KIRK DEGIORGIO In a career spanning 22 yrs Kirk Degiorgio has earned the tag of ‘the producers producer’. From his humble beginnings in 1983 as an electro DJ to his As One productions for Clear, Mo Wax and Ubiquity, Kirk has remained true to his love of everything ‘soulful, edgy and funky’. Inspired by a vinyl buying visit to Chicago and Detroit in 1990 Kirk sold all his records and put together ART Studios in the model of those he saw at Transmat and Metroplex. Kirk fused his vision of the ‘Detroit’ sound with funk and jazz influences resulting in a succession of projects under the names Future/Past, As One, Offworld, Esoterik, Elegy and Super-A-Loof. Only recently has he used his actual name for his purist techno releases for New Religion. Kirk’s influence as a DJ – both club and radio – cannot be underestimated: as part of the R-Solution radio show Kirk helped break the fledgling broken beat scene; and clubwise he is credited with being the first person to exclusively use Ableton Live to perform DJ sets worldwide. Kirk has remixed artists as varied as Azymuth, Coldcut, 4 Hero, Innerzone Orchestra, Papo Vasquez and many more. His collaborations include work with Ian O’Brien, Tony Allen and Carl Craig. From 1992-1997 Kirk’s ART /Opart labels released important early productions by B12, Carl Craig, Aphex Twin, The Black Dog, Photek and others. He has also recorded TV ad soundtracks for Adidas and Fanta. 2005 finds Kirk recording the As One album ‘Planetary Folklore II’ – the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Mo Wax project – and as producer, writer, backing singer in the hotly tipped mainstream band ‘The Beauty Room’. Less