As a producer, musician, DJ and serial collaborator, Chris Schwarzwälders distinctive style of deep, restrained house is hard to pin down, but you’ll always know it’s him when you hear it. 

Born in Frankfurt am Main in the 80s, he started playing hiphop in the 90s. While making beats on his MPC2000, he dropped into Offenbach’s Robert Johnson club and fell in love with techno. 

In 2009, Chris moved to Berlin and started DJing at KaterHolzig, where he found a group of people who thought about music in the same way he did. In contrast to the trends of the late 00s, the sounds being made from this little paradise on Berlin’s river Spree were slower, softer, and more soulful than a lot of what was being played in clubs at the time. 

It was here that Chris began to cement his reputation as both a solo producer and collaborator, who was capable of bringing his trademark sounds to a whole number of side-projects - many of which have gone on to play to crowds around the globe. He joined the Feathered Sun collective in 2013, together with a group of friends including Acid Pauli, Nu, Jo.Ke and Raz O’Hara. Dreamy, groovy and often improvised, the collective represented a special kind of musical freedom in which a group of producers came together to create something new in a singular, live moment. 

At the same time, Chris’ friend Mira was making moves of her own, and they started to play back-to-back sets, soundtracking the legendary Monday mornings of KaterHolzig, and now, Kater Blau. The two, who are both residents at Kater Blau, have now been playing together internationally for almost a decade, and have formed a common musical understanding that translates throughout every one of their sets - deep, clubby and melancholic. This partnership has also carried on into the studio, where they have collaborated on numerous hits. 

His most light-hearted side comes out in collaboration with Iannis Ritter, where the two musicians take on a weirder, more melodic & electro approach than Chris’ other proejcts. 

If you were to ask him, Chris would describe himself as reserved, logical, rational, melancholic and humorous. Which is why you’d never hear him telling you about the hundreds of nightclubs and festivals he’s played around the globe, or the number of hits he’s had with his productions. If you’re lucky though, Chris might tell you about his favourite synthesizers, and get lost in a conversation all about electronics and sound. Which is exactly where Chris wants to be - lost in electronics and sound.

DJ in Halle/Lepizig.

Member of Wachsalon.

Former aka until Good Friday 2024: Richard Pegel.

Life could be gray, so spread love with diverse textures!


Omun is a personal Place for me, where I can come into calm and balance in motion through the music, I make. Every track I made is written from scratch and the sets I play are mostly improvised based on the feelings I have, I want to feel and I also don‘t like but I have to deal with. So the genre of my music isn‘t easy to describe, but the most of it is between melodic House- and Techno music at different tempos with a huge focus on progress and fun.



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Marta van Dam is a Madrid-born DJ and producer with Dutch roots whose passion for music began in childhood, teaching herself to play several instruments before stepping into the electronic scene in 2021.

Her dedication and magnetic energy behind the decks have quickly established her as one of the rising names on the Spanish electronic circuit. She has performed at some of Madrid’s most iconic venues including Fabrik, LAB the Club, Istar, and The Bassement, as well as at renowned festivals such as Brunch Elektronik and A Summer Story. Her journey has also taken her to Ibiza and Marbella, where she has captivated dancefloors with her dynamic sets.

Throughout her career, Van Dam has shared the booth with world-class artists including Fatboy Slim, Joseph Capriati, Gordo, Tiësto, and Nic Fanciulli, among others.

As a producer, she has released music on labels such as Critical Sounds, And Dance, and Arryba, continuously seeking new ways to channel her creativity and passion into tracks that reflect her unique vision of electronic music.

⭐️Multi-Genre Analog/Digital-DJ⭐️
Halle/Leipzig, Germany
Auckland, New Zealand
Brisbane, Australia
http://kuehlewind.tech/DJ/

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