# Dual Shaman > Live hardware techno duo from Transylvania, Romania: brothers Vio (Viorel Mureșan) and Dacian (Dacian Lazăr). Hardcore-leaning techno saturated with industrial, electro, acid and IDM, played live on Elektron hardware, original material only. Releasing since 2007 on Drastic Arts, Tessier-Ashpool Recordings, Wide Angle Recordings and others. Booking and management: dualshaman@gmail.com. This site is the act's official press kit: biography, live set specification, press quotes, discography, press photos and booking contact. Everything here may be quoted with attribution to Dual Shaman. ## Biography Dual Shaman are brothers Vio and Dacian, a Romanian live act at the heavier end of techno saturated with elements of industrial, electro and IDM. Dual Shaman are Viorel Mureșan and Dacian Lazăr, two brothers from Transylvania who have spent close to two decades making electronic music for labels across Europe. Their first records appeared in 2007 on 3LHR, a label run by fellow Transylvanians from Deva, continuing with Wide Angle Recordings and Manual Music, followed by EPs on Wolfskuil Ltd, Cinematique and Liar’s imprint Tessier-Ashpool, where the 2015 EP Akathist marked a turn towards what the label called “non-sedentary analogue techno jams, re-assembled with devotional precision in the studio.” In 2018 their debut album Expiati became the first release on Drastic Arts, the label founded by Liar as the successor to Tessier-Ashpool. DJ Mag premiered the track “Nar Maqam”, and The Ransom Note described the album as drawing “from techno, electro, acid and UK hardcore, with one eye on the past and both feet planted in the future.” Alongside the records the brothers run ShamanStems, a sound design label focusing on industrial percussion, cinematic textures, post-punk and jungle. Their sound design credits include work for Roland, Elektron, Sony and Sample Magic, and co-writing for Virgin EMI. On stage the set is a live hardware performance: original material only, played on Elektron drum machines and grooveboxes with additional controllers and altered in real time. It runs between 137 and 142 BPM for ninety minutes, built as one continuous arc. ## Members - Viorel Mureșan ("Vio"): producer, live performer - Dacian Lazăr ("Dacian"): producer, live performer ## The live set - Format: live hardware performance, not a DJ set and not a pre-recorded mix. 100% original material, altered in real time. - Style: hardcore-leaning techno with industrial, electro and acid inflections, built as one continuous arc. - Tempo: 137 to 142 BPM. - Runtime: 90 minutes, extendable to 105. - Gear: Elektron drum machines and grooveboxes plus hands-on controllers, into Ableton Live for clock and mix, stereo out to front of house. - Stage needs: one sturdy table of about 160 x 90 cm, an indoor or covered stage. Full tech rider with input list and stage plot on request. - Fits: peak-time or late-night slots at techno, industrial and hardcore-leaning events. ## In the words of Liar Liar founded Tessier-Ashpool Recordings and Drastic Arts, the labels behind the EP Akathist (2015) and the album Expiati (2018). This is how he describes the music: "Devotional live outboard improvisation accounts for most of the songwriting process. Schizoid acid riffs account for most of the bite. A sylvan, deeply nocturnal strain of New Beat accounts for most of the emotional context. Clipped, industrial dialects of techno and electro account for most of the rhythmic underpinnings." ## Press - "A billowing cut of weaponised noise and hammering rhythms, it sets the LP up on its course that takes it from ferocious gabber nods and experimentalism to triumphant melody at the drop of a hat." (DJ Mag · Eoin Murray · premiere of Nar Maqam, 2018, https://djmag.com/content/premiere-dual-shaman-%E2%80%98nar-maqam%E2%80%99) - "An uncompromising and many-pronged account of atonement." (The Ransom Note · on Expiati, 2018, https://www.theransomnote.com/music/news/drastic-arts-launches-with-debut-album-from-dual-shaman/) - "Non-sedentary analogue techno jams, re-assembled with devotional precision in the studio, and imbued with hymnal fervor." (Tessier-Ashpool Recordings · notes for Akathist, 2015, https://tessierashpoolrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/akathist) - "The brainchild of the highly regarded Dual Shaman duo, a label with quality and cutting-edge sound design at its heart." (Loopmasters · on ShamanStems, https://www.loopmasters.com/labels/92-ShamanStems) ## Sound design Alongside the records the brothers run ShamanStems, a sound design label focused on industrial percussion, cinematic textures, post-punk and jungle, with 38 packs on Splice and a separate series on Loopmasters and ADSR. Sound design credits include Roland, Elektron, Sony and Sample Magic, and co-writing for Virgin EMI. ## Discography 14 releases · 7 labels · 2008–2018 - 2018: Expiati (Drastic Arts, Album · 9 tracks) - 2016: Khorostasia (Tessier-Ashpool Recordings, EP) - 2015: Akathist (Tessier-Ashpool Recordings, EP) - 2015: Epiphania (Wide Angle Recordings, EP) - 2013: In Ver.Floridus (Self-released, EP) - 2011: Winds of Rust (Cinematique, EP) - 2010: Belle Époque (Manual Music, EP) - 2010: Ocean Breeze (Wolfskuil Ltd, EP · 3 versions) - 2010: Beloved (Wide Angle Recordings, Single) - 2009: The Highest Cliff (Wide Angle Recordings, Single) - 2008: The White Rose (Wide Angle Recordings, EP) - 2008: Ocean Breeze (Wide Angle Recordings, Single) - 2008: Sideral / Sun Opener (Manual Music, Single) - 2008: Grey Memoirs (act72 records, Single) ## Listen and watch - [SoundCloud](https://on.soundcloud.com/NUGshdjeBcXLIAPSIF): Live audio - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3-Z38twlR0j5xe_XDHLmUAqcj0KX68TH): Live video - [Beatport](https://www.beatport.com/artist/dual-shaman/66723): Releases - [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zZDmlTWSxZTPSS6tES1dy): Releases - [ShamanStems on Splice](https://splice.com/sounds/labels/shamanstems/packs): Sound design ## Profiles - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9e14b3cf-9615-4b47-8435-e222abe9192e - https://www.discogs.com/artist/1291611-Dual-Shaman - https://ra.co/dj/dualshaman - https://dualshaman.bandcamp.com/ - https://soundcloud.com/dual-shaman - https://www.youtube.com/@DualShaman - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dual-shaman/272654872 - https://www.deezer.com/artist/164182 - https://www.instagram.com/dual_shaman/ - https://www.facebook.com/dual.shaman.music/ - https://x.com/dualshaman ## Press photos Full-resolution files, free to use for event promotion with the credit "Dual Shaman": - [Press photo, factory](https://dualshaman.com/core/views/a76a272cb5/assets/images/full/dual-shaman-press-factory.jpg) - [Press photo, hill](https://dualshaman.com/core/views/a76a272cb5/assets/images/full/dual-shaman-press-hill.jpg) - [Live, projections behind the duo](https://dualshaman.com/core/views/a76a272cb5/assets/images/full/dual-shaman-live-projection.jpg) - [Live, dark stage](https://dualshaman.com/core/views/a76a272cb5/assets/images/full/dual-shaman-live-dark.jpg) ## Booking and contact - Booking and management: dualshaman@gmail.com - Website and press kit: https://dualshaman.com/ - Based in Transylvania, Romania. Available for shows across Europe. ## Site - [Press kit](https://dualshaman.com/): the single page with everything above - [Sitemap](https://dualshaman.com/sitemap_index.xml)