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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One Track or Album per Week, Number 6: Archie Bronson Outfit – Derdang Derdang.

One Track or Album per Week, Number 6: Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang.

Garage rock, a pinch of alternative country, in between poppy hooklines, but always rumbling, weird and unconventional.

This diffuse mixture characterizes Archie Bronson Outfit quite well, in my opinion. It’s a pity actually, because with this they are so far away from the mainstream that they will probably never leave their musical niche.

Looking for something special in my music collection, I stumbled across this album today. I had totally forgotten about them, but stage set for Archie Bronson outfit. Have fun listening to it:

Archie Bronson Outfit – Dead Funny: https://youtu.be/LNGSwk_7BRA

Stay tuned

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One Track or Album per Week, Number 5: Harvey McKay – Black Horse.

One Track or Album per Week, Number 5: Harvey McKay - Black Horse

Harvey McKay is one of my favorites because he has an unmistakable style: a bit edgy, a bit bumpy at times and clearly more creative than most other techno producers who don’t really evolve but always produce the same musical mush.

Black Horse is not bad, but the clearly better track is Eternal. It has everything in it that I like a lot: a hard kick, some exciting sound effects and staccato chords. Have fun listening to it:

Harvey McKay – Eternal: https://youtu.be/miRNKu73Gds

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One Track or Album per Week, Number 4: Russel Small/DNO P: Strawberry Letter 23 (Dr. Packer Extended Mix).

One Track or Album per Week, Number 4: Russel Small/DNO P: Strawberry Letter 23 (Dr. Packer Extended Mix).

Last week I promised a sequel to the Jackie Brown soundtrack. The highlight (for me) on this soundtrack is Strawberry Letter 23 by The Brothers Johnson.

Anyway, in my recent search for new music I found a lot of quite interesting tracks. Among others the remix Strawberry Letter 23 (Dr. Packer Extended Mix) by Russel Small/DNO P. I already thought the original was brilliant and I immediately fell in love with this interpretation of the original song. Probably available in the next set.

Strawberry Letter 23 (Dr. Packer Extended Mix) – Russel Small/DNO P: https://youtu.be/B2kYTEfK_nU

Stay tuned

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One Track or Album per Week, Number 3: Jackie Brown, Soundtrack.

One Track or Album per Week, Number 3: Jackie Brown, Soundtrack.

If you’ve ever studied Quentin Tarantino, you know that the director is a fan of the music of the seventies. Whether I’m a fan of Quentin Tarantino, I definitely can’t say, but I do like some of his films. Jackie Brown is one of them.

During the movie, I noticed one song in particular that I spontaneously fell in love with. Strawberry Letter 23 by Brothers Johnson. The rest of the soundtrack is really not bad, but the song I just mentioned is the highlight par excellence:

Strawberry Letter 23 – The Brothers Johnson ( 12″ Extended ): https://youtu.be/q-ipH9Ws-zs

Next week there will be a sequel, so: Stay tuned

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set june 2021 edition.

tante techno's tea time - dj set june 2021 edition.

For now the heat is over. A cool downpour, the raindrops patter against the window and I record my set. But all the raindrops can’t cool my anger. Why? The clubs are still not allowed to open, but thousands of soccer fans are allowed to gather in the soccer stadiums. Probably because politicians in the past – when they were young – didn’t dare to go to clubs. They would only have been laughed at, because they were never cool. At the football games, on the other hand, they met the future voters. This is the late revenge of the dullards. Nevertheless, have fun with the set.

Tracks

Psycology (Original Mix) – Joseph Capriati
Pragmatic – Zimmz
Sentient – Joyhauser
Distance – Mark Reeve
Viper – DRUNKEN KONG
Dark Matter – The YellowHeads
The Bronx – Joyhauser
Blast-Attak – T-78
Lisk – Bolster
Bass Power – Oscar L
Third Wave – Wehbba
Voice of the Void – Brennen Grey
Dreaming of Fire – Mario Ochoa
Serenity – roman weber
Thorns – Steam Shape
1992 – Alan Fitzpatrick
Hyperion – Stiv Hey
2nd Limit – Cleric

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One Track or Album per Week, Number 2: Klaus Schulze, Mirage.

One Track or Album per Week, Number 2: Klaus Schulze, Mirage.

In the 30 Days Challenge I introduced one of my favorite albums pretty much at the beginning: Klaus Schulze, Timewind. But there are two more LPs of the artist in my record collection: Body Love and Blackdance.

In the last weeks I thought over and over again whether I should buy one of the two as a download or as a CD again. After a long time of thinking, however, I came to the conclusion that the latter is too similar to Timewind and that there is only one real electronic firecracker on the first LP.

Instead, during my search I stumbled upon another album by the artist, which I fell in love with almost at first sight: Mirage.

On this album you can find everything that makes Klaus Schulze: sound carpets, synthesizer – chirping, now and then a few percussions. Quiet, meditative music. To relax and switch off. In addition, the tracks are extremely long; summa summarum: does not fit at all in this time, in which everything must go faster and faster and songs in Spotify are listened to only a few seconds. On the other hand, give it a try.

Here are a few tracks:

Crystal Lake: https://youtu.be/BA7WnfnzWzg
Velvet Voyage: https://youtu.be/6Y2UudZIc-4

Stay tuned

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A Corona-Lockdown01-Flashback DJ Set – the positive message from wirkultur

the positive message from wirkultur, exg media and prof. christian zich in Landau

15 months ago I was standing all alone on stage at the Stadthalle in Landau, Germany, performing a DJ set. The exg media guys put together a great program back in those days, wirkultur. The basic idea behind it is told relatively quickly: to give artists the opportunity to send a positive, creative-artistic message to the whole world in the first Shutdown 2020. At that time, perhaps most people thought that by the end of the summer it was all just a bad dream and we could get back to day-to-day business.

I don’t need to tell you the rest, you know it yourselves. Nothing was over in the fall, the long, cold winter 2020/2021 increased the frustration of 7 months Shutdown02 again immeasurably (at least felt).

March 2020 it was somehow a funny feeling to DJ without audience and dance floor. In any case, a very nice experience and once again many thanks to the guys and gals from exg Media. It was a great experience.

Let’s have a look at the video? Here we are…

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house altar – dj set june 2021 edition.

house altar - dj set june 2021 edition. by christian zich

It’s hot outside. Summer 2021. A wonderful feeling. Finally DJing again. Still without a dance floor, but it’s a beginning and hopefully the end of the Corona lockdowns. Party until the next lockdown, enjoy the day, the moment, the music. Have fun listening.

Setlist

Love & Happiness (Angelo Ferreri Remix) – The Nice Guys
Ocaso (feat. Kuka Morales) – Dario Nuñez
U Got It – PEZNT
Set Me Free (feat. Alina) – Dario Nuñez
Burn (Extended Mix) – PEZNT & Alaia & Gallo
Ivoire (Original Mix) – Folamour
Stand Up (feat. Ramona Renea) [Extended Mix] – David Penn
In Arms (Extended Mix) – Ferreck Dawn & Robosonic
The Last Time (feat. Leon Lincoln) [Qubiko Extended Remix] – Saison
Hooked On Bad Habits (feat. Lisa Millett) [Mousse T.’s Extended Edit] – Selace & ATFC
The Way We Are (Max Lyazgin & Hugobeat Remix) – Rafael Lambert
While I’m Alive – (Lenny Kiser Remix) – STRFKR
Golden Sky (Original Reworked Mix) – Dirk Dreyer & Pierre Deutschmann
Porno Disco – Seph Martin
Dance to Your Song (Original Vocal Mix) – Samo & Kornum & Karma
Sky High – Gorgon City
Satisfy – Re-Tide
Party Jack – Foo Funkers & Jonk & Spook

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One Track or Album per Week, Number 1: Frank Zappa, Joes Garage.

Frank Zappa Joe‘s Garage

Some time ago I participated in a challenge, 30 LP’s in 30 days. This was quite a demanding task, but it was a lot of fun. Fortunately in my music collection you will find other CDs and many downloads which are crying for an appreciation. I’m going to take it easy now and present one of my favorite tracks or albums every week. Let’s start with one of my highlights.

Highlight of the week: Frank Zappa, Joe’s Garage.

I bought this album when I was 17, primarily because Zappa was the bourgeois terror par excellence in America at that time, because he had “interesting” lyrics and his music covered a very wide range, from chaotic and weird to catchy melodic.

When I decided to just march in the direction of punk, I sold the album. This annoyed me so much after a few years, therefore I had to buy it again as a double CD. For me Joe’s garage is the best album Zappa has produced and the perfect background music for long car rides.

Here are a few tracks:

Joe’s Garage: https://youtu.be/mz_EeEN_YXQ
Catholic Girls: https://youtu.be/KVVhsOIhnMg

Stay tuned

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tante techno’s tea time – dj set may 2021 edition.

Tante Techno's Tea Time, May 2021 DJ Set

At the beginning was the collapse. Then we ascended to Valhalla. Only to rush forward with a leopard, straight into the fabulous night at the club. Enough poetry, have fun with Tante Techno’s Tea Time.

Tracks

Collapsing New People-Collapsing WestBam Remix Extended – Fad Gadget
Stratosphere (Ronnie Spiteri Remix) – Christian Smith
Section 2 (Alan Fitzpatrick Edit) [feat. Drax] – Mark Broom & Thomas P. Heckmann
Golden – Mark Reeve
Valhalla (Original Mix) – Danny Fontana & Don Weber
Sulphate (ReDub Mix) – Dkult & Twist3d
Indigo Girl – Harvey McKay
Crimson – Thomas Schumacher
Knockout – Bloody Mary
Snow Leopard (Gary Burrows Remix) – Sebastian Groth
Transit System – Markus Weigelt
Edging Forward – Dense & Pika
Dish – Hanubis
Thirteen – Rebekah
Plastik – Ramon Tapia
Raki (Andre Crom Remix) – DJ 3000
One Night In That Club (Effenem Remix) – Alessandro Spaiani
Iyewaye – Oliver Koletzki

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