LEKTRK is the trio project of Melbourne residents Michael Clark, Kristian Piccoli, and Tim Trappett . Following various excellent singles released on Turnstyle Digital and various remixes they first garnished attention after winning the Beatport Remix competition for Tensnake’s “feel of love”. https://vimeo.com/107139487
The first LEKTRK release appeared on Turnstyle Digital in 2013. In 2016, having built up a repertoire of unsigned material and DJ ready remixes, they begun to write their first album.
The LEKTRK sound is reminiscent of Classic deep house while borrowing from minimal and tech influences. They make the music that they would want to play as DJs, reflecting in their sets and their production style. This ethos creates the energy heard in their work and is what keeps the crowd dancing.
Michael came from Minimal/tech group Liminalism in London in 2007/2008 before returning to Melbourne in 2009. After a few years of DJing around Melbourne, the Producing bug once again took hold of him. DJ Intalink is a house producer, Remix artist, and DJ with over 15 years of experience and has held residencies at various bars around Melbourne including the Grand Hotel in Richmond. DJ Rellik is an established hip-hop producer who has produced over 100 albums and collaborated with Hip Hop royalty such as Wu Tang Clan, the Beat nuts, Obie Trice The Alkaholiks, and Ultra Magnetic Mcs, to name a few. He currently runs an Independent Record Label (Turnstyle Records) and operates a recording studio in South East of Melbourne. A Hip Hop Producer by trade, DJ Rellik took out top honors as Victoria’s best Scratch Turntablist in the 2014 DMC Championships and Vice Champion DMC 2015. Together with Michael Clark, Dj Rellik produces a podcast, Featuring mixed dj sets covering all genres of electronic and Hip Hop Music.
A few years on, the guys had achieved all they wanted to with their techno influenced “DigitalNightmare” release, and was ready to move into more deeper and club-inspired musical avenues. So LEKTRK became their main project. Their combined production experience means that they are able to finish well-rounded tracks off in a matter of days, constantly building a repertoire of Classic Dancefloor hits and mellow soundscapes
The process is well on its way already. The dance world has its eyes on LEKTRK. The likes of Sander Van Doorn, Giles Peterson, Laurent Garnier, Gerd Janson, Michael Canitrot (Defected), Gorgon City, Ten Ven, have showed them love // featured their tracks.
They have completed their first full length electronic album scheduled for early 2017 and you can find a copy of their promotional mix for the album here :
The album showcases the breadth of their musical styles and takes the listeners on a journey, mirroring a good set or night out, starting with house vibes, moving into deep and dark techno and ending in tech house and uplifting vocals.
http://www.facebook.com/LEKTRK
Other Mentions and Mixes
Reviewed by blogs such as whoknowsmusic, Watts on (Beat Mag) : https://whonosmusic.com/tag/lektrk/
Won Beatport Play competition for Tenanake’s Feel of Love remix competition. https://vimeo.com/107139487
Other remixes for ZANU (Italy), Token (Germany), Janette Slack (Hong Kong), Tensnake (Germany).
Music videos and mixes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdN0R7XKj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnELmV26Sqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdNWHuEXMUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LSFDy6uIn0
Festival Set : https://soundcloud.com/lektrk/lektrk-showcase-festival-set
Album sneak peak : https://www.dropbox.com/s/8fi0ppiy2k334vr/LEKTRK%20album%20promo.mp3?dl=0
