.. direct from London Haris@Centro

Analog in association with endrecordings present Haris @ Centro Friday 21st May... Haris has a pedigree as a DJ and producer that is first class. Originally hailing from Dubrovnik, Croatia, Haris' sexy underground dance floor sound is a mixture of many different elements. Sometimes techy and dubby, sometimes breaky, his fusion juxtaposes the organic with the synthetic, the musical with the electronic.

Inspired by his late step father, Dedan, a well-known session musician, Haris attended music school, and learnt to play the violin, piano and guitar // all instruments that still feature on his club EPs.

He also picked up on the pioneering electronic sounds of Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield as a kid, which inspired him to make his first electronic tracks. In the early 90s, Haris left Dubrovnik for and was soon a regular face at Terry Francis' Wiggle night. Here, he hooked up with DJs like Francis, Dave Mothersole and Colin Dale and soon afterwards became chief engineer at Swag Records' tech-house studio stronghold in Croydon.

Haris' aesthetic that he adheres to in his Djing is a fluid, smoothly pieced together set that spans deep house, underground breaks, clubby tech-house and techno funk skills that have made him a sought after guest DJ at clubs and parties.

Haris' across the board style has also secured him regular gigs at Fabric in London and has seen him tour the USA, Brazil and Japan. Over the coming months, he will touch down in an exhaustive list of exotic locations, including Japan, New Zealand and Australia, Brazil, Singapore, France, Germany, Turkey and Croatia - and, as the tech-house scene explodes in North America, he will play dates in Canada, New York, Chicago and Atlanta.

While demand for Haris' DJ skills is growing, his recorded output is also turning heads. He has released on a raft of clubby EPs on respected labels, including his Laus imprint as well as Oblong, Get Groovy, Swag Records, Funknose, Detour and Transfusion - and his tracks have appeared on mixes by Justin Robertson, Doc Martin, Cass, Chris Fortier and Sancho Panza. The producer's crossover approach to underground house has also attracted the attention of the premier league as well as the underground DJs - and has already seduced DJs like Jon Digweed and Sasha, Danny Howells, Chris Fortier and James Zabiela as well as tech-house stalwarts like Mr C and Layo & Bushwacka.

Having gained experience in the club milieu, and given his background as a musician and his work with his band, Haris believes mixing electronic music with live material is the way forward for contemporary dance music. However, he hasn't deserted his house roots. He's already planning more EPs on Laus and End Recordings, a mix CD and a 'megamix' of his best club releases to date as well as his debut artist album. Like his live project, it will feature musicians and vocalists and he is putting a lot of time into guaranteeing it sounds unlike anything else. As always with Haris, you'd expect nothing less.