Hello Everyone, welcome along to another episode of our exclusive PFG Progcast, Each week we transverse Planet Prog, seeking to source the best content from the best artists we can lay our hands on, but this week we've given our flight crew the week off. 

So enamoured with NZ and last week's guest, lo and behold another ex-pat resides up on this beautiful country that we are honoured to have guest for us. Time for some pure prog vibes... Buenos Aires style... from Eichenbaum!! 

Andres Eichenbaum aka Eichenbaum's musical journey began post 90s. He was a teenage son of Argentina, immersed in the Progressive Rock and Jazz scenes of Buenos Aires, the city that never sleeps. His passion for electronic music, most specifically Progressive House, was piqued in his hometown and became stronger during his travels around the globe, especially while in Europe.

Now based on Waiheke Island, Aotearoa (New Zealand) since the end of 2013, he is renowned for performing regularly at a wide range of events and festivals around the country. Over time he has played in different parts of the world many times, such as Argentina, Mexico, Japan, Sri Lanka and many more surely to come in the future.

Since the beginning of 2021, he and his business partner Guz (AR) started “Lift Me High”, a production company of music and entertainment events. They followed up with monthly podcasts, showcasing the best Deep and Progressive House DJs/Producers from around the world.

Behind the stage and online, Eichenbaum's DJ mixes have made appearances on international radio shows focused on Progressive House such as Metrodance, Frisky Radio, Wildwood Podcast Series to name a few.

Nowadays, he keeps working on his studio building his evolving his sound identity which is reflected on his tracks. His productions have already been supported by Guy J, Hernan Cattaneo, Sasha & John Digweed, Guy Mantzur, Nick Warren, Dmitry Molosh, Henry Saiz, Eelke Kleijn, Adriatique, Solomun, Graziano Raffa, Chicola, Armen Miran, Hraach, Joris Voorn, Mariano Mellino, Nick Varon, Baunder, Antrim, Ezequiel Arias, Kevin Di Serna, DJ Ruby, GMJ & many MANY other elite DJ's in our scene. 

Enjoy the mix!

01 - Hermanez - Traveler (Original Mix) [Mooizo]
02 - Temple Gate - No Rain, No Flowers (Original Mix) [Plattenbank]
03 - Eichenbaum, Fede Pals - ID
04 - Mode Apart - Gulf Of Bothnia (Extended Mix) [Univack]
05 - Weird Sounding Dude - Walkway (Extended Mix) [Afterglow Records]
06 - Sex Mind - Alfheim (Simply City Remix) [Clubsonica Records]
07 - Mario Mocca - Deep Forest (Eichenbaum Remix) [One Of A Kind]
08 - GMJ & Matter - Metanoia (Original Mix) [Replug]
09 - Weird Sounding Dude - B84 (Original Mix) [La Foresta Recordings]
10 - Augusto Dassano, Cocholopz - Jalisco (Eichenbaum Remix) [Arcedian]
11 - Simos Tagias - Geometric (Original Mix) [Meanwhile]
12 - Julian Nates - Maat Mons (Tristan Case, Covsky, FRAIS Pres. Inherent (AU) Remix) [Musique De Lune]

https://linktr.ee/eichenbaumofficial

PFG The Progcast - Episode 158 - Eichenbaum

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear...
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one, only the moment you reject all help.....are you Freed.

Organic | Afro | Deep | Progressive | Melodic | House DJ

Welcome

My deepest intention here is to nurture connection through the shared pulse of music. Every beat becomes a breath; every note, a reminder of our oneness.

My sets are an invitation to awaken the senses, dissolve boundaries and drop into the present moment. Beginning with earthy, organic textures and gently guiding the energy toward more progressive, melodic frequencies, blending vocals and rhythms with intention, creating an experience that is both grounding and transcendent. 

It all began when my twin sister took me to my first electronic experience, “I asked her, ‘How can I dance to this music?’ She smiled and said, ‘Just close your eyes… and feel the music’”

Music is the one that can take me back.. 

..back to life, back to reality..

‘Bass driven Deep Progressive Driving Emotive House & Techno with Funk and Groove’

Born in New Zealand Greig returned from the maternity hospital on the first day of his life and was greeted with the sound of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos that had been pre-arranged by his parents to be playing when he first entered the family home and to be his first exposure to music. It is perhaps from this beginning that a love of music was embedded in his psyche and certainly it was nurtured by his parent’s love of music and all things creative, as both were full time artists. 

Alex graduated to playing records in his room from age five and this led to playing guitar as a child and a private musical journey of purchasing and listening to music extending from the rock legends of the 70’s such as Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and Santana and the birth of electronic music from Kraftwerk and Mike Oldfield. 

Considering its over Forty years he’s been devoted to discovering and playing music Alex has dedicated spending as much time to the ‘pursuit of the pleasure of music’ often as those who derive income from it. 

His early love of techno covers the complete evolution of the genre including the early beginnings of trance from the German techno producers such as Sven Vath. Along the way Alex’s influences have been wide and all encompassing from early metal, particularly Motorhead and southern rock – ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughn, through the acid house revolution and UK pioneers such as Slam, Underworld and Primal Scream in the mid eighties. The development of Trip Hop and particularly James Lavelle’s early Mo Wax label and then the release of Sasha & Digweed’s CD mix album Renaissance The Mix Collection changed his life forever. 

Always drawn to a love of bass that has taken him from the jazz of Miles Davis and the music of Mark King, Marcus Miller, and Stanley Clark, or straight out funk of The Infectious Grooves and onto deep electronic bass lines. 

He found himself entranced by Deep house and early tech house from the likes of Craig Richards, Terry Francis and Terry Lee Brown Junior and labels such as Glasgow Underground and Mushroom Jazz.

In the nineties Greig introduced electronic music into Rip it Up, New Zealand’s original music magazine by writing CD and gig reviews.  Bucking the established house scene at the time in Auckland New Zealand, which he thought had become too commercial and predictable. He used what became a regular column as a voice to stir up the scene at the time and promote more underground sounding DJ’ s and music at the time such as NZ’s techno pioneer Greg Churchill and overseas visitors playing a more progressive sound. 

From a conscious decision as an entrepreneur whilst building companies Greig has never dedicated a lot of time to DJing preferring to keep digging for the sounds to be shared with friends many being DJ’s, which often influenced by the sounds he shares. 

The advent of Digital music and indeed this Soundcloud page provide yet another platform from which to share the sounds that are moving him along with a vehicle to showcase local and new DJ’s from New Zealand such as Tom McGuinness and La Sonique which are already represented on his profile.

Sharing a love of well crafted sets and quality production If his current music preference could be put into a box it would be along the line of ‘Bass driven Deep Progressive Driving Emotive Techno with Funk and Groove’.

Enjoy


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Beautiful music will save our world✨🎶🖤

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Leah Marie (Late Night Music/KONTRAST.) is a DJ/producer from Melbourne Australia based in Berlin. Since jumping behind the decks, Leah has become a key player in Australia's deep, progressive & melodic house scene. Playing iconic venues, festivals and events across Australia, Germany and beyond. Her passions lie with the deeper sides of underground house & techno, which connect with the mind, body and soul.

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PFG The Progcast - Episode 158 - Eichenbaum

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