Ricky Ryan is no stranger to Proton Radio, with a legion of adoring fans worldwide he hosts one of the stations most popular shows and holds the honor of being the first DJ on the station to ever reach 1000 listeners during a live broadcast.
Ricky first joined the radio station's record label back in 2005 with the release of 'Che Malakita' (with Kosmas Epsilon), becoming one of Proton Music's top ten best selling releases featuring remixes from D-Nox & Beckers, Blendbrank, and Diego Noble. Now he returns to the label, launching a compilation series based on his successful monthly show.
The first volume of the Feedback compilation series was built with entirely exclusive songs collected as Ricky travelled the globe on a recent tour, featuring previously unreleased singles from artists out of Russia, Ireland, the UK, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Bulgaria, Italy, Serbia, Holland, and the US. Captured in the mix is Ricky's unique sound, a unique blend of electro progressive disco house that never fails to get people moving.
In the tradition of previous Proton DJ compilations nearly all of the tracks featured will be released unmixed on the Proton Music label following the arrival of Ricky's hour long mix.
16 BIT LOLITAS The 16 Bit Lolitas are Ariaan Olieroock & Peter Kriek. Both with a firm background in religious choir music and country they decided in 2003 to try and do something new. After 10 Grammies for their latest album entitled: 'Lord we miss the groove!', they decided to reset their careers and started making dance music. Let's start over again... (read more)
EMJAE Originally from Atlanta, Matt began his career DJ’ing private parties and warehouse events. Known for spinning a wide range of musical styles ranging from electro to disco, the sound of Emjae captured the attention of many local promoters. ... (read more)
OGI GEE CASH Ogi Gee Cash was born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1975. Most of his childhood was spent in the Greek island of Cyprus where he graduated marketing management. There he made his first DJ steps and his residency in the club "Whispers" in the town of Limassol... (read more)
JOSHUA COLLINS From the deep, raw sounds of Chicago emerges one of the most captivating artists in today's electronic music scene. In a very short time, Josh has become one of the most solid and enticing producers in the U.S., offering a consistent flow of releases that range from tech-house and house to techno-trancein music... (read more)
SYNCHRONIZED Zoran Licanin was born in Zagreb in 1980. As of early age he developed an interest in playing guitar, which he perfected over the years and as a result of being in several bands, composing and producing.
Stefan Milenkovic was born in Nish in 1977, where he completed primary school as well as elementary music school, instrument class-piano. At the age of 15 he moves to New Zealand where he completes secondary school and his first university degree in psychology.
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DJ FLASH DJ FLASH aka Sergey Maksimenko was born in the Siberian city Krasnoyarsk 24 years ago where it’s freezing during the winter and hot during the summer. His dj career started in 1997. At the time he was just a high-school student who was very fond of dance music. After achieving a certain level of respect in the local dance community FLASH moved to the Russian capital – Moscow, to push his sound to a whole new level.
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MATTHEW SAMUELS True music lovers know that a beat, a melody, a bassline, a vocal, is something you feel and not just hear – 23 year old DJ, producer and record label boss, Matt Samuels, is no exception and a keen subscriber to this belief... (read more)
GARY DICKENSON Belfast in Northern Ireland has been a hotbed for DJ & production talent since the scene exploded back in the early ninety's with the likes of David Holmes & Phil Kieran both making a stamp on the international arena with their trademark Norn' Irish sounds. It would seem that the well has not yet dried up with a current new breed of talent breaking through with Gary Dickenson at the forefront of a bustling scene that has recently regenerated itself and come back bigger, bolder and better.... (read more)
LOGIZTIK SOUNDS Nicolas was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) on December 16th of 1981. He started listening to dance music at the beginning of 2001 and he loved it immediately . Nicolas was amazed by progressive sounds. The DJs who caught his attention were Sasha , John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo and Jimmy Van M... (read more)
Artists interested in submitting a demo reel to Proton Music should contact Sam or Jason.
Whether you're an unsigned artist, someone who's been on Proton before, or an established producer, we would love to hear from you!