An all-hardware liveset played on Halloween 2021, opening for @acidpauli and @nicolacruz at Public Works SF.

Still a very fond memory:) The support from friends and family, the attentive crew at Public Works, and the positive energy all made things just  ...flow!
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📸PC: Skyler Greene Photography

For the hardware geeks, here's my setup:
• Elektron Octatrack, Digitakt, and Digitone
• Eventide H9 Max
• Moog Minitaur
• OTO BOUM
• Pioneer/DSI Toraiz AS-1
• Arturia Minilab
• Faderfox EC-4
• Midifighter Twister
• Novation LaunchControl XL
• Iconnectivity MioXM

James Fish • Liveset @Public Works SF • w. Acid Pauli, Nicola Cruz • 2021

Without a doubt, one of the best sets of my life - an absolutely surreal (and rare) two hours, with the dancefloor responding to every single track. Thank you so much Kiez Underworld for gifting our little playa such an incredible vibe, sound system, quirkiness, and dancefloor. And to my Kiez, Camp Schlampagne, for bringing the hype and the love in the booth with me. I loved being able to play a diverse range of sounds - from modern deep melodic techno, to breakbeat, to house, to afrobeat, to my first love, late 90s trance and progressive. I even dropped in one of my own unreleased productions and was super happy it worked. Thank you for the trust!

What I really love about a burn is that people genuinely show up to support one another in their "thing" - whether that's a DJ set, or silly improv theater, or a workshop, or needing to cry. My moment was incredible, but I just as much loved showing up to support others during their moments, too. Burns are safe environments where everyone who wants to, can shine, and we love them for it. And I already can't wait to go back.

Love love love,
James


@someone-outside - Parallel Worlds (@patrice-baumel Remix)	@Ardormusic
@jeremyolander - Taiga (Original Mix)	@vivrantmusic
@aerrra	- Shallows (Original Mix)	@Innervisions_official
@olingofficial	 - Shida (Original Mix)	@vivrantmusic
@daveseaman, @guy-mantzur -	K9 (@solee-music Remix)	@sudbeatmusic
James Fish - ID	(unreleased)
@beatmoertelz, @acud - Verbrennungsmotor (@aio-music Remix)	(@KELLERofficial)
@typ_vhs Julian Smith, @bastigrub - Hey Molly feat. Julian Smith (Original Mix)	@Innervisions_official
@aikon_official - Fantom (Original Mix)	(@Multinotes)
@laylabenitez - Fides (Original Mix)	(@crosstownrebels)
@lukealessiofficial - No Paparazzi (Original Mix)	(@buttressrecords)
@vander_music, @mahfoudmusic, @deerjade	-	Intergalactic Tango (@wearechambord Remix)	(@thegardensofbabylon)
@gruuvelements -	Boom Room (Original Mix)	(@crosstownrebels)
@saeedyounan, @pedro-mirano	- Ragga (Original Mix)	(Variety Music)
@reyou, @lazarusman	- They Vibed (DJ Tool)	(Connected Frontline)
@jimijules - Too Far (Original Mix)	@Innervisions_official
@jerry-ropero-music, @tom-novy-official	- Touch Me (Tom Novy's Tech Edit)	(Wasabi Recordings)
Wamdue Project	- King of my Castle (@sandervandoornofficial Remix)	
Transa	- Enervate (Original Mix)	(Hook Recordings)
@clint.mp3 - Mangrove (Original Mix)	(@Slowcietyofficial)
@MarlonHoffstadt	 -  Try Stop Me (Original Mix)	(Midnight Themes)
@Kon, @fioriousmusic, Saturday Love - 2 B Free (@Baltra Extended Remix)	(@foolsgoldrecs)
@logic1000____ - I Won't Forget (Original Mix)	(Therapy)

James Fish - DJ set @ Kiez Burn 2022 (Underworld, Burn Night)

Free download alert! In the late 90s, my sister's Brandy CD got stuck in our family minivan's 6-CD changer for months. 20+ years later, it's still stuck ...in my head. Here's my homage to a timeless classic, reworked for the dancefloor, and provided as a free download (well, plus the usual rigamarole) to you!

<3, James

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine (James Fish's Deep Rewerk)

Back where it all started - the wonderful folks at Musotopia had me back again to play my new hardware liveset. Full of originals and edits (both the ironic and completely unironic kind, of course!)This one's way more peak-time and dancefloor oriented than the set I wrote opening for @acidpauli one year ago.

I started composing livesets in my room at the start of the pandemic, hoping to play them one day in front of actual audiences around Berlin. Playing Musotopia back in 2021 was the first chance I really got to play to a "real" dancefloor - so you can imagine how happy I was to do this all over again one year later surrounded by Camp Schlampagne and the rest of my burner community. And to the Monkeys - i can hear you on the recording at 24:30... oh you ;D

Thanks especially to @konchord and @farn-belrin for having me (plus all the tech support!) and Cloud Kinski for a truly electronic-rockstar set beforehand:)


~~~ Tracklist ~~~
Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine (james fish's deep rewerk)
James Fish - (ID)
James Fish - (ID)
James Fish - (ID)
James Fish - (ID)
James Fish - (ID)
Sting - Fields of Gold (james fish's i swear this isn't ironic edit)
Erik Enocksson - The Joy of DH Lawrence (james fish's just add water edit)
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay (james fish's pack your bags edit)

~~~ For the gear nerds, here's my setup ~~~
Elektron Octatrack MkII (samples, slices, vocal stems, percussion loops, live effects & performance mixer. love it, hate it, cant live without it)
Elektron Digitakt (drums. my first ever drum machine, this one's going to the grave w me)
Elektron Digitone (bass, pads, bells, arps, weird FM stuff)
Moog Minitaur (undefeated queen of bass)
Dave Smith / Pioneer Toraiz AS-1 (arps, leads... i mean... it's a Prophet!)
Roland T-8 (303 plus more drums)
Eventide H9 Max (effects, but more importantly: a big red knob that looks cool)
OTO Machines BOUM (magic sauce mix compressor/saturator/limiter)
Oxi One (best performance midi sequencer on the market, fight me)
Midifighter Twister, Faderfox UC4 (midi control of the above except i always forget to touch them)

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If you're ever curious to create your own liveset, whether dawless or hybrid or in the box, just write me. I love to chat about this stuff and can help you find a setup that works for your personal sound and performance style. Also hit up @resonance.music.retreat on IG - we organize jams, meetups, and retreats for electronic musicians in and around Berlin:)

James Fish • Liveset @Musotopia (Kiezburn 2022)

Really delighted to share my 2023 live hardware set, featuring a few new originals and some live vocals performed by a talented friend and collaborator, Lou Reiner. Thank you to Jules, Lou, and the rest of our little community of makers, doers, and creators - what a special location and special atmosphere you created at your home:) More at https://instagram.com/jamesfishmusic

James Fish feat. Lou Reiner (Live) • Common Ground 2023

Dear Kiezburn, thank you for another wonderful year 🥰🔥 felt good to be back! A little bit of everything that makes a burn fun: silly stupid nonsense, silly weather, silly 90s dance parties at a sunset, and time connecting with friends and my partner. Short and sweet. ⁠
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On a musical note: here's my Kiezburn set recording from Saturday night! Huge thanks to Underworld as always for having me... burn night energy is always super special. I even felt enough trust to play some original tracks (one collaboration with @y.bryan.music and another with @elias.dore), then got to end the set as I often like to with a throwback favorite from my high school years: early 00s trance. I felt comfortable enough to let my inner kid out, sing and dance along like a maniac and not play it “cool” (I mean, where’s the fun in that anyway?)⁠
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Next up: two shifts stage managing at #buchtdertraumer ⚓️. Very excited to be part of this team helping behind the scenes at one of my favorite festivals. More on that laterrr:)

come join the circle!

James Fish • DJ set @ Kiez Burn 2023 (Underworld, Burn Night)

Tracklist:
[Field recordings found on the internet]
Yosi Horikawa - Wandering
Peace Orchestra - Who Am I (Original Mix)
Logic - The Warning (Acapella)
Dürerstuben - Sternzeichen Glühwurm (Original Mix)
&ME - After Dark (Original Mix)
Mira - Indio Hindu (Original Mix)
Lakosa - Long Winded (Original Mix)
Radum, Eleven - Cam Tras
Bartok - Deeplodocus (Original Mix)
Soul Button - Come to Me (Original Mix)
Underset - Berlin (Original Mix)
Kotelett & Zadak - Tizia (Original Mix)
Einsauszwei - Expect (Original Mix)
Mira - Leila (Original Mix)
Mjutah - Bangkok (Original Mix)
Madmotormiquel, Nayan Soukie - Black Birds (Original Mix)
Subb-an feat. Jacob Phono - In The Night (Original Mix)
Marc DePulse - Montag Moll (Einsauszwei Remix)
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Lapacha (Mick Rubin's Deep Mix)
Nhar - Betrayer (Original Mix)
Clockwork & Avatism - Hail (Avatism Remix)
TILT - The Hurt (TILT's Back to Dark Dub)
Shadow Movement - I.D. (Original Mix)
Hunter/Game - Ice (Original Mix)
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Tristesse
Jamie Woon - Night Air (Solomun Edit)
Yosi Horikawa - Wandering

Podcast - "Lichen and Concrete" aka "Every Day I Dream Of Dancing In The Forest"

So happy to share something we worked SO hard on for months - countless nights in the studio writing, rewriting, arranging, and practicing. In the end it felt amazing to finally perform it for you in full and we were sincerely touched by the vibes our friends (&LOU CREW!🧡) brought to the La Divina stage, and all of the warm feedback we received during and after the set 🥰
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Believe it or not, this was just our third time performing together! We only started our musical collaboration in early 2023. Taking it to a big stage like this was actually pretty nerve-wracking, tbh ...and 100% wouldn't have happened without a lot of support. So again we especially can't thank enough Luu, @lapachamusic, and Lusatia for the invitation and the trust to have us play, and for bringing together a lovely audience to experience this with us <3 ⁠We can't wait for next time!⁠

James Fish & Lou *Live @Lusatia Festival 2023, Sunday 14-16

My first gig at SF's Public Works, March 2015. I had the honor of opening the upstairs Loft for @atish and @hoj, two DJs I really admire and whose music, mixing, and approach I respected even before I moved to the Bay Area. Hard to believe I've been here a little over a year...

Friday was special. Not every set I’ve played has had the amount of mental, physical, and emotional energy in it that was invested that night. Months of anticipation and preparation to dig tracks I felt appropriate, hours of practice, and weekends spent designing and developing the art installations in the room. Music was just one part - I wanted to create an organic and emotive physical environment for the dancers that transformed Public Works into someplace new and unique, and fit the kind of music that Atish, Hoj, and I play, a contrast and respite from some of the harsher, more intense sounds that Maceo Plex was playing downstairs. To that end, I coordinated and constructed an absurd ten foot tall, twelve foot wide tree out of wood, fabric, aluminum wire, and lots of LEDs and fiber optics. It was an insane effort. Add the nerves of playing my first ‘serious’ club gig in SF on a sold out night opening for artists I admire, and you get a sense of what was invested leading UP to the night of…

…which brings me to the night itself. Man. It was surreal, new, and simultaneously so familiar. Having friends packing the dance floor early on was a huge boost of energy and confidence to get things started on the right foot. I decided last minute to forgo any more ambitious three / four deck mixing, which i enjoy as a challenge, but felt my attention would be better served focusing on track selection and reading the crowd - so I switched to beatmatching long transitions on CDJs to keep my ear attuned. Six or seven tracks in, I settled into a flow state that lasted until I got off the decks at 1215. At times, I even felt the levity of absurdity up there, like…from a birds eye view, isn’t this kind of a hilarious thing to be doing? What a trip. The vibe in the packed loft was an almost tangible outpouring of love and support. The rest of the night was a blur of dancing and talking with good people.

There are many people who deserve gratitude and recognition for being a part of Friday...

Michelle, Trip, and Chris, who played a HUGE role in helping design, build, and install the Kodama Spirit Tree installation and the fiber optic accents in the room, dedicating time they really didnt have. Rob, for cranking out some amazing visuals (projection mapping and kodama clips from Princess Mononoke) in a very short time (he worked literally up until the event started.) Skyler, for his continued support and for taking some great shots that night. Many of the Monks of Funk for their help in building the Tree, and of course all of our friends who rocked up early, set the tone on the dance floor, and sent out love (I can hear you guys on the recording, it’s pretty great.) Mana and other dschoolers for coming all the way from Berlin. And last but not least, atish, Hoj, and Peter, for the gracious invite. Thank you all!

(Fun fact: I was also born on a Friday the 13th, so that was a good omen.)

Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Holunderbaum (Rumpel Mix)
Fiord - Interpretations from a Maze of Thought (Original Mix)
Locked Groove - Meditations in an Emergency (Clockwork Remix)
Nu - Abre (Original Mix)
Mark DePulse - Montag Moll (Boe’s Little Cure Edit)
Zezfeed, Nothim - Sans Titre (Arapu Edit)
Landmark, Einsauszwei - Wrap it Up
Shades of Gray - Illusions
Kiasmos - Looped
Skoork - Sector 78 (Original Mix)
Florian Meindl - Deeply Hooked (Oliver Schories Remix)
Sam K - Elido (Original Mix)
Florian Rietze - Forgive Me (Cosmic Cowboys Remix)
Lake People - Escape Velocity (Original Mix)
Aquarius Heaven, Hyenah - Tale From the Dirt (Rampa Remix)
Einsauszwei - Straight Rise (Original Mix)
Sammy, Rills - Is This It (Original Mix)

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James Fish - "Hello Kodama" - DJ set @ Public Works SF (with atish and Hoj) - March 2015

Benjamin Franklin once said there are just three certainties in life: death, taxes, and a badass Tutu Tuesday right after Burning Man. I’m glad to say that 226 years after his passing, we have yet to let him down.

As such, I’m happy to share this recording with you of my set that night - pushing a little deeper and a little darker than in tutus past. After this came the oh so lanky, oh so lovely, Lonely Boy himself, who I hope posts his set online since it was a TON of fun :)

This is also a great time to announce the launch of Tutu Tuesday’s soundcloud channel (soundcloud.com/tututuesday). This has been a loooong time coming as an idea from Carla and me, and we hope it proves to be a fitting repository of funky tutu grooves for years to come. An authentic auditory-anthropological study of Tutu history!

Finally, please join us next week with Navid Izadi as we keep Tutu going strong into the fall. Incidentally, it’ll also be my birthday-eve…

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James Fish @ Tutu Tuesday, September 2016 (with Lonely Boy)

I got a lot of requests to post this set, and I'm excited to do so! When I think about making my mark as a DJ and setting myself apart in terms of style and selection, I think about mixes like this one. This was the first time I've played in Traktor in a while, and it feels so nice to be back playing in the same software I started in. Traktor, for me, affords a lot more opportunities for creative techniques than I feel I have on CDJs - I often mix 3 and 4 tracks at once, keep in vocal or synth loops, make long slow blends, and layer in subtle (and not-so-subtle) effects over certain elements. With Tara Brooks headlining, I wanted to evoke a certain melodic range from the flowery to the dark, avoiding the funky upbeat house that's generally the mainstay of Tutu Tuesday. I feel I really delivered on this one. Enjoy!

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James Fish - DJ set @ Tutu Tuesday March 2017 (with Tara Brooks)

It just so happens to be my birthday today. Twenty eight! This past year has seen a lot of change - most notably, leaving my job, my DJ residency, my family and my partner (temporarily) in San Francisco to move back to Berlin for a little while. It’s sometimes been a challenging transition, but that’s pretty much what I expected. I miss my community, and yet I also feel at home here and excited to dive deeper into music and design.

I haven’t posted a mix in quite a long time. 6 months, actually. That’s an eternity in the DJ world, where posting once a month is the expectation. To be honest, while I’ve had some really great gigs during this time, few of them were of the quality (or memorability) I felt I’d want to have up for posterity on my Soundcloud. I was super happy with my Brooklyn set and my Tara Brooks Tutu Tuesday set in February and March, and it felt like I wasn’t outdoing myself…until recently!

So, for my birthday, I’m giving you the gift! I’m finally getting around to posting my set from Burning Man - one of only two DJ commitments I chose to play this Burn, and worth every minute of it. Like many of my sets, this one navigates melodic, deep, and even wildly colorful waters. Unlike many of my sets, this one was played to a completely packed, spilling-out-the-doors Dance Church at the Monks of Funk. What I found interesting while going over the recording was that, despite the incredibly packed venue, sometimes you can barely hear the crowd at all. At first, this was confusing - I remember the place being filled with energy… but then I realized that the crowd up front was just too focused on dancing to chatter. That’s a good sign!  (Secret secret- this set also features a work-in-progress remix I'm producing. See if you can spot it...)

Celebrating this weekend with my Berliner friends and roommates, and the fact that I finally have built a music studio of my own. I’ve got a lot of hard work ahead, but it’s what I want:)

If you're in Berlin sometime in the next year or so, don't hesitate to look me up. I may even be playing a gig occasionally (will be posting about that soon... )

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Burning Man 2017 (Wednesday Night Worship @ the Monks of Funk)

Hello from Thailand! It’s been a long time since my last studio mix. This one, called 'hibernate', is a chilly 90 mins: pensive and paced, with a lot of space for contemplation. In it, I've tried to capture the feeling of appreciating wintertime (more on that below).

I'm also proud to share that I’m joining Something Slow as one of their Berlin-based residents. The ’slow food movement’ came about in response to fast-food culture and the erosion of culinary quality and experience; the ’slow music' movement, likewise, is less about the tempo and more about artists carefully considering their musical selection and craft. I’m excited to join a talented group of musicians and performers, and hope to see you soon -perhaps at Klunkerkranich or Beate Uwe.

Will also announce a few more upcoming gigs soon - stay tuned by following my artist page at James Fish - Music.

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About 'hibernate':
Like many, I’ve been known to complain about Berlin winters. Grey, dreary, and cold without the payoff of snow, people tend to retreat a bit into their own spaces, leaving the warmth of home only occasionally to scurry across the city bundled up to dinner at a friend's, or maybe a club. The days are short and the nights are long, and even if you don’t think you’re affected emotionally by the seasons, you definitely are.

Yet for all of its bleakness, I’m starting to appreciate winter as a cyclical time for introspection and reexamining one’s creative processes. It can feel lonely sometimes, but remember - spring is just around the corner, and by the time busy summer rolls around you’ll wonder why you never seem to have time to finish those projects you started...

Included in this mix are a ton of favorites from the last few months and one original, unreleased work I’m really proud to have produced. Hope this brings you a little bit of patience as you wait for the colder months to finally transition into brighter days.

'hibernate,' a mix for something slow berlin (feb. 2018)

A slow-techno bootleg edit of one of my favorite recent indie tracks. As with my other bootleg edit, this one's available as a free download.

When I first heard "Blend," I instantly knew I wanted to make an edit. The original is fairly stripped down, consisting just of an acoustic guitar lick, a simple drum pattern, and a haunting vocal. 

Yet somehow, my first draft late last year didn't feel right. It was too dancey and too bright, and somehow didn't reflect the bittersweet emotional quality of the original. So, a few months ago while on the road in Asia, I decided to give it another go. I kept only the synth pad from my first attempt and reconstructed everything else with the intention of fulfilling a 'less is more' approach.

I think I finally found a nice balance in adding just the right elements to breathe some new life and context into "Blend," while maintaining the qualities that made it such a moving track to begin with. I hope you'll agree - let me know what you think in the comments:)

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[free download] Aldous Harding - Blend (James Fish's Problems of the Heart Edit)

Really happy to finally share the mix I played at KitKatClub in Berlin last month, celebrating the anniversary of the Hedoné community.

I had the unique opportunity of bridging the gap between the usual Sunday morning KitKat fetish party (typically 130+bpm techno) into a more slow, sensual, and melodic direction for our MYSTIK guests. Unlike many of my sets, this one actually gets slower as it goes on, but as always keeps the groove throughout.

Many thanks to the Hedoné crew for organizing, and of course to everyone that came out on a Sunday in surreal costumes to celebrate with one another. The vibe was excellent the whole evening, and I'm already looking forward to next time with you.

Tracklist:
Ender, Rebekka, Yaniel - And I (Mijo Remix)
Juan Deminicis - Leisure Moments (Original Mix)
Frink - Performer (Original Mix)
Kevin Toro, Vanguardist - Little Helper 320-2 (Original Mix)
Magit Cacoon - Aussi (Original Mix)
Magit Cacoon, Steven Wilson - Perfect Life (Tomas Barfod's Padded Room Remix)
Whitesquare - Understand (Original Mix)
Nicolas Rada - Schiphol (Hot TuneiK Remix)
Boghosian - Balaka (Hauy Remix)
Felix Eul - Interplay (Peng Peng Remix Remix)
Benno Blome - Have Some (Fish Eye Collective Edit)
Steve Bug & Langenberg - NGC 6240 (Vince Watson Reshape)
Tuff City Kids with Joe Goddard - Tell Me (Benjamin Fröhlich Short Trip Version)
Odd Beholder - Lighting (Feijká Remix)
Daniel Bortz - Faces (Original Mix)
Hammer - Atlantic 252 (Original Mix)
Alek S - Neverending (Original Mix)
NYVS - Avahria Fields (Original Mix)
Aldous Harding - Blend (James Fish's "Problems of the Heart" Edit)
Marcelo Cura, J'aime L'eau, Dübelu - Un Momento Mas Profundo Feat. Jane & Daniela (Original Mix)
Atsushi Yano - Barbital (Original Mix)
Initial - Little Helpers 298-1 (Ambient Version) (Original Mix)

James Fish - DJ set @ MYSTIK Hedoné (KitKat Club, Berlin) - Apr 2018

Then there was that time I was invited to play a small stage at Garbicz…

Garbicz is, without a doubt, my favorite music festival. It isn’t that they do one thing particularly well, it’s that they do *everything* well - every detail, from the lineup, to the art, to the logistics of transportation and accommodation, is well-thought-out to keep you lost in the moment. The sound systems are clear, punchy, and well-tuned. The lake and forest are beautiful. The stage designs are innovative, quirky, and psychedelic, and the interactive art sprinkled throughout the forest is mind-bending. The food is healthy and tastes great. The people are nice. And this year, since living in Berlin, I didn’t go more than 15 minutes alone without encountering friends - even ones from around the world I didn’t expect to see. What more could you want?

I’ve been lucky enough to become a part of the Hedoné community as an artist and participant over the last year or so, playing a number of DJ sets and my first ever live ambient set for their events in Berlin and their seminar in Poland. This year, Hedoné brought their ‘Sagrada Feminina’ - an intimate workshop, dance, and play-space covered with wood and fabric - to Garbicz, nestled it in the woods beside a busy thouroughfare and treated to lovely Funktion One sound courtesy of Tonverleih.

So, it’s no surprise that when the organizers asked me last week if I wanted to play a set there, I was ecstatic. Garbicz is incredibly musically inspiring for me, and I’ve felt since my first experience there that I also had something to contribute - something that fits just right with the energy and musical color of the festival. Though it was an intimate stage with not more than 50 people, there was still quite a vibe (you can hear it on the recording, especially near the end.) I’m really, really happy to have contributed this, and I’m even more happy to share it with you.

Looking forward to more to come. It’s been a packed summer, and I have quite a backlog of music to share with you - a mixed-genre afterhours set, an ambient liveset from the Hedoné seminar, and a colorful, intense, energetic closing set from the Kiezburn regional...

Tracklist:
@Sapurra - K Dance (@akadefaultman Binaural Shit Remix)
@adisynmusic - Nehcal 
@alexidelano - Water Colors (@persuader Remix)
@scsi-9 - Had I But Wings Like Thine 
@atish, @bengalsf - Tortoise
@galvino - Kintaro 
@kemback - Good Morning (@auntie-flo Remix) 
@therealrango - Panorama
@ezikiel - One Beat (@alejandro-mosso remix)
@moomin - Time To Reflect
@alextroubetzkoy - Marys Waltz (@archiehamiltonmusic Remix)
Anthony Middleton (@audiofly) - Gravity Falls (@raw-district Remix)
@affects & @maximillionyeah - Polyhymnia (@stevie-r & @alexzed Edition}
@nukreative - Effigy
@mark-alow - Tzemin
@dirtydoering - Strawberry Fields
@childmusic & @doppelau - Child - Ey Ya Tumbo (@timengelhardt Remix)
@djsis - Danzan 
@midas104 - Carry On 
@luttrellmusic - Intergalactic Plastic (@clariannorth Remix)

James Fish - DJ set @ Garbicz 2018

A remix of one of my favorite Iron and Wine songs. Thanks for listening!
- James

Produced in Ableton Live 8.

Iron and Wine - Boy With A Coin (James Fish's Edit)

My Sunday sunrise set from Underworld at Kiez Burn. What a morning! Following up the darker psychedelic energy of the previous DJs, I was really happy to bring the crowd into a more melodic and euphoric sunrise mood, and end it with some tongue-in-cheek fun. It was really the perfect ending to a wonderful burn - emotional, silly, and surrounded by people I love.

Hard to encapsulate this Burn for me in a few words, but it was really, really wonderful. I was so proud of the new camp we built, and so happy to spend quality time (and silly time) with my person and our friends. I am also so grateful for the KB community - the familiar faces and stories from last year and from around Berlin that make coming back such a joy, and the newer folks I got to create some new memories with. KB really feels like a communal effort, and after 5 big burns, it’s so intimate and uniquely special.

Thank you to Underworld for having me again:) I’m always wowed by your creativity, motivation and what you bring to the Burn - your talents are really such a gift that everyone enjoys.

And of course, so much love to my dear Camp Schlampagne for sticking it out through Saturday night and bringing the Schlampesau-energy to Underworld...and the entire Kiez Burn! I’m so proud of us:) SEKT IST KEIN SCHLAMPAGNE! <3 

Vamos a la Playa:)

James Fish - Sunday Sunrise DJ set @ Kiez Burn 2019

Excited to share my set from Zum Brennenden Bären, a regional burner event at a small castle a few hours from Berlin. I had no idea what to expect as it was my first time at this event, yet instantly felt so at home playing for this weird and wonderful community. 

It's also a rare treat to play for such an engaged crowd. In those moments when I looked up from the decks, I saw smiles, people laughing, hugging, dancing, or simply blissed out with eyes closed, lost in the moment. I saw faces of those I already know and love, and those I had still yet to meet, but had seen around the castle. That kind of connection (and the incredible sound system) gave me the confidence to play even those tracks I thought might have been ‘too trippy’ for dancing Bären - and still got an amazing response. I even got to try out one of my own tracks for the first time:)

Thank you to everyone who came and co-created an incredible first castle experience! This Bär will definitely be back next time.

And always remember: one megabyte = four megabytes ;)

>>Tracklist<<

James Fish - DJ set @ Zum Brennenden Bären (Burn Night, UFO)

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past:
Resonance Showcase, 90mil, Berlin
COMMON GROUND Festival 2023
Lusatia Festival 2023
[DJ] Burner Sauna @ Studio dB //Berlin, DE
[DJ] Naked Tea Party //Berlin, DE
[Live] Wilde 13 //Hamburg, DE
[DJ] //In Touch Festival 2022
[Live] Ma'Ma Analog //Landau, DE
[DJ] Underworld //Kiezburn 2022
[Live] Musotopia //Kiezburn 2022
[Live] @ Chigal Festival 2022
[Live] @ Herzberg 2022
[DJ] Zum Brennenden Bären 2022 (CANCELLED)
[Live] @ 57 Grand //Brooklyn, NY
[Live] Public Works with Acid Pauli, Nicola Cruz //SF, CA
[DJ] Zum Brennenden Bären 2020
[Live] Sagrada Feminina //Garbicz 2018
[DJ] @ Hedone Seminar 2018
[DJ] Mystik Hedoné @KitKat //Berlin, 2018
[DJ] Sagrada Feminina //Garbicz 2017
[DJ] PantherRave @Beate Uwe //Berlin, 2017
[DJ] )'( that thing in the desert //2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
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Booking requests: booking@james.fish

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