The connection between Mareena and Connwax has always been close. She's played Trakt 1 several times at our event at Institut fuer Zukunft. We are all the more pleased that she was able to record a podcast for our Selected series, because Mareena's as busy as ever despite closed clubs.
She has just released her first album together with Leisure Systems JakoJako, is working on her own ambient imprint UNRUSH and has recorded sets for renowned platforms such as Groove and HÖR.
In the summer, there will be a release on Tresor Records (also together with JakoJako), the club's label where she's held a residency for many years.

 „I wanted to create a wild techno mix before taking a longer podcast break“
That's exactly what Mareena delivers in these 70 minutes. Groovy, straight techno that never loses its tension and reminds us of the roots of this music at every corner of the set. 
Thank you Mareena !!


01 Brendon Moeller - Jazz
02 Function - F3
03 Gen-Y - Either way It´s Perfectly Fine
04 O-Wells - Scope
05 Black Lotus - Chords 
06 DVS1 - Delta Wave
07 Jon Hester - Contact
08 Ejeca - Losty
09 Volpe - Create Your Vision
10 Heiko Laux - Earthbouncing (Part2)
11 Distance Dancer - Distance Dancer
12 Andrea - Afen
13 Fumiya Tanaka - Go Out
14 Jeroen Search - Twin Paradox
15 Dan Curtin - Matter Of Sound
16 Newa - 666666
17 Volpe - Present Reality
18 Stojche - Mirror Image
19 Cyan85 - Astral Stream

https://soundcloud.com/mareenaofficial
https://soundcloud.com/unrushme
https://ra.co/dj/mareena_sonderbar
https://www.facebook.com/mareenadj

Connwax Selected #014 | Mareena

When you meet Stojche for the first time and start talking to him, you are quickly impressed by his personality and how he philosophises about electronic music. Like all great ambassadors of music and their craft, there's a genunine warmth and openness which is hard not to like. This openness is also noticeable in his music, the influences of Detroit Techno and Chicago are unmistakable. The ease of mixing and the extraordinary selection of tracks make his sets something special. Over the last decade he has slowly etched his name of Europe's underground circuit, contributing his music to labels like A.r.t.less, DMK, Subwax, Sungate and Infiltrate, to name just a few. Last year he realised and released his first solo album ,,Urban Chaos'' on his own great imprint Tangible Assets, a tribute to his hometown Skopje. 
We could write a lot more about him, but let the music speak for itself.
Enjoy the 15th podcast of our Connwax Selected series by Stojche.

https://soundcloud.com/stojche
www.facebook.com/stojchetangible
www.instagram.com/stojche_tangibleassets/?hl=en
www.discogs.com/artist/1851580-Stojche
ra.co/dj/stojche

Connwax Selected #015 | Stojche

Around 2000 in Leipzig, Germany: Hypezig, gentrification and techno capitalism was in the distant future.

At that time we enthusiastically experienced Resom's first DJ sets in the basement of Giro e.V. in Connewitz, a district of Leipzig where Connwax was also founded. As member of the former Homo Elektrik collective in Leipzig as well as her current home base at ://about blank and Palomabar in Berlin, the avid vinyl collector further developed her style to an expression of organic diversity, emotional spaces and atmospheric energy. Besides, she has been actively engaged in the social and cultural side of the music scene curating the multifaceted conceptual event „The Amplified Kitchen“ in addition to her work for the last ten years teaching DJ workshops for women and regular radio show “Complex” at refugeworldwide.com.

It's all about resonance, feedback, depth, transparency and honesty, connection and shadows. We are happy to share Resom's driving exploration of contemporary techno!

With her mixing prowess, the mix twists between rolling drum workouts, acid laced cuts, deep and moody techno and percussive monsters. Resom blends the elements together into a striking and powerful podcast.

[tracklist]
1. Anna Hjalmarsson & Bitmoth - Dark Matter
2. Donato Dozzy - Mai - The Tao
3.Israel Vines - Tri Polar - And Now We Know Nothing [IT 46 / TEETH-9]
4. Peter Van Hoesen - Oker Cosby - VA: Invitation
5. Israel Vines - Everything Nowhere - And Now We Know Nothing [IT 46 / TEETH-9]
6. Peter Van Hoesen - Oker Cosby - VA: Invitation
7. HVL - K01B - Alignment
8. 200.3 - Donato Dozzy - 200 Ep
9. DJ Nobu - Entering - Bitta09
10. Joel Mull - Northern Spheres - Arrow of Time
11. Cari Lekebusch & Benjamin Mull - Flight School - Fringilla
12. Sebastian Mullaert - Sculpture of Noor - VA: Invitation
13. Agonis - Light of Dawn - Amenthia 002
14. Don Williams - Workout Drums B - Blithe Spirit
15. Alex Cortex - Tensegrity KILLEKILL MEGAHITS II (KILLEKILL025)
16. Mosam Howieson - Napalm (Romance) Napalm (Romance)
17. HVL - K’s Dream Sequence - Aura Fossil

https://soundcloud.com/resi-resom
https://www.facebook.com/resom

Connwax Selected #017 | resom

Anyone who has visited various events in the Leipzig area in the last 10 years will know Motram. Either at events at Institut für Zukunft, where he is a resident of the local Pillenrealität and Rillendisco series, or at small afterhour-like events in off-locations or at open airs. 
Those who know Motram like his reserved manner when it comes to techno. He likes events with unreleased line-ups and prefers to focus on the music rather than himself. Some might call him "underrated", but he wouldn't even have a problem with that description. Musically he likes it mostly harder, deep and trippy, techno without compromise, always with an eye on the dancefloor and of course 100% vinyl. 
Motram x Connwax= love, peace and a long friendship that hopefully will never end. Thank you !

https://soundcloud.com/motram
https://ra.co/dj/motram
https://twitter.com/Motram_Artist
http://www.giroton.de/index.php?gt=motram&gtt=2

Connwax Selected #018 | Motram

PVC-resident V:SONNTAG is an excellent match for our Connwax Selected series: Almost every day she spends time on researching newer and older music, her biggest joy being just listening and diving into moods. She’s particularly fascinated by the versatility of atmospheres and emotions techno can express. On one hand, she loves „fast, playful, sexy and groovy techno, that might at times contain acid or psy elements“, making the audience sweat and have a blast. On the other hand she likes techno on the darker side, which she can lose herself in. While preparing for this podcast V:SONNTAG envisioned a particular setting, that she’s been missing dearly during the past 1 1/2 years: „During my preparations I had Trakt 1 at Institut für Zukunft in mind and felt like recreating its vibe by playing a hypnotic, forceful mix on the faster range of techno“. Let’s dance together soon!

https://soundcloud.com/kollektiv-pvc
https://soundcloud.com/vsonntag

Connwax Selected #019 | V:SONNTAG

Initially inspired by the subcultural scene of his hometown of Lübeck, the young artist was strongly influenced by the predominant sound of the Leipzig techno scene. Especially the infamous Institut fuer Zukunft and its hypnotic and dissociative sound significantly formed his
distinctive style and quickly paved his way into the local scene.
Over the years his sonic palette grew and now reaches from soothing ambient and downtempo to dark and dissociative contemporary techno.

In 2017 Kontinum co-founded the collective Nebula and, after organising their first raves, the collective quickly found its way into Leipzig's club scene and managed to establish its own event series at Institut fuer Zukunft.

In addition to managing most of Nebula's musical affairs, Kontinum continues to steadily enhance his own remarkable sound which can already be listened to on his releases on labels such as The Gods Planet, Lowless and Agos.

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kontinum
Facebook: www.facebook.com/KontinumTechno
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kontinum.lpz

Connwax Selected #020 | Kontinum

Our last podcast of 2021 comes from IFZ resident Subkutan from Leipzig. 
As part of Vertigo, he created an event series many years ago that gave a stage to a harder, darker and more industrial approach to techno. 
He has remained more or less true to this sound in recent years, not only as a DJ and producer but also as part of the live project Artificial Paradise, where he performs together with the Leipzig artist Leshrac.

Soundcloud: @sub_kutan @artpara
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_subkutan_
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/subkutanIfZ

Connwax Selected #021 | Subkutan

the number #22 of our podcast series comes frome @s_ra. 
we asked her for 4 words to describe her set:

"sunday. state. of. mind."

thank you for being part of it!

Connwax Selected #022 | s.ra

the number #24 of our podcast series comes from @fr_JPLA as a part of connwax.
we asked you for 4 words to describe your set:

"recording. out. of. pandamic." [heart. maountain. lane. 123.]

Connwax Selected #024 | fr. JPLA

the number #25 of our podcast series comes by @ron-albrecht from schwerin.
we asked him for 4 words to describe his set:

''pure.mental.psychotic.straightness.''

thank you for being part of it!

Connwax Selected #025 | Ron Albrecht

the number #26 of our podcast series comes by @sirko-mueller ( @user-406905058 ) from berlin. 
we asked him for 1 sentence to describe his set:

"vinyl time travelling to catch the funk."

thank you for being part of it!

Tracklist:
1. Millsart - "Humana (A1)" - Axis
2. Jeff Mills -"Late Night (Mills Mix)" - Tresor
2. Jeff Mills - "Theme From 2000" - Gigolo
4. User - "User 01 (A1)" - User
5. Ben Sims - "The Loops (A1)" - Hardgroove
6. Killa Bite - "Killa Bite 1 (A1)" - Killa Bite
7. Killa Bite - "Killa Bite 2 (A1) - Killa Bite
8. Jeff Mills - "Call Of The Wild" - Purpose Maker
9. Jeff Mills - "Alarms (First Mix)" - Purpose Maker
10. Question - "1st Question (B1)" - Question
11. S.B. Project - "Primitive Streak (Ben Sims Remix 2)" - Cosmic
12. Marc Landis & Don Williams - "The Nova" - Tokomak
13. Ben Sims - "Windows (Vincent D Remix)" - Hardgroove
14. Ben Sims - "Windows" - 4K
15. Ratio - "Untitled (Symbolism Mix)" - Central
16. Marco Carola - "Tang" - One Thousand
17. Ben Sims "Vertigo (Oliver Ho Unreleased Mix)" - Theory
18. Samuel L. Session - "Let's Get Lost (A2)" - Cosmic ID
19. Samuel L. Session - "Tribecutz Vol. 1 (A2)" - Cycle
20. Question - "8th Question (B2)" Question
21. Mike Wade - "Blind Remix" - Archetype
22. Aural Emote - "Dirge" - Symbolism
23. Sirko Müller - "Zulu Gruv" - Tokomak
24. Sirko Müller - "Loop 1" - Tokomak
25. Intermission - "What The Hell Was That?" - M_Nus

Connwax Selected #026 | Sirko Mueller

Connwax 09 is the debut EP by Carlotta Jacobi and includes remixes by Arnaud Le Texier and Oliver Rosemann.
Boomy pulsating kick drums, complex drones and trippy textures.

distributed via clone https://clone.nl/item70302.html

@carlotta-jacobi
@oliverrosemann
@arnaudletexier

connwax 09 - B2 - Arnaud Le Texier - Extended Space Remix

connwax 09 - B1 - Carlotta Jacobi - Extended Space

connwax 09 - A2 - Oliver Rosemann - Immersivity Remix

connwax 09 - A1 - Carlotta Jacobi - Immersivity

The number #27 of our podcast series comes by @milenaglowacka from Poland.
This is a recording of her live set from our Connwax event series at Institut fuer Zukunft on the 26th November 2022.

We asked her for one sentence to describe her set:
,,This  liveact is filled with hypnotic, droned, dystopian sounds, made for brain-massage and dance! ''

Thank you very much Milena !

https://ra.co/dj/milenaglowacka
https://www.instagram.com/milena.glowacka.music/

Connwax Selected #027 | Milena Glowacka live

The number #28 of our podcast series comes by @kollektiv-pvc's  @chacha_pvc from Leipzig.
This is a live recording of his warm up set on Trakt1 from the Connwax x PVC event at @institut-fuer-zukunft on the 4th February 2023.

We asked him for 4 words to describe his set:
''experimental.organic.deep.hypnotic.''

Thank you very much chacha !

https://www.instagram.com/cha.chahh/

artwork by https://www.instagram.com/h.tanneberger/

Connwax Selected #028 | chacha

The number #29 of our podcast series comes by @monument-podcast's @larapalmer. This is a live recording of her set from february at the MNMT X @cctvsthlm event in Stockholm, alongside @petervanhoesen and @ntogn.

We asked her for 4 words to describe her set:
''simultaneously hazy and danceable'' ;)

Thank you very much Lara !

https://www.instagram.com/larpalmer/

artwork by www.instagram.com/h.tanneberger/

Connwax Selected #029 | Lara Palmer

The number #30 of our podcast series comes by @selectorsclub's @roughhrider from Göttingen.

We asked him for 4 words to describe his set:
bouncy.crunchy.juicy.driving.

Thank you very much Rough Rider !

https://www.instagram.com/roughhrider/

artwork by www.instagram.com/h.tanneberger/

Connwax Selected #030 | Rough Rider

Number 31 of Connwax Selected comes from Justyn Nell, hailing from Cape Town, South Africa. 

We asked him for 4 words to describe his set:
Minimalistic, loopy, rhythmic & consistent 

Thank you so much Justyn! 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justynnell/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/justynnell

Connwax Selected #031 | Justyn Nell

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connwax 06 - A1 - X/319

We’re starting off our new podcast series with Session Restore, Hannover-based founder of record label rauh. In the course of the past few years, Session Restore has issued various outstanding releases on his own imprint as well as labels like Separate Skills Recordings, Tiefenrausch and Stress Research.
His style ranges from groovy Detroit sounds to driven tool tracks. His mix for our Selected series is an excellent example of his skills - have a listen and see him perform at Institut für Zukunft on 21/09 at our next Connwax. Enjoy !

https://soundcloud.com/sessionrestore
https://soundcloud.com/rauh
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/sessionrestore

Connwax Selected #001 | Session Restore

connwax 08

connwax 08 - B2 - Irakli - Utopia

Techno... Berlin... :// about blank... Staub… Dust...

Once people said behind the scenes “Pssst, Caleb ESC, he's the hidden talent from the Berlin underground techno scene”. Born and raised in Leipzig, he started DJing in the early 2010s developing enthusiastically his contemporary, deep and bleak intense interpretation of techno.


Since then, he got a residency at STAUB, often playing at ://about blank but also regularly spotted in clubs like IFZ, Tresor and Berghain.
Well done sweetheart!

 Tracklist:
1. Tracy - Against Observes
2. Schelf - State of mind
3. Neel - Renio
4. Mike Parker - Moisture Treatment
5. ??????
6. Cassegrain - Departure Seven
7. Greenbeam & Leon - Tale VI
8. Matrixxman - Radiation
9. MTD - Virgilian
10. Sebastian Kramer - Refrak
11. Pfirter - Arcon
12. Reeko & Jonas Kopp - Dependencia de poder
13. Reflec - Cult
14. PVS - The Shelter 02
15. Bas Mooy - Burn
16. Oliver Rosemann - Intermediate World
17. Makaton - Lead you astray

 

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/calebesc
https://de-de.facebook.com/calebescape/
https://soundcloud.com/calebescape

Connwax Selected #003 | caleb ESC

Connwax’ friend illousion has recorded the fifth edition of our Selected Podcast. Her mix leads you into a world of gloomy-dystopian spheres, buttressed by energetic, driving rhythms. It’s this particular sound that has made her become an indispensable member of Leipzig’s techno scene in the course of just a few years. But illousions involvement in club culture also lies in being crew member of Nebula Kollektiv, regularly organizing parties at Institut für Zukunft and other venues, as well as being part of feminist network Feat.Fem, striving for more balance in the fields of art, culture and clubbing. Her intelligence and fine sense of humor make her a particularly pleasant person to work and be with, just like her capability of entertaining you with unexpected details from her life, like her self-taught passion for programming at the age of 13 or her music of choice being German rap. In this mix, however, she proves her taste for straight and intelligent techno.

https://soundcloud.com/illousion8
https://www.facebook.com/illousion8/
https://soundcloud.com/nebulakollektiv
https://soundcloud.com/featfem
https://www.facebook.com/nebula.kollektiv

Connwax Selected #005 | illousion

It's not just about individual records. It's their fusion in a DJ set that matters. The space in between when something almost impossible is acoustically, physically shaping just for an instant. Vanishing in order to stay in your mind.

The Amsterdam based DJ and producer Jeff Rushin is one of those people creating such moments. His career spans over two decades and he’d played throughout Europe and released on labels such as Mote Evolver, Arts Collective and Odd Even. Recently, he created a improvised live recording masterpiece for the Stay Home Soundsystem together with Jochem Paap (better known as Speedy J). 
Check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2466&v=NKLtrxdxTUE&feature=emb_logo

Since 2016, Jeff and Connwax are joining forces. After four parties (of which one had unfortunately to be cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic), as well as two releases on our Connwax label, we are now delighted to welcome Jeff at our Connwax Selected series. Edition number 06 starts with very deep and aquatic techno with the suspense slowly evolving to the surface of the dancefloor...

Bedankt voor de ongelooflijk goede muziek, Jeff!

www.facebook.com/jeffrushin1/

https://soundcloud.com/jeff-rushin

https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/jeffrushin

Connwax Selected #006 | Jeff Rushin

For our seventh selection, Connwax founding member and Institut für Zukunft resident Qiu goes viral with his very first true podcast since 7 years. With an hour of fully fledged minimalistic, spooky and trippy techno, Leipzig's after hour grandeur takes you on an extraordinary ghost train ride, whoo...!

https://soundcloud.com/psuescho
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/qiu

Connwax Selected #007 | Qiu

The tenth episode of Connwax Selected stems from a figure, who has shaped the techno scene in various ways: DIWA is resident DJ at About Blank Collective, former booker and has curated an impressive range of events, like memory, ghosts* and blank generation. In her work, the question of gender representation in clubs plays a significant role. With her feminist mindset, DIWA has fought for the growing presence of female identifying DJ*s and contradicted the antiquated idea of techno being male. For her, „all the the cool connections between incredibly amazing women“ that have grown in the recent years have great meaning. „This kind of solidarity is meant to unite, encourage and to stay“.

As a DJ, DIWAs sound ranges between „bass driven house/techno-hybrids to twisted deeper and rougher techno styles“, as she puts it herself, looking for the “emotional aspects of techno“. When digging for new music, she likes a diverse sound and surprises, melodies and alternating beats. For this podcast, Diwa decided to stick to techno, building a suspenseful dramaturgy full of intriguing grooves. While selecting and recording DIWA figured what this mix is about: an homage to the big floor. Anything else Diwa would like to tell us?
„Fuck covid
stay strong“

@https://soundcloud.com/diwa-4 
@https://soundcloud.com/about-blank-berlin 
@https://soundcloud.com/about_ghosts

Connwax Selected #010 | DIWA

Leipzig – Sendai - Leipzig.

Even if this would have been a very long distance trip, we would not have hesitated to invite highly skilled Japanese techno pioneer Takaaki Itoh to play in Leipzig at one of our regular Connwax nights in Institut für Zukunft. Okay, he would have kown the way to LE since he visited IFZ already in 2016 and 2018.

Well, the year 2020 planned something different for all of us. In the meantime, during our last internal Connwax meeting, we decided to ask Takaaki if he would like to contribute to our young but incredibly good Connwax Selected Series.

For our Connwax Selected #11, Takaaki Itoh who already released on labels such as Mord, Modularz, Warm up and his own imprint Wols is providing us with well selected, ace and highly effective stealth techno (like Hardwax is sayin'...).

たかあきさん、ありがとうございます。(Thank you, Takaaki!)

https://soundcloud.com/takaaki_itoh
https://www.facebook.com/wols.takaakiitoh
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/takaakiitoh

Connwax Selected #011 | Takaaki Itoh

The 12th episode of Connwax Selected comes from our dear resident https://soundcloud.com/carlotta-jacobi, who is a Leipzig-based DJ* and producer. She has recorded a mix that „listeners could dive into but also get energized by“. We’ve asked her a few questions about what this strange year has been like for her, why it rather felt like the opposite from stagnant for her and what change she would wish to see in the electronic music scene in future. 

Hello Carlotta, how are you doing? What is your current mood in these crazy times? 

CJ: Hi there! Thanks, personally I am feeling quite well right now. But also ambivalent, given the current situation of corona being very present in our lives. Like for many people my mood is changing frequently these days (sometimes hour by hour). But right now I am fine and excited about this mix to be released! 

You have not been idle lately, despite closed clubs and cancelled gigs. What's been going on with you and what's still to come?

CJ: Indeed several gigs I had been looking forward to had to be cancelled or postponed, and I miss playing for a crowd and being in a club. At the same time, the past year has not felt like a standstill to me: As a side effect of having far fewer occasions to DJ, I’ve had the chance to focus a lot more on producing my own music - and releasing some of it! Even though I got into producing in 2014, it took me a long time to feel at ease with putting my music out. This year I finally took the step and have not regretted it for a second ever since. In July I released my ambient-ish track „Meander“ on a compilation by Human Leipzig and in November my friend Lilly and I contributed our track „Endurance“ to the second VAK sampler. But to me the most shaping and illuminating work was the first live set that Lilly and I created in autumn. In the past weeks I submitted several final versions of tracks that will be released in the course of 2021.  

Would you say that electronic music is undergoing a certain change, which will fundamentally change the scene? 

CJ: I do strongly hope that the field of electronic (dance) music (production) is becoming more diverse and aware of its own structural sexism. For instance, it’s really tiresome and frustrating to look for new music and find very few releases by female or queer producers (if at all) on the majority of techno labels. While there are some! I would love to see the music industry become more balanced in this regard, in order to encourage even more non-cis-male persons to get involved and visible! 

Tell us something about your podcast. Is there a certain concept or a basic idea behind it?

CJ: When I conceptualized this podcast, I was a bit torn between selecting dance floor oriented music or doing something entirely else, that would fit the situation of mostly having to stay at home. I decided for something in between - something listeners could dive into but also get energized by.

https://soundcloud.com/carlotta-jacobi
https://www.facebook.com/carlottajacobi
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/carlottajacobi

Connwax Selected #012 | Carlotta Jacobi

vinyl label & party crew since 2012

distribution via https://clone.nl
booking: mail[at]connwax.net

Carlotta Jacobi [ifz] https://soundcloud.com/carlotta-jacobi
GREGOR. [wuest] https://soundcloud.com/greggsen 
Qiu [rillendisco] https://soundcloud.com/psuescho

next dates:
15.06.2024 ifz / leipzig

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