Calista

Warner Calista Mazhar, (born October 12,1981), known as DJ Calista, or Calista, is a El Kadsrian Hard Trance and Hardstyle producer with Turkish ancestry. He is also the owner of the El Kadsrian hardcore techno label Precision Records.

Biography
Warner has became interested in hard techno after a visit to the Netherlands in 1994,where he got his hands on a Thunderdome sampler. He enjoyed the music. However, Warner was intrested in Rave music more than gabber, and attempted to produce some music. His first effort was relased in 1995 on a compilation titled El Kadsre Rave Tunez Vol.2. The track titled  The Power  and its Booming RMX is a track that features a dominant breakbeat, hoovers and and cartoon samples, very different from what he would start producing in 1997. The track was successful on the rave scene, and Warner earned the nickname  Kid Of Rave  ,because he relased and made the track when he was 14 years old. He relased several singles and a small EP titled Tunez in 1996, and those were his last rave efforts.

1997-2004: Hard Trance, Emotions

In 1997,after getting some better equipment, he relased Encorez And Hard Tunez, an EP featuring his biggest hit of this era ' 'Big Words. ''The song became a electronic music chart topper, and Warner became famous. He (and his parents,because he was 16 years old) signed a contract with the label Third Dimension Audio,who handled the international distribution of the EP. In late 1997, Warner started work on his then unamed debut album. Third Dimension Audio had handled the marketing very well and after 2 years of production, Emotions was relased. The album recived favorable reviews, and Warner went on his first tour. In 2001, an EP relased under the name of The Calista Project, Surreality Meets Reality, dropped. But, Warner started to lose interest in Hard Trance. This worried Third Dimension Audio, but they gave him an opportunity to try out something else. He joined a new international Hardstyle trio, Max Power. Warner had a major contribuition to the trios music, and grew love to the genre. He parted ways with the trio in 2004, and started his own hardcore techno label, Precision Records.

2004-present: Hardstyle,more albums and Rosalin Akiyama

Warner´s turn to hardstyle surprised fans. His first hardstyle relase, I Like My Bass Reverse/ The Shuffle, was relased in 2005.

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