Joan Mael Peneau a.k.a Maelstrom, is France's Bass Music wonder boy.In the last 2 years, he has quite simply exploded onto the scene, drawing the support of artists across the globe, including the likes of Laurent Garnier, BoysNoize, Claude Vonstroke, BokBok, Lvis 1990, Tekilatex & Orgasmic, Crookers, Djedjotronic, and DJ Zinc

Maelstrom toured most of the world in 2009 and 2010, performing before enthusiastic electro and funk fans in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, China, Austria, Eastern Europe, Italy, and Switzerland many times over, as well as at London institution, Fabric.

2011 is set to be quite a year for this ubber prolific producer, with several releases planned on high profile labels such as Boys Noize's BNR TRAX and Claude Vonstroke's DIRTYBIRD, You can be sure that you’ll be hearing a lot more of the name Maelstrom in the near future !