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mediatek-modus /// HIV+
HIV+
Divine Comedy Record


Pedro was born in Spain in the late 60's during the fascist regim but it was in South of France where he began his path in Dark music & E.B.M sound.
In winter 1988/89 he was resident DJ of the biggest Dark/Gothic clubs in Southern France & consolidated his career at TROLLEYBUS of Marseille with the mythic fetish-industrial festivals named ARMAGEDDON, which started since 1993 and where many bands and djs of the electro-industrial scene have performed.

Besides the above mentioned festivals,Pedro a.k.a. H.I.V.+ has organized ans co-organized around 150 Electro-Dark events and concerts featuring performances by DIVE, DAS ICH, MLADA FRONTA, MIMETIC, STEFAN ALT, CELLULOID MATA, SULPHURIC SALIVA, THE HACKER, LTNO, MILLIMETRIC and many others.

As a DJ he has mixed at a number of techno club events with people such as LAURENT GARNIER JEFF MILLS, LAURENT Ho, MANU LE MALIN, DJ. NICOLETTE (ex-MASSIVE ATTACK) and performed dj set in industrial shows with IMMINENT STARVATION, NOISEX, SONAR/DIVE, DAS ICH , MANUFACTURA, CONVERTER...

In early 2000 the Harsh Industrial Virus Positive began to submit his demos to different labels. The first record label interested in his rhythmic noise works was Divine Comedy Records (France) ; which had produced records for SONAR or HYPNOSKULL, neo folk artists LAND, A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, electro-industrial shots EMPUSAE,TZOLK'IN or LITH and the European Power Noise compilation series, "TREES ON OSCILLATION "(Vol.1 & 2).

Since that moment, H.I.V.+ has begun to invade the minds of distorted music fans all over the world ; beginning with his first noise manifesto "HYPNOISE MOVEMENT". This CD includes collaborations with EHB-LTNO singer, SULPHURIC SALIVA, SATKA & SEDARKA and Jean Marc MONTERA (Which played the experimental-guitar on THURSTON MOORE/SONIC YOUTH's albums). In 2001 he released his second album, "ABSTRACT & HARSH IRONWORKS", which includes collaborations works with MLADA FRONTA, A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, MAURI...

This industrial & mystic trilogy was completed with the release of the masterpiece "CENSORED FREQUENCIES & OTHER MYSTIC TERRITORIES (Vs. WIRED BRAIN) which includes never before released tracks and re mixes by rhythmic noise masters : SONAR, MIMETIC, LITH or french EBM project E.S.R. The european and international press has praised each and every H.I.V.+ music production, influenced by industrial noise pioneers: ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO and bands such as THROBBING GRISTLE, SUICIDE, SPK,CABARET VOLTAIRE & harsh noise artists as SONAR, ELECTRONICAT or PANSONIC. After several live presentations across Europe, supported by the fetish show of LADY WALKIRIA, H.I.V.+ has decided to produce new split album to be called "EMPIRE OF CHAOS" with spanish formation D-FORMA Beginning in 2003, the mighty DIRK IVENS (THE KLINIK/DIVE/SONAR) contacted Pedro to ask for an H.I.V.+ remix version of "What You Got" from SONAR ; It was included in the album "VOLT REVISTED", published by Hands Productions (Germany). This album collector includes remixes by other great artists ELECTRONICAT, CONVERTER, AH CAMA SOTZ, GEISTFORM,ORPHX, MIMETIC and ROGER ROTOR ! Toward the end of 2003, H.I.V.+ has collaborated in noise music compilations for Geska Records (Canada), Parametric (Fr.), Between Existence rec. (USA), Hive Records (USA), and Walnut Locust(Fr.). Has done re mixes for FLINT GLASS, WIRED BRAIN, EMPUSAE, LITH or D.FORMA and has selected & mixed the noise tracks for the compilation "ARMAGEDDON'S NIGHTS", to be published in France by Divine Comedy Records (France). The american small label NEIN Records which has decided to re-issue a Limited Edition CD of the now extinct first two H.I.V.+ albums ( "HYPNOISE MOVEMENT" and "ABSTRACT & HARSH IRONWORKS") . Previous years ,HIV+ played live in concert with MLADA FRONTA, MIMETIC, THE HACKER, LTNO, DITHER, WIRED BRAIN, KOMINTERN, MAURI, IMPLANT, EMPUSAE, SKOYZ, LITH, COMMUNICATION ZERO, PUNCH INC, MANUFACTURA, COVENANT, DECODED FEEDBACK?

In 2004 H.I.V.+ have toured in America in this their first"INDUSTRIAL VIRUS TOUR" (USA/Mexico/Canada), and remixed big electro-dark acts as HOCICO 's " born to be hated "EP2004,STIN SCATZOR,GLIS and appears on different compilations (BLC rec. and LA CHAMBRE FROIDE.

At the beginning of the year 2004, HIV + signs on the Polish label BLACK FLAMES and produced an amazing new album to be called "Rotten beat manifesto" with electro remixes by BAK XIII (Switzerland), FLINT GLASS, MUCKRACKERS & SHIZUKA and BABYLONE CHAOS (Fr.).

Besides albums on various labels HIV + produced also limited editions for confidential underground labels (3 Patttes rec./fr.) and in taken out some Split album with D.FORMA, MELEK-THA or MUCKRACKERS at present with extreme noise act MOURMANSK 150 (Divine Comedyrec.).

In 2005 HIV+ played at INFEST UK (Bradford) with FIXMER MAC CARTHY, COVENANT, POWDER_PUSSY or PUNCH_INC.and working with amazing STENDECK on the next cd "Overdose kill me"(which contains video live at Infest and remixes by Saverio Evangelista from MSB/ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO and collaborations with N?V? and DATARAPER) available on the spanish label CAUSTIC Records

Actually he work (press reviewer) on the cultural & musical spanish magazine ELEGY IBERICA and he wrote an old school ebm track with french techno artist THE HACKER "novo disko" (appears on Electronic Manifesto V/A on Caustic records). The history is only beginning ...

Harsh Industrial Virus alive !

Tracklist


1. Louderbach / Troy Pierce
2. Le Syndicat Electronique
3. Waterlilly
4. Dopplereffekt
5. The Hacker & HIV+
6. Creme de Menthe
7. Trentemoller
8. Kiko
9. Dk7
10. Waterlilly
11. Buzz
12. David Carretta
13. Front 242
14. Leaether Strip
15. Plastic Machine
16. Franz & Shape
17. Anthony Rother
18. Depeche Mode vs Boyz Noise
19. Nitzer Ebb_unrealeased rmx
20. Spetznaz
21. Covenant
22. The Swans
23. Art Is Technology
24. Depeche Mode a capella


1. ROBERT BABICZ
2. ALAN VEGA
3. NOVEMBER NOVELET
4. WATERLILLY
5. MARC HOULE
6. ELLEN ALIEN
7. DEPECHE MODE - TIEFSCHWARZ dub mix
8. NEON ELECTRONICS
9. DAVE GAHAN - BOOKA SHADE rmx
10. NIN - rmx by OLAF/THE KNIFE
11. UNKLE feat. IAN ASTBURY - RADIOSLAVE rmx
12. MARKUS GUENTNER - SWAYZAK rmx
13. HENRY GOES DIRTY
14. TRENTMOLLER
15. COLDER
16. DAVID CARRETTA - THE HACKER rmx
17. FRONT 242


1. Intro/SAUL WILLIAMS
2. JOHNNY CASH
3. COMMUNICATION ZERO (Sulphuric Saliva rmx)
4. TERRENCE FIXMER
5. D.A.F
6. ASCHE (Sina rmx)
7. FRONT 242
8. LAIBACH
9. FRONT 242
10. TERRENCE FIXMER
11. SINA
12. TERRENCE FIXMER
13. MANUFACTURA
14. CONVERTER
15. HMB
16. ASSEMBLAGE 23 (Haujobb rmx)
17. PSYCHOBITCH
18. COVENANT (white label rmx)
19. COVENANT (Ellen Allien rmx)
20. BOLZ BOLZ (Dima rmx)
21. DEXTER
22. HUMAN LEAGUE


FROM NOISE TO LIGHT !

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