Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
Recently, I was asked to compile some tracks in a mixtape-style. That means just creating a selection of songs and tracks than are just played one after the other instead of actually mixing them. This was an interesting exercise to me. I took the opportunity and chose a few of my favorites that I ...
I have a couple of tracks in my collection that I am truly ambiguous about. I am generally a fan of melodic electronic dance music, but sometimes this can really degrade into pure cliché. I am talking about those tracks that I kinda like, but that I would probably not dare to play at an ...
The combination of darkness and romance has fascinated people for centuries. You can find this in almost all art forms, and while vampire stories are probably the most prominent example of this combination, you can also find this in music. For this mix, I wanted to select tracks that sound dark, but that are also ...
Initially, I’d like to mention that this is my first ever strictly digital dj-set using Traktor Scratch Pro, 2 Technics-MK-2, Pioneer DJM-600 & Traktor Kontrol X-1. Although I have ever since been really vinyl addicted I have to admit that this will obviously be the future of mixing. Why? Because there are nearly no boundaries! ...
The starting point for this set – for me a very atypical selection – was Apparat´s DJ Kicks on K7! , released in 2010. It was the tracklisting which inspired me give my ear to more and more tracks out of this style. I discovered a lot of phenomenal fat producing artists. The tracks I ...
