Karsten John`s passion for music started in his early childhood, learning his first instrument by the age of 6. He later studied Jazz guitar at the Institute of the Arts in Arnhem before coincidently becoming a DJ in the mid 90s. His highly sucessful first residency got him infected with club culture and night life and after moving to Cologne he founded the now legendary Vinyl Vibes club night in 1998. The party quickly became internationally known for being a hot spot for old and new Jazz infected grooves. Soon Karsten started touring worldwide bringing his Vinyl Vibes to clubs in Europe, Canada, USA, South America and Australia. Due to collecting lots of unreleased music on his DJ tours he was taking the next step in 2004 by founding Vinyl Vibes Records to release some of his favourite gems.
Being the musical face of Vinyl Vibes Records, Karsten transported the freestyle idea behind the label in his DJ sets. Rare and undiscovered 60s and 70s Sounds mixed with any kind of modern club beats be it Deep House, Drum`n`Bass, Down Tempo, Broken & Afro Beats, for a unique dancefloor experience.
In 2012 Karsten John decided to focus on his love for Deep House and Electronic Music by founding a new club night called Love.Beats. It is irregularly taking place in Cologne and apart from his Resident Nights it's also featuring guests like Trickski, Mister Saturday Night, Peter Pardeike or Peter Kruder.
Of course you can still find Karsten playing his music for selected dance floors around the world.

For booking requests please use the contact form on either www.vinylvibes.com or www.vinylvibes.de.

Kollektiv Turmstrasse, one of the most successful German live acts in electronic music, is an influential presence in the global techno and house scene. With a compelling discography featuring releases on renowned labels like Kompakt, Diynamic, Cocoon, Fabric, and FFFR, his sound is deeply rooted in house music while also drawing inspiration from breakbeat, indie dance, techno, and even elements of hip-hop and modern pop. Turmstrasse is a complex, progressive and intriguing artist who focuses on the liberated space between driving house tracks and dancefloor anthems.

Endlich wieder eskalieren: Fettes Brot schicken uns mit Raketenantrieb auf einen word, sound & space trip durch die Zeit schicken, gebaut aus Disco-Rap, ePhunk und breakneck Hip Hop - 1980 - 1990 - 2000 - 2010 - and back to the future.

Uniting members from Germany and Canada, Long Voyage has built a reputation for delivering a melodic and energetic performance. Since 2010, the crew has toured extensively in Germany and beyond, searching high and low to craft the powerful collection of songs on their debut album "Vertical". With mind in space and feet on the ground, Long Voyage is making its way into new territory.


Nach mittlerweile 15 Jahren Bühnenerfahrung und fünf Alben, haben sich dubtari zu einer festen Größe in der deutschen Reggae- und Ska-Szene gemausert.

Während Ska und Reggae bis heute die musikalische Basis der Band geblieben sind, fanden im Laufe der Jahre auch immer mehr Musikstile wie z.B. Dancehall, Dub, Latin, HipHop, Drum’n’Bass und Rock ihren Weg in die Stücke. Das Ergebnis ist der unverkennbare und trotzdem abwechslungsreiche dubtari-Sound, der durch deutsche, spanische und englische Vocals von Frontfrau Quiandra und Frontmann Marcophone komplettiert wird.

dubtari nennt diese einzigartige Mischung Intercontinental-Offbeat.

The Notwist have always been pioneering their own sound, walking a trail of songs across genres toward something definitively new and distinctly them. Yet the German born band are never running ‘from’ their previous creations rather ‘toward’ the next, and in doing so have crafted a series of personal yet impeccable records that warmly thread together the far corners of independent music. Simply speaking, the Notwist make this careful and banging, private yet pop, post-everything music, for the movie going on inside you.

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