Go Underground
The goal is to make you dance and to appreciate music that is not only cutting edge but never forgot its roots and will help you get lost in the music.
featuring artists like
Helena Hauff, Fabrice Torricella, Joey Beltram, D’Marc Cantu, Cari Lekebusch
When you think of the word underground what does it mean to you? Maybe you imagine underground worlds or your city’s subway system. For me underground has a strong significance on the type of electronic music that I like to listen to in the club.
As electronic music became more popular the sound became more commercialized and house and techno began to go in a direction that was friendlier to the normal listener. Here we aim to take things back to the rawness that made house and techno music so exciting when it first hit the scene in the 80s.
Still today you can find producers who are giving the grittiness and rawness to the underground sound and keeping it alive. This playlist aims to present to you the best of the world of house and techno. This is the music you can expect to hear on the dance floors of Berghain or Panorama Bar and many other staple clubs of Berlin.
The goal is to make you dance and to appreciate music that is not only cutting edge but never forgot its roots and will help you get lost in the music.
Silence – Julie Marghilano
3 May 2017
This week I’ve featured my dear friend Julie Maghilano on the Music To Clean House To playlist. Another Las Vegas kid Julie and I met through a mutual friend from our hometown. The friend in question kept telling me about her friend Julie and showing me her music. I was certainly surprised to hear she was making music that I was into. Eventually we would meet in Las Vegas during a shared gig on New Year’s Eve. From that point on we became close friends and she was my support system when I first moved to the other side of the world from San Francisco to Berlin.
Mainframe – Matrixxman & Echologist
28 April 2017
This week I’ve chosen a lovely techno track from Matrixxman and Echologist that takes me back to the feeling that originally sparked my interest. The track funnily enough is called “Mainframe” and it certainly makes me feel like I’m stuck inside a computer but I really don’t mind being stuck here because it’s so interesting and fun. I hope your imagination will also run wild with this one because it reminds me of my youth and what lead me to become a DJ in the first place. Turn it up loud!
Cruisin – Oshana
18 April 2017
When I first visited Berlin from San Francisco I had a very different idea of the underground sound of electronic music that completely changed after my visit. I was hearing for the first time a sound that I can only explain as a fusion of minimal and deep house that really got me excited for the first time in a while. When I returned home I began spending hours finding more and more of this kind of music. It was during this search and through a DJ mix from a DJ named Anthea that I would discover Oshana.
Altaret Restes – Evigt Mörker
11 April 2017
A few years ago I happened to stumble across the music of Evigt Mörker a techno producer based in Sweden. I instantly fell in love as soon as I heard his music, one thing that is important for me is that the music really takes me on a journey and gets my imagination running wild. Evigt’s music does just that, he has a techno sound like no other, the music sweeps you away into another world that is full of color and beautiful melodies.
Moment – Justin Cudmore
3 April 2017
During my weekly hunt for new music to play in my upcoming sets I stumbled across a new artist that I never had heard of before. Justin Cudmore’s track “Moment” is a track that is meant to be used in those special moments in the club where as a DJ you know you have the audience at your finger tips and it bring you nothing but joy to keep building it up to the delight of the audience.
What May Come – Sweet Anomaly & Dugong
31 January 2017
I really love this remix of Dugong’s “What May Come” because Öona Dahl really transformed the original song into something completely different. Bringing it straight to the dance floor she enhances it with dream like soundscapes but still brings enough punch to keep it super friendly for dancing. She stays true to herself as an artist while still respecting the original version. It’s a truly perfect remix and you can tell a lot of passion and heart went into it.
