AETHER PODCAST

Q&A w/ Sobek

1. Funniest experience at Aether club:

-Last year we had Marcus Worgull at Sobekin series and the lights were not working. I didn't know him - lookin a serious guy - and was worried how this gonna turn out. He arrived and said; no probs, shut everything down and I play in total darkness. Mastervibes.

 2. Who are you? What do you do?

-Hello, I'm Sobek. I make your face melting down when the e starts to hit hard.

 3. Your podcast in one word?

-Essential. 

4. Define the job of a dj:

-Connect and build the energy flow.

5. Funniest compliment you ever got:

-At AETHER I got cash as a tip several times in the morning. Funny or not, each time I had to take it at the end.

6. Whats your biggest inspiration?

-New music and new adventures.

7. How do you pick track names?

Really good question. Sometimes I reflect on the track closely, other times want to express something else through that part. Nowadays I'm checking the top 10 charts and try to give similar names. Maybe is a maybe,

8. 3 worlds to describe yourself:

-more German than a German (srry was 5)

9. Favorite BPM:

100-125

10. 3 most important skills of a producer?

-Willingness to learn and change. Ability to let it go.

11. Best advice for newcomers:

-Pay yourself in. Its much more easier.

12. What would you change in the industry?

-I wouldn't change anything. That's how it is, the rest is complaint kulture.

13. B2B of your dream?

-The basis for a good b2b is about chemistry and the ability to raise the vibe higher and higher. I'm quite picky on that topic and actually not dreaming about others. 

14. If you would be a sound which would it be:

-The sound of silencio.

15. One secret tip for djs:

-Look up to the crowd sometimes. It's worth the effort.
 kulture.

Aether 001 Sobek

A fanatic vinyl collector and a well known name in the nightlife of Budapest, whose collection touches almost every genre from electro and techno to italian hypno.
In the last two decades we could follow his journey during the various acid partys, on the events of Technokunst as well as during Alkotótábor, where his act is always one of the most exciting points of the festival. He is also a rerurning guest in Aether since the summer of 2021.
His captivating diverse playstyle and ability to constantly innovate together with his top technical knowledge made him our obvious choice to ask him to be part of the team and be our new resident DJ in our beloved Aether.

Q&A w/ ATOMIK

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Aether podcast series will include works from artists who are involved in the development of Aether Club and provide the tone of the house for a long time. 
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What about RAX?

They aint old furnitures of the BP nightlife, but you probably have seen these two show up here and there playing loud music. It was some sub-heavy minimal or a mellow house or a cheeky break in the city break! To show off their finest selection of music, these guys spend their salary to buy vinyls and they aint shy to play these just for your ear’s pleasure… They are friends coming from long ago, they are TWO which is the smallest number you can create a TEAM. This is why they can maintain the nightcrawler’s ears: the group that creates community flow with the dancing people on the other side the DJ booth.

Q&A w the RAX? guys

1./ Funniest experience at Aether club:
D: Dancing girls on top of the tables while we were playing!

2./ 3 words to describe yourself:
D: Quiet, calm and core
S: Same 

3./ Music you listened to as a teenager:
D: Dubstep
S: Hip-hop, Rock'n'roll

4./ What’s the last record you bought?
D: Alexander Skancke - Spooky Luke EP
S: Silat Beksi - Curandero EP

5./Track that represents you the most?
D: AKPH - Phasskivan
S: 93 'til infinity

6./ Ability to fly or invisibility?
D: Fly fo sure!
S: same

7./ If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be>
S: Near ocean

8./ What can impress you?
S: Flavours, Sounds, Nature

https://www.instagram.com/rax_b2b/

Aether 003 RAX?

Aether podcast series will include works from artists who are involved in the development of Aether Club and provide the tone of the house for a long time. 
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Take an adventurous journey, from hypnotic techno to groovy stuff with overseas soundscapes, all in the name of quality. Welcome our next guests: Technokunst residents; Mode and Valens.


Q&A with Mode and Valens;

1./ Funniest experience at Aether club:
M:Having friends of the owner dance around in the booth and bring us champagne for no reason. It didn't help with playing records though.
V:The fancy guys dancing in the booth drinking champagne while we were playing.


2./ Music you listened to as a teenager:
M:A lot of 90s Jungle and some very fast electronic music called Breakcore.
V:Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 soundtrack on repeat until I was 14, then mostly drum and bass later.


3./ What’s the last record you bought?
M:It was actually two at the same time: 
Adiel & Tamburi Neri - Arresto Temporaneo EP 
Claudio PRC - Challenger Deep
V:A various artists 12" (SUBT303) featuring Oscar Mulero, Adriana Lopez, Kangding Ray and Desroi.


4./ Track that represents you the most?
M:Hard to pick one, but it would be Instra:Mental - Sakura
V:I think the tune I played the most times from my collection is IVC II by P.e.a.r.l.


5./ Ability to fly or invisibility?
M:Flying of course
V:Invisibility sounds creepy and I'm always running late these days so I'd pick flying to travel faster.


6./ Funniest track request you ever got?
M: -
V:None, luckily.


7./ What is your favourite hobby?
M:Music and sports of any kind.
V:I love to hang out with our doggo and spend unrealistic amount of time in parks playing fetch. Also, traveling.


8./ If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be>
M:Vancouver, the Alps, or somewhere in New Zealand for a while
V:It really depends on the circumstances but one thing is for sure, the older I am the harder I can tolerate winters in Budapest.. so in Europe I would probably pick Spain or a Greek island.


9./ What can impress you?
M:If it is in another person, humour and being open to new experiences.
Otherwise traveling, food, and being in the mountains.
V:I love plain honesty and smart people, if those two can be found in someone I'm already impressed. Also, I love if someone has built something successful from scratch. 


10./ Where do you get your best ideas?
M:Certainly while listening to great music
V:hey usually come during late hours so I think I'm already in bed but can't fall asleep since my brain's working at 110%.


11./ Something you like and everybody else hates?
M:Dad jokes
V:Thrash content on Tiktok and other platforms. 


12./Best advice for newcomers:
M:Take time to dig around in the old stuff, you'll find a lot to like.
V:Don't try to be the "hardest" and the "fastest", those are not the best qualities. Also, warmup is important so if you are playing in that timeframe don't go crazy even if you normally do during your sets.


13./A secret tip for djs?
M:Go out to the floor before you play.
V:Sometimes go and visit record shops even if you play digital. It's a great place for having conversations with like-minded people (and buying a vinyl occasionally does not hurt 🙂. You could also get cool recommendations by others 


14./ Your podcast in one word?
M:Expedition
V:Journey






Technokunst
@technokunst

Mode
SC @subpoint
RA ra.co/dj/mode-hu
IG www.instagram.com/mode_vinyl/
FB www.facebook.com/modevinyl

Valens
SC @valensdj
IG www.instagram.com/iamvalensdj/
FB www.facebook.com/valensdj/

Aether 004 Mode & Valens

Aether podcast series will include works from artists who are involved in the development of Aether Club and provide the tone of the house for a long time. 
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What about Jaffa Surfa?

Serious mixing skills, groovy sound and a slight of oldschool, that’s definitely Jaffa Surfa. His performances are all about creating a flow and tripping into sounds. Obsessed with vinyl, always digging and searching: a true craftsman behind the decks whose true strongest skill is his ability to go beyond mere genres and trends. No matter where he plays, chemistry is always working.
Tune in and welcome our beloved and the 5th guest of Aether podcast series, Jaffa Surfa!

JAFFA SURFA on Soundcloud
@jaffaz

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jaffazzzz/

TASCAM DR-05

Aether 005 Jaffa Surfa

What about AGA2L?

AGA2L the co-founder of the BRVTAL series, DJ and producer is known by his strict ’vinyl only’ rule. Rezystor, Niki Istrefi and Draugr are familiar faces at his label.
He started his activity in the scene as a DJ for a while now and he became an unavoidable figure of it in the last few years. Maybe not too many people knew, but he started making music almost the same time as he's playing vinyls, but until the beginning of 2020, he didn't share anything. 

Q&A with the master

1.Funniest experience at Aether club:
-The first time when I played in Aether club, I struggled all the way through my set because of the location of the monitor speakers. The next time I told Mankind about it, he just said and pointed "look, it's adjustable!" haha! Since then I have not had a word, everything is perfect!

2. Who are you? What do you do?
-On the weekends I'm AGA2L, techno DJ and vinyl collector music fanatic. I rarely make my own tracks as time allows, but I wouldn't call myself a producer yet. I've been working on a label/podcast/event series for 6 year, but only with Maxi now. It's called Brvtal. We have vinyl and digital releases that I'm very proud of, as we've been able to line up names like Niki Istrefi, Draugr, Ryuji Takeuchi, Öspiel and many more. Looking ahead to the future, we will be working with many exciting names. And on weekdays I'm Gyula or Gyuszi. I work as a revenue manager for a book wholesaler. I record incoming goods in our system and upload them to our webshop. In fact, wherever and whatever I do, my mind is always on music-related things, whether it's a new release or an idea.

3. Your podcast in one word?
-Boring, hahahaha. I don't know, let everyone decide for themselves.

4. Define the job of a dj:
-Entertainment. I tend to over-mystify a lot and theorise, but you don't have to. We are for the dancers and audience and we give them a piece of ourselves.

5. Funniest compliment you ever got?
-I'd rather tell a story. About 8 years ago, I went to the Bonus Festival to hear Vril. A man found me and thought I'm Gábor Kraft and let's take a photo together. After 5-10 minutes of persuasion I realized that I couldn't explain to him that I'm not him. I found it easier to stand for the power of a photo and move on.

6. What's your biggest inspiration?
-My biggest inspiration is my Berlin tours. I love it when I get to the lobby of a club and hear the first kicks, the smoke and the pulse. The atmosphere and the environment gets me goosebumps. These experiences can fill you up.

8. Favorite BPM?
-It's constantly changing. Now I feel at home around 143-144 bpm.

9.Best advice for newcomers?
-I think that persistent work will pay off after a while and that you don't have to ride the trend, it will pass. Try to create something lasting or timeless. Do sincerely what comes from the heart and don't settle for what you have, keep improving.

10. What would you change in the industry?
-This would be a long dissection, so I won't. At the moment techno has become mainstream. For me, I really miss the intimate environment which basically characterized this scene.

11. B2B of your dream?
-When Hector Oaks first came to Hungary for the Pursuit of Acid event at LÄRM, his plane left a few hours after the party ended, so he came up to our place with Tirza and Ákos for a little bit. The idea of playing together came up, but I was still relatively rookie DJ around that time and I didn't dare to join him while he played. Last year it turned out that I will play after him at Flashback. At the end of my set, I noticed that he was packing up his stuff to play together. In the end, I didn't run away, and it was a experience of a lifetime.

12. If you would be a sound which would it be?
-What kind of voice I would be, I don't know. About 6 years ago we were sitting on the couch after some BRVTAL gig and we were talking about if you were a track, what would you be. I got Lost from Wata Igarashi.

Aether 006 AGA2L

Aether podcast series will include works from artists who are involved in the development of Aether Club and provide the tone of the house for a long time. 
Stay tuned for more!

What about Roland Handrick?

He was born in 1983 and started listening to music at a young age. He first heard techno music when he was 9-10 years old during trips to Germany where his mother's family lived. Chris Liebing and Anja Schneider's radio shows inspired the start of his musical journey, with the exposure to electronic music ranging from techno to d'n'b and breakbeat leading to the development of his musical self. Collecting DJ mixes, compilations, and tracks in various genres paved the way for his DJ and music career. In 2000, he began collecting vinyl, bought turntables and a mixer, and started learning how to mix tracks. For the first few years, he played at small pubs and clubs in his hometown before organizing parties with a friend. By booking top techno and house DJs, he warmed up the crowd for these artists. In 2004, he received an invitation to play at Ablak a Dubra party in Budapest and, a year later, joined the Hairy crew. Thereafter, he played at most of Budapest's music clubs alongside Hungarian and international artists. He frequently performs at electronic music festivals in Hungary and has played in Romania and Germany. He has a residency in Budapest at Aether club with his old friend and colleague Roocha, and in summer, he plays rooftop sessions for deeper house sounds. He is proud to have joined the Ozora festival as an artist since 2014 and also hosts a radio show on Radiozora thanks to Tsubi.

@rolandhandrick-1
www.facebook.com/roland.handrick

Aether 007 Roland Handrick

Aether podcast series will include works from artists who are involved in the development of Aether Club and provide the tone of the house for a long time.
Stay tuned for more!

What about Prägnanz?

Prägnanz is a Hungarian DJ and producer who is one of the founder of the Synapse crew. His selections within techno has a broad range, likes to play deeper tones and groovier stuff as well. 
He played at several Budapest-based clubs; among those, his favourite place is Aether, where he  currently serves as the residence of the Synapse series. He (and the whole Synapse group) aims to try 
to invite artists on a wide scale in terms of soundscape, believing, that these kind of artists can have a strong educational impact in the hungarian techno scene.  He had the chance to share the stage with such well-reputated artists like Gaetano Parisio, 
Divide, D-Leria, ASEC and Casual Threatment 

Recently, he started to create music as well, constantly trying to find his own sound.

Follow Prägnanz here:
https://soundcloud.com/pragnanz
https://www.instagram.com/__pragnanz__/

Aether 008 Prägnanz

Aether podcast series will include works from artists who are involved in the development of Aether Club and provide the tone of the house for a long time.

What about Katamii?

Everything started in 2011 at O.Z.O.R.A. She played there in front of a major audience for the first time. Since then she's been the warm up for Oliver Lieb, Moteka, Unbalance, Rene Wise, Arkan, Norman Nodge, Ignez, Olivia Mendez, Efdemin and she has shared decks with Deniro, Dj Kancheli, LYRIC, Mathys Lenne, Yogg, Truncate, Ø [Phase], Janina, Blue Hour, Thomas Hessler, Shlomi Aber, Luigi Tozzi, Claudio PRC and many more.

Abroad you could catch her in Greece at the Seli Mountain Gathering, in Turkey at the Psy-Boutique Festival, several times at the English Noisily Festival and most recently at the Mumush Festival in Transylvania.

Next to above she has been playing in Hungary on Samsara, Bakony, Epocha, S.U.N. and Bankito Festivals. She performs every year at the Kolorado Festival since 2017.

In 2019 she become the resident DJ in Budapest one of most famous leading techno club the AETHER "TAEC" party series.

She has a really impulsive style and you can always find that sneaky deep pulse in her music that is present through her sets… She's a real wolf in sheep's clothing.

Aether 009 Katamii

Kirill & Kernel’s relationship with house music took a more serious turn once they decided to practice the Art of djing in front of people via their own event series called Ramazuri. Through their music selection they always try to blend old and new sounds, while filling the dancefloor up with deep emotions!

Aether 010 Kirill & Kernel

enke's musical journey kicked off as an electronic music producer, initially inspired by the melodies of trance. Over time, his sound evolved into a vibrant fusion of psychedelic grooves and textures, complemented by hypnotic vocal layers. With a knack for crafting soundscapes, Benke's tracks are packed with ear candies, promising an immersive sonic experience.

sc: https://soundcloud.com/benke_music 
ig: https://www.instagram.com/benke.music/
fb: https://www.facebook.com/benkemusic

Aether 011 Benke

Baco is co-founder of Szoba Studio and resident dj of the Deepfields party-series since 2012. He is a music collector with deep fanaticism for ro-minimal and house/micro-house music. In the past years he played with many great artists like Priku, Arapu, Cristi Cons, Nu Zau, Sepp and many more artists from the scene. 


sc: soundcloud.com/baco_szobastudio
ig: instagram.com/baco__music/
fb: facebook.com/bacoomusic

Aether 012 Baco (Live Recording from Oven Club, Valencia)

3en is a Budapest based techno DJ / producer.
His sound is bounded by the searching of the cohesion between sharp percussions, pumping grooves, and ethereal soundscapes.

Aether 013 3en

Next up on the podcast: Aether’s newest resident, Mirmur. A selector of unexpected twists, she moves seamlessly through techno, trance, psy, and breaks, crafting dynamic and unpredictable sets. Her sound is bold, energetic, and always full of surprises. From now on, you can experience her unique style every month at Aether. Tune in and get lost in the journey.

Aether 015 Mirmur

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