Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
I have played many DJ gigs over the years, and I noticed that I developed a couple of routines that make the evening as great as possible for me, the audience and the host. I would like to share my routines here, and I would love to have feedback on what you other DJs do. ...
Even though Riad Michael and his label Geyser Recordings have been around for quite a while now and he even lives in the same city as me, I have to shamefully admit that I hadn’t heard about him until a few weeks ago. He emailed me about his new single “Desire”, and I thought that ...
There’s not much to say about this one. I call it “Freaky Music” because that’s what it is: A wild mix of different styles. From Disco, Space Electronics, Funk and Afrobeat to Pop tunes, a lot of things are included. This is also my goodbye mix, since I’ve been struggling for way too long to ...
Creating a new mix was long overdue for me, yet something as simple as recording an hour of fiddling around on the turntables proved to be a more daunting task than I thought, when increasing demands from work, a nasty cold and nagging friends started consuming more and more of my time. Nevertheless, here it ...
2010 is coming to an end, and I would like to conclude this year with a list of music-related things that were memorable in 2010. Strictly subjective, of course. Swing House / Electro Swing This style really kicked my ass this year. While a lot of the foundations of this sound are not new at ...
