Biography of Resoe |  | | Real name / | Dennis Bøg | | Moniker(s) / | Resoe,Pattern Repeat,Dennis Uprock |
Resoe aka Dennis Uprock has been involved in the music business for more than 25 years. He started out as a hip hop dj in 1986 at the early age of 14, but when house made it’s impact in Europe in the late 80’s he picked up on that and his passion for electronic music was born.
He played as a techno dj in the early 90’s – he played more or less in every underground club in his hometown of Copenhagen. In 1997 he started to work in the legendary record store “Loud music” which was one of the main institutions of the Copenhagen underground electronic music scene.
In 1998 Resoe bought his first sampler. He experimented for years in the studio, twisting knobs and cutting up samples to improve his production skills. He is a member of the Danish hip hop/soul collective “Nobody beats the beats” where he released the single “Abstract Soul feat. Joy Morgan: Can’t i be loved” on the album “The second coming”.
He then got involved with a project the Danish national radio launched in 2004 called “Radio Recordings Vol. 1? where he released the track “Krew: Industrial dawn”. In 2005 he got contacted by Beta Lounge (Hamburg) about a collaboration between them, and the library label “Selected Sound” where he produced 9 tracks as “Sedrian” for the Selectronica series.
In 2007 he decided to start up his own label Baum records, to create a platform for his own and other artists releases. So far the releases on his label has included, besides himself; Leftover, Johan Fotmeijer, Atheus and Marko Fürstenberg.
In 2008 he started yet another new project with Kenneth Christiansen (Echocord): Pattern Repeat. The first release by Pattern Repeat was released on Echocord Colour and soon after Resoe and Kenneth started the label Pattern Repeat – to have a platform to release their own productions.
Resoe’s dj skills has made him play at clubs like Berghain, Fabric, Weekend Club and Culture Box to name just a few. In the beginning of 2010 Resoe started to work on his live set to promote his highly acclaimed debut album which was released on Echocord in January 2011.
Resoe is a producer who likes all kinds of music, which shines through in his productions. When he is in his studio he tries to combine all these inspirations from different kinds of music, into his own production soundscape. Resoe is often associated with the new breed of “Deep Dub Techno” producers, but he would describe his style more as a diverse producer, who have some Dub elements in his music, but not only stick to that. When listening to his debut album, he is spreading his skills over a wide spectra of genres, with some Dub infection to it. |