Dominic Kowarik known as "Orl#ndo" was born on 1.April 1988 in Wels (Austria).

Music always was a big thing in his life. At the age of 14 years he first got in touch with turntables and vinyl and started to learn all about DJíng. With 16 years he started his first own event in Wels which was a huge success for him.
Then he got in touch with a few people organizing monthly clubbings (Electronic Music) named "Club Forum" for Kulturverein Waschaecht in Wels. After a few years he played a lot at local venues in austria mostly "Drum&Bass;". He played under several aliases like (Techdrux, Elec.Drux, Dominique).

Places (Highlights):

Alter Schl8hof Wels, Posthof Linz, Stadtwerkstatt Linz, Cembran Keller Linz, Club Tunnel Linz, Röda Steyr, Flex Wien, Lederfabrik (PRESSURE FESTIVAL) Neumarkt.

Support DJ for:

Barbara Morgenstern, DJ Marky, Technical Itch, High Contrast, DJ Zinc, Calibre, Logistics, Chris. Su, DJ Lee, Subtle, The Bug, DJ Epsilon, The Green Man, Angina P, Washer, Suspicious White Powder, E Stonji , Alias,

Patrick Pulsinger, BTO Spider, Cherry Sunkist.

In 2008 he took a little break from music and started working in the private industry. 2012 was a big change for him because his brother died from cancer which got him finally back to focus on music. From 2014-2016 he released some unofficial bootlegs on soundcloud which immediately got 26 thousand plays, a thousand likes and over 1300 downloads (overall). He also entered some remix contests for (J.LO & Pitbull, Jamie Lidell, Chromeo).

Then in 2016 he started a podcast on iTunes which is focused on "Electronic Music" called "SENSUAL ADDICTION". Now he has reached over 6000 listeners worldwide. In June 2016 Apple Authors/Curators featured his podcast on their "New & Noteworthy" section in the category "Music".

In February he got an email from an label from chicago to remix one of their artists for their new album (Jason Maek & Zaena - Birthday), which was released for free on MAEK Music.

He founded his own record label which is called "SE7EN DAYZ", where he started releasing his own music.

Orl#ndo´s Debut Single "Dance (With Your Love)" is out on 1. April 2018 worldwide everywhere. In January 2018 his debut remix for "Kosheen" released on Apple Music worldwide.Afterwards his second remix for "A-Trak & Jamie Lidell" has been released exclusive on Apple Music in Scandinavia. His third remix this year for "Moby" is out now only on Apple Music in Canada on Universal Music. In March 2018 his remix for Red Carpet´s Classic "Alright" released which is out now worldwide on Apple Music. Orl#ndo´s recent remix for "Whitney Houston" is also out now worldwide on Apple Music.

Main Infuences: Mirwais, Photek, Amon Tobin, Moby, The Prodigy, St.Germain, Artful Dodger, Buena Vista Social Club, Kosheen, Roisin Murphy,

Now he ́s working on his debut album under his new alias KOBEY.

His main Genre is "Electronic Music/Dance" focused on 2-Step, Drum&Bass;, Future House, Future Beats.

Dominic Kowarik

Music Production Teacher

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