House Is A Feeling

So for this mix Till Von Sein steps in. Some of you might know his productions, which are on the deeper tip usually. He’s also a regular DJ in Berlin clubs like Arena, Sage, and Watergate, as well as around Europe. This mix is just over an hour of deep house music, with a great flow to it. If you like Efdemin’s mixes or Eurokai’s guest mix then I think you’ll really enjoy this too.

If you happen to be in Berlin, Till plays Watergate tonight.

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Tracklist:

1. Dub Poets-Black and White (Massive B)
2. Rodney Hunter-Take A Ride (Andre Lodemann Mix) (G-Stone Recordings)
3. The Mole-tba
4. Sascha Dive-Annihilating Rhythm (Drumpoet Community)
5. Matthias Tanzmann-Rugby (Mathias Kaden Remix) (Moon Harbour)
6. Mountain People-005.2 (Mountain People)
7. Babyfunk-The Hustle (Earthrumental)
8. Dazzle Drums-Beyond The Cloud (Loop Sounds)
9. Jay Tripwire-Polar Shift (Nervous Records)
10. Johnny D-Deja Vu (8-Bit)
11. Till Von Sein-Berno (Mark August Mix) (Morris Audio)
12. Guillaume and the Coutu Dumonts-Groovy Solitude (Floppy Funk)
13. Black Art Music-Keepin’ The Groove (Third Ear Recordings)

I also had a quick chat with Till about DJing in general and the mix.

How was the mix recorded?

I did it with just 2 CD players and a rubbish ecler hak. Nothing special! In the last 6-7 months I only play CDs, gettin’ old and lazy.

What is your background in dance music, where did you grow up and how did you get into house and techno? When did you start DJing?

My backround is mainly black music, from rap to funk, jazz, soul, disco, dub, house,j ungle. All types of it really. I grew up in the countryside, just in the middle between Hamburg and Denmark. You always liked a classic mixture of good grooves when I started going out, from De La soul to Jamiroquai to Reel 2 Reel. Just early 90s shit as a kid in the countryside!

I also loved real jungle music back then. House started with the French revolution: Motorbass, Superdiscount etc and I still love this stuff. I was never that much into techno, just in the last 5 there was some stuff I liked, and like most out there I like the classic stuff, Detroit etc, not the typical German stuff that got big in the last few years. I guess the music I always liked most is rap and r´n´b: Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, D´Angelo, Raphael Saadiq etc.

What about now, do you DJ regularly somewhere?

I DJ almost every weekend. I got my residencies in my old hood, in Kiel/Northern Germany every month. I also play in clubs in Berlin where I live now on a regular: Arena, Sage, Watergate. And I’ve started travelling as well, to Moscow, Milano, Paris, Beirut, Zurich, and all over Germany.

Who are the producers and DJs you admire?

If it comes to producers there are too many guys out there I admire. But if it comes to DJs I’m a bit picky. I’m always getting bored pretty easy. I like the guys that surprise me, not the ones that play the basic tunes. For the so called “big names” I like Dixon, his flow is amazing. One guy who is brilliant is Finn Johannsen, of “De Bug” magazine. He has so many mixes on his webpage and they are all quality: disco ,soul, deep house.

If you’re new to the blog, or you missed them, you can check out the 5 other guest mixes here.

EDIT: Try this link for the podcast, let me know if it works. There is a problem with the podcast that goes above and beyond my knowledge for the moment. Does anyone have any ideas/help? Failing that if anyone has any idea when it stopped working and what sort of error messages it gives that’d be great. Currently it’s only displaying this week’s edition for me. I’ve no idea why. Is this the same for everyone?

 

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