Stanny Franssen (BEL) - NightVision Techno PODCAST 25 Pt. 4 Bio: Stanny was born on the first of November 1973 in Tongeren, and grew up in the tranquil countryside nearby. At the age of 12 he moved back to the city of Tongeren. As a single child he quickly learned to be independent, with scale models taking up much of his time and attention, but all that soon changed as music grew to become his biggest love. Thanks to the influence of his friends he became infactuated with electronic body music and new wave, both styles already drawing greatly from Eighties electronica (such as Front 242 and Nitzer EBB). The ‘Krapuul Deluxe’ radio show hosted by Luc Janssen on the Dutch station VPRO provided a further source of inspiration. The early Underground Resistance tracks that were programmed on the show were a revelation, helping him to develop a serious taste for Detroit techno.Around the age of 16 Stanny played his first party, mixing mainly acid techno sounds from influential imprints such as UR and +8. Infected by the electronic music virus he started even buying more records and frequently began thinking about making music for himself. In order to start producing his own tracks he took on weekend employment as a waiter in a club. With the money he earned from this job he then bought his first components of studio kit.Following a period of experimentation and familiarisation with his equipment he sent out a number of demotapes to record companies. Big Time International, a record firm in Ghent, expressed great interest. The tracks needed a finishing touch, encouraging Stanny into the studio with Bart Grinnaert and Laos Mezarros. The project ‘Propionic’ on Reload was born, resulting in three subsequent releases : ‘XY Desolvation’ , ‘Immunochemical Epoxy’ and ‘Back-Feed’.Stanny invested further in equipment, driven by a desire to make tracks without the aid of others. A year of immersing himself in his new studio kit resulted in a few fresh tracks he was most satisfied with, and again Reload was happy to release them : Cronical Re-Form was born. Stanny was greatly encouraged by the response his music was now receiving, and embarked on a more intense phase of producing. Zzino, the former label manager of Reload, could not release all the tracks, leading to a new alliance with KK, who were more than eager to release Stanny’s material under the name ‘G F’. Under this guise Stanny unleashed two full albums : ‘Electronic Lesson 1’ & ‘EL2’, both receiving critical acclaim both in the international dance press and among his colleagues. Sven Vath took greatly to Stanny’s work, playing his ‘Obsession For The Unknow ep’ during his ultrashort set at the Siegesaule during Love Parade ’98, whilst ‘Electronic Lesson 1’ even reached the number one spot in Sven Vath’s chart.After such high exposure many others soon picked up on his unique skills, widening the road for the new contacts and deals followed. ‘Mystic Shape’ became Stanny’s moniker on the UK’s popular Primate imprint, and it was this release that triggered a profusion of international bookings. During one trip abroad he met the much revered Italian producer Marco Carola and the two instantly connected. Marco asked him to do some tracks resulting in ‘The Fifth Galaxy ep’ on both Zenit and Ante Zenit (Ltd).Gaetano Parisio (aka Gaetek) got on the phone to Stanny soon after hearing his material over at Carola’s house. Subsequently the ‘Between The Lines ep’ came out on Conform at the end of 1998. Another massive release followed on the Intense label. The French imprint Kobayashi showed interest also, arranging the release of the ‘Oxidation ep’ (not forgetting the forthcoming ‘Calibration ep’ in September 2000). Releases then followed on Zync, Skunkwork, Molecular and Countdown 2000 (May), together with another release on Primate.)Stanny naturally started thinking about a label project of his own. In August 1999 plans were drawn out for GENETIC RECORDS, This year the label will reach it’s 20th release. People like Umek, Danillo Vigorito, Rino Cerrone, Manu Kenton, Davide Squillace, Boriqa Tribez and Stanny himself made this possible.Around 2002 Stanny started to work more together with other artists, The first collaboration was together with Patrick Lindsey, resulting in “Bad Pimps”. Signed on Monika Kruse’s label they bring us a good combination between old skool funk and pumping techno beats.The Second one he started with DJ Lowdown (aka Franssen vs Lowdown) and they got signed on the Intec label from Carl Cox and Dave Angels label Rotation bringing us more filtered techno tracks with housy influences.Despite such a productive release schedule Stanny still finds time to accept some of the numerous remix requests he receives. Henrik B, Johan Bacto, Samuel L Session, Chris Liebing, Monika Kruse and Misstress Barbara are among the many distinguished producers who have come knocking on his door with remix requests. Tracklist: 01 Carlo Lio - For The Love Of // Intec Digital 02 The Deepshakerz - Chicago Blues (Bonus Beats) // Intacto 03 Technasia - Sunkiss // Ovum Recordings  04 Patrick Lindsey - Lose My Head // Viva Music 05 Olderic - Do It Properly (Patrick Lindsey RMX) // Terminal M  06 Steve Bug - No Adjustments feat. Foremost Poets // Poker Flat Recordings  07 Jawoo - Indian Voice (Deep Tech-House Beat Remix By Stanny Franssen) // Stanch Records 08 Carlo Lio - Pusher // Intec Digital 09 Monitor feat. Nicole Jone - Go Down // Mile End Record 10 Autophase - Take The CD You Cunt (Redsquare RMX) // Dead Famous Records 11 Axel Karakasis - Barracuda // Remain Records 12 The Advent - Body Count // H-Productions 13 Rampa & Re.You - The Track // International Deejay Gigolo Records 14 Soren Aalberg - Cheetah (Redhead RMX) // Girafe Sauvage 15 Sterac Aka Steve Rachmad - Axion (Joel Mull Double Trouble Mix) // 100% Pure 16 Spektre & Miniminds - Lashback // Respekt 17 Mattias Fridell  - Cromosom003.3 (Original Mix) // Cromosom  18 Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg - Lovecraft // Drumcode  19 Bushwacka! - Just Be Hold On, Wait A Minute // Get Physical Music 20 Marc Romboy & Ken Ishi -Taiyo // Systematic Recordings 21 Pierre Deutschmann - FingerBangin (Gabriel D'Or & Bordoy RMX) // Selected Records 22 Soren Aalberg - Gato Nero (Alexander Kowalski remix) // Girafe Sauvage 23 Technasia - Bastille Days // Ovum Recordings 24 Gary Beck - Struma // Drumcode 25 Eric Sneo feat. Chris The Voice - Shut Up & Dance // Sixteen O Five 26 Broombeck - Deep In My Soul // Alleanza 27 Gary Beck - Hopkin // Soma Records 28 The Advent - Need House (A.D.I.N Mutation) // H-Productions 29 Uto Karem - Green Pulse (Drum Mix) // Sixteen O Five 30 Red Square - No Secret // Different is Different Records  31 Sophie Nixdor - Senso (Stanny Franssen RMX) // Diametral Cube  32 Radio Slave & Danton Eeprom  - Grindhouse (Nic Fanciulli RMX) // Saved  33 Sterac Aka Steve Rachmad - Thera 1.0 (Newly Assembled By Heiko Laux) // 100% Pure 34 Imugem Orihasam - Ray of Light Incident On // Statik Entertainment  35 Victor Calderone and Nicole Moudaber - Vertical Limit // Drumcode  36 Puresque - Spinnenwabe (Cari Lekebusch RMX) // Tresor 37 SQL - Habits // Chameleon Recording 38 Bodyscrub & Tom Law - Constant Recycling (Filterheadz RMX) // Respekt 39 The Advent feat. Paris Da Black Fu - Electric Pandemic // H-Productions 40 Ron Costa - La Cage Invisible (Carlo Lio & The Junkies RMX) // Local Music 41 Ovi M - Get Away // Sketchbook 42 Raul Mezcolanza - Maiden // Sixteen O Five 43 Christian Fischer - Watch the Dog (Mark Broom RMX) // Definition Records 44 Pig & Dan - On Edge // Tronic  45 The Advent - Present Voyage  // H-Productions Total Time: 1:32:54 More info: Stanny Franssen Official Website: http://www.stannyfranssen.com/sf/index2.html Stanny Franssen on BEATPORT: http://www.beatport.com/artist/stanny-franssen/1208 Stanny Franssen on Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Stanny+Franssen NightVision Techno PODCAST on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/hu/podcast/nightvision-techno-podcast/id472942249 NightVision Techno PODCAST on MIXCLOUD and DIRECT LINK: http://www.mixcloud.com/nightvision_techno_podcast/ NightVision Techno PODCAST on FB: http://www.facebook.com/nightvisiontechno NightVision Techno PODCAST on YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/nightvisiontechno E-mail: nightvisiontechnopodcast@t-online.hu