Süd came to life as a label, in october 2002. Lerato Khathi (Lakuti) and Alan Abrahams (Portable) grew up at opposite parts of south africa; with Lerato hailing from Soweto, and Alan hailing from Bonteuhewel, a township In Capetown. Alan and Lerato crossed paths in a suburb of Johannesburg called Yeoville in 1991. Yeoville became a mecca for all sorts of creative beings, white & black; who chose to ignore the laws of the times; by living together and creating art, music, film, great parties, real political debate and so forth.

They both dicovered that they shared a common passion for the chicago sounds of Armando, Phuture, Sleazy D, e.t.c. The biggest inspiration for both came from Mr Fingers. Mike Ink and Studio 1 were other big discoveries for the duo, leading to Maurizio and many others. The duo spent a lot of time in the studio, experimenting with sound & later cut a music video for one of their projects. They then took over an old , small theatre and turned it into a tiny club, called Planet Hendon. Planet Hendon, went on to reach somewhat of a cult underground status, with a very experimental, d.i.y ethos. It ran for 2 years, before the building was sold off. Alan, went on to release a highly influential album, titled “Dance For Freedom”, to coincide with the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. This was to be the freshest album & reached the top ten on the official radio charts in South Africa. Lerato went on to study film and directed a few projects which were aired by the South African Broadcasting Cooperation (S.A.B.C) She then went to work on a film project and continued to study film in Toronto, Canada. She then got into the whole warehouse scene there.

They both then moved to London in 1997, with a mission to set up a label and spread their musical ideas. They started djaying at various bars and clubs in London , meeting a lot of interesting characters along the way. They then went on to establish their alternative events in 2000, which saw live perfomances from a lot of the contemporary minimal artists such as Sutekh, Safety Scissors, Farben, Andy Vaz e.t.c. They introduced a lot of these artists to a london audience. The events have been growing from strenght to strength & have seen more artists coming to play! The list so far also includes: Lawrence/Sten, Daniel Bell, Bruno Pronsato, Jay Haze, Lump, Portable, Body Code, Mikael Stavostrand,Move D , Efdemin, Jay Haze ,Pantha Du Prince , Oliver Hacke, Jeff Milligan, Alex Under, Triple R, Juan Atkins , Jacek Sienkiewicz and many many more…

Alan went on to release material on Sutekh’s Context imprint & the rest is history… The Süd imprint was born out of a long term ambition to release quality & unique electronic music. With Minimalism used as a reference point, rather than a restrictive box of rules and regulations. A label that would showcase international artists, who share the same creative vision or who would further challenge us to new paths and discoveries.

Süd has since released material by Farben, Sutekh, Tomas Jirku, Portable, Andy Vaz, Jay Haze, Milos, Lump, Peter Spiess, Am/Pm & Akiko Kiyama e.t.c. An international roster of artists who have redefined minimalism, techno and electronica as a whole. Our material has been played by djs such as Ricardo Villalobos, Jeff Milligan, Mike Shannon, Bern, Oliver Hacke, Daniel Fritschi, Rolando, Richie Hawtin, Falko Brockspier, Daniel Meteo, Thomas Fehlmann, the list goes on.

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Heckmannufer 6 a
10997 Berlin, Germany

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