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  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Hear: MOSHImix77 — Jacques Fou

    I have a long playlist on SoundCloud where I save mixes I want to hear. This mix was in that list and instantly got me. I love dub techno when it’s deep and groovy, especially when it’s more dub than techno. Jacques Fou (great name, btw) has found the perfect balance between dub and techno,…

  • Hear: Beatsteaks – Please

    Here it is, the ninth studio album of the Berlin-based alternative band. The band is celebrating this release with two sold-out shows in the Wuhlheide in Berlin, on June 28 and 29. And while I am writing this, I am listening to the live broadcast of the first show, where I actually planned to be.…

  • Hear: 20 years of Nicorola

    Music is one of the most important things in my life. I can’t imagine a life without it. My musical journey is like an expedition through a jungle without a specific target. There are countless ways through it. Sometimes you come back to where you just started, sometimes you get lost, sometimes you meet people,…

  • Hear: Hollow Coves – Nothing to lose

    I had never heard of the band until yesterday. It was a sunny Sunday, and I was sitting in the Beach Club of Lake Storkow in Brandenburg. My little daughter was next to me, eating an ice cream sandwich, and I had a cup of coffee in my hands while watching the sea. The place…

  • Hear: The Micronaut — Leipzig District Mixes

    Leipzig-based artist and multi-instrumentalist The Micronaut (Stefan Streck) has my fullest admiration. I got to know him personally at a work-related event where he was hired as a sound engineer. I talked to him most of the evening because, long before meeting him in person, I was a fan of his music.

  • Hear: Roel Funcken Mix for Feierabendradio

    I can’t remember when and how I discovered the music and mixes of Dutch musician Roel Funcken, but I’ve been following him on SoundCloud for quite a few years now. He releases a lot of mixes, with mostly ambient and experimental music.