Szafran (pronounced Sha-fran) is a Polish Berlin resident, currently based in Croatia, who in recent times has made his mark upon the deeper sides of techno, house and electronic music. He's known for playing live in the twilight zones of Worldwide clubland and festivals and now for the kind of longer extended dj sets usually reserved for djs with bigger riders than their record collections. Known to discerning lovers of vinyl with a slew of releases (under his full name Oskar Szafraniec) on labels such as Rawax, Deset and Cyclo, the 27 year old producer feels like now is the ideal time for a change of name, a slight change of direction musically and a new outlook in these weird global times. Collaborations and releases with artists such as Pier Bucci and Ricardo Villalobos have brought attention to this charming musician, producer and dj. People are sometimes surprised when they learn how, when only 18, he toured Japan with A Guy Called Gerald, shaping his musical identity and exposing him to literally a whole world of music, sights and smells. As an expanding library of music in all good record stores builds up, it shows us an artist whose infuences range from Miles Davis, Arthur Russel, Terry Riley, Philip Glass and John Coltrane. Szafran selects layers of atmosphere, rattling riffs and unusual drums draped in subtle textures. He does it in ways perhaps not always associated with the housey techno scene he pervades now, yet always drawn from these influences he adores.