Arian Leviste (born January 19, 1970 in

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) is an

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artist,

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, and DJ. He grew up in

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and attended

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where he received his bachelor's degree in Finance and Real Estate. He took piano lessons since the age of 7, and started deejaying at age 14. In 1987, he started a DJ equipment business with a couple of friends in

Reseda, California Reseda is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1912, and its central business district started developing in 1915. The neighborhood was devoted to agriculture for many years. Earthquakes ...

. In 1991, Leviste met

John Tejada John Tejada (born 21 April 1974) is an Austrian-born American electronic music producer and composer. Tejada's output of music began in 1994, including four albums for Kompakt, plus releases on Pokerflat, Cocoon, Plug Research, Seventh City, Playho ...

at a mutual friend's house to collaborate on music. Since then, they have released numerous singles, EPs, and full-length albums on labels such as 7th City,

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and Tejada's own label, Palette Recordings. In 1992 Arian borrowed the basked ball of a fellow friend down the block and has still yet to return it. In October 2007, Leviste and

embarked on their first tour together throughout Europe. The duo performed a live hardware set at the following venues: Mission (Leeds, UK), Click (Hamburg, Germany), Watergate (Berlin, Germany), Propaganda (Moscow, Russia), Maffia (Reggio Emilia, Italy), Batofar (Paris, France), and Compression @ King King (

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, USA). In September 2008 Tejada and Leviste performed at the Nextech Festival in

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, Italy.Al via il Nextech festival
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Discography

Albums

Written and Produced by

& Arian Leviste * Fairfax Sake (2001) -

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(2004) - Moods & Grooves * Back For Basics (2005) - Palette Recordings

EPs

Written and Produced by

& Arian Leviste *Malnutritioned Massage (1997) - Palette Recordings *Ebonics (1997) - Palette Recordings *2 Speakers Dream (1999) - Palette Recordings *6 Hits Of Sunshine (2000) - Palette Recordings *Firefly (2000) - Palette Recordings *Focus & Temper (2000) - Immigrant *In A Free Lane (2000) - Palette Recordings *Where Circles Begin (2000) - Moods & Grooves *Emo (2001) - Pornflake Records *Memoria Technica (2001) - Palette Recordings *Western Starland (2001) - Palette Recordings *Syntax Free (2002) -

*It's Only Music (2002) - Groovetech Records *Geriatricks (2004) -

*Psycho Happiness (2004) - Palette Recordings *Multiplier (2007) - Palette Recordings *Live 07 (2007) - Palette Recordings

References

External links

Palette Recordings
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leviste, Arian 1970 births Living people Musicians from Burbank, California People from Reseda, Los Angeles American electronic musicians