Meet Roger Lavelle

ROGER LAVELLE: A TRAILBLAZER IN THE TECHNO SCENE ROGER LAVELLE'S JOURNEY IN THE TECHNO WORLD BEGAN IN 2015 WHEN HE STARTED AS A PARTY PROMOTER, BRINGING THE UNDERGROUND TECHNO SCENE TO LIFE THROUGH HIS METICULOUSLY ORGANIZED EVENTS. HIS DEEP LOVE FOR THE GENRE NATURALLY LED HIM TO EXPLORE NEW AVENUES, AND BY 2017, ROGER HAD TRANSITIONED INTO DJING, PERFORMING AT LOCAL CLUBS WHERE HIS PASSION FOR TECHNO QUICKLY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF ENTHUSIASTS AND PEERS ALIKE

Music Journey

BY 2019, ROGER TOOK HIS COMMITMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY DIVING INTO MUSIC PRODUCTION. HIS FIRST RELEASE CAME IN 2020 ON THE PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN LABEL PHOBIQ. THE TRACK MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, REACHING THE TOP 60 ON BEATPORT'S PEAK TIME TECHNO CHART. THIS SUCCESS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A PROLIFIC PRODUCTION CAREER, WITH ROGER RELEASING MORE TRACKS ON MAJOR LABELS LIKE CODEX, IAMT, ANIMARUM, AND ORANGE.

ROGER’S LATEST RELEASE ON MARIE VAUNT’S KURAI RECORDS PROVED TO BE A MAJOR MILESTONE, CLIMBING TO THE TOP 11 ON BEATPORT’S PEAK TIME TECHNO CHART AND SECURING THE TOP 6 SPOT ON THE HYPE CHART. HIS MUSIC HAS GARNERED WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FROM SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED NAMES IN THE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING PAUL VAN DYK AND TECHNO LEGEND UMEK THE YELLOHEADS AND MANY OTHERS.

AS A DJ, ROGER HAS PLAYED NUMEROUS GIGS ACROSS SWITZERLAND, BUT HIS MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN IN BERLIN. AT THE ICONIC KITKAT CLUB AND THE CELEBRATED LOVEBASE FESTIVAL, ROGER CAPTIVATED CROWDS BY SHOWCASING HIS OWN PRODUCTIONS, EARNING HIM A REPUTATION AS A POWERFUL LIVE PERFORMER.

IN 2024, ROGER TOOK A BOLD STEP IN HIS CAREER BY TAKING OVER THE GERMAN LABEL BLACKSNAKE. WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, THE LABEL IS SET TO RELEASE SOME MASSIVE TRACKS THAT PROMISE TO FURTHER SOLIDIFY HIS POSITION AS A LEADING FORCE IN THE TECHNO SCENE. ROGER LAVELLE’S JOURNEY FROM PARTY PROMOTER TO DJ, PRODUCER, AND LABEL HEAD IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS PASSION AND DEDICATION TO TECHNO. AS HE CONTINUES TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GENRE, THE FUTURE LOOKS INCREDIBLY BRIGHT FOR THIS INNOVATIVE ARTIST.