Stefan Weise / Syrte

Stefan Weise was born in Bolzano, Italy before moving to Germany at age 6. He spent his early years listening to underground electronic music, Funk, Soul, Motown, Disco and Acid House. In the late 80’s, while on a trip to the UK, he spent nearly every night at a local club listening to Acid House. This forged the path that would soon become his passion.

Stefan started DJing at the age of 17 playing a variety of early Techno and Dub Techno from labels such as Prime, Basic Channel, Planet Rhythm, H-Productions and more. 2 years later began experimenting with production, but having only limited tools, he made do with what he had: a demo copy of Propellerhead’s Rebirth RB-338 and an underpowered Mac computer. Nevertheless, he kept writing and recording music using a book to keep track of song settings before the 30 minute Rebirth demo period ran out. His friends eventually pitched in enough money to purchase him a full version of Rebirth. He remembers this time as “writing the most amount of terrible tracks ever”, but it was also how he learned to program drums and synths, put together a track and refine his process. Over time and many odd jobs later, Stefan managed to save up enough money to purchase a better computer and a few pieces of gear.

At this time, Stefan began performing live at various Dallas venues and co-ran a local artist collective known as “AI Collective”. Being surrounded by highly experienced and talented producers, he learned to hone his production skills as well as find what would become his own sound. Stefan cites as his biggest influences Plastikman, Steve Rachmad, Maurizio, G-Man, Juan Atkins, Surgeon and Cari Lekebusch. Since redefining his identity and sound, Stefan has been publishing original productions at an increasing pace. In 2017 he started his own record label 3km Records as a way of releasing the ever increasing number of tracks he is working on. Stefan has also been the host of the monthly “Blue Industries” show on Proton Radio since 2005. Stefan’s first artist album was released on Credo White, followed by a Vinyl only release on the renowned Calder City Develop-ment Corp label in 2018.

2020 saw the Techno veteran and co-founder Jimmer Freer launched the vinyl label 'Science Cult' out of a desire to deliver tangible music manufactured to a higher quality standard.