leviste is an electronic music
artist, music producer, and DJ. He grew up in Canoga Park, California and attended California State University, Northridge
where he received his bachelor's degree in Finance and Real Estate. He took piano lessons since the age of 7, and started deejaying at age 14. In 1987, he started a DJ equipment business with a couple of friends in Reseda, California.
In 1991, Leviste met John Tejada
at a mutual friend's house to collaborate on music. Since then, they have released numerous singles, EPs, and full-length albums on labels such as 7th City, Playhouse Records
and Tejada's own label, Palette Recordings.
In October 2007, Leviste and John Tejada
embarked on their first tour together throughout Europe. The duo performed a live hardware set at the following venues: Mission (Leeds, UK), Click (Hamburg, Germany), Watergate (Berlin, Germany), Propaganda (Moscow, Russia), Maffia (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), and Compression @ King King (Los Angeles, California
, USA). In
September 2008 Tejada and Leviste performed at the Nextech Festival in Florence
, Italy.
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Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
artist, music producer, and DJ. He grew up in Canoga Park, California and attended California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
where he received his bachelor's degree in Finance and Real Estate. He took piano lessons since the age of 7, and started deejaying at age 14. In 1987, he started a DJ equipment business with a couple of friends in Reseda, California.
In 1991, Leviste met John Tejada
John Tejada
Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner...
at a mutual friend's house to collaborate on music. Since then, they have released numerous singles, EPs, and full-length albums on labels such as 7th City, Playhouse Records
Playhouse Records
Playhouse Records is the record label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown in 1958 to release albums of children's music. Over the course of 13 years, Copp and Brown wrote, recorded, designed, produced and promoted nine LPs of their own material and continued to run the label until 1978 when Ed Brown...
and Tejada's own label, Palette Recordings.
In October 2007, Leviste and John Tejada
John Tejada
Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner...
embarked on their first tour together throughout Europe. The duo performed a live hardware set at the following venues: Mission (Leeds, UK), Click (Hamburg, Germany), Watergate (Berlin, Germany), Propaganda (Moscow, Russia), Maffia (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), and Compression @ King King (Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, USA). In
September 2008 Tejada and Leviste performed at the Nextech Festival in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italy.
Albums
Written and Produced by John TejadaJohn Tejada
Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner...
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- Fairfax Sake (2001) - Playhouse RecordsPlayhouse RecordsPlayhouse Records is the record label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown in 1958 to release albums of children's music. Over the course of 13 years, Copp and Brown wrote, recorded, designed, produced and promoted nine LPs of their own material and continued to run the label until 1978 when Ed Brown...
- The Dot and the Line (2004) - Moods & Grooves
- Back For Basics (2005) - Palette Recordings
EPs
Written and Produced by John TejadaJohn Tejada
Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner...
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- Malnutritioned Massage (1997) - Palette Recordings
- Ebonics (1997) - Palette Recordings
- 2 Speakers Dream (1999) - Palette Recordings
- 6 Hits Of Sunshine (2000) - Palette Recordings
- Firefly (2000) - Palette Recordings
- Focus & Temper (2000) - Immigrant
- In A Free Lane (2000) - Palette Recordings
- Where Circles Begin (2000) - Moods & Grooves
- Emo (2001) - Pornflake Records
- Memoria Technica (2001) - Palette Recordings
- Western Starland (2001) - Palette Recordings
- Syntax Free (2002) - Playhouse RecordsPlayhouse RecordsPlayhouse Records is the record label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown in 1958 to release albums of children's music. Over the course of 13 years, Copp and Brown wrote, recorded, designed, produced and promoted nine LPs of their own material and continued to run the label until 1978 when Ed Brown...
- It's Only Music (2002) - Groovetech Records
- Geriatricks (2004) - Playhouse RecordsPlayhouse RecordsPlayhouse Records is the record label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown in 1958 to release albums of children's music. Over the course of 13 years, Copp and Brown wrote, recorded, designed, produced and promoted nine LPs of their own material and continued to run the label until 1978 when Ed Brown...
- Psycho Happiness (2004) - Palette Recordings
- Multiplier (2007) - Palette Recordings
- Live 07 (2007) - Palette Recordings