Electronics always played a decisive role in the life of Amar Derradj aka CANSON. Born and bred in Zurich, Canson took up an appreticeship in machine design, later got into audio engineering and then sold electronic music in a record shop. In 1993 the techno virus got him, thusly it was only a matter of time for 17-year-old Amar to buy his first synthesizer. Influenced by the deep minimalism of Maurizio, Amar ventured along. In 2000, he released his first record on Stattmusik under the Anatol moniker, a joint project with Cosili.

First live gigs took place at the Rohstofflager club in Zurich, later on Anatol played at presitigious international venues like the Robert Johnson in Frankfurt, the Batofar in Paris and the WMF in Berlin. In 2002, Derradj debuted as Canson with his record „One Call“. His first releases on his own label Handheld garnered enthusiastic responses (de:bug: „Oh my god, the Swiss!“), more records ensued on Sub Static and Morris Audio.

The rest is a chapter written in the books of Swiss minimal history: With releases on labels such as Cityfox and GS, Canson further established himself as the exceptional Zurich producer he is. His kicking and melodic-romantic club sounds proved to be ever-successful on the international circuit: In October 2010, the Danish label TicTacToe released for instance a remix for Mark Henning. And now, after a ten-year pause, Canson is touring scenes again as Anatol.

Canson has just joined the bar25 booking agency. After all, he has been part of the family ever since his first release on the bar25 label in 2009.

Releases:
Itsudemo EP (12”) Handheld 2002
One Call (12”) Stattmusik 2002
Healthcare (12”) Handheld 2003
Holiday Plug In (12”) Morris Audio Citysport Edition 2003
Joypolis (12”) Handheld 2003
Mittag (12”) Sub Static 2003
Dunken Groove (12”) Handheld 2005
Stolen From The Jake – Service (12”) Fine Art Recordings 2006
Gueti Sach / Inchworm (12”) GS 2007
Schlänzer / Monchi (12”, Ltd) 555ltd. 2008
Risiko / Hot Sunday (12”) GS 2009
Showapoa Nonstop – Haute (Digital) Bar25 Digital 2009
Orientation EP – Sued (12”/Digital) Cityfox ltd. 2010
Ale la Hop / Times of Ela (Digital) Katermukke 2012
Night Train (12”/Digital) Cityfox ltd. 2012
Alpenglühen – Waidblick (12”/Digital) Bar25 2012
Under You Good Kuma EP (12”/Digital) URSL 2013

Remixes:
Suitcase E.P. (12”, EP) Suitcase (It Suits U Mix) Bitboutique Records 2002
Crazy Beaches Remixes (12”) Crazy Beaches (Canson Mix) Bitboutique Records 2006
Never Forget Remixes (12”) Never Forget (Canson Rmx) Eminor Records 2007
Eventhough (Canson Remix) White Label 2007
Bungalow (12”) Bungalow (Canson Remix) Geilomat Records 2010
Too Shy To Dance RMX (Digital) Too Shy To Dance (Canson Remix) Alpinechic 2010
Suure Räge Remixes Vol.2 (12”) Suure Räge (Canson Remix) Nation Music 2010
Rmxd Vol. 2 (12”) El Boyero (Cansons FMA 20 Remix) Nice Try Records (2010)
Rejdowak (12”) Rejdowak (Canson Wake Up Remix) Eminor Records 2010
Sʼall Good (Digital) S’all Good (Canson Remix) Tic Tac Toe 2010
Dismission (Canson Remix) Neustadt Musik 2011

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