On The Front -Phonotronix

Good Vibes and Dope music. No boundaries .

Electro all night long.

Coming from the early Techno and Rave scene in the center of Germany is Jan a passionate but not a profesional Electro DJ and a music lover in general.

He builds robots for the German car industry to pay the bills. After his work day he likes to go down the rabbit hole to the universe of electronic music.

This Soundcloud account is for sharing his favourite Electro sounds.

PHONOTRONIX - Extraneous material grown into dual lifeforms then transported through various soundwaves into your cerebrum.



G H O S T L I G H T  was convened from 3 extra-dimensional units to bring you maximum bass destruction  

Techno and Industrial music was my love in High School. My first concert in 1993 was the 808 State and Meat Beat Manifesto  ‘all ages’ show at the Visage in Orlando. I was always at Visage for teen nights and I enjoyed catching the last two hours of DJ REMARK because he would spin that candy raver techno music. I was only 16 and was hooked on the electro sounds.
My first set of Technic 1200 turntables I owned was back in the late 1990’s. I sold those later in life and stopped spinning for a few years. I never learned to beat-match on those turntables. I decided to start spinning again later in life and bought a pair of belt driven Stanton ST8-50 turntables around 2000. I could not match beats until Steve Hart “Divine” told me to simply match the snares and from that point on I learned to match beats and made my first mixtape called “A 12” journey on belt drive tables”. It was Florida Breaks with two basic scratch patterns in the mix. I switched to brand new Technic 1200 turntables after that only to sell them later on in life. I managed to hold on to 100 records, all breaks and electro, which was only a quarter of my vinyl collection. I stopped spinning for many years, until 2010. I started spinning digitally because it was cheaper. That is when I started producing. My tracks are on MySpace music and unfortunately I lost them all. I went under the name of “Disciple of Bass”. I was producing dubstep grime. It took me 6 months to figure out FLstudio. I would mix dubstep grime with a cheap Hercules console. My studies in Electronics helped propel my knowledge. I stopped producing and mixing around 2012 to pursue my career in Electronics. 
2021 is when I got the hunger to mix old school breaks and electro on vinyl, after seeing DJ Stingray spin. The set was called - DJ Stingray Boiler Room x Budweiser Bogotá DJ Set. This set is on YouTube.
  Seeing and hearing DJ Stingray mix Techno and Electro, Detroit style; I was sold. So, in January 2021, I bought a 3 channel Mixdeck Express and 1 AT-LP140XP turntable. I purchased all the electro and old school Florida breaks I could afford on digital and vinyl earlier this year of 2021. As soon as I felt comfortable recording, I made my first mix which is on SoundCloud using the Mixdeck Express and the Audio-Technica Turntable. One month later in the late Spring of 2021 I bought a pair of 1200s and that Summer I finally bought a 4 channel Pioneer controller. The controller is tied into my desktop computer running Serato DJ and Serato Studio. I just started mixing and producing again in the Summer of 2021. It has been about 20 years since I mixed vinyl back to back. 
The sounds that come out of the Pioneer controller is a game changer. Each knob is very responsive. The hardware effects are a great addition to add to the mix. With the help of youtube tutorials I acquired the knowledge of phrasing better. The advances in digital technology is a new arena for me and I am just learning. I expect good things to come by next year. This is why I signed up for pro. God Bless

On The Front -Phonotronix

PHONOTRONIX / GHOSTLIGHT