In the cold and dreary winter of 2009, alone in his bedroom and hidden from the darkness of the world outside Justin Paul Vallesteros had begun working on something that would change his life forever. What began as a couple notes played in experimentation soon transformed into vibrant melodies that soon shook Vallesteros’ musical foundation to the core. Guitar chords laced over pulse sating synth melodies and drum rhythms was a departure from Justin’s previous work; he began to create the dreamy nostalgic pop music that is Craft Spells. Justin is a California native who now finds residence in the mid-size town of Stockton, the heart of California. Craft Spells is the epitome of the recent uprising of the DIY music scene. Coming from a place not known for its musical history or impact on music culture it seemed destined for Craft Spells to stay as a bedroom pop project with no final destination in sight. But soon the shear amount of blog volume his work began to generate was unimaginable. Sites like Weekly Tape Deck, Pasta Primavera, No Modest Bear and Pitchfork’s Forkcast took notice and thus began the never ending worldwide posting and re-posting on blog after blog of Craft Spells. The sound is led by Justin’s blissful voice, backed behind beautiful guitar melodies over heavenly synths, pop basslines and looped rhythms. Captured Tracks has released 7” single for the song “Party Talk” and will release the debut LP due out in Spring 2011 called Idle Labor. 2011 is going to be a busy year now that Justin has set up a live band for future touring. Keep a look out for tour dates in Europe and US come the new year. In no time at all, Justin has been able to move out of Dave Brubeck and Pavement’s shadow to create something his own which he shares with the ever continuing admiration of the world.

The Fog Rose High

Ein kleines Set von den wirklich vielversprechenden Newcomern des 5. Dockville Festivals.
Viel Spaß beim Entdecken! 

A Forest - A Listener

Dario Klein @ Tumult im Fuchsbau Festival 2025

recording of my gig at Klangtherapie, Basstempel floor, Friday night, after Ignez & Shinedoe (:

gem.ini @ KLANGTHERAPIE 2025 Bassstempel

Bucht der Träumer* / 15.08.25 / 18:00 -20:00 @ Strandflitzer
Thx 4 a sweet & sweaty Friday evening ride @aroma-plus' beautiful and fancy Strandflitzer stage 🛼🌞💦

@bucht-der-traeumer

Goldie Palm @ Bucht der Träumer* 2025 | Strandflitzer

Vorsicht, heiß und fettig!!  Die DJ Küche ist ein ziemlich emotionaler Ort, und wo Leidenschaft regiert, gibt's keinen Platz für Perfektion. Dieses Jahr durfte ich beim Mit Dir Festival direkt in der ersten Nacht auf unserem Backstube Floor richtig einheizen. Ohne Zweifel waren wir danach alle knusprig durchgebraten, und das hört man! Darum freue ich mich, euch dieses Set nun mit lecker Publikum als Beilage servieren zu dürfen - all euer liebevolles Gejubel, Gepfeife und Gekreische live mit auf Band. Ohne Chaos keine Vibes. Lasst's euch schmecken.

Katzenohr | MIT DIR Festival 2025 | Backstube | Full DJ Set with Live Crowd

Recorded during Kater Club's geburtstag on 24/08/25. 
Kiosk from 4h00 till 7h30

Kater Club (Berlin - DE) 24-08-25

Diving deep into house with my boiii Marc @ Sektor Evolution.

JiMMi Hendrik b2b Koschmidder - Werk Hain @ Sektor-Zelt 23.08.25

[o=o]25´8_Winniewski&Klempi@PK-Sommerfest/Schaumburg

watch live

Bebetta In Bed #78

Hey guys!

We had the honor to close the Funky Float Stage at Mystic Creatures Festival 2025 on a bright and sunny monday morning! We're still buzzing from the vibe on this very special floor. Thx everybody for coming out early, hope you enjoy our recording <3

Fotocredit: https://www.instagram.com/katinablck/


Zehlendorfer Disco Squad - Mystic Creatures Festival 2025 🍃 - Funky Float Closing 🐬

Zum letzten Festival der Saison @MysticCreaturesFestival  haben sich @tamtoomi und ich als b2b  zusammengetan und ein knackiges Opening-Set mitgebracht. Es hat unfassbar viel Spaß gemacht im Freaky Forest mit angezogenem Tempo zu spielen!
Danke @mitdirfestival für diesen wunderschönen Floor und die tolle Organisation. 

Never Going Home | Mystic Creatures Festival 25 | Tamtoomi b2b LABERG

Robot Koch feat John Lamonica _ Nitesky
taken from the album "the other side"

http://projectmooncircle.bandcamp.com/album/the-other-side | http://www.projectmooncircle.com/ | http://www.robotsdontsleep.com/

Berlin producer Robot Koch is back for his third full length release, “The Other Side”.

Although Robot Koch has an international reputation as being "One of Europe`s finest producers of the beat generation" (Low End Theory), he is much more than just a beatmaker… “(Post)-dubstep infused Electronic Hip Hop“ is far too constrained a label to understand what this producer is all about. Instead of following the sound of his previous albums “Death Star Droid” ("Essential listening" - Bobby Friction BBC) and “Songs For Trees and Cyborgs“ ("Music for a modern age that has rarely sounded so good” - Boomkat), Koch takes the genre defying ingredients from these previous records to another level. There still are some of those “Galactic ten ton beats and space age melodies“ (Dazed and Confused) that made the previous albums staple drops in the playlists of Mary Anne Hobbs, Starkey, Daedelus and Gaslamp Killer to name a few, but there is a new dimension to Koch`s production and songwriting that didn’t show on his previous records.

The cinematic vibe of tracks like “Nitesky”, the quirky and moody feel of “Bugs” and the electricity of “Tapedeck” show how Koch more than ever manages to create intimate and timeless pieces of music that are soulful, deep, mysterious and that will appeal to fans of cutting edge Electronica and modern pop music alike. This is the most personal record of Robot Koch to date. Instead of going for big name features Koch teamed up with lesser know artists like Kansas based vocal talent John LaMonica, long time friend and theatre composer Nielson and mexican singer/songwriter Graciela Maria to find the right voices for his compositions. John LaMonica infuses his whimsical and heartfelt melodies that breathe an air of darkness and nostalgia with Koch`s fresh and forward thinking instrumentals to create something that fans of Radiohead, The XX and Jamie Lidell should not sleep on.

”I`m glad John contacted me, we were thinking of collaborating on one song for my album but it ended up being five songs, they were all fantastic and helped me find the right direction for ‘The Other Side’.”

After the release of the John Robinson collaboration album (“Robot Robinson” – Project Mooncircle) earlier this year, it seems surprising how extensive Robert’s output is, but don’t be mistaken, this album is a longer term project than just releasing the songs Koch made in the last year. Some of the songs found on “The Other Side” were made seven years ago.

”I didn’t know what to do with songs like ‘Bugs’ back then. Now it felt like the time has come to release them, they just made sense with of the most recent stuff I’ve been making and it all fell into place. But it was not an easy album for me to make. The previous albums just came together rather quick but this one was a real mission, something I’ve been trying to do for years and I could never really get it together until now.”

Legendary John Peel (BBC) knew in 2003 already when he said about Koch`s productions "Wonderful and strange, pop music from the future“.
Released by: Project Mooncircle
Release/catalogue number: PMC085
Release date: Oct 7, 2011
Released by: Project Mooncircle
Release/catalogue number: PMC085
Release date: Oct 7, 2011

Nitesky (feat John LaMonica)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shlohmo/215424843565?ref=br_tf
https://www.twitter.com/shlohmo

https://soundcloud.com/wedidit-collective

LOL Boys - Changes (Shlohmo Remix)

Buy it here:

itunes 
US/North America: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dp-aaron-single/id554211209?uo=4 
MMW1 UK/Rest of world: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/aaron-dp-ep/id554664574?uo=4

Amazon 
DFA US/North America 
http://www.amazon.com/DP-Aaron/dp/B0092ES1W4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1346949753&sr=8-5&keywords=dan+bodan 
MMW1 UK/Rest of world 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aaron-Dp-Explicit/dp/B0090B8ASE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346949623&sr=8-1

DanBodan - DP

⭐️ Festival für Musik und Kunst in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg. 👀
Neben Live-Acts und Bands spielen beim MS DOCKVILLE immer auch zahlreiche DJs und elektronische Acts. House, Techno und elektronische Musik abseits klassischer Genregrenzen, die Bühnen und Nächte in Wilhelmsburg genießen einen legendären Ruf. 
Einige Sets davon gibt's auch hier zu hören. ✨👂

A Forest - A Listener

MS DOCKVILLE

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