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  • Make: Video for Kometenschmidt – The Old Record Store (feat. BrainDED)

    For my upcoming Kometenschmidt album, I released the first track with a video on YouTube. It is made of footage I found on pexels.com and with all the material, I kind of could tell a little story about discovering music in a record store.

  • Mix: Campfire Melancholy II

    Dear friends of the cultivated autumn blues, it’s that time again. The year is racing towards its end, wrapping the world in weather-made sorrow. Despite the fleeting hope of sunny days, wet, gray, and cold have once again become the bitter reality of everyday life. So, it’s time for the perfect soundtrack, one that makes…

  • Mix: variFocast #14 – Kometenschmidt

    Jan Madera is a DJ, a former colleague, and a friend of mine. Even though we rarely see each other, despite the ridiculously short physical distance, we are connected by music. And the love for music. Our common ground can be found somewhere between Ambient, IDM, Electronica, Piano, Jazz, and Dubtechno. And that’s why I…

  • Watch: That 90s show (Netflix)

    Back in the ’90s, a sitcom called That ’70s Show appeared on TV screens worldwide. At that time, I didn’t watch the show regularly, but rather sporadically. I found it amusing, yet not entirely convincing. It wasn’t until the 2000s that I eventually started watching the show in English, and it was so much better…

  • Hear: Madera — Alternative Elevator Music (SoundCloud)

    I met Jan Madera in 2012 when I started working at a Leipzig-based agency. The agency was formed from several small local advertising agencies that wanted to create a national full-service agency. I liked the idea behind it, but it lacked the right mindset in the management. But that’s a different story.

  • Experience: R.I.P., Granma.

    Christmas didn’t die suddenly for me. It faded to meaninglessness over the last 20 years. In 2003, just a few months after my grandparents (my father’s parents) passed away within two months of each other, my grandfather was diagnosed with an aggressive form of dementia.

  • Watch: The Umbrella Academy (Season 4)

    This is more of a general review of the show because Season 4 only ties up loose ends. I really wanted to like Season 4 and The Umbrella Academy in general, but it’s really challenging to do so. When the first season came out, I knew it was a comic adaptation, but that was it.…

  • Watch: Mrs. Davis (Amazon Prime)

    Mrs. Davis was an Amazon suggestion for me. Usually, I ignore these, but the synopsis intrigued me: a nun fighting an AI. Having grown up in a Christian household—and as a fan of Warrior Nun (and still active church member)—I like those fantasy stories derived from the stories told in the Bible.

  • Make & Mix: Me, Myself, and I

    Amazing, how quickly 30 years pass by. For his birthday in 1994, my father received a “cheap” (around 120 DM) beginner keyboard as a gift. It was also a highly intriguing toy for me and became the foundation for my first attempts at music production. With a cassette deck beside me—focus—and record, the first short…

  • Watch: Deadpool & Wolverine

    The eagerly awaited third part of the Deadpool movies goes full throttle right from the opening sequence and makes the Merc with a Mouth all honor.