Usually there is a concept behind all my podcasts and sets on Soundcloud. I often orientate myself on the sound that the respective podcast series stands for or try to create something that reflects my current mood. The whole thing is completely detached from what I would play in a club at night - a club is a club and a podcast is a podcast!

My goal is to tell a story in my mixes. And these stories can be diverse, whether at 82 or 135bpm, whether downtempo or minimal, ambient or deep house. My personal aspiration as a DJ has always been to take my listeners on a journey with my sets and not just pack my 10 favorite tracks together. That seems too easy to me.

But there are also constraints with this approach, but Flow Music managed to finally open up to me and shed this "stubbornness". The target is to create a mix with a length of 3:33:33 - that's damn long if you usually only aim for like 60 minutes. Due to this challenge, I tried to free myself and imagined a situation - being at an open air festival. Groovy house tracks should go hand in hand with organic elements. It doesn't matter how old a track is. I just started playing, imagining that I was at a festival during the day. I hope you can feel it and enjoy the mix.

much love, @bonjourben

Bio: Originally a child of reggae, Bonjour Ben started DJing in his early twenties. With the help of the tight DJ community, he has established his organic sound has become a staple of the organic and intercultural house scene, including appearances in Berlin (Watergate, About Blank, Sisyphos, katerblau), Amsterdam, Zürich, London, Sao Paulo, NYC, Cape Town and more...

Ben's approach is hypnotic, he embarks us gently but surely in his dreamy universe. He is very creative and delicate. His sets feels like an endless flow, two hours becomes six and feels like ten minutes. We forget about time and the outside world, we are drown into the present moment and don’t want to leave this world filled with softness.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bonjourben
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonjourben/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonjourben
RA: https://ra.co/dj/bonjourben

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Flow Session

Flow Sessions 080 - Bonjour Ben

Dance TV is proud to present DJ MIX #617 with the Cantabria based DJ, producer and remixer - Pablo Bolivar. A modern master of house and techno, the Seven Villas label founder is known equally well as an album artist and prolific remixer, but perhaps foremost as a world class DJ. Melodic and hypnotic this moody and sublime mix is made of Pablo's favourite releases from his Seven Villas label. Enjoy!

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With a diverse artistic spectrum and global resonance, it becomes evident that Pablo Bolivar was destined to create music, always driven by a profound commitment to quality.

Born in Santander, Spain, in 1981, he took his first steps into the music business by studying Sound Engineering at Barcelona’s Crash institute, then working as an engineer for a number of years following his graduation in 2000. Boasting more than a decade of experience releasing music, Pablo Bolívar is a name familiar to most in the underground circuit of Dance music.

Subsequently, Pablo ventured into the realm of one of Spain's most esteemed electronic imprints, Decoder Muzique. In 2006, he made his debut on the Barcelona-based Regular label with the release of 'Anjanas,' an 11-track album that beautifully showcased his melodic, hypnotic, and enigmatic style of techno. This distinctive approach, weaving between ambient interludes and more club-oriented moments, demonstrated a maturity and profound musical understanding born from his in-depth studies of the art form.

In 2009, Pablo released his critically acclaimed and personally cherished LP, 'Recall,' once again through Regular. The album paid homage to his past influences, including Heiko Laux and the Kanzleramt label, as well as other German imprints like Chain Reaction. It was also deeply inspired by the profound experience of losing his father.

Since then, the Spanish maestro has consistently excelled, with subsequent releases on labels like Curle Recordings, Desolat, Culprit, Einmusika, Moodmusic, Endless, and through his very own Seven Villas and Avantroots imprints. Pablo has also lent his remixing prowess to a notable array of artists, including Gui Boratto, Mario Basanov, When Saints Go Machine, Gorge, Parov Stelar, and Juana Molina, to name just a few.

Outside of music production, the gifted Spaniard has built up a reputation for his meticulously crafted DJ performances, combining his own mesmerising Techno cuts with records unearthed from his regular excursions crate digging as well as from other artists such as Floating Points, Soulphiction, I:Cube and Vakula – modern names that he is a big personal fan of.

Tracklist:
01. Martin Jarl & Costallic - Enhancer
02. Powel - When The City Wakes Up
03. Savvas - Nothing changed
04. Matua & Bergau - See you soon, my friends
05. Kayemzat Xi - Don't Wanna Be Saved
06. Inkfish - Vespera (Microlot's Main Remix)
07. Pablo Bolivar & Nacho Sanchez- Parallel Night
08. Mundos Sutis - Yue
09. Odagled - Comdetta
10. Dovim - Mirage
11. Mundos Sutis - Nuance
12. Fiordland - Cthonic
13. Lycoriscoris - In the Stream

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DJ MIX #617 - Pablo Bolivar (Cantabria, Spain)

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Live recording with my brother Dactilar after a great lunch time at Annua Restaurant in Cantabria. 
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b2b from 5 until 8pm, enjoy!

b2b with Dactilar @ Annua 2015

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Dima & Max: Gorizont (Horizon), January 2012

Music designed to unwind the mind

Track list:
1 - Leafar Legov - Hidden Treasure
2 - Mike Schommer - City Sleeps (Steve O'Sullivan Remix)
3 - Zone+ - Its Too Late
4 - Zone+ - Infinite Galaxy
5 - Zone+ - Darkness
6 - Zone+ - Doesn’t Matter
7 - Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Last Day
8 - Zone+ - Mountain High
9 - Fulltone - Under the dome
10 - Christopher Ledger - Try (Extended edit)

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