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Gotham Grooves

Some Favorite Clubs, Parties &
Festivals where performed:

Pacha -NYC
Fellini - Barcelona, Spain
Safari Zoo – Ibiza
Subsonic Water Safari - Ibiza
Kubik - Barcelona
Metropolis - Paris, France
Decadance - Ghent, Belgium
Abajur - Cortina, Italy
Kroma - Athens, Greece
La Cova - Barcelona, Spain
Club 4, City Hall - Barcelona, Spain
Torn De Ni- Tarragona, Spain
Jokerred - Seoul, S.Korea
Electro Paz - Bogota, Colombia
Afterlife - Maracaibo, Venezuela
Buddah Tronic - Caracas, Venezuela
Ultra Festival 2006 - Miami, USA
Sullivan Room - NYC
Cicada Rhythm - Kansas City, USA
Rizumu - Philadelphia, USA
Motor - Detroit, USA

 

Artist Profile// AGENT ORANGE (aka ARA)
Gotham Grooves, Terminal M, Circle Music, Advanced, Deep ‘art
            

His contributions to the global music scene include releases and remixes on globally respected labels like Terminal M, Circle Music, Advanced and Liftin’. His tracks, as well as others from his own label Gotham Grooves, gets played, charted, and appears on CDs by DJ’s Carl Cox , Richie Hawtin, DJ Hell, Dave Clarke, Ben Sims, Eric Sneo , Max Graham, Alex Flatner, DJ Mayuri, DJ Lucca, and others.

He Releases and Dj’s as he went Agent Orange with an upbeat, funky, Electro-House & Tribal House & Techno sound, and as ARA with a Pumping Minimal and Tech-House sound. He's been dedicated to producing his own music as well as managing Gotham Grooves since 2000. With Gotham, full force to push Techno in the US and created the opportunity to sign hot US talent along side international all-stars like, Valentino Kanzyani, Bryan Zentz, Danilo Vigorito and Tim Xavier along with his own releases. He also ran the "Tech-Support" nights, one of NYC's most respected weekly techno events, where he showcased many local talents alongside cream of the crop international artists including Adam Beyer, Space DJz, W.J. Henze (aka Gecko), Oliver Ho, Deetron, Christian Smith, Ben Sims and more.

In the summer of 2006 he moved to Barcelona to continue his studio projects and has also been playing around the city and the rest of Europe more than ever.

Future projects will include electronic music which incorporates old Armenian, Greek and Middle Eastern musical instruments like the Duduk, Oud, Zurna & Dumbeg, mixed with tribal electronic beats. While Agent Orange = raw energy and dance floor fun, ARA = minimal grooves and advanced studio production technique. Smooth mixing skills allow him to play through tracks and styles with ease and he has personally remixed just about every song in his collection!


Ara is considered amongst the cream of international electronic music artists. His many world wide tour dates include massive festivals like the ULTRA Music Festival in Miami to being a regular at Christian Smith’s Tronic Treatment parties in NYC (his hometown), Miami and Detroit, to gigs at respected clubs and parties world wide such as Pacha and Gatecrasher, to several gigs in Ibiza and just about every continent in the world.

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