Here is my contribution to the 'Kayne & The Kozmos' show. A series of fantastic record collectors from across Europe. Hope you like it!

Helene Havro @ Kayne & The Kozmos

Here is my very first mix that I was allowed to record for the great Ashore crew in January 2019. 
This set means a lot to me. It shows where it all started and that's why I want to share it with you. 

Many thanks @ashore <3

Ashore Cast #74 Rena Volvo (2019)

This was a different show. I had the human encyclopedia next to me when it comes to German language music. We had a little chat love during the last lockdowns, as it was often not possible to meet. He directly felt like co-designing a show and the topic was clear quite fast, since we had already often talked about it. This time it goes in the direction of dub and reggae influenced music, but also about early Proto-Rap made in Austria, Switzerland or Germany. We just pressed record and see what happens. The result is a 3h madness and luckily Sphere Radio played along that we were allowed to broadcast it completely. Without blahblah, just musik. I feel like this is also a good time to pause the show for an undetermined amount of time. But enough words. Thanks Beda , for sharing the wheels. Always a pleasure.

Originally aired: Leipzig, 1/2/22 at https://sphere-radio.net

Beda & Maik

Spass Am Untergang [Beda+Maik]

Up next are our dear friends The Zenmenn (@user-847972032) with whom we have a new 7" and more coming up soon. For the special occasion they came up with an unexpected mix extraordinaire while being generous in answering our questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: When did the first idea for The Zenmenn project present itself? Did it start with a few existing songs, or is it a conceptual project?

ZM: A couple of years back we got the opportunity to join this cool studio run by a gentleman called Franz. We did some stuff with friends and at the same time we just began jamming and recording what we did, and eventually we had a couple of songs in our hands, that we thought sounded interesting, and it dawned upon us that we should spend our time working on our own stuff. The name The Zenmenn came later, probably most of the album was recorded by then. There are still some old jams on the Zenmenn hard drive filed under Pharaohs Lounge, which is one of the earlier name ideas stolen from an alcohol free coctail bar near the studio.

MFM: Quite some fans refer in their comments on the LP to the '80s and include terms like 'melancholic' and 'nostalgic'. What are your thoughts on comments like these? 

ZM: Oh that’s nice. It’s generally very nice to hear people describe our music. Today a guy told us he thought we sounded like an Ethiopian band played on 45 with John Mayer on top… could be something to it. 
But true - it’s not really a party record and some of the songs like topaz or homage to a friendship certainly have a nostalgic, melancholic tone. Also the 80s vibe is well helped along by the Dx7 that features on every song. The presets we use are mostly the legendary e piano which features in all the 80s power ballads and the amazing fretless bass that still sounds better than any of the other fretless bass presets we’ve come across. Harp and steel drum are also great.

MFM: If all your current equipment would break down and you'd have to work with newer instruments of modern technology instead, how would that affect your music? Do you think you'd still non-mistakenly sound like The Zenmenn?

ZM: Most of our keyboards are from the 90s or even early 2000s, like the Triton Le and the Casio Ctk900 with which we recorded this whole mix. The 90s stuff is way more affordable. In some way we would probably sound the same cause we don’t loop, quantize or produce music in a contemporary fashion, and we’re into certain chord progressions and grooves. If we wanna play one pattern for 5 minutes, that’s what we mostly do, and then you always end up with some embellishments and quirks. But making music comes a lot down to workflow and if we had some fancy new synth in your hands with a thousand effects, sequences and menu diving we would probably do something different. That could be cool too,  but at the moment we prefer the old school approach. 

MFM: Thanks so much for this very special "mix". Tell us about it please?!

ZM: We made a mix of tracks we liked but it didn’t really come across too original so we decided to take another approach. Magnus plays around on keyboards whenever he can, and the way we make music is mostly just jamming something and then giving it structure as we go along. Magnus made 2 jams and we put them together and chopped out things that didn’t seem to fit, but mostly everything is recorded in one go. Our friend Helen Wells came by and played some harmonica, guitar and tweaked some pedals. We overdubbed some Casio, cool voices etc. Ben had a couple of curatorial suggestions in the end and did some great spoken words. Since our first little tour this summer Magnus has been carrying around some small drawing books and has been noodling away. This has been a great influence on this mix where all the decisions have been quick, with a loose hand and not too many layers. We’re happy to have the opportunity to make a mix and we’re very inspired to do more just like this.

MFM Mix 037: The Zenmenn

Today we are pleased to welcome Mannheim based Herr Dobler. Since 2019 he is part of the Cosmic Gathering team and organizes a music event series on site called Der Automat, which is still in its infancy. For us, he recorded a little journey through his favorite oriental-influenced records and tracks he's been wanting to put into a mix for a long time. Especially the last three tracks are absolute gems for him, which Kyran frequently listens to, but rarely plays anywhere. We hope that you enjoy listening as much as we do.


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@dermusikautomat
@cosmicgathering

LAF Podcast #029 | Herr Dobler

Label head Thomas Von Party on ‘Outsiders’ duties for Multi Culti Transmissions. 

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Outsiders: Multi Culti Transmissions w/ Thomas Von Party @ Kiosk Radio 28.05.2022

Mix for the fabulous Testpressing.org, May 2014.

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"Adventure Time" Mix For Testpressing.org (Mix 345)

#41 - Gulliver Spinaci - Springshake II

Next up in the series is a live recording of our guest DJ's mix at @Sameheads Berlin for the February 2019 edition of our little party series called "Dancing For Mental Health". @Tiney is part of the mighty fine @overfitting-disco blog, released edits and re-recordings of European disco grails on the esteemed @discosegreta label run by our friend Carlo Simula, has a vast and deep knowledge of music across genres and is considered an allround legend around these parts. The party was memorable and so we thought we'd share the set with you all. It features a lot of German and Austrian disco and disco-wave hits that never were, but should have been and all sorts of good things.

Please direct any comments and track ID requests to @tiney instead of us

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Average Records Mix Series 006 - Tiney (Germany)

Here are two hours of Austropop in all facets from  the record collection of @Stirnband. In his own words: "Vinyl only with one exception: The second track in the intro is the title track of the 1982 debut film Niki Lists "Malaria" aka "Café Malaria", which I happen to see at the beginning of the 90s in Karlsruhe's Schauburg in the presence of the director. Colourful cocktails of various subcultures of the New Wave time get their Schmäh here and arouse my interest for the first time in the peculiarity of the Austrian New Wave in film and music (but it takes until the re-release in 2007 on DVD until I will see the film again). It's also this Schmäh that holds together the eclectic genre term "Austropop" consisting of New Wave, Space Rock, Liedermacher, Poprap, Wiener Blutrausch, Discofunk, Parody and Grotesque.

Tracklist will follow

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More than 44.000 years ago a family of seven people, a child included, died after a landslide in the cave of Shanidar in Middle-East. After this discovery man realized that the history of human evolution is covered in mystery. Shanidar is a soundscape for the ripening season.

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Pingipung Podcast 108: Eva Geist - Shanidar

UPCOMING
2021
02/10 Antenne Insel Barnight, Garage Ost, Leipzig
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2019
23/02 Rio Grande w/ Rio Trio, MSZ, Wü
14/02 Das Flimmern w/ Egon Passavant, Mjut, Leipzig
23/03 - Closing Party, El Haso, Freiburg
2018
19/01 Rio Grande w/ Public Possession, MS Zufriedenheit, Wü
17/02 Get Shwifty Vol. 6 w/ LazyKalle, Egon Passavant, Fred Runner, Osinscky, HL86, Leipzig
03/03 On Solar, Waldschänke Dornheim, Würzburg
14/04 RIO GRANDE w/ Phaserboys, MSZ, Würzburg
20/05 Günni loves the Summernights, Waldschänke Dornheim, Wü
20/06 Maitres Fous & Raymonde, Denckler, Wü
06/07 Radio Taka Tuka w/ Egon & Günni, Waldschänke Dornheim Wü
07/07 Callshop Radio & Kreislauf Records mit Günther Ghetto, Cube, Düsseldorf
14/07 Händel Party w/ Günni & Lazer Scaramanga, Freiburg
03/08 Kommz Festival - Sektbar, RIO TRIO, Aschaffenburg
17/08 RIO GRANDE w/ Rio Trio, MSZ, Würzburg
24/11 Closing Party, El Haso, Freiburg
30/11 RIO GRANDE w/ LUCAS CROON (elite stabil), MSZ, Wü
2 0 1 7
20/01 Rio Grande, MSZ, Wü
20/01 Pre-Backup, Gaswerk, Weimar
04/03 ØST at So&So, Leipzig
11/03 The Chronic, MSZ, Würzburg
17/03 Krude Bude Soli Party, Leipzig
31/03 Rio Grande w/ Spatzhabibi (Berlin), MSZ, Würzburg
19/04 - Das Mittloch mit Egon Passavant, Zum Wilden Heinz, Leipzig
19/05 Relaén "ΜΞDΙΛΝΤΞΝΡΞΤΤΙΝG ♥ ΒΞΛΤ ♯4 TOUR", MSZ, Würzburg
27/05 Kulturelle Landpartie, Wendland
17/06 Living Room Gallery, Leipzig
24/06 Rio Grande w/ Tornado Wallace / MSZ / Würzburg
29/06 Bocksbeutel Boombox *open air* / Würzburg
04/08 Kommz Festival, Aschaffenburg
18/08 Moto Totale, Waldschänke Dornheim, Würzburg
08/09 Rio Grande w/ Bell Towers, MSZ, Würzburg
22/09 Moto Totale, Waldschänke Dornheim, Würzburg
13/10 Rio Grande w/ Pellegrino, MSZ, Würzburg
11/11 Zambezi w/ Elvix (Live), TiFF, Leipzig
o8/12 Zambezi, Dr. Seltsam, Leipzig
15/12 Rio Grande, MSZ, Würzburg
23/12 RADIO TAKA TUKA X-MAS BASH, White Rabbit, Freiburg
2 0 1 6
08/01 RIO GRANDE w/ @NanoNansen, MSZ, Wü
26/02 RIO GRANDE, MSZ, Wü
26/02 Rido Wineclub, Freiburg
05/03 Hilda 5, Freiburg
10/03 Villa Neukölln, Berlin
19/03 Egel im Damm/Taka Tuka Bowl, Daniels Dammfabrik, Berlin
08/04 RIO GRANDE w/ @glenn-astro, MSZ, Wü
22/04 Kellerperle, Wü
13/05 RIO GRANDE w/ @twit-one (@radiolovelove), MSZ, Würzburg
19/05 Kult, Würzburg
03/06 Nachtasyl, Kurt & Komisch, Wü
15/06 Villa Neukölln, Berlin
30/06 BBBB Sommer spezial, Wü
11/07 Rio Grande w/ @jcreutzfeldt, MSZ, Würzburg
15/07 Villa Neukölln, Berlin
16/07 Summer in Islandstreet, Leipzig
17/07 MSZ Sommerfest & Sonntagstreff w/ @skor72, MSZ,  Wü
22/07 Sommerfest der Kellerperle, Würzburg
28/07 Weiss wie Schwarz- Festival, Brandenburg
29/07 Salvatore, Würzburg
05/08 Rio Grande Rundlauf, MSZ, Wü
06/08 Kommz- Festival, Aschaffenburg
12/08 Dr. Seltsam, Leipzig
13/08 Open Air in Plagwitz
13/08 Drei Jahre El Haso, Wheite Rabbit, Freiburg
26/08 Villa Neukölln, Berlin
03/09 Action, Mond & Sterne- Festival, St. Georgen im Schwarzwald
10/09 RELAEN, Twines Tour support Radio Taka Tuka, Denckler, Wü
16/09 Radio Taka Tuka, Dr. Seltsam, Leipzig
08/10 Taka Tuka Bowl Vol. IV, TBA, Berlin
28/10 Rio Grande w/@PublicPossession, MSZ, Wü
04/11 Nachtasyl w/ Günni, Benhan, Joul, Kurt & Komisch, Wü
05/11 Unframed Festival, Villa Neukölln, Berlin
26/11 @wearefatcat Release Party, MensaBar, Freiburg
23/12 Taka Tuka Christmas Bash, Great Räng Teng Teng, Freiburg 
27/12 Harmonie Keller, Freiburg
2 0 1 5
28/03 WooHaa, Harmoniekeller, Freiburg
08/05 Family First, BalzBambi, Freiburg
30/05 WooHaa, Harmoniekeller, Freiburg
12/06 Radio Taka Tuka, Villa Jungnikl, Wü
21/06 MS BBQ, MSZ, Wü
17/07 Rhytmische Gaumengymnastik, Federica Kreuzberg, Berlin
9/10 RIO GRANDE w/ @hulkhodn / Hodini, MS Zufriedenheit, Wü
18/09 Galerie Artraum, Freiburg
26/09 Adieu Atrium, Freiburg
29/10 Refugees Welcome, Kurt & Komisch, Wü
09/11 Unframed Festival, Villa Neukölln, Berlin
24/11 shadow boxing, Kurt & Komisch, Wü
27/11 RIO GRANDE w/ @henry-gilles, MSZ, Wü
05/12 Villa Neukölln, Berlin

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