Artfully relaxed
“Playing a lounge gig is easy money for a DJ.” This is what a DJ friend said to me a while ago as we were talking about playing at a bar. On the surface, it might [Read more...]
Breakbeats
My Learning Loop
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” (Victor Hugo) “Learning Loop” was an important project for me [Read more...]
Mix #136: Ready for this…
Ready for this? As previously announced, there is now a Sweet Headache radio show on Cologne-based radio station 674.fm .This mix is from the first show and it’s a true [Read more...]
“We Threw Out the Rule Book and Set It on Fire” – The Maniac Agenda interviewed
The Maniac Agenda is one of those musical projects that cares little about boundaries. Based in Philadelphia, their highly energetic and unique style mixes Rock with [Read more...]
Mix #108: Dance Like Machines
Electronic music has been seen as “machine music” for a long time, especially in its early days. The idea of machines making music or even dancing to it seems to [Read more...]
Mix #103: “Bigroom Badass”
I have never been a bigroom DJ. I did have the opportunity to play to big crowds a few times in my DJ career, but I always felt that I have played my best sets in small or [Read more...]
Mix #102: “Dramatic Drums”
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 [Read more...]
Mix #100: Anniversary
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 [Read more...]
Mix #96 : “No Hocus Pocus” (by Zap’al’odd)
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 [Read more...]
Sweet Headache 085: “Recycled Life Remixed” (by Zap’al’odd)
Life is paradox and it is all about changes and humor about oneself. Paradox, because you will never understand it. Changes, because nothing lasts forever, everything has an [Read more...]