PETDuo — Architects
of Hard Sound.

PETDuo are Anne Gelfei and David Elie Merlino, partners in life and music. Formed in São Paulo in 1997 and based in Berlin, they have developed a raw, physical approach to hard techno and schranz.

Their history runs through Love Parade, Time Warp, Awakenings, Tomorrowland, Defqon.1, Monegros and Nature One, alongside a current chapter that includes DGTL, Rave The Planet, Verknipt and MAYDAY Poland. Long before hard techno’s current wave, PETDuo were already building their own language within it. Today, they carry that history forward through a four-deck performance in which tracks are layered, cut and rebuilt live.

From their Berlin studio, Anne and David run Cause Records, their independent platform for hard techno and schranz since 2008. Together with Miss Djax, they created PET Trio and released the schranz classic “Dance or Die”. Their catalogue includes remixes for The Horrorist, Mario Ranieri and D.A.V.E. The Drummer’s “One Night in Hackney”, alongside PETDuo remixes by Svetec and Boris S. The principle remains unchanged: machine music with heart and soul.