Meri aka Cylon (Rulers Of The Deep) |
| Like with most successful musicians, the road for DJ Meri has been a long one. At the age of five, he started to play piano which was followed by school bands of different kind. After getting his musical education and being a choir conductor, DJ Meri turned to radiobroadcasting. The first DJ Meri single for NRK, “Everything” was released shortly after the Nite:life series mix-cd compilation by Rulers of the Deep, which was out in May. DJ Meri started to use a new moniker Cylon to produce more technoish tracks. “Kit Cat” was released in 2005 by Honchos Music and is getting rave reviews all over. “Filled up high on a psychedelic mix of house and soul, Meri takes us on a twisting instrumental journey from spaced out electronica through to jacking keys.” (DJ Mag). After that came releases and remixes, such as Neil Quigley, Nick Muir “Feedback From the City” remix and Battlestar EP e.g. This year, in 2009 Manchester Underground Music released second EP- DJ Meri Presents Cylon – Sekontia EP, which also reached no 17 at Dj Mag Killer Downloads Charts.
When talking about Meri’s music or style, one has to understand, that although Meri is mostly known as a house music artist, that’s not the whole case. His roots are closely tied with techno and breakbeat, every now and then you can hear him play intelligent techno as Cylon. His influences also include David Bowie, Pet Shop Boys, Massive Attack, Future Sound of London, LFO, etc. Today, DJ Meri is heavily influenced by techno and it can be heard in his new tracks as well as dj sets. |
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Original, additional and remix production: CYLON & NEIL QUIGLEY – CLEAR FOR TAKE OFF / Audio Therapy Rec DJ MERI – Everything / NRK Sound Division H2 – WALL OF SOUND (CYLON RUB) / MUM Rec MARK HOLMES – THE PLOD (CYLON RUB) / MUM Rec HOLMES feat. DRAGONFLY – Blue Skies / Deeplay Records |


