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The Hairbert Gallery. A short review of the Corona Frustration in the winter of 2021.

Inside Hairbert by christian zich

On 25.1.2021 he saw the light of day or rather he was born on a drawing pad, the Hairbert. He was born out of my personal frustration about the lockdown and all the associated inconveniences, this case the constantly growing hair and the missing visit to the hairdresser.

I was surprised by the positive response behind this art figure. I would not have thought. In the course of the last months I drew the one or other frustration from my soul and each of these small works of art had something to do with Corona and the Lockdown. I’ve been encouraged from many people to continue Hairbert, but honestly, I’ve run out of ideas at the moment. And in no way do I want to keep the little hairy guy alive under stress, so I’m sending him into an artistic slumber for now.

Maybe I’ll wake him up again once I’ve collected enough ideas and when the time is just right.

At the moment my focus is back on the music and the creative realization of the next EP with the simple yet apt name Franz.

A long birth, because musically Franz was born about a year ago and he unfortunately had to go through some musical-creative sinks. Now he is but slowly fledged, I currently rather shirk the mixdown. More about that in another place.

Stay tuned.

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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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house altar – dj set may 2021 edition.

house altar - dj set may 2021 edition.

Burn that track! At least that’s what Luca Debonaire says.

Hey, the dance floor will burn again, when the clubs are allowed to open again. And then we will play house until the early morning, we will groove until we drop and – if we still have the strength – we will boogie all night long.

Have fun with my house set, the may edition.

Setlist

Coconut Love – Tiam Wills & Jugement Dernier
Get Down – Angelo Ferreri & Angelo Scalici
Wanna Be Happy (Thomas Gold Mix) [feat. Max’C] – The Viron Ltd.
Give It Up (2011 Edit) – The Good Men
Close To My Lips – Franko Ferreri
Discoteca (Original Mix) – Block & Crown, Luca Debonaire
Hey Hey (Riva Starr Paradise Garage Club Mix) – Dennis Ferrer
Burn That Track (Original Mix) – Luca Debonaire
Rockin (DJ Delicious Presents Phunk-A-Delic) – DJ Delicious & Phunk-A-Delic
Got Raw (Club Mix) – My Digital Enemy
Deep in the Groove (Club Mix) – Block & Crown
House Music – Kid Massive
Long Train (Andrey Zenkoff Remix) – Jo Manji
Aerobic Martini – Charles Feelgood
Relentless Boogie – Pitch Deck
Don’t You Feel It – Full Intention
Get Up – Menini & Viani
I Feel It (Original Mix) – Chiqito

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

Tante Techno's Tea Time, April 2020 DJ Set

The end is a beginning. From tranquility grows love and energy. The rhythm guides you through the set. Enough poetry, have fun with Tante Techno’s Tea Time.

Tracks

The Trail (Original Mix) – Beico & Mt93
The Depth Below – Rudosa
Meeting of Minds – Jel Ford
K186 (Original Mix) – dubspeeka
Love Song (Will Clarke Remix) – Duke Dumont
Climax – Marco Faraone
Blooming Era – Enrico Sangiuliano
The Border – Ian O’Donovan
Unspoken – Layton Giordani
Broken Soul (Original Mix) – Beico, MT93
Resistance – Alessandro Grops
Dutch Kiss (Straight Mix) – Enrico Sangiuliano
Good Violence – Layton Giordani
Origins – Mars Bill
Apache – Dense & Pika
Open Your Mind – Zimmz
Februar 50 – BAUGRUPPE90
Vernication Seven – Shokh

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my uncle’s house altar – dj set april 2021 edition.

house altar april 2021 dj set

House Music isn’t black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right. Frankie Knuckles
Frankie, you’re right. And that’s why we celebrate the middle of the week. With a new house dj set.

Setlist

Brothers & Sisters (KPD Remix) – David Penn & KPD
Hey, Whatcha Say – Tommy.O
Disco Trumpet – FDF
Tonight – Jay Vegas
Music Is My Life – Jarred Gallo
Givin My Love – Mark Funk & Danny Cruz
Funky People (Superlover Vocal Mix) – Superlover & Simion
I Don’t Wanna (Dub Mix) – Hack Jack
If You Touch Me – Diego Forsinetti
Come To The Party (feat. Laurence B) – Mark Fill
So Serious (Original Mix) – Illyus & Barrientos
You Are the One (Extended Mix) – Ferreck Dawn
What U Want (feat. J Paul Getto) [2017 Refix] – Kevin McKay
That’s the Way (Angelo Ferreri Remix) – AlexZ
Keep On Rockin It – Luca Debonaire
Please Don’t Go – Saison
Up to You – Babert
Jack – Mirko & Meex

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

Tante Techno's Tea Time, February 2020 DJ Set

The cabin-fever-virus has taken hold of me. It leads to weariness and apathy. My doctor advised me to make music and produce a DJ set. I did it, and everything is now o.k. again. Have fun with my March set, just in time for the end of the month.

Tracks

Circus Bells (Ryan Gatesman 2009 Remix) – Robert Armani
Radiance – Dok & Martin
Music Controls You – Mella Dee
Android – Dok & Martin
Trippin’ (Dario Sorano Remix) – Pappenheimer
Frozen Room – Charles Fenckler
System – roman weber
Madness – Nicolas Taboada
Pump Up the Swag (AnGy KoRe Remix) – Toni Alvarez & Miguel Do Reis
Bassface – A*S*Y*S
Let It Go (T78 Remix) – Emanuele Millozzi & Luke Di Lullo
Deeper (Filterheadz Remix) – Salo & Bandung
Upside Down – Nicolas Taboada
Form Reality (Under Black Helmet Remix) – dotwav
King – Mark Broom
The Andor Voyage (Ramon Tapia Remix) – Metro Dade
Motorcity – Mars Bill
Escapia – DJ 3000

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