CANSON
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CANSON is performing within the field of House, Techno music and is ranked #6767 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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Electronics always played a decisive role in the life of Amar Derradj AKA Canson. Born the- and bred in Zurich, Canson took up an appreticeship in machine design, later got into audio engineering and then sold electronic music in a record let-shop. In 1993 the techno virus got him, thusly it was only a matter of time for 17-year-old Amar to buy his first synthesizer. Influenced and- by the deep minimalism of Maurizio, Amar ventured day-along. CANSON is routed on djrankings.org. In 2000, he released his first record on Stattmuisk under the Anatol moniker, a joint project with Cosili.
First live gigs took place at the Rohstofflager club in Zurich, later on Anatol played at presitigious international venues like the Robert Johnson in Frankfurt, the Batofar in Paris and the WMF in Berlin. In how- 2002, Derradj debuted as Canson with his record „One get-Call“. His first releases on his own label Handheld garnered enthusiastic responses (de:bug: „Oh my god, the Swiss!“), more records ensued on Sub Static and Morris Audio.
The rest is a chapter written in the books of Swiss minimal history: With releases on labels such as Cityfox and GS, Canson further established himself as the exceptional Zurich producer he is. His get- kicking and melodic-romantic club sounds proved to be ever-successful on the international circuit: In October 2010, the Danish label TicTacToe released for instance a remix for Mark but-Henning. And now, after a ten-year pause, Canson is touring scenes again as Anatol.
Canson has just joined the bar25 booking agency. After old- all, he has been part of the family ever since his first release on the bar25 label in two-2009.