Machinegewehr

MACHINEGEWEHR (Bordello A Parigi, Electronic Emergencies) is the alter ego of Silas Schletterer, a Rotterdam based musician/dj/artist. Skateboarding and making punkrock music is how Silas spent his time while growing up. Electronic music was a 'no go' back in those days, right until he took a trip to Berlin. That's where he first came in contact with electro music. Influenced by this upcoming wave of electroclash, it was time for a different approach to create music. He upgraded his computer and started making music with 'Fruity loops', inspired by artists like Ladytron, Adult, Vitalic, Miss Kittin and the Hacker. Through the years the breadth of his musical interest grew bigger. Taking his music more serious step by step, his sound kept developing with melodic compositions and a darkish vibe. But diversity has always been the key word in the definition of Machinegewehr. That's why it is impossible to file his music under a certain genre. He released several EP's himself, containing a mix of electro, techno, italo and disco. In 2013 Machinegewehr was finally picked up by Dutch label Bordello a Parigi. 'Abhinanda', a track with vocals by Gees Voorhees, was his first 12-inch release on Bordello and was described by some critics as a perfect debut release. 'A brilliant update of '80's Italo, with its combination of foreboding pulses, spine-tingling synth melodies and a frost Euro vixen delivering unforgettablelines like "the afterglow is burning in my eyes"... (DJ Mag). 'Carradine', his second release on Bordello (with the album cover art done by Silas himself), was also well received and named a perfect successor.Lots of remixes and 3 more EP's followed on Rotterdam's Electronic Emergencies, Bordello a Parigi and on the French label Nocta Numerica. Right now Machinegewehr is working on a 4-track record for his second release on Electronic Emergencies, that will hit the stores at the end of 2018. As a DJ Machinegewehr plays exactly what inspires him to make his dark and urgent tracks that you can find on his Soundcloud.