Rhoca
In the early years Martin Stääf grew up with an interest in electronic equipment, fantasy literature and film in his hometown of Varberg, a few miles south of Gothenburg. Into music from the very beginning, he started playing the piano at the age of four but was not really satisfied until he got hold of his first synthesiser five years later. Since then, he has been producing a various blend of music, ranging from fluffy ambient to brutal hardcore techno. Martin moved to Gothenburg as soon as he finished school and started to work in a recording studio as a sound engineer.
In 1998 Martin formed the progressive-trance outfit Necton, together with Patrik Olsén. It became an instant success with lots of releases on different labels and gigs all over the world. At the moment Necton is exclusively signed to German label Spirit Zone. However, Martin soon became a bit bored with the trance-scene and wanted to go back to his Musical roots. By combining the baselines and the psychedelic elements from trance with the distinct beats from Electro and Drum n Bass, Martin found a sound he really could relate to. Rhoca was born.

The first Rhoca EP on Sound Of Habib “Venom strikes back/Pulsar kill-o-zap” became a underground classic and a firm favourite of a lot of the American breaks-folk. The follow-up ”Biological Basebinz” went straight in at no 6 in the DJ Mag Beats chart and proved that Martin was here to stay. Martins release as Rhoca on Muti Music in 2003 “Mish Mash” and “Grab The Joystick” solidified his role in the progression of nu-breakbeat culture with it’s fusion with classic electro hardware sounds.

During this time he also made an array of highly acclaimed techno tunes as Slugger for numerous labels, released funky techhouse on Random Recordings, produced Electro under his Sprinkler alias and put out IDM, electronic pop as well as chillout music under various pseudonyms. According to himself he writes over 200 tracks per year.
Martin states that a lot of todays musicians spend to much time worrying about trend, image, gear and new production techniques. “These things are of minor importance to me. Most of the times I just switch on the rig and let the machines decide themselves what will appear. I can tell after five minutes if the track has got the right attitude”.
With his dark, rolling breakbeats from the deepest forest of Sweden, Rhoca is quickly establishing himself as one of the top breaks artists in the world.