Somewhere nearby, probably at the edge of the pond in the grass it hides. Always ready to jump and to find safety in time. Should I ever get dangerously close to it. Sometimes it escaped me by the skin of its teeth. But usually it was long gone before I even got within reach. To even get close enough to it, I not only had to be very quiet. I was also not allowed to move jerkily.
These are the first few sentences of my first story. Unfortunately the story is completely in German, because I didn’t have enough time to translate it. I will do in the future, when I have enough time. Enjoy reading the story and enjoy your weekend.
At the end of my studies the time had finally come. I found the music that made me switch to the other side of the dance floor. With the double LP “Acid House Fever” I found my entry into house music, which had spilled over from the USA to Europe.
One of my favorites on this release is the track “Shall we do it again? by the German DJ and remixer Tolga Flim Flam Balkan. The title is a wicked mixture of different samples and tracks. It’s been on my USB sticks for quite some time now, but so far I’ve never managed to put it into a set. But I’ll manage that, have fun listening to it.
At about the same time that I discovered Alien Sex Fiend, I stumbled upon Severed Heads. In Munich’s biggest record store I came across the LP “Since the Accident”. I was simply thrilled by the weird cover. I really don’t remember if I listened to the LP, but most likely I didn’t. Except for one song – that I’m still celebrating – you can benevolently call this work experimental. Malicious tongues would simply call it noise. But “Dead Eyes Openend” was and is simply a blast. There is not much more to tell about it now, so this article will be very short. Have fun listening to it.
after weeks of restructuring, planning, trying out and testing I now finally separate my two blogs thematically. On christianzich.com you will find in the future mainly my business topics: Marketing 4.0, Personal Branding and maybe one or the other story about the THD. On error262.com on the other hand, my artistic self may express itself, the main topics are music, art and a few stories around the two topics just mentioned.
In the course of this rebuilding I also separated some social media accounts thematically, on Facebook I revived my old, for years closed down fan page and reserved a new fan page for my artistic me. Also on Instagram there will be 2 accounts in the future. Furthermore I discovered completely new platforms, like Medium, Torial, Bloglovin and Reddit. It only causes effort in setting up and at the end of the summer my blogs might be a bit more known, I have produced audio-visual internet pollution again and have a few more karma points.
With all this tinkering I am pursuing another goal. In the winter term I will offer for the first time a thematic extension of my VHB course “Djing, Skill Management and the Secrets of Personal Branding”. With this offer I would like to kill 2 different birds with one stone. The students should learn to promote themselves better. In addition, however, every future marketer should have a sound knowledge of digital marketing. And how do I best learn this? Not by just stuffing myself with theory, but by applying it. The basic idea of the extension is relatively simple. In small groups, students should run a blog for a certain period of time and then experience for themselves how difficult it is nowadays to get likes, comments and interactions.
It will be an exciting pilot project, I’m sure. Stay tuned, I’ll keep you updated.
Pink Floyd (last story) helped me to enter the electronic music world, but the first real milestone was the LP Timewind by Klaus Schulze.
I bought the record in a freaky store in my hometown Füssen. There you found – for small-town conditions – an extremely varied, modern and mostly alternative assortment: a lot of reggae, a lot of electronics, hard rock, etc. The store combined a dusty pharmacy flair with the aura of a drug den, but you could listen to records for hours without being looked at crooked. Here the musical dreams of a music-loving 16-year-old were stored. A complete alternative to the biggest radio shop on the square, there were the Oberkrainer Musicians, Cindy and Bert, James Last, Heino and other monstrosities from the Schlager or folk music corner. In addition you were looked at crooked if you listened to a record for more than 5 minutes. So the shopping was not really fun.
One day in this shop I discovered the Timewind by Klaus Schulze and immediately fell in love with this record. At that time it was very expensive for me (20 DMark with 100 DM pocket money). But the LP was worth it, a window into a new music universe. To appreciate the tracks, I usually looked for a quiet place and enjoyed the spherical sounds to the full. Sometimes I also fell asleep during this process. Either way I have rested after enjoying the record.
Even today – in our hectic, fast-moving times – a wonderful musical resting place and a huge contrast to the Spotify consumption environment (just listen for a minute). Little by little, two other records by the artist were added, the Black Dance and the Body Love. But to the latter there is a nice extra story. But this one will be available soon.
Personal favourites in the work of the artist do not really exist. But because the Timewind was my entrance into the world of Klaus Schulze, I’ll play it briefly. Have fun.
It was Pink Floyd. Thousands of years ago the group ignited my enthusiasm for electronic music. Anyway, I can’t remember having been involved with this style of music before.
What happened musically before is now – even with enough distance – simply embarrassing. When I sat in front of the TV and recorded the hits from Ilia Richter’s show “Disco” with my cassette recorder. With the microphone, in particularly poor quality. Especially annoying were the disturbances by my siblings, who often burst into the recording noisily. Or my parents, who talked to each other. Once again in vain, once again waiting for the next chance. Today hardly more conceivable.
It’s good that these musical excursions into Ilia Richter’s universe have long been a thing of the past. Nevertheless, like zombies, one-hit-wonders from that time appear again and again, stretch out their claws and try to pull me under their spell. No chance. You captured my 14-year-old me, now you can’t do it anymore.
Back to electronic music. I believe that the first conscious contact with the genre was the music film “Pink Floyd in Pompeii”. It inspired me not only for the band, but for the whole music genre. The atmosphere in this film is fascinating, the ruins of Pompeii in the background, the band in front of it. Wow, after this film I knew: this will be my music.
My declared favourite was and is the track “One of these days”. At the beginning the noise, then the bass. In between again and again the synthesizer chords and the hihats. Then in the middle, the guitar, the break with the key phrase “One of these days, I will cut you into little pieces.” And then into the finale with the guitar solo. BAMM. A first and great milestone in the direction of electronic music in general. Have fun listening to it.
my music, my stories, my music milestones – a journey through several decades of enthusiasm for music
A few weeks ago – triggered by a Facebook group – I decided to start a little ramble through almost five decades of my own music history. First and foremost I want to write about songs that have inspired me. Sometimes there’s a story behind them.
As the years go by, one or the other detail might disappear, but the really important milestones usually will be remembered vivid and colorful.
When I think back, my love for electronic music is one of the few constants in my own musical universe over the decades.It began at the age of 13 or 14 – I don’t remember exactly – with a music film and does not end with the release of my first EP in 2019. No, the story continues…
And that’s the end for today. I would be happy if you would like to accompany me on my foray. By the way, what does this foray have to do with our dogin the picture? I’m almost as relaxed as she is.
An Error262 will appear and crash all current cognitive activities completely. Your brain stutters frequently showing Error 262 whilst running the daily activities.
Your cognitive processes are running slowly, processing visual and/or acoustic input is sluggish.
Your brain will occasionally ‘freeze’ for a period of time. Probably you’ ve been staring emptily into space. error262 can also cause memory gaps. You might not remember what you did in the last hour.
Very often response times to inquiries from your surroundings will lag.
Error 262 can occur when your mental integity becomes corrupted and you urgently need relaxation. Over the time, you may experience an icreasing number of crashes and freezes. There can be numerous causes of this error:
workload too high
wrong job
stupid, self-indulgent bosses
identification with the organization you’re working for. (You’ll be always betrayed by the representatives of the organization. Why? Because they are what they are. And your goals might be different from your bosses’ goals.)
Inefficient organization, unnecessary or redundant meetings, nerving colleagues, stupid routines/jobs and so on…
Solutions:
Career, identification with an organization, self-realization through work? Give it a shit! Relax, party, dance, different realities. This is the message behind error262! A blog, a collection of stories, a few DJ sets, a little bit about music. I hope you will enjoy it. If not, give it a shit!
Heute Früh hatte ich ein ganz besonderes, ausgesprochen tolles Erlebnis. Mein erster Release erschien in den verschiedenen Onlinestores und Streamingplattformen. Für mich ist dies aber erst der Startpunkt, denn ich möchte eine Geschichte erzählen, in die das Album eingebettet ist. Sie handelt von einer Maschine, die ein Königreich übernimmt und die Einwohner mit subtilen Methoden versklavt. Insgesamt besteht die Geschichte aus 6 verschiedenen Kapiteln:
Prolog: die Ankunft der Maschine, erzählt durch die Hauptperson der Geschichte
Valley of Demons: die Maschine festigt die Grundlage ihrer Herrschaft und zwingt die Bevölkerung zu Höchstleistungen.
The Leader’s Task: Unsere Hauptperson bekommt eine Aufgabe, die sie unmöglich erfüllen bzw. überleben kann. Unsere Hauptperson soll auf den Gasherbrum hinaufsteigen.
The Beautiful Mountain: auf dem Weg zum Gasherbrum besinnt sich unsere Hauptperson und erkennt die Fehler der Maschine.
The Holy Egg: die Lösung des Problems ist nahe.
The Leader’s Fall: das Problem wird gelöst.
In den nächsten Wochen werde ich mich sukzessive mit dieser Geschichte beschäftigen. Wobei ich mir Zeit lasse, denn es soll ja eine gute Geschichte werden.
About my first Release
This morning I had a very special, extremely great moment. My first release appeared in the various online stores and streaming platforms. But for me this is just the starting point, because I want to tell a story in which the album is embedded. It’s about a machine that takes over a kingdom and enslaves its inhabitants with subtle methods. The story consists of 6 different chapters:
Prologue: the arrival of the machine, told by the main character of the story
Valley of Demons: the machine strengthens the basis of their reign and forces the population to peak performance.
The Leader’s Task: Our main character is given a task that she cannot perform and/or survive. Our main character has to climb the Gasherbrum.
The Beautiful Mountain: on the way to the Gasherbrum our main character reflects and recognizes the faults of the machine.
The Holy Egg: the solution of the problem is near.
The Leader’s Fall: the problem is solved.
In the next weeks I will deal successively with this story. Whereby I take my time, because it should be a good story.
If nothing goes wrong, my first release will be out on 13.5.2019: Gasherbrum. To the day exactly 6 years after I started my DJ career again. With growing enthusiasm I have worked my way into music theory, harmony, mixing know-how, arrangements, etc..
But that’s not all, I still don’t have to have a blog for my music. I want more. I want to embed my music in stories and visualize them. That’s why I need this blog. The ideas have been haunting my head for a long time, but now the time has come to tell the stories. What kind of stories? Let yourself be surprised. Stay tuned.
