Belocca（ベロッカ）
Belocca
Béla Gábor, p/k/a Belocca is a rough diamond gradually polishing each facet. He grew up close to Budapest together with Workidz, with whom he soon discovered electronic music. At the age of 16 they signed their first-ever record deal and shortly after found themselves in a professional recording studio in Germany for the first time. Not much later they started Sauna Records together with their release “Plastic Fantastic” topping many charts at the time. Because Belocca tackles the essence of house music and the groove, his tracks and remixes have become favorites with many big DJ’s over the years, like: Umek, Mark Knight, Roger Sanchez, Sven Vãth, Luciano, just to name a few….
The actual name Belocca wasn’t born until 2000, when he began working together with his friends: Soneec, Lauer & Canard and Muzzaik, producing a string of successful. The big breakthrough came in 2007 with Belocca’s remix on “The Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On”. This sizzling remix got picked up by no other then Roger Sanchez who released through his own Stealth Records imprint. It hit the #1 spot on the Beatport Top 100 in a blink and was also one of the biggest compiling dance records of that year. In 2009, Beatport even elected him one of the most promising new House artist! Now, after producing records for 15 years, his sound, look and feel are still the same. True to himself, his family, friends and his music; a basis of (tech) house with flirts towards techno, future house and garage.
Such an extensive and nourished carreer resulted in releases and remixes through many labels such as: 1605, Hotfingers, 100% Pure, Kraftek, Toolroom, Protocol, Yoshitoshi, Stealth Records, Spinnin’, Purple Music, Star 69, Peppermint Jam, Nervous, Stereo, Sneakerz Muzik, Black Hole, Kontor, Big Love and many more.
Aside from being an amazing producer, Belocca is also a fantastic DJ. His productions and DJ sets have carved his signature sound in many musical hearts and gradually landed him an international DJ career playing big clubs and festivals all over the world. Toolroom Knights gigs in Ministry Of Sound, Stealth Records nights in Munich, Amsterdam and Barcelona, conference showcases for both labels on ADE, the Sunrise Festival in Poland, Fantastic Festival in Mexico, Soulvision Festival in Brazil, Boothstock Festival on Holland, just to name a few.
Furthermore, in 2011, together with a longtime partner in crime Soneec, they were asked to compile and mix an edition of the infamous “Leaders Of The New School” compilation series for Toolroom Records.
As of 2012 Belocca runs his own imprint Mainground Music. First release ft. Soneec, called Chupakamra shot all the way up to #11 in the Beatport tech-house chart, shortly followed Way Of Thinking and the killer cut Back To The Old School , which remained in the Beatport tech-house chart for 4 months, as well as “Depends On You” which remained in the Beatport top 10 for three months! With a string major tunes on the label over the past years Mainground Music still releases most of Belocca’s new tunes, as well as up and coming talent and established artists from across the globe. Belocca’s A&R vision is clear and simple: It’s not mainstream, not underground, but Mainground Music!
