Category: music

My enthusiasm for music began with the end of my childhood and the beginning of puberty. When I try to remember it back, vague fragments and titles of pieces of music appear, some of which are now somehow embarrassing for me. Therefore some musical slips will always remain in the dark of history. Almost at the same time I started dreaming of making music myself. Back then – due to the spirit of the times – I imagined how great it would be to play guitar. At that time I could not have imagined that I would end up with electronic music more than five decades later. When I think back and look at my musical milestones, there is definitely a red thread running through them. This thread consists of synthesizer sounds, non-conformism and a preference for danceable music. Welcome to my musical universe. Here you will find many stories about my own and other people’s music, DJ sets and much more. Have fun with it.

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house altar – dj set december 2021.

house altar - dj set december 2021.

The end is near. At home, we are fidgeting in small groups to seductive rhythms. Corona has not only (once again) closed the clubs, but also destroyed New Year’s Eve. We won’t let it get us down and make the last sacrifice of this year on the House altar. We will drink Liquid Spirit and then hang out drunk in paradise. Have fun listening.

Setlist
River Deep – Andrea Oliva
Grey & Black – No Hopes & Kinspin
Turn Around – Gareth Walker
More People ‘In Many Ways’ (Dub Mix) – Angelo Ferreri
Boom Bada – George Morel & Matt Gill
After Midnight – Sllash & Doppe
Fluffy Clouds (Norty Cotto Classic Mix) – Oscar P & DJ Stingray
Part of Love – MAKITO
Drunk in Paradise – Luis Ormeño
Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix) – Gregory Porter
All About Disco – Robbie Rivera & Angelo Ferreri
I.S.L.U. (Original) – Local Options
Can’t Stop Crying (Extended Mix) – Angelo Ferreri
Clandestino (Crazibiza Remix) – Jude & Frank
Whispers (feat. Lazarusman) [Gorge Extended Remix] – Karol XVII & MB Valence
Santiago (Original Mix) – Klondique
What We Gonna Do? (Kevin McKay Remix) – Vanilla Ace & dharkfunkh
Honesty (Extended Mix) – Marc Volt

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set december 2021.

tante techno's tea time - dj set december Dezember 2021.

Söder gave it, Söder took it. In Bavaria, the dance floors are once again empty. Empty as a bachelor’s fridge. Empty like the canteen of the power plant in Chernobyl. Empty as a freshly dug grave. But Aunt Techno is not dead. She continues to play in the underground, in secrecy. Here is her last set. Have fun.

dj set tracklist

Violet Sky – Oliver Lieb
Enchanted Mystery (The Reactivitz Remix) – Dok & Martin
Medossa (Madtales Remix) – Soolver
Under the Lights – Raffaele Rizzi
Heyday – Skober
In the Reds – Cirez D
Renegade – Dominik Gehringer
Somebody Tonight (Steve Mulder Remix) – Costantino Nappi & DJ Micky Da Funk
Planet X – Space 92 & The YellowHeads
Got Me (Original Mix) – Teenage Mutants, Soolver
Real – Teenage Mutants
Strange (Original Mix) – Konrad (Italy)
Cycloops – Alen Milivojevic
Wings of Desire – SAMA
Black Sun – Alessandro Spaiani
Set Back – Harvey McKay
Terra Firma – Alan Fitzpatrick
Deep in Love – Raffaele Rizzi

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The Track or Album of the Week, Number 16: Deepfunk & Guy Manzur/The Mind Palace.

Album der Woche Album of the Week: Deepfunk & Guy Manzur/The Mind Palace.

An old album. In 2013 it flew to me while I was hunting and collecting. It was immediately very trusting and wanted to build its nest in my collection. Why not? It was warmly welcomed. Perfect warm-up tracks (both versions) and they are long enough to go to the bathroom during the DJ set.

Have fun listening to the album of the week:

The Mind Palace: https://youtu.be/MHD42zPdNsY

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house altar – dj set october 2021.

House Altar - Oktober October 2021 DJ Set

The pandemic is attacking our dance floors again. It wants to destroy our joy of partying, crush it and trample it in the dirt. But we won’t let it get us down and we will make a sacrifice on the House Altar. We will not sacrifice our dreams but start the Dopamine Machine and dance until our feet fall off. Have fun listening.

Setlist

I Feel the Dream – Giaky Lucky & Inve
Insomnia – Andrew Meller
We Work so Good (Extended Mix) – Ben Remember
Can’t Stop Crying (Brokenears Extended Remix) – Angelo Ferreri
No Victim Song (feat. Hannah Williams) – ATFC
The Number – Rescue & DJ Mes
Bang Bang – Bohemien, Raf Parola & HouseBreakers
Hold On – Gaby & Moodymann
Dopamine Machine (Club Mix) – CamelPhat & Ali Love
I Will Pray – Alaia & Gallo & DJ Rae
Shut Your Mouth – Supernova
It’s the Feeling – Demarkus & Lewis
Honey – Eats Everything
Dancin’ (Original Mix) – Peter Brown
Hooked (Extended) – Martin Ikin
Alors on Danse – Oscar L
Dance Baby Dance – Simon Adams & Max Millan
Bigger Than Prince (Siege Remix) – Green Velvet

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The Track or Album of the Week, Number 15: Joseph Capriati/The Gallery.

Album der Woche, Album of the Week Joseph Capriati/The Gallery.

Once upon a time, a very long time ago. The first festival of a not-so-young upcoming DJ. It was late at night and the dance floor was relatively empty. Up to that point, the program included a strange mix of reggae house and hip-hop. The frustration on the part of the up-and-coming DJ was quite high. So he thought, forget about the prepared set and let it rumble. And against all expectations the dance floor filled up. Shortly before the end of his set he played this track. The sound system was great, the bass was gigantic and the dance floor was full again. All’s well that ends well.

Have fun listening to the album of the week:

The Gallery: https://youtu.be/SqLXjChy6Lc

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The Track or Album of the Week, Number 14: Bob Marley/Babylon by Bus.

Das Album der Woche. The Album of the Week, Number 14: Bob Marley/Babylon by Bus.

An old love, lost and then found again. Immediately before I fell in love musically with punk music, I was an enthusiastic reggae fan. At that time my hair was still long and my shoes not yet pointy. A highlight from that time is Bob Marley’s live album, Babylon by Bus.

I believe I once owned this record, but sold it as part of the musical purge of my record collection (a punk doesn’t listen to reggae). Somewhere in the last 15 years I got the idea to dive back into my musical past. The result of this dive was the insight that I still love reggae, so I bought this album as a CD again.

In my opinion, better than all the studio albums, because on stage Bob Marley could really let off steam and transport the energy of his music in an ideal way.

Have fun listening to the album of the week:

Positive Vibration: https://youtu.be/lmaAp0K9W-o
Exodus: https://youtu.be/43cfPgZ8cU8

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The Track or Album of the Week, Number 13: Adam Beyer/No Defeat, No Retreat.

Der Track/das Album der Woche, Ausgabe 13; One Track or Album per Week, Number 13: Adam Beyer/No Defeat, No Retreat.

There are many people who generally reject everything that comes from Drumcode (https://drumcode.se). The reasons are manifold: not enough underground, 08/15 techno, unimaginative. I would tend to agree with that, but there are really good exceptions to the rule, including this mini-album by Adam Beyer.

2 really great tracks. No Defeat, No Retreat is an intelligently produced, interesting track. But the smash hit is Park People. A remake of an ancient track from Liaisons Dangereuses – Los Niños Del Parque. In retrospect, you could almost say that this track was close to being techno, even though at the time (1981) the genre hadn’t even been properly invented yet. At the time, I celebrated it with enthusiasm. Adam Beyer has respectfully edited it, sped it up quite a bit (from 115 ppm to 130 ppm) and added some interesting musical add ons.

Have fun listening to the track / the album of the week:

No Defeat, No Retreat: https://youtu.be/CF02HZ3iblU
Park People: https://youtu.be/ju7hePNRfng

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set october 2021.

tante techno's tea time - dj set october 2021.

A ray of hope in Corona times. On the first of October, the dance floors reopened. What a glorious step towards normality. Now Tante Techno invites you to the monthly tea time again, with a more quiet set. Appropriate for the beginning of autumn. Have fun listening to it.

Tracks

Homesickness – Carlos Almazan
Move Around (Beico & MT93 Remix) – Krafteck
Eons (Original Mix) – Steam Shape
Chocolate – Sam Paganini
Pyxis – The YellowHeads
Tribe – Alan Fitzpatrick
Astral Projection – Enrico Sangiuliano
Before the Storm – Horisone
Distortion Manufacture – Metodi Hristov
Into the Dark – The Saunderson Brothers
My Beat (Gabriel D’Or & Bordoy Remix) – Frankyeffe
Bicycle Wheel – Gary Beck
Ultimate Seduction – Rudosa
Ascension – Transcode
Resolution (Roberto Corso, Acki Remix) – Skober
Octaves – Jay Lumen & Roberto Capuano
Crisi Vagale – Mario Giordano
Suki – Dense & Pika

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Personal Branding for DJs.

Personal Branding for DJs

Last week on Saturday came a very special gift from the professional association Discjockey e.V. A few copies of the current DJ magazine, packed with interesting articles. Of course, I was especially pleased to see the publication of my article on personal branding for DJs. Based on my study (https://christianzich.com/category/personal-branding/), I worked out many tips and suggestions during the summer on how to market yourself better as a DJ. More will not be revealed, reading it yourself is more fun.

Stay tuned, more stuff is on the way.

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One Track or Album per Week, Number 12: Sampler/Kill all the Hippies.

One Track or Album per Week, Number 12: Kill all the Hippies. Punk-Sampler.

I bought this CD in London in 2002. At that time I attended an English course for professors in Saffron Walden – a small village in the south of London near Cambridge. This course ran for a total of 4 weeks. The weeks themselves went by relatively quickly, but on the third weekend, on Saturday I went stir-crazy and just wanted to go home.

I sat in my room at my host family’s house in the morning and cultivated my frustration.Not feeling like having a frustration weekend, I decided to go to London, visit the British Museum, and then just walk around the city.

The museum visit was a special experience as usual and shortly after I ended up in a cheap CD store. And there I found, among others, this CD for £1. I discovered on it many favorites out of my punk phase. At that price I didn’t have to think long, I just bought it.

Back in Saffron Walden I grabbed the CD player of the host family, put in this CD and felt really young again. The frustration was gone, I looked forward to the last week with excitement and everything was good again. Have fun listening:

New York Dolls/Give Her Great Big Kiss: https://youtu.be/jH-1VGoOZfg
The Damned/Neat Neat Neat: https://youtu.be/lyt5FNDx9IY
The Adverts/Gary Gilmore’s Eyes: https://youtu.be/ZA58GjoTmes

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