VORTECHTRAL (UK)

Vortechtral (Kai Wiggins – Portsmouth - UK) has been producing and performing live electronic music from ambient to techno, through his aliases, Vortechtral, Vortechtral AM, and Benni Blanco since early 1998.

The Vortechtral sound is a big room fusion of bass line driven techno, electro and pumping house influences, combining to create a highly infectious and musical style. Releases and remixes have gone out on labels across the world, such as Audionautica, Primate / Endangered Species, Intravenous Cuts, Patterns, TechHead, Punch Funk, Dazed, Teggno, Kazoo, Prozak, Innervate, Tech Art, Kazoo, Corrupted Data, ADS, alongside his own labels, the hugely popular global Techment Records, also Techtonic and In Deep Recordings, and seen support from DJs across the global dance scene including, Cave, Olivier Giacomotto, Wehbba, Ian Void, DJ Preach, Marco G, Pedro Delgardo, DJ Muprhy, Gray, John Acquaviva, Axel Karakasis, DJ Misjah, Martyn Hare, Bryan Cox, Q'Hey, Rob TS, DJ Irish, Christian Fischer, Peppelino, DJ Mika, Lukash, Reaky and many others...

The future looks very bright for this UK producer, having completed remixes for artists including Christian Fischer & DJ Murphy, Ian Void, Marco G, Axel Karakasis, Martyn Hare, Odessa Soundfreaks, Pratap, Tiago S, Jon Gurd, John Karagiannis, Fer BR, and many many more, with many tracks featured on CD and mix compilations released worldwide, an exclusive mixed compilation CD on Style, tracks and remixes on radio shows including support from Radio 1 (UK), charted in many DJ charts, and used in both the film and gaming industries, Vortechtral continues to have a constantly busy release and remix schedule ahead.

The Vortechtral AM sound pushes more into the territory Kai has worked with for years, offering an output on his In Deep label, for more downtempo and jazz influenced material, spanning a massive blend of influences from The Orb, Laurent Garnier, The Chemical Brothers, FSOL, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Kevin Yost, to name a few.

Away from the studio, his live techno and electronica Pas, and high octane funky DJ sets have given him residencies and featured bookings at numerous high profile events and venues around Europe, including: Punch Funk, Homelands, Contact, Hard Lines / Geushky, Jarred, Turnmills, Subtechment, and many more, booked alongside such names as Alex Patterson (The Orb), Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser), Killian’s, Martyn Hare, Proteus, Lab 4, Ed Real, Joe Doe, Ian Void (Geushky), John Warwick Dave Robertson, Kai-1, Andi Leppard, and more. Signed on to MOSP agency in Chezch. He hosts a bi weekely show the Technologic Sessions on the Digitally Imported radio station, and also studio engineers for other many artists DJs, and labels worldwide, and has been known to create and perform visual and design work for clients across the globe.