DASQ
"From Minimal To Techno"
The Untold Story
Davidescu Andrei, “Mind Master” (Mind EP 2009)
2006 was the year when DASQ began djing and music production in his small and beautiful hometown Ramnicu Valcea (Romania).
He made his place in the techno landscape early on with his real name, when he released his first EP on Velky Krtis minimal techno label Mind in 2008 (he had contributed tracks to a various-artists compilation on 4Beat Records the previous year). The takeaway from the Mind EP was Mind Master, a cut that’s entirely mood and minimalistic. It paved the way for his later releases on labels like Minizone Records and Playectra Records.
DASQ “Kilimanjaro” (Single 2011)
His first track released on Playectra Records as DASQ. While the minimal style features more prominently on other releases, our personal favorite DASQ tune, “Kilimanjaro”, sports a barely-there arpeggiator that swerves with delays, reverb and a remarkable ascending techno groove.
DASQ “Zenith” (Single 2015)
Released on Minizone Records “Zenith” features a sound that’s somehow punchier and richer than the somewhat minimal thing that characterized earlier works in the field. However, “Zenith” is every bit as progressive, techno and hypnotic.
How it started ? Rominimal and micro house as rumors spread faster than corona, which is not true.
As a conclusion, DASQ fell in love in the early years with minimal techno and left minimal for techno.
For those who remember the lyrics from “Minimal” by Lady Waks and Hardy Hard
From 0:16 Put DASQ in it and will sound like this :
My minimal is techno, i play more techno than everybody listen to my boom boom boom toc.