{"id":12574,"date":"2018-04-05T19:06:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=12574"},"modified":"2018-04-05T19:06:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T17:06:01","slug":"input-celebrates-its-2nd-anniversary-with-the-exclusive-live-of-maetrik-aka-maceo-plex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/input-celebrates-its-2nd-anniversary-with-the-exclusive-live-of-maetrik-aka-maceo-plex\/","title":{"rendered":"INPUT celebrates its 2nd anniversary with the exclusive live of Maetrik (aka Maceo Plex)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time flies. It\u2019s been the blink of an eye. It seems that it was yesterday when the mythical circular room of the Poble Espanyol<\/strong> in Barcelona<\/a> took the most important step of its history. Edu Clar\u00e0 and Eric \u00c1lvarez took the leadership and, based on a perfectly matched Funktion One<\/strong> system and an impressive lighting framework, they built INPUT High Fidelity Dance Club<\/strong><\/a>. At the time, it was just a room that sounded like a festival. Now, it is one of the most important references in one of the cities whose underground scene is one of the best: Barcelona<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This weekend, INPUT<\/a> is celebrating these two years<\/strong> of partying. He will do it on Friday night. It will be from midnight to 6 am. And they will do it with one of the less common live performances: Maetrik<\/strong><\/a>. Originally from the United States and with Latin heritage, Eric Estornel, better known as Maceo Plex<\/a>, is one of the most respected and best positioned DJs and producers in the industry. His stylistic offer is so broad. So much that he uses several aliases to agglomerate his music and classify his gigs. We have seen him acting like Plaex, like Mariel Ito, logically like Maceo Plex<\/a> and, sometimes, though not many, also like Maetrik<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Maetrik<\/a> is his darkest facet<\/strong>, his most aggressive face. It was an alias that he left in 2012 after publishing on Cocoon and on his own label, Ellum. He picked it up in 2017, when he published the Return EP<\/em> in Clash Lion, owned by his good friend Shall Ocin<\/a>. A 100% techno bass<\/strong> together with electro sounds<\/strong> mark the path of Maetrik<\/a>, a path that frequents the studio much more than the stages. It\u2019s quite difficult to see Maetrik<\/a> playing music and, even less, producing his music live. Therefore, its appearance in INPUT<\/a> becomes an absolute demand for all clubbers in Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Deals releases new EP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Along with the American, there will be Hitch<\/strong><\/a> and The Deals<\/strong><\/a>. It is not new. They are the resident artists of INPUT<\/a>; those who, week after week, are always there keeping it up, warming up the audience or closing the night, always adapting their styles to the guests of the night and showing that being a resident is not an easy task.<\/p>\n

It’s a special day for INPUT<\/a>, for Hitch<\/a> and, also, for The Deals<\/a>. Alex Molina, a young producer and DJ from Badalona, \u200b\u200bhides under that alias. His latest work is Raw War<\/em>, a four-track EP that gets released on SCI+TEC<\/strong>, a prestigious label founded and run by Dubfire<\/a>. Raw War and Revolution are two melodic techno tracks that emit a soft and warm tone. Time Driver responds to a much more aggressive and demanding facet for the public.<\/p>\n