UMEK

Top tracks

7:09

Artwork for Wisdom to the Wise (UMEK Remix)

7:04

6:32

Artwork for Center of Gravity (Original Mix)

8:00

7:22

2023

2nd to None (Adrian Hour Remix)

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2012

Slap (Competition Remixes 2011)

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2011

Responding to Dynamic (Remixes Dve)

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2010

Responding to Dynamic (Remixes Ena)

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2010

Artist bio

Uroš Umek, better known as DJ Umek or simply UMEK, is a Slovenian dance music composer and DJ. Musically active since 1993, he is the owner of several techno record labels. In 1999 he founded Consumer Recreation and Recycled Loops, the former of which he co-runs with Valentino Kanzyani. Recycled Loops formed the sublabel Earresistible Musick in 2001, and in 2007 Umek founded the large techno label 1605.

Umek began DJing in 1993 at the age of 17. He was among the pioneers of the electronic music in Slovenia. In 1999 he released music on his own labels Consumer Recreation and Recycled Loops, the former of which he co-runs with Valentino Kanzyani. Umek became famous by techno-supporters in Europe about 2001, for his fast mixing skills and his uplifting dj-sets. In the later years he changed his style a little bit. He has released a large number of EPs and anthems and has a reputation as an innovator. He is known to play the music from 4 turntables simultaneously.

In 2006 he released a single "Posing As Me," which was a big hit in Slovenia. In 2007 he did another video supported project with a Croatian singer and lyrics writer Anđa Marić Carbon Occasions, and also released music on the label 1605 Records. On his birthday May 16 he organized a musical event called Dan Elektronike (Electronica Day). He was ranked at position 29 of the TOP 100 DJs for the year 2007 by the DJ Magazine. During all the subsequent years - until 2015 he managed to rank in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs chart among the best DJs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

UMEK

Top tracks

Once Again

2nd to None (Adrian Hour Remix)

Carbon Occasions

Corridor To Jungle

Crossing the Lines

Crossing the Lines

Split

Beograd

Zagreb

Zagreb

Slap (Competition Remixes 2011)

Get Sucked

She Never Wants to Come Down

She Never Wants to Come Down

Freaks on the Floor

Responding to Dynamic (Remixes Dve)

Responding to Dynamic (Remixes Ena)

Responding to Dynamic

Responding to Dynamic

Individual Breath

Slap

Curved Trajectory

Destructible Enviroment

Center of Gravity

Complex Puzzle

Carbon Occasions

Prepidil