Mike Dub - formerly known as Little M - had his first contact with electronic dance music in 1991 as he was listening to Marusha's radio show "Dance Hall" on the famous radio station DT64. Since that moment, as he heard that track called "Weekend" by DJ Dick, Mike Dub should never get away from DJ culture andelectronic music anymore. An own record collection had to be built up, a first set of turntables had to be bought and deejaying had to be tried out. In October of 1992 Mike had his first gig at a youth club called "Sky West" in Pirna & played Hip Hop music by Public Enemy, 2Live Crew and Eric B. & Racim In March of 1993 it came to his first club residency as he was asked to spin some records on Sundays at the "Sachs Music Hall" - the first and the biggest discotheque in Saxony ant that time. From now on his popularity in and around Dresden expanded quickly. Within the first two years he got gigs in almost every club and location in east Saxony, and later even in Berlin, Nürnberg & the Czech Republic...

Roel Funcken officially popped up on the scene in 2010, with his solo debut, titled Vade, out on Ad Noiseam. But fans of electronic music, and IDM in general, have been tracking this Dutch musician for over a decade prior, when, along with his brother, Don, the duo has released some of the genre defining music on labels such as Djak-Up-Bitch, Schematic, Sublight Records, Neo Ouija, n5MD and others, as the one and only Funckarma. In 2009 the Funcken brothers kicked off their very own, digital-only, Funcken Industry imprint, which hosted a few of their other projects and offshoots, such as Shadow Huntaz, Scone, Quench, Automotive, and the latest from Roel's solo works. Although Don has slowly slipped into the background (not counting his work with Roel and Cor Bolten as Legiac), Roel has continued to influence the evolution of music through numerous releases (Iridium Flare and Balaklavskiy Prospex stands out in particular) and active engagement in the community, with music festival curation, mixes....

Since 2002, Southern Depot has been my creative alter-ego for music and photography. You'll find mixes in a broad variety of styles, ranging from Ambient to dark Drum'n'Bass.