DJ Rolando

DJ Rolando (actually Rolando Ray Rocha ) is an American techno DJ and musician from Detroit .

biography

Rocha grew up among Latin American immigrants in the middle of Detroit . He later listened to the mixes by Jeff Mills on the radio, who was then called "The Wizard". A friend introduced him to Mike Banks , who eventually made him a member of Banks' label and music project Underground Resistance .

"Condition red"

Under the pseudonym The Aztec Mystic , Rocha made his breakthrough in 1999 with the techno track Jaguar on the Underground Resistance label. The track was an underground hit at first, but developed into a classic of the techno scene.

Major label Sony (and BMG, which licensed the piece) were interested in releasing the track "Jaguar" on a large scale. Underground Resistance rejected this out of conviction, but a cover version including a video clip was released without approval. As a result, many emails from underground resistance sympathizers around the world flooded the Sony mail server and paralyzed it. The most famous DJs in the world supported the original in the so-called "condition red" (German: red alert). Sony eventually withdrew the European release meekly, but continued to release the "Jaguar" cover in South America.

Web links

• DJ Rolando at Discogs (English)
• Raveline Interview (2000)
• UR vs. Sony - or the fake Jaguar
• The dark side of the jaguar - Underground Resistance against the rest (Intro.de, January 31, 2000)
• Underground Resistance vs. BMG - Who Owns the Beat? (Intro.de, February 8, 2000)
• Frontpage Interview (1996)