my music
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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,…
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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…
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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.
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Hear: Kings of Leon – Can we please have fun
Fun is a matter of perspective. When it comes to music, fun can be dancing wildly in a club, but it can also be enjoyable to listen to loud music in the car or calm music at home while watching a rainy day through the windows. And yes, it can be exhilarating to gather in…
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Hear: The Lemon Twigs – A dream is all we know
While I am still amazed by the possibilities of music AI’s (udio, suno, riffusion, etc.) these days, the new (never heard of them) album of The Lemon Twigs is out. The 12 track release covers me in a strange plaid of melancholy, and I feel torn. On the one hand, I’ve always loved when old…
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Hear: Four Tet – Three
Four Tet is one of the most creative heads in the world of electronic music. Back in my active electronic days, I even used to share a stage with him one time at the Nachtdigital Festival. I don’t like everything he makes, but you can never predict how the next song is going to sound…