Forteba or Krisztian Dobrocsi, as he is known to his proud parents, hails from the Hungarian city of Vac where he found his true calling relatively early, with sweet eighteen: producing electronic music of all colours. His early compositions were settled near breakbeat and chill-out area but he soon found his passion in straight rhythms and arrangements inspired by German deep-house stuff. He likes to embed various elements of dub and ambient into straight clear rhythms, so his borders of style are hard to define. He produced some successful singles in his home country as “The Garage” together with Gábor Pasztoriális and got released at Hungary-based underground labels. Within this important period he built up his own studio and consequently founded a lounge-band with a friendly musician. He spent much time on touring with that band and pushing his production skills to the limits the following two years. The next person who got involved in the...