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There are at least 2 artists named Mazi 1. At the core of everything Mazi Namvar aka Audio Soul Project does is a restless drive to innovate. Whether he's behind the decks, crafting music in the studio, or working on his own Gourmet Recordings label, Mazi's goal is the same: to keep challenging boundaries and perceptions. It's a risky proposition in a dance music culture saturated with the similar, but simply put, if Mazi's done it before, he's not going to do it again. This relentlessly forward-thinking approach has focused Mazi throughout his ten-plus years of making dance music. He's released over 150 productions and remixes, and DJ'ed in every corner of the world, but his sound is constantly evolving, a creative process that shows no signs of slowing down. While he spent part of 2004 assessing where he was musically, he's begun 2006 with a renewed fever for his music, and with a slate of ambitious projects on the horizon. DJing has always been Mazi's first passion, and his recent sets have been particularly inspired. Listen to Mazi behind the decks these days and you'll hear a survey of dance music's extreme cutting-edge labels and tracks. His record bag is packed with a furious collision of 303 acid lines; searing synthesizers; thick, punchy drum kits; new wave-inspired vocals; and tracky, jacked-up house and techno. His sound touches on the electronic house style that has put labels like Brique Rouge, Crosstown Rebels, Poker Flat, Get Physical, Freak n' Chic and Mazi's own Gourmet at the forefront of the underground labels that have been burning up the industry. His next major project will be the second Audio Soul Project album, the follow up to 2001's acclaimed Community, a collection of deep dance floor material that featured Mazi working alongside poets, vocalists, musicians and other producers. For Audio Soul Project's next album, tentatively named 'The New Disguise', Mazi plans to form a core group and write music together as a unit, rather than the more open-ended approach from the previous album. From there, a live act will be developed to complement the studio work. - Mike Gwertzman 2. MAZI is young producer from Serbia, he has started to interest in music in his early age by playing piano. Shortly after that he goes to music school to improve his piano skills. The music school helped him to understand real beauty of music, but after some time he realised that playing piano ten hours a day is not for him and he quits. He likes to experiment with music all the time, mixing ambiental with electronic music. He even played in dead metal band, but that didn’t go so well. One day he heard about extreme type of electronic music called drum and bass…as he liked aggressive music (like metal) and electronic music, this was a perfect combination. Some of his work was released on Gergaz Netlabel as a free download. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.