Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
This mix is all about massive, dramatic, ass-shaking percussion. When I started selecting tracks for this mix, I found that the ones with the most interesting drum patterns gave me the biggest kicks. Not all of them have totally far-out drum patterns, but this mix is definitely more about what is going on when the ...
Yes, that’s right: This is officially the 100th mix on Sweet Headache! We celebrated 3 years of Sweet Headache a week ago in a small club in Cologne and I also invited some DJ friends to play there. This was the perfect opportunity to record the anniversary mix. The music went from Drum&Bass to some ...
This mix was my contribution for the WAVES DJ CONTEST 2012. I was confident to finish on 28th position of 200 participants. AmStrad Billionaire won this contest and the gig at Pratersauna Vienna with Rustie during the WAVES festival 2012. Starting with “Justice – Newlands” live version, the first part consist of 5 ...
I have been listening to quite a bit of heavy Dubstep recently – the kind that some people deride as “Brostep”. While this style is somewhat controversial, I really like this stuff for being ass-kicking and very energetic. I picked some tracks that alternate between melodic and distorted parts and put together this mix. Nothing ...
If you compare DJing to driving a car, most DJ sets sound like constant acceleration. It’s all about going harder and faster, but does that make a DJ set better and stronger? I have to admit I have played many, many sets like that, but this one is different. I have been listening to a ...
