Thursday - 3rd of July @ PeTerasa
◈ 𝗠𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘂 ◈
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Every artist has a signature. Mihai Popoviciu is no exception. For over a decade the amiable Romanian producer and DJ has built a body of work characterised by deep grooves, crisp precision, and irresistible energy.
Mihai's singular vision was born in his home town Sibiu (still his home base) which, at the time, lay on the fringes of Europe's thriving dance scene. It was the early '90s. Electronic music was flooding London, Ibiza, Berlin but only a trickle reached his ears. "We would tape German TV shows onto cassette and listen over and over," he recalls.
With no clubs, record shops or dance culture to speak of Mihai's dream of being an electronic artist seemed remote. He studied architecture and briefly worked in the field, but it was house and techno, not house-building, that was his true calling . "I couldn't DJ, because there were no clubs," he says with a chuckle. But he could buy software, so he started making records. Lots of records. Sometimes one per day, for months on end. The work of the determined young artist began to catch people's ears. His first track was signed to International Deejay Gigolo in 2005, and dozens of releases followed on imprints including Bondage, Highgrade, Poker Flat, Bedrock, Dessous and also his own label Cyclic, established in 2012.
This calm determination became Mihai's trademark as his career blossomed from production to DJing. After honing is skills in the studio he learned to DJ (on borrowed decks) and began drawing attention in Romania and across Europe. Playing international gigs was a big move for someone who grew up only seeing clubs on TV but Mihai stepped up with professional aplomb. His CV now includes the best clubs in Europe and around the world, from Berghain and Watergate in Berlin; to London's Fabric and The Egg; to D-Edge, São Paulo; DC-10, Ibiza; and more.
Mihai's ambition with every track and every DJ set, is to transmit the joy and energy that fuels his dream. "It feels great to see people dancing, smiling, having a good time. No matter what I do, that's the main thing."
He is equally at home in underground clubs or on festival stages. The one thing that stays the same is his artistry and irresistible delight in music. "Mihai was on his sound from the beginning," says friend and booking agent Benny Grauer. "It has a unique quality. Any time you hear it you know, "That's Mihai". He's done it for years, and it is perfect."
Entry fee: 30 lei
𝘛𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘕𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. See less
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