record label by @mira_kater and @mila-stern

Homemade Music since 1997
Label of Christopher Schwarzwälder
New Album 'Schillerpromenade' out June 20th

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.

Train of Four since 2011 founded as project for electronic music based at Erfurt / Germany

Colorful Upsi Daisy's since '08 👻

Let's create some memories:
niklas@muna.de (booking) 

--  FUTURE  -- 

20|09|25 - OFF location - Jena
30|08|25 - TBA - Jena
30|08|25 - Hidden Places Open Air - Schneekopf
29|08|25 - Bahnwärter Thiel - München
16|08|25 -  Maislabyrinth - Erfurt
14|08|25 -  Paradies Café - Jena

--  PAST  -- 

28|06|25 -  MUNA - Bad Klosterlausnitz
29-31|05|25 - Villa LENA (IT)
05|04|25 - Liquid Sound - Bad Orb
02|03|25 - MVZ Wagner - Jena
01|03|25 - MUK - Gießen
16|02|25 -  FLUCC - Wien (AUS)
03|02|25 - Liquid Sound - Bad Orb
18|01|25 - Katerblau - Berlin
25|12|24 - MUNA - Bad Klosterlausnitz
06|12|24 - Bahnwärter Thiel - München
01-03|11|24 - 30 YEARS MUNA <3
26|10|24 - UNfamiliar Festival - Schloss Beesenstedt
12|10|24 - Westhafen Leipzig
05|10|24  - MUNA Nacht - Cellar Club - Zeitz 
05|10|24  - Liquid Sound Club - Bad Sulza
28|09|24 - Klunkerkranich - Berlin
19|09|24 - Wilde Renate - Berlin
14|09|24 - Tohuwabohu Rooftop Open Air - München
07|09|24 - Mystic Creatures Festival (PL)
25-31|08|24 - Burning Man (US)
17|08|24 - Reunion -Krämpfergärten - Erfurt
03|08|24 - Kunstland - Stadtroda
07|07|24 - Club Seilerstraße - Zwickau
29|06|24 - LAS Festival (PL)
07|06|24 - Boat Rave - Berlin
01|06|24 - Elipamanoke - Leipzig
24|05|24 - Katerblau - Berlin
19|05|24 - OFF Event (AUS)
03|05|24 - Mitte Soundbar - Nürnberg
19|04|24 - Bahnwärter Thiel - München
19|04|24 - Kraftwerk - München
06|04|24 - OFF Rave - Leipzig
31|03|24 - MUNA - Bad Klosterlausnitz
03|02|24 - Liquid Sound - Bad Orb
02|02|24 - Rituals  - Göteborg
04|11|23 - MUNA - Bad Klosterlausnitz
28|10|23  - UNfamiliar Festival - Schloss Beesenstedt
10|09|23 - Mystic Creatures Festival (POL)
28|08 - 02|09|23 - Burning Man (US)
05|08|23 - Keep Yourself Festival
15|07|23 - Medival Festival - Burg Brandenburg
07|07|23 - Kollektiv99 Open Air - Erfurt
24|06|23 - Muna Open Air - Bad Klosterlausnitz
16|06|23 - Station Endlos - Halle/Saale
10|06|23 - Kulturlounge - Leipzig
28|05|23 - Club Seilerstraße - Zwickau
29|04|23 - Off Rave - San Fransisco (US)
24|02|23 - Engelsburg - Erfurt
18|02|23 - Kalif Storch - Erfurt
17|02|23 - Mensch Meier - Berlin
05|02|23 - Café Wagner - Jena
04|02|23 - Katerblau - Berlin
04|02|23 - Muna - Bad Klosterlausnitz
07|01|23 - off event - Kulturlounge - Leipzig
30|12|22 - Teichbergfichtenfest - Neustadt/Orla
26|11|22 - Theater Café - Jena
12|11|22 - Mikro Club - Jena
06|11|22 - Café Wagner - Jena
05|11|22 - Muna - Bad Klosterlausnitz
04|11|22 - UNfamiliar Festival - Schloss Beesenstedt
28|10|22 - Beate Uwe - Berlin
08|10|22 - Keep Yourself Showcase - KSH Jena
05|10|22 - Fischerhütte - Ilmenau
01|10|22 - Black Angel - Halle(Saale)
09-11|09|22 - Villa S&I - private Rave - Uckermark
27|08|22 - Secret Rave - Berlin
06|08|22 - Keep Yourself Open Air - Knüllfeld
30|07|22 - Kalif Storch - Erfurt
15|07|22 - Vision Salienz Open Air - Jena
26|06|22 - Nordstrand - Erfurt
23|06|22 - Secret Open Air - Jena 
11|06|22 - Rebellion auf dem Zebrastreifen Open Air - Leipzig
11|06|22 - Westhafen - Leipzig
06|05|22 - More is More Festival - La Dersentina
09 + 10|05|22 - Camp Therapy Festival (United States)
13 - 15|05|22 - secret rave - Málaga (Spain)
07|04|22 - MUNA - Bad Klosterlausnitz
03|04|22 - Altes Farblager - Oberlungwitz (Stream)
19|03|22 - Cirkus Parallelo - Göteborg (Sweden)
07|12|21 - Vision Salienz - Jena
20|11|21 - Alte Münze - Berlin
30|10|21 - Dia de los Muertos - Guadelajara (Mexico)
29|10|21 - Casa Xalisco - Guadelajara (Mexico)
15|10|21 - (UN)familiar Festival - Schloss Beesenstedt
09|10|21 - Fulldome Festival - Zeiss Planetarium - Jena
25|09|21 - Station Endlos - Halle(Saale)
04|09|21 - Elysion Festival - Gotha
29|08|21 - MUNA Open Air - Bad Klosterlausnitz
20|08|21 - Everland Festival - Wutha Farnroda
13|08|21 - Westhafen - Leipzig
07|08|21 - Keep Yourself Festival - Knüllfeld
06|08|21 - Keep Yourself Festival - Knüllfeld (Langstein extended)
10|07|21 - Vision Salienz Open Air - Jena
02|07|21 - Secret Open Air - Jena
27|06|21 - Nordstand - Erfurt
25|06|21 - Bunkerfood - Eisenberg
24|06|21 - Secret Open Air - Jena
18|06|21 - Secret Open Air - Jena
22|01|21 - Laute Fenster - Jena

05|12|20 - Technotopia - Jena
10|10|20 - Private Rave - Falkenberg (Sweden)
09|10|20 - Studio Barnhus - Stockholm (Sweden)
05|09|20 - Tarmac Festival - Flugplatz Allstedt
29|08|20 - Westhafen - Leipzig
11|07|20 - Secret Open Air - Erfurt
11|07|20 - Altes Farblager - Oberlungwitz
11|03|20 - Sunset Beach Bar - Koh Chang (Thailand)
11|03|20 - Ting Tong  Bar - Koh Chang (Thailand)
02|03|20 - Ting Tong  Bar - Koh Chang (Thailand)
12|02|20 - Kassablanca - Jena

27|11|19 - Favela Club - Münster
16|11|19 - Basement - Berlin
09|11|19 - Charles Bronson - Halle(Saale)
25|10|19 - Fusion Club - Münster
19|10|19 - Kassablanca - Jena
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Fasziniert von der grenzenlosen Mannigfaltigkeit elektronischer Klänge, begann Niklas bereits 2008, eigene Samples und Loops zu modellieren. Schnell entdeckte er neben individuellen akustischen Illustrationen, den satt- analogen Klang einer Schallplatte für sich. Folglich ergänzten regelmäßig reine Vinyl Sets seine digitalen Arrangements in stilgerechter dramatischer Attitüde. Dem Auflegen nicht genug nutzte er die gesammelten Erfahrungen und Eindrücke aus Szene geprägten Städten wie Berlin oder Jena, um 2012 die Kulturplattform “Keep Yourself” zu konzeptionieren und fortan gemeinsam mit Seinesgleichen ihren eigenen Spielplatz zu gestalten.

Ab 2013 richtete sich seine musikalische Entwicklung zunehmend einem live geprägten Verlauf, wobei die Synthese mit seinem Busenfreund Tante Olsen ausschlaggebend war. Aktuell resultiert sein fortwährender Perfektionismus vereint mit kreativer Neugier in einem hybriden Liveset und Produktionen, die zu akustischen Exzessen laden.

PART OF GROOVERS FAM LEIPZIG

Started DJing in the year 2000, I primarily was into HipHop, but always had an eye on deep electronic music. In the last years I decided to focus more on Tech, Melodic and Afro House. I always look for warm, melodic sounds with a groove.

Avant-garde soundscapes and sonic experimentation define Upercent, the unorthodox artist who has forged his own path in electronic music. Influenced by his Valencia roots and guided by a singular vision, he has earned critical acclaim with releases on Innervisions, Kompakt, Diynamic, Cult Order, TAU, Crosstown Rebels, Essential Part and Watergate Records. His music has connected through collaborations and reworks with artists such as Jimi Jules, Ivory, Marcus Worgull, Adana Twins, Aera, BLOND:ISH and Innellea. Always evolving, Upercent remains one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary electronic music.

⦿ Bookings: rober@essential-part.com

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