Unter Druck from Wave function by Syrte

Syrte / Stefan Weise
Syrte is Italian born Stefan Weise, currently residing in Colorado, US. The name was inspired by the French
comic book Valerian & Laureline Volume 1 where "Syrte" is described as the capital of the "Empire of a
Thousand Planets".
Growing up in Italy and Germany, Stefan was exposed to electronic and dance music from an early age. His
father, a former Discoteque DJ, maintained a healthy collection of Italo Disco records, while his mother,
always on the hunt for new music, introduced him to many of the early electronic pioneers including
Kraftwerk and Jean-Michel Jarre amongst many others. In 1989, during a brief stint residing in the UK, Stefan
was introduced to Acid House by managing to gain access to a local dance club every night for over a month.
He was only 13 at the time.
Over the years, his passion for futuristic music evolved and after migrating to the US, Stefan began DJing at
age 17 in Dallas, TX. This eventually led to him producing his own music a few years later using a severely
underpowered Macintosh computer and a copy of Rebirth RB-338 that his friends bought him as a birthday
gift. With time, Stefan honed his sound and began gathering more studio equipment. His influences have
always been Autechre, Aphex Twin and the sound of Tom Middleton & Mark Prichard aka The Jedi Knights.
Stefan wanted to explore as many musical avenues as possible and first gained attention as Progressive
Breaks artist "Stefan Anion" with his bootleg remix of Gary Jules' cover of "Mad World". This led to him
becoming an influential producer in that genre. Eventually Stefan turned his attention back to his first love:
Techno and began producing under his real name. Having appeared on labels such as Gem Records, King
Street Sounds and Credo, he became known for his unique and futuristic dub techno sound.
Having always been at peace with musical experimentation and sound design, Stefan eventually turned to
Electro and IDM under his new alias Syrte. Syrte's sound can best be described as IDM meets Electro.
Stefan's ethos for Syrte is sound experimentation over conformity, no matter the end result. As part of his
process, Stefan often employs obsolete software and computer hardware, home-made synths and Reaktor
ensembles, field recordings from his surroundings in the Rocky Mountains and travels as well as found
sounds, or anything audible emitted from electronics. This plus years of experience working across multiple
genres and many intensive sound design sessions.
Stefan has been a steady consumer of Science Fiction since childhood. In addition to being a self described
"huge science nerd", he aims for exploring the deeper relationships that humans have with machines and the
moral implications that arise through his music as Syrte.
Syrte's DJ sets are high energy, 150bpm+, IDM laden affairs that have left many a listener in a daze

afterwards. As Syrte, Stefan has performed live and as a DJ all over the US and Europe. He is currently co-
owner & co-founder of Electro and IDM label Science Cult and the host of Blue Industries on Proton, one of

the longest running internet radio shows in the world.