part of die Berts



past: 

🪩 Kaos, Berlin

🪩 Renate, Berlin

contact for bookings:

galaxy.nolte@gmail.com 

Upcoming:

Ottibotti-Festival 2026 - 16.07 - 19.07.26

Past: 
Ottibotti-Festival - 17.07 - 19.07.25
23.05.25 - Catch that train - B-Side (Münster)
19.04.25 - Psychedelic Pulse - Tryptichon (Münster)

Shades of blue - Blending genres, rhythms, frequencies! 

I grew up with music like funk, soul, jazz, and early 80s house music. My own conscious journey into music began with 80s and 90s hip hop. 

Especially hip hop but also the genres mentioned above inspire me a lot and shape my style of playing as a Dj. I like to try out new things and play around with different genres and styles, but I mostly play two main styles:

House / Techhouse (soulful, funky,ghetto and sexy)

Psy Tech / Deep Tech / Indie Dance  / Acidtechno (driving, powerful, deep and psychedelic)

Being a regular guest in Frankfurt’s techno and house clubs in the early 90s, JD discovered and developed his passion for electronic music. Soon he had to get his own setup of 1210 turntables to get going – no way back then...

From 1996 on he served his guests nicely mixed ambient sounds while also being a cocktail mixer at Wiesbaden’s legendary “Der Mensch verlässt die Erde”. Moving to another hip and progressive spot in town, he lived up to that very clubs claim: “2SE – 2 Serve Electronics”. And he did: The ornament-ridden rooms of the former Chinese restaurant saw him cutting down the almost cheesy atmosphere to pure minimalist house, trimmed with some selected electronica.
   
In the following years JD played many radio gigs at hr XXL Chillout show or the “Chillout Weekends”. The lounges at Bingens “Palazzo” or breakbeat parties like “Knietief in Beats” had him acting the part: JD – a professional tranquilizer. Upon today, his versatile musical repertoire guarantees him regular bookings in several other clubs in the Rhein-Main area. In club context percussive, groovy house and techhouse sets are his trademark.

His musical skills were in demand for his next job with “Nordisk Club” events. JD was responsible for artist booking as well as contributing his DJ sets to those legendary events of the Frankfurt underground electronic scene.

After that, JD was a weekly resident at Sven Väth’s Cocoon Club, where he pleased the “Silk” an “Micro” guests in the early evening with ambient sounds and later on with house tunes – a style showcased on the mixed compilation “Silk Pearls 2” (Cocoon Recordings).

In 2012, JD moved from Frankfurt to southern Germany/ Ravensburg, where he continues to demonstrate his skills at occasional gigs to this day.

Born with significant hearing loss, deafcandance has never treated it as a limitation. With nearly two decades behind the decks, he has become known for hypnotic, groove-driven sets that balance deep house, minimal and 90s-inspired rhythms.

His approach is purely improvisational – no formulas, no fixed playlists. A sunrise in the forest never sounds the same as a late-night club session; every set is built in the moment, shaped by the crowd and the space.

He is also the mind behind outer_spice, a Warsaw-based podcast and event series that has hosted selectors such as Adiel, Ogazon and Youandewan - artists who follow their own path.

Second alias/project of @phil-jensky
Booking: booking@deafcandance.com

Bookings: 
simon@primarytalent.com
laetitia@primarytalent.com

MGMT: 
james@purplewall.com
abi@hannahwants.com

I COME FROM ESTONIA. I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE MUSIC LOVER, CLUBBER, RAVER AND DANCER FOR ALL MY LIFE. BEEN LOOKING FOR SOUNDS AND RHYTHMS AND DANCIN' LIKE NOBODY'S WATCHING.
SO MOST PROBABLY THATS WHY MY PATH BROUGHT ME TO LIVE TO IBIZA IN 2015. 
AFTER A WHILE, AFTER I FINISHED MY FIRST SEASONAL WORK... GOT FIRST TIME BEHIND THE DECKS AND THERE I KNEW FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, THAT I WAS DOING SOMETHING IN WHAT I WAS EXCITED LIKE NEVER BEFORE... EXCITED AND ENJOYING. TO CREATE DIFFERENT RHYTHMS COMPOSING MUSIC AND MIXING SOUNDS. INFINITE FUN AND CURIOSITY. 
THE BEST MEDICINE TO KEEP HEALTHY YOUR MIND AND YOUR BODY
...SOUNDS, MUSIC...
AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL.

Cocoon Recordings has been founded in the year 2000 as a part of the Cocoon Music Event GmbH. Sven Väth has initiated Cocoon Recordings in order to complete the Cocoon platform as a supporting tool for young artists in Electronic Music. The label philosophy is as simple as demanding: helping young producers and DJs to release their music without depending on Major Label structures. The releases can mainly be assigned to the genres Techno and House.

Cocoon Recordings as a label and Sven Väth as an artist stand for the use of vinyl as sound carrier, also in the future. Admittedly, the Digital Division of Cocoon Recordings has also been set up in 2008 and the numbers of downloads are indeed enjoyable. However, the label's focus is on vinyl, now and in the future. In order to complete the range of services that Cocoon Recordings offers, the publishing company Cocoon Publishing was founded in 2010.

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