As the days are slowly getting warmer and longer, I am extremely excited to have one of my favourite figures of the German music scene on board to deliver the proper soundtrack for that sun-drenched vibe in the form of a brand new Messy Mix. Tom Hessler, better known as Der Assistent, released one of my favourite records of 2024 with the mesmerizing “Amnesie am Amazonas”. The whole album is a fascinating tropical, relaxing new age trip and I was obviously longing for the man to extend that vibe in the form of a mixtape. And of course, Mr. Hessler understood the assignment. 

Welcome to “The Blue Hour”. Originally Deer Assistent wanted to call the mix „Blue Hour on a River“ to cover up the fact that it is “just another Balearic-sundown-mix” as he says. But then it went through a little change as he explains: “Since I realized there are a few river-themed songs in this it made total sense. The idea wasn’t exactly Avantgarde but conceptually waterproof: To go down a figurative stream of water during the blue hour while listening to 60 minutes of music that had been chosen because they sounded „blue“ to me. However when I got asked for the accompanying photos and videos for social media, which are sadly and seemingly necessary today to promote music, I realized that I only had visual material that had the mediterranean as a backdrop. No rivers whatsoever. Just holiday photos and a sweet video of a chill cat watching the Cretan sunset.”

Maybe it is now just “The Blue Hour“ mix but that doesn’t make this laidback selection by Der Assistent less tempting. This soothing 60-minutes selection includes some rare tunes that his buddy DJ norm gave me when Tom visited him and his partner DJ Linda Vista to play Brussels a while ago. And whether you got a river close to you or now - you won’t regret listening to this wonderful selection. Thanks for assisting me with this one.

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Messy Mix 24 | The Blue Hour (by Der Assistent)

"Tartiflux" Vinyl EP, out 02 May. 2025 on Chomp! Chomp!

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04.06.25 Halftime, Conne Island, Leipzig
23.03.25 Proper Pull Radio Show, Sphere Radio, Leipzig

06.09.24 w/DMX Krew, Neue Welle, Leipzig
27.07.24 Aequalis x PVC, IfZ, Leipzig -- b2b jewelry
31.05.24 drei der münze, Leipzig -- b2b Goody
11.05.24 duqo opening, Leipzig
12.04.24 hello{at}, Bar Listening Set, Leipzig
20.04.24 PVC+, secret location, Leipzig
19.03.24 Electrolyt, Callshop Radio, Leipzig
23.02.24 Crust, Athens
17.02.24 club nights, six d.o.g.s, Athens

22.09.23 xcuse:u x PVC, Leipzig, Mjut as DJ C b2b DJ Chichi
01.09.23 Tarmac Festival, Allstedt, as Dj C
22.06.23 Fête de la musique Aftershow /w II. Reihe, Kalif Storch as DJ C
12.05.23 new normal, Koralle, Dresden, as Dj C
04.02.23 Connwax x PVC, IfZ, as Dj C

03.12.22 cooked/ as Dj CARROUM, Mimikry, L

as 'morrek':
08.10.22 PVC x Hi:Frequency, Mjut - Leipzig
18.06.22 PVC Showcase at as___em - Leipzig
14.05.22 Aequalis x PVC x Nebula, IfZ - Leipzig 

31.07.21 PVC @ Pittlerwerke Open Air - Leipzig

14.12.19 Aequalis x PVC x L1CK, IfZ - Leipzig
12.10.19 TK7 x PVC, Charles Bronson - Halle
03.05.19 Hot Wheels by Waldbrand, Institut für Zukunft - Leipzig 
19.04.19 Symbiosis, elipamanoke - Leipzig
27.03.19 Between x PVC, elipamanoke - Leipzig
05.01.19 Schallarchiv 21, Eburg - Erfurt

19.10.18 ALOTA, Insel - Jena

15.12.17 Frantic II, Fundbureau - Hamburg
26.08.17 openair, secret spot - Erfurt
19.08.17 A190817, secret spot - Lörrach
14.07.17 SchallArchiv, Engelsburg - Erfurt 
31.05.17 amicissia.lounge, Herr Schröder - Erfurt 
21.04.17 ARC - Erfurt (b2b Böckler)
31.12.16 MEETS NYE, Alte Färberei - Schopfheim (b2b Böckler)

03.09.16 SHADE [Tronic Delta], secret spot - Lörrach
13.05.16 NordLichter, Klanggerüst - Erfurt (b2b Böckler)
06.05.16 FRAKTUR_KommaRum - Erfurt
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31.12.15 INCOGNITO ARBOR, Halle14 - Leipzig
05.11.15 TheOpening, Centrum - Erfurt

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Messy Mix 24 | The Blue Hour (by Der Assistent)

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