Bside Incoming: Estimulo

Bside Incoming: Estimulo

We’re delighted to touch back down in Berlin to hear from one of the city’s most stalwart deep-house supporters. A two-hour exploration into the collection of a man searching for the soul in all things electronic music. We give the warmest of welcomes to Esti, known widely as Estimulo.

@estimulo

Esti’s entry into music was one of intense curiosity: chopping up radio recordings from a young age and assorting them into mock radio shows of his own. Borne from an unquenchable thirst for groovy electronic sounds, and after becoming infatuated by “The Big Beat on Fridays”, a radio show active in 1988, he set upon a quest to collect as many house records as possible. This emphatic drive led to his dabbling with pirate FM radio in 1990, when finally, Esti could broadcast the sounds he loved with his neighbourhood. Though sadly, his childhood dream was cut short by the authorities soon after...

Esti, however undeterred, soldiered on with a smile, and the spoils of his devotion are evident in the thirty years that have elapsed since then. He now operates a long-standing record label and internet-radio show, Mixomat Recordings and the EstimuloShow respectively, and has performed in some of the most revered institutions in Europe: namely Tresor, Berghain and ADE. These such outings have also led to performances alongside esteemed acolytes like Gerd Janson, Fantastic Man, Shed and I-F. 

For someone with such a colourful career in electronic music, you’d expect his early influences and musical ventures to reflect in his Bside episode, and they certainly do. Staying true to his innate connection with deep electronic sounds, Esti guides us through curious downbeat IDM, emotive house and Italo, woozy two-step, and juddering, euphoric breaks. Proving to us that he can indeed find the soul in everything.  

Estimulo’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/estimuloshow/
Estimulo’s digital hub: http://mixomat.org/estimulo/

Thanks to Molly Hickey for the beautiful artwork as always. Check out her art here and message her! www.instagram.com/mollyth.art/

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08.05.25: Renate Berlin
25.05.25: Nodd Paris
15.06.25: AEden Berlin
29.06.25: Upgrade 
10.07.25: CdV Berlin
22.07.25: Refuge Worldwide w/ Jank Inc.
02.08.25: Heidegluehen
12.09.25: Blue Velvet Berlin (Ultra Ouch Plus)
04.05.24: Marla w/ Florist, Lucca
29.05.24: Club der Visionaere MoonStompers w/ Anais Liro, Jack D, VSAN
10.06.24: Club der Visionaere Cabinet Records Night w/ Daniel Paul, Zky, Phaser, Ed Herbst
21.06.24: Paloma w/ DJ Luv You
12.07.24 Plastik, Amman. Jordan
07.08.24 Repeat Berlin
09.08.24 GIRI Berlin
08.09.24. Strandbad Plötzensee
08/09.11.24 Pisa IT | Take Your Time | Daniel Paul, Estimulo, Phazer
23.11.24 Zürich Secret Warehouse Party w/ Dan Piu etc.
14.12.24 Upgrade Berlin Flughafenstr. w/ DJ Pegasuz, DJ Sommer, uvm
11.01.25 Turin Mou Vintage Bar 
Booking: estimulo@gmx.de
Support EstimuloShow on Patreon for full playlists and WAV download:
www.patreon.com/Estimulo
Access to exclusive content including edits, playlists and downloads as well as exclusive mixes and it's only a fiver.
8.10.23 Turin IT | Combo | Atlas Room  | Spicy Sunday
30.9.23 Kimchi Records Release Party YS w/ Dan Beaven, Jank Inc., Dream_E etc.
30.9.23 Strandbad Ploetzensee Daytime Open Air w/ Dan Piu, Spacetravel, H:B:E:M, Gen-Y, uvm
1.9.23 Marla w/ Myles Mac
26.8. 23Paloma Bar w/ Myles Mac, Nummer
6.8.23 Open Air Algoritmo x 14.40 Playground Berlin
5.8.23 Fitzroy Berlin Submerged Open Air
30.7.23 TBA Berlin
27.7.23 Cashmere BLN
20.7.23 Nijmegen NL Mesh
2.7.23 Strandbad Plötzensee Berlin
1.7.23 Buerro Mainz DE
16.6.23 Marla w/ Alex Pastor & Lucca
11.6.23 Vanilla Sunday Afterhour @ Secret
27.5.23 Sisyphos
24.5.23 Club der Visionäre
20.5,23 Marla w/ Alina & Amadeus K
22.4.23 Marla (w/ Florist & Lucca)
8.4/9.4.23 Hoppetosse: THE MUDD SHOW Easter Weekender
6.4.23: 1700 CET The MUDD Show 

3.2.23: Melbourne New Guernica
4.2.23: Sydney Lord Gladstone
5.2.23: Brisbane Cosmic Beach
9.2.23: Brisbane itsstillasecret
11.2.23: Adelaide Nevermind
12.2.23: Melbourne Bar Oussou
12.2.23: Poowong East (Outta Range Festival)

29.11.22 Refuge Worldwide
03.12.22: Gr_und Galerie x Childhood Intelligence.(Seestr. 49/U Seestr), Ambient, IDM, Dub Set
23.07.22 Fitzroy Berlin w/ Hashman Deejay, Jank Inc., etc
04.06.22 Renate Berlin
14.05.22 BinarySound Paris @ Le 6b 
15.04.22 Temuco, Chile Oculto
14.04.22 Santiago, Chile TectonicaMag
09.04.22 UNDERGROUND REUNION @ NICETO Buenos Aires
25.03.22 Tandil Argentina BeirutBar
20.03.22 Avant Garten Buenos Aires
23.04.22 Berlin Tbc

14.05.22 Paris BinarySound
28.08.21 Christa Kupfer (ex-Loftus Hall) Berlin w/ Estimulo, Mr. Fonk, Andi A
11.09.21 Motif Berlin w/ Estimulo & Flørist
24.09.21 Winterthur CH Kornhaus w/ Estimulo, Dan Piu, HBEM
25.09.21 Zürich CH Kasheme w/ Estimulo, Dan Piu
02.10.21: Paloma Bar (postponed)
16.10.21 Zukunft Zürich CH
24.10.21 EstimuloShow w/ Repeating Path
27.10.21 Crack Bellmer Berlin w/ Estimulo & Cleymoore / Feedback Waves
05.11.21 Paloma Bar Berlin 
06.11.21 D59B Berlin
19.11.21 Strasbourg FR Ordinaire
27.11.21 Aarhus DK Super
25.12.21 KitKat Club
15.08.21 EstimuloShow w/ Enchanted Rhythms
24.07.21: La Ferme Du Bonheur Paris, La Mamie's
10.07.21: Suicide Club Berlin, Alles Paletti Open Air w/ DJ Sotofett, Estimulo 
09.07.21: Club der Visionäre Berlin w/ S Moreira, Indizone, Quest, Estimulo (Mudd show party)

02.07.21: Flørist, Nathan Melja @ EstimuloShow
12.03.21 The MUDD Show Fitzroy Berlin
29 Nov EstimuloShow w/ Huerta (Leizure)
18 Sep Club der Visionaere w/ Dan Piu, Hitekjaz, Cecilio etc. (Childhood Intelligence)
17 Sep The MUDD Show Hoppetosse - 
My South American Tour is cancelled
21 Mar LaCura @ La Plata Argentina w/ Diamin, Franco D (cancelled)
17 Apr Underground Reunion @ Levitar BsAs Argentina w/ Diego Perrisson (cancelled)
20 Feb EstimuloShow w/ Flørist @ Arkaoda
13 Dec: P Relief, Estimulo @ Digital Garden, Ziegrastr 11 Berlin
28 Nov: EstimuloShow w/ Urulu @ Arkaoda
24 August 15:00 Radio 80000
24 August Rote Sonne Munich w/ Hamsa Int
26 August IPSE Hallo Montag (Arte Concert)
7 Sept: Secret Private Rave @ RosenthalerPlatz

Bio: down since forever etc blah blah.
bookings n stuff: estimulo@gmail.com
show related requests/holler: estimuloshow@gmail.com (please note that estimuloshow is a live show with guests, so usually pre-recorded mixes can't be included).


30 April 2019: Mayday Intenational @ Ziegra 11
21 Feb 2019: Arkaoda / Cashmere Radio
20 oct: Hamsathek w/ ManooZ, Pegasuz, PJOTR, Estimulo @ Ziegra 11
3 oct: TanzVersammlungRosenthaler w/ Dr Motte, Makarov, DJ Pegasuz, Estimulo
14 sep: Club Sounds @ Sofitel Kurfürstendamm Berlin (Le Faubourg)
Upcomin' 25 aug: Hamsathek w/ Deep88, PJOTR, DJ Pegasuz @ Ziegra 11

05 August 2017: Madrid, ES w/ Downbeat
25 August 2017: OHM Berlin w/ Benoit B / Banlieue / Nummer / etc
21 Oct 2017: Schrippe Hawaii Bln w/ Hamsa Intntnl
11 Nov 2017: Klunkerkranich w/ Bigote / RITMO
25 Nov 2017: Golem, Hamburg w/ Orbit Sessions
8 Dec 2017: Paloma Bar w/ 206, Epikur (Lehult), etc
16 Dec 2017: Amsterdam BRET w/ Klokwerk, Gropina
12 Jan 2018: Arkaoda Berlin
26 Jan 2018: Arkaoda Berlin & Cashmere Radio
3 Feb 2018: Tresor Berlin w/ Snuff Crew, Violet etc
23 Feb 2018: Arkaoda Berlin & Cashmere Radio
23 Mar 2018: Arkaoda Berlin w/ Still Deep (Cashmere Radio)