berlin born & based, loving techno.

management: o@karlablum.com
booking: damian@book-kings.de

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Mike Kivits isn’t your average DJ/producer. A veteran of some 30 years behind the turntables, the man best known as Aardvarck has spent three decades defying conventions, mixing things up and successfully overcoming personal demons. His story, soon to be published in an autobiography offering advice to those battling depression, is nothing less than extraordinary.

Now based in the Asian paradise of Bali, Kivits continues to divide his time between DJing and music making. Outside his native Netherlands it’s the latter he’s best known for, having built up a bulging discography over the last two decades. While lesser producers would focus on one or two key styles, Kivits has released everything from floor-filling house and techno to broken beat, jazz, jungle, ambient and electronica. Given his now legendary status in Holland, it’s unsurprising that he’s recorded for many of the country’s most acclaimed labels, including Delsin, Djax-Up Beats, Rush Hour, Kindred Spirits, Music For Speakers (an imprint he had a hand in founding), and Voyage Direct. Soon, he’ll also be appearing on Dekmantel, another Dutch imprint that has been wowing critics in recent years, and has an album for Skudge in the pipeline.

It’s DJing, though, that remains Kivits’ greatest passion. “You just give and take them higher,” he enthuses. “It’s fun. I do my best always, and am always happy when I’m DJing.”

He’s been doing this longer than most, of course, and has the scars to prove it. He bagged his first residency in 1985, in his home city of Den Bosch, where he’d join the dots between soul, funk, hip-hop, disco and B-boy electro. As the 1980s progressed he began adding the new sounds of Chicago house and Detroit techno to his repertoire, earning more residencies and a number of regular guest spots at Amsterdam’s legendary Roxy Club, mostly at Joost van Bellen’s infamous Wednesday night parties.

As a musical magpie, Kivits was not content with simply playing the latest house and techno, and spent much of the late ‘90s and early 2000s “avoiding the 4/4 beat”, instead playing a mix of jungle, broken beat, trip-hop and breaks. During that time he extensively travelled the world, playing alongside good friend Steven De Peven with lauded eccentrics Rednose Distrikt.

Since moving to Bali a few years back, Kivits has got his passion back for house and techno. Now, he enjoys playing sets that make connections between contemporary productions and tracks rediscovered in his vast collection of early house and techno. “I love the warm feel and raw energy of early house and techno,” he says. “So many of those records still sound fantastic. It’s great to see the reaction to these records from a new generation of dancers.”

More importantly, he’s now happy. “I spent 20 years battling with depression,” he admits. “I’ve never been happier – I’m better than ever. I’ve lived that life, now I have a new life. I changed my surroundings to help myself, and it worked.”

This newfound happiness is reflected in the quality of his club sets, which have rarely been better. While rooted in 30 years of house and techno, he often finds time to throw in tracks from his other musical passions – a trait that marks out the greatest DJs. “House is about the four to the floor beat, and you can get in and out of that easily if you know music,” he says. “If you keep the energy up, you can play anything.”

Booking: Jorn@voyage-select.com
Management: Christaan@societyfools.com

https://www.gofundme.com/f/unterstutze-unsere-freundin-judith-van-waterkant

Booking: claudia(@)cliquebookings.com
Promos: judithvanwaterkant(@)gmx.de

Doku "Call me DJ!" find the episode w/ Kataya and me in my linktree: https://linktr.ee/judithvanwaterkant

Doku "Sound of Germany" von Olli Schulz mit mir drin:
https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/Sound-of-Germany-mit-Olli-Schulz-Spass-S01-E03,soundofgermany162.html

Podcast-Sounddesign "Diagnose unangepasst" https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/diagnose-unangepasst-der-albtraum-tripperburg/13323951/

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>>> NEXT DATES IN REVERSE ORDER <<<

07.-09.08.26 3000Grad Festival
21.03.26 Diskoteket, Trondheim - Norway
07.03.26 SOS, KuKo Lärz

[not available for bookings oct25-feb26] https://gofund.me/017ea2d7b

27.09.25 "Sound of Support" txppxx Leipzig
14.09.25 Nebenan, Leipzig
07.09.25 Tarmac Festival 
07.09.25 [MOVE] Open Air, Parkschloss Leipzig 
06.09.25 ibug Chemnitz 
30.08.25 Eulenflug Festival
23.08.25 Moyn Festival
10.08.35 as Judith van Vollentspannt, tapeset 3000Grad Festival
09.08.35 "Abiball 3025" as Judith van Katerstrand & Andy Secco 3000Grad Festival
08.08.35 Schrank *entry Flinta only
08.08.35 3000Grad Festival
01.08.25 15 Jahre C. - B-Lage, Berlin
20.07.25 Deichbrand Festival
19.07.25 A2J, London - UK
12.07.25 Noisily Festival, Leicestershire - UK (cancelled)
12.07.25 Südpol, Hamburg
06.07.25 gART.n, Berlin
04.07.25 Universitätsball Leipzig
15.06.25 Kunstkantine Datsche, Magdeburg
01.06.25 Fridas Pier, Stuttgart
31.05.25 Klunkerkranich, Berlin
31.05.25 ECLECTICA - Fluxbau, Berlin
30.05.25 Immergut Festival
28.05.25 secret beach gig
22.05.25 Aken Sommerfest 
17.05.25 txppxx, Leipzig
16.05.25 Panel About Pop, Stuttgart
11.05.25 Sommerauftakt
04.05.25 Absturz, Leipzig
03.05.25 Bahnwärter Thiel, München
30.04.25 La Grange, Rügen
20.04.25 b2b Naroma [tb:a], Leipzig
12.04.25 Stadtkinder, Oberhausen
16.03.25 secret, Leipzig
15.03.25 Kater, Berlin
08.03.25 SOS, KuKo Lärz
23.02.25 Turtur new opening, Hamburg
22.02.25 Vacanza Eisdisko, Leipzig
14.02.25 Love Boutique, Leipzig
07.02.25 Kauz, Zürich - Switzerland
01.02.25 disrupt.furore, Gießen
18.01.25 Ritter Butzke, Berlin
11.01.25 Gala "last tracks forever"
04.01.25 Heimlich, Wien - Austria
31.12.24 b2b Okaxy - Goodbye IfZ :'( 
28.12.24 b2b Bockstein IfZ, Leipzig
15.12.24 Datsche, Magdeburg
13.12.24 100 Jahre RH, Erfurt
07.12.24 Stuck, Frankfurt/Oder
30.11.24 Hive, Zürich - Switzerland
22.11.24 txpx
15.11.24 for Rosalinde, IfZ Leipzig
03.11.24 Closing Turtur, Hamburg
01.11.24 ⚓ Last "Coast Side Stories" at IfZ, Leipzig
30.10.24 ostxxx
27.10.24 wörki
19.10.24 Judith van Katerstrand & Andy Secco @ 3000Grad Festival Flashback, Ritter Butzke, Berlin
12.10.24 🎂 für A & M 🎂
05.10.24 Femme*Festival Gießen
28.09.24 Barcelona - Spain
27.09.24 "For Haus' Sake" Module, Copenhagen - Denmark
19.09.24 Goulash Festival, Komiza - Croatia
07.09.24 MitSinnen Festival
31.08.24 Alles Gute Festival, Innsbruck - Austria
24.08.24 Kapelle
10.08.24 Andy Secco & Judith van Katerstrand @ 3000Grad Festival 
09.08.24 3000Grad Festival
07.08.24 Panel "Zürich Music Week" - Switzerland
06.08.24 DJ-Masterclass "Zürich Music Week" - Switzerland
03.08.24 ♥️ für K & S ♥️
28.07.24 Grethenfest, Aken
27.07.24 Letze Liane Festival
26.07.24 Mit Dir Festival
21.07.24 Habitat Festival
20.07.24 Detect Festival
13.07.24 "Leipzig Art Days" MB, Leipzig
26.06.24 🚀 Sonnendeck
22.06.24 Spelunke, Leipzig
19.06.24 HLTH Europe 2024, Amsterdam - Netherlands
16.06.24 Meeresrausch Festival
09.06.24 Datsche, Magdeburg
08.06.24 "Endoversum" Klunkerkranich, Berlin
07.06.24 Crack Bellmer, Berlin
02.06.24 gART.n, Berlin
01.06.24 Wache Nudeln gegen Rechts, Hamburg
31.05.24 Mystic Creatures, Berlin
18.05.24 txpx
10.05.24 MSNT, Gorleben
03.05.24 MDR Podcast Release "Diagnose Unangepasst" - Puschkinhaus, Halle
27.04.24 IfZ Birthday b2b Lisa Filou, Leipzig
20.04.24 Kino, Ehingen
19.04.24 Freie Kunstakademie, Überlingen
13.04.24 SOS Lärz, KuKo
10.04.24 radio sunshine live, Berlin
06.04.24 Insel der Jugend, Magdeburg
01.04.24 Momo, Freiburg
23.03.24 Verbrecherparty zur Buchmesse Leipzig, Conne Island
02.03.24 Stadtkinder, Oberhausen
24.02.24 Albani, Winterthur - Switzerland
23.02.24 radio sunshine live Zürich - Switzerland
18.02.24 Wintercamp - Italy
15.02.24 Wintercamp - Italy
10.02.24 txpx
09.02.24 meet me singing improvised on theatre stage, Ostpassagetheater, Leipzig
04.02.24 ostxxxxxxxx, Leipzig
03.02.24 Jobzähnter Kater Blau, Berlin
28.01.24 Südpol, Hamburg
27.01.24 Treibsand, Lübeck
20.01.24 (Mensch Meier bye) Storkower 121, Berlin
20.01.24 Bxxxxxxxxx, Leipzig
05.01.24 w/ Andy Secco, M01, Berlin
02.01.24 wxxxx
01.01.24 „Verspielt und Verspult ins neue Jahr mit den Jujus“
31.12.23 Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
30.12.23 radio sunshine live, Studio Berlin
15.12.23 "Coast Side Stories" IfZ, Leipzig
09.12.23 Mensch Meier, Berlin
02.12.23 Arche Ahoi, Innsbruck - Austria
18.11.23 Ritter Butzke, Berlin
10.11.23 "Juicy" Mensch Meier, Berlin
04.11.23 3000Grad Showcase, Fahren/Wismar
29.10.23 secret, Leipzig
28.10.23 ost:end, Leipzig
27.10.23 mitm Gängeviertel im Mensch Meier, Berlin
20.10.23 txpx
14.10.23 3000Grad on Tour, Mensch Meier, Berlin
13.10.23 Paula, Dresden
07.10.23 Hot Situations, New York City - USA
23.09.23 Sage Beach, Berlin
17.09.23 Datsche, Magdeburg
09.09.23 IfZ Season-Opening, Leipzig
02.09.23 Südpol, Hamburg
27.08.23 OLLA
26.08.23 Karrusel Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
25.08.23 Eulenflug Festival
20.08.23 im gART.n by Judith van Waterkant, Berlin
19.08.23 CCC Sommercamp
12.08.23 Judith van Katerstrand & Andy Secco @ 3000Grad
11.08.23 3000Grad Festival
05.08.23 RKNKT Festival 
29.07.23 Prärie Festival
22.07.23 KW29, Alte Hölle
21.07.23 Deichbrand
22.06.23 Kater Blau Garten, Berlin
17.06.23 Zuparken an der Ostsee
11.06.23 secret, Leipzig
10.06.23 Wannda Circus, München 
09.06.23 Artik, Freiburg
03.06.23 Sektor, Dresden
28.05.23 Sommerfest, Aken
06.05.23 Museumsnacht Zeitgeschichtliches Forum, Leipzig
05.05.23 Turnhalle, Bern - Switzerland
21.04.23 "Coast Side Stories" IfZ, Leipzig
15.04.23 Peter Weiss Haus, Rostock
09.04.23 wdlnds, Hildesheim
01.04.23 Distillery, Leipzig
31.03.23 secret, Halle
16.03.23 für Mora "Piss on Patriarchy" Lesung
11.03.23 Seawatch Soli - IfZ, Leipzig
05.03.23 Südpol, Hamburg
04.03.23 Stubnitz, Hamburg
24.02.23 Davos, Switzerland
18.02.23 La Grange, Rügen
11.02.23 25 Jahre SOS, Kulturkosmos Lärz
04.02.23 Crack Bellmer, Berlin
28.01.23 for "Mission Iran", Hamburg
21.01.23 "Eclectica" Mensch Meier, Berlin
13.01.23 D.74, Leipzig
06.01.23 Kater Blau, Berlin
31.12.22 grüßdich
29.12.22 Radio Sunshine Live
16.12.22 "Coast Side Stories" IfZ, Leipzig
04.12.22 Cafe Wagner, Jena
02.12.22 Fluc, Wien - Austria
26.11.22 Ritter Butzke, Berlin
19.11.22 xstxnd
15.11.22 Distillery, Leipzig
12.11.22 SOS U-Ground, Kuko Lärz
06.11.22 Für H
28.10.22 Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
22.10.22 Turm, Halle
21.10.22 Rosa, Greifswald
15.10.22 Bahnwärter Thiel, München
13.10.22 Renate, Berlin
07.10.22 txpx 
03.10.22 "Circles & Stones" Kater Blau, Berlin
01.10.22 Stadtkinder, Oberhausen
25.09.22 Sundaze Openair, Leipzig
10.09.22 Kalif Storch, Erfurt
09.09.22 Sektor, Dresden
02.09.22 Freizeitlärm, Oldenburg
28.08.22 Zuckerzauber, Berlin
27.08.22 OLLA
21.08.22 Grethis
19.08.22 Entropie Festival
13.08.22 Andy Secco & Judith van Katerstrand @ 3000Grad
12.08.22 3000Grad Festival
05.08.22 Strandklangpavillon, Sellin Rügen
29.07.22 Wilde Möhre
22.07.22 Nation of Gondwana
16.07.22 für Felix
15.07.22 Katzensprung
10.07.22 Datsche, Magdeburg
02.07.22 Sonnendeck, Fusion 🚀
25.06.22 Insel der Jugend, Magdeburg
18.06.22 Bunter Bahnhof, Cottbus 
17.06.22 Elektromat, Saalfeld
09.06.22 3000Grad am Meer - Croatia
04.06.22 Sommerfest Aken
02.06.22 Harry Klein, München
27.05.22 L'artcultural Festival, Barcelona - Spain
22.05.22 Karl Helga, Leipzig
21.05.22 Frühlingsfest
14.05.22 Kater Blau, Berlin
07.05.22 Basel - Switzerland
06.05.22 MoMo, Freiburg
29.04.22 Südpol, Hamburg
22.04.22 xxxx
18.04.22 Turtur, Hamburg
09.04.22 IfZ, Leipzig
25.03.22 Mensch Meier, Berlin
11.03.22 Hühnermanhattan, Halle
09.03.22 sunshine live 
08.03.22 ://about, Berlin
25.12.21 3000Grad Stream
18.12.21 Turtur, Hamburg
18.12.21 Turm
04.11.21 Ved Siden Af, Copenhagen - Denmark
30.10.21 Yoko, Hamburg
09.10.21 Werft
03.10.21 3000Grad Tour, Berlin
11.09.21 gART.n, Berlin
04.09.21 Panopticum, Stuttgart
28.08.21 Antifaschistischer und Antirassistischer Ratschlag, Erfurt
22.08.21 Mensch Meier, Berlin
21.08.21 Rotkehlchen
19.08.21 Pangea 
12.08.21 Moertelwerk, Leipzig
06.08.21 3000Grad 
31.07.21 Unter Uns 
30.07.21 3000Grad Tour, Magdeburg
29.07.21 Zuckerzauber, Berlin
23.07.21 Distillery, Leipzig
17.07.21 Nation of Gondwana
10.07.21 Sektor, Dresden
21.06.21 Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig
(..."before corona"...)
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Releases: Acker Records / 3000Grad, Heimlich, Meeronauten
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Been there, done that: 
arte concert, 3000Grad, Fusion Festival, at.tension, SOS U Ground Lärz, Nation of Gondwana, Burning Man USA, Wilde Möhre, Pangea, Feel Festival, Funkloch, Mensch Meier, Südpol Hamburg, ://about blank, Ostxxx, KaterBlau, Institut fuer Zukunft, So&So, Laut&Luise, Grethen, Conne Island, mjut, Charles Bronson, Am Bach Switzerland, Kamala Milano Italy, Ved Siden Af Copenhagen Denmark,  L'artcultural Barcelona, Station Endlos, Love Foundation, CCC, Callshop, Lusatia, Klunkerkranich, Alle Tanzen, Redirection Stuttgart, Trapa Trapa Beach, Tag am Meer, RSNZRFLXN Seawatch, Sektor Evolution, Yoko, Turtur, Eulenflug, Karrusel Festival Denmark, Deichbrand, Hot Situations NYC, Fluc Wien, Wannda Circus, Bahnwärter Thiel München  etc
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“Judith van Waterkant was born in the beautiful baltic sea area and crashed into her fathers vinyl collection in a glas vitrine while dancing along with the record "Life is Life" at the tender age of 3. "Nananananaaa"!
Since then she’s not only gained a couple dangerous looking scars, which would be visible if she shaved her head, and gotten prepared to join in with the fights in the streets of Rostock, she’s also kept her deep passion of music with her, always on her mind. At the age of 14, she had a crush on her guitar teacher and has deeply loved music since that time, from every pore of her skin, which became even clearer to her later when she found herself in a massage circle where everybody was humming “Give Peace a Chance” in order to alleviate the difficulties and challenges of puberty. However, no one was supposed to find out about that. “If I die today, I’ll die happy” was her boozy attitude back then. It’s exactly this spirit that the Leipziger-by-choice tried to convey in her so-called Mindset-Sets, in a down-and-mid-beat-comfortzone between 100-115 BPM on the dance-floors of the world or on the couch at home.”

Darren Austin Hall is a multi-dimensional musician, masterful sound healer, & spiritual educator. He tours internationally, sharing his healing music with the crystal singing bowls and his array of spirituality and wellness workshops, courses and retreats. Gifted with as a 'song channeller' with a 'multi-dimensional voice', Darren's concerts and Sound Journeys take people on deep and transformative experiences. He was a featured performer at the TEDx Conference in Toronto and is an acclaimed writer contributing to many online zines, as well as being a spoken word poet. He is a recording artist and has produced ground-breaking albums of Sound Healing and 'shamanic pop' music. He is also co-founder, DJ and co-facilitator of The Big Love Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony as well as his own Shaking Medicine Ecstatic Movement offerings. Darren is also the founder of Conscious Masculinity Toronto and facilitates a men’s group devoted to raising the consciousness of the masculine as well as the Earth Knights Men's Retreats. He is the creator and facilitator of the 75HR Source Resonance Training in Sound Healing, Sacred Music & Vibrational Philosophy. Darren has also trained with indigenous elders and wisdom keepers the world over and has been on an odyssey reclaiming his own European indigenous heritage. He is devotee of the wisdom of nature, tales of the Goddess and is committed to regenerating ancient eco-spiritual wisdom to help guide humanity toward a new age of great peace and harmony with the Earth. He is currently at work on a series of books on spiritual philosophy and tantric writings and poetry to be released soon.

I play the piano and violin and have recently added Ableton Live to my repertoire. Currently just jamming / creating basis for songs and getting more and more into it.

Find me on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/JonathanSeagull/

Drawing from a wide range of musical genres and styles, Jonathan Seagull channels eclectic sound journeys that invite the audience into an experiential unfolding. 

He guides them into weaving their own emotional narratives by paying particular attention to the dramaturgy of the composition and thereby inviting an individual expression of the experience through dance and movement.

Mostly habitating in downbeat to ecstatic dance territories, his repertoire reaches as well into the depths of dark techno and deep house - yet always crafting his sets with soulful depth and intention. 

One of his specialties are sets for temple nights and eros affirmative spaces.

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                                Fall in love or fall in hate.
                                                                Get inspired or be depressed.
                                                                Ace a test or flunk a class.
                                                                Make babies or make art.
                                                                Speak the truth or lie and cheat.
                                                                Dance on tables or sit in the corner.
                                                                Life is divine chaos. Embrace it.
                                                                Forgive yourself. Breathe.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             And enjoy the ride…
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Seeking refuge in the power to reinvent myself. 
Mixing mysticism, rhythms and erotics into a psychedelic alternative reality.
Who she really be? 
KARMA SHE up a tree

Índias Fernandes (Nu Mokṣa) is a producer, musician and DJ born in Lisbon, Portugal. From an early age he explores his musicality, having started on the piano at age five, turning to drums and dissolving into the electronic music universe, where he began his DJ career with his Drum and Bass project titled Cronaxy. 

The project Nu Mokṣa seeks to create a space for freedom and catharsis remembering the divine within oneself and all beings, the non-dual Oneness we are all part of. 

Sounds from all over the world join with the deep musicality of birds and trees in a digital yet organic environment. Starting with soulful and chill sounds (Downtempo and Ambient) to more energetic driven music (Deep and Afro House) Nu Mokṣa can be found playing in during a Sunset in the beach, an Ecstatic Dance event or a festival.

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