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Opening a party is always a challenge for me.
I don't think there's any other time when you can learn as much about DJing and dealing with music than at this time.
It's harder to get people dancing with your music,
than keeping them on the dancefloor at night.

Especially when you open a party, you can't always play the music you want to play, but you have to be objective.
The right music at the right time is probably the best statement.

At an open air you have a good game, people wait all day for the opening.and you can give them what they've been waiting for so long.
You can start immediately, but also with caution.

At an indoor party, I see things a little differently.
I don't think it's an advantage if you're already playing 142bpm psy trance after 30 minutes 
and the system is immediately in the red zone.
I always have the feeling that I'm visiting someone and I'm getting
a board in front of my head.
But that's my opinion, every DJ and every organiser thinks differently and maybe that's a good thing.

I take a more cautious approach and prefer to play music 
that a lot of people know.
That usually appeals to people and encourages them to dance.
Over time, I then turn the music into my comfort zone,
I prefer to be in and look for the right thing for the situation and time.

For me, the first DJ of the night has a big responsibility!
He is the foundation of the party, prepares the way for the following DJs and writes the first words in a blank book.
He writes the first chapter and it has a name: 
Genesis

DJ Bim - Genesis

I have played and seen a lot of 
indoor venues over the last 30 years.
Each one had its own charm.

For an event, a good venue is just as important as the programme.
Visitors want to feel at ease and the premises need to 
offer the necessary comfort.

A few months ago I played in a club in Cologne called the Red Cat Lounge.
I liked this place straight away, actually I would have expected something like this in Berlin 
but not in Cologne.
You could tell straight away that this club is an established techno venue,
they are simply different from the usual clubs.

This club offers plenty of space to chill out and relax in the front area.
If you look closely, there are lots of things to see under the ceilings and on the walls,
that sometimes made me smile.

What I liked best was that the music
on the dance floor is broadcast at a pleasant volume
so that you can have a good conversation while listening to the music.

The dance floor is approx. 8 metres lower and is connected to the front area via a passageway.
area via a passageway.
It is an acceptable size and has a rich, clear and powerful sound system.

When I saw my workplace, I really had to laugh.
It was in a cage and I was immediately impressed.
The technology in this cage is perfect.
Whether it's the mixer, CD player or monitors, everything is just as you would want it to be,
with the latest know-how.

I really had a great time there and would like to thank DJ Thor (Y.S.E.) once again
for the invitation and the good time.

I hope you have lots of fun with this set!

DJ Bim -The Mammoth And The Red Cat

Working for a label has many advantages, but also disadvantages.
As a DJ, it's a kind of promotion and marketing,
which, even after 30 years, somehow still keeps you
in the now flooded market.

It is a constant battle to keep the label economically stable in this shrinking market, like tilting at windmills.
No sooner has a solution been found to one problem than the next one is on the table

But the best thing about this work is:
You can fulfil a dream for young artists.
The dream of publishing their music, accompanying them over the years and helping them to 
slowly grow with their music and maybe even find a place in our music circus.

There was nothing better than handing an artist their first record or CD  and seeing the joy in his eyes. 
Today, unfortunately, it's just a colourful picture (cover) or a place on a digital compilation, 
but the joy has perhaps remained the same.

I have never met most of the artists I have helped to build up over the last few decades in person,
They either live in another country or have given up the fight in this merciless music industry.
But I am always happy when I see one or the other name at some party in this world

But when you meet an artist at a party after years or decades of working together,
it's a completely different feeling.
Especially when you see the joy in his eyes when he plays his music in front of an audience 
and the whole thing works. 
You realise that your work is now done and you can continue to accompany him on his journey.
But now he has to fight the battle in our music circus on his own.

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to spend a lovely weekend with Orisma and Serenity Flux 
and play a party with them.
You can listen to the result here.
Have fun with it!
B.

DjBim - SerenityFlux (Live)- Orisma (Live) - And Then There Were Three

YSE-DCD-052-Goa 2024  Vol.2 by Drukverdeler & DJ Bim
01.	 Orbiter 6 - Spirit Molecular
02.	 Contrapunctus - Conscious
03.	 Transpose (CA) - Equilibrium
04.	 AURAFORCE - Prototype Program
05.	 Mindbenderz & One Function - Elevated State
06.	 Eliyahu (IL) - Everything Is Connected
07.	 Numayma - Unidentified
08.	 Disconect - Divine Information
09.	 Orisma & DJ Bim feat Kata - Requiem to a Dream
10.	 Altered State - Dark Arts
11.	 Mind Sense & Expedition - Sacred Connection
12.	 Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Sinners and Saints
13.	 Mind Sense - 4 Elements
14.	 Serenity Flux - Visionary
15.	 Target (DE) - Nothing Remains Behind
16.	 Tropical Bleyage - Ex Universe (Talamasca Remix) 
17.	 Tropical Bleyage – Morning Healer (Biological (BR) & Anacreon Remix)
18.	 Talamasca & Ivan Castro - Marijuana Reaction (XoXo Vocal Remix)

Goa 2024. Vol.2 By Drukverdeler & DJ Bim (Full Lenght Version)

YSEDBX036 - DJ Bim – Matchbox
01. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim – Stratosphere
02. Hi Profile & DJ Bim - Man In The Moon
03. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Requiem To A Dream (Overture Version)
04. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Last Mohicans  feat. Ellinio
05. Ellinio & DJ Bim - Running out of Time
06. Orisma & Dj Bim - The Beginning Of A Dream (2020 Album Version)
07. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Lazarus  feat. Orisma
08. SUN Project - We Are Not Here  (Drukverdeler & DJ Bim Remix)
09. Tristate - Yes to Life  (Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Polished Remix )
10. Astrix - Type 1  (Drukverdeler & DJ Bim Remix)
11. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - The Triangle
12. Orisma & Dj Bim - Become One
13. Serenity Flux vs Drukverdeler & DJ Bim  - Field Trip
14. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim – Diva
15. PRO-Gram - Inside Your Mind (Drukverdeler & DJ Bim Remix)
16. Nataraja3D - Astral Explorer (Drukverdeler & Bim Remix)
17. Serenity Flux & DJ Bim – Overtone
18. Serenity Flux , Drukverdeler & DJ Bim – LaLaLand
19. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Talking Heads
20. Orisma - Smile (Drukverdeler & Bim Remix)
21. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - The Apothecary
22. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Soul Kitchen
23. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim – Interstellar
24. Drukverdeler & Bim – Mali
25. Mind Sense & Serenity Flux - The Beginning (Drukverdeler & DJ Bim Remix)
26. Drukverdeler & DJ Bim – Oblivion
27. Drukverdeler  & DJ Bim feat. Serenity Flux - Plutonian Polonaise
28. Drukverdeler  & DJ Bim - Sinners and Saints
29. Sun Project - We Are Not Here (Serenity Flux & Dj Bim Remix)
30. Orisma & DJ Bim feat Kata - A Requiem to a Dream

DJ Bim - Matchbox (Full Length Version)

Around 39,000 years ago, a mammoth died as a result of unfavourable weather conditions,
somewhere in the vastness of Siberia 
Nobody would have known about it or taken any notice,
if a team of researchers had not found this mammoth in 2010 
in the eternal ice.

None of this would have been anything special, but this mammoth 
froze so quickly and was thus preserved, 
that it is still completely preserved and can give us an insight into the
life of this mammoth.

The revolutionary thing about this find is that blood could still be taken from the mammoth itself.
This allowed the complete DNA chain of the mammoth to be determined.
And there is the possibility of bringing the mammoths back to our planet.

This mammoth could therefore be the ancestor of a new generation of living creatures
on our planet, and so it was given a name.

They called it Yuka !!!

DJ Bim - Yuka

Before I go to a gig, I always run through all the possibilities,
everything that could go wrong.
From the journey to the gig, I think about everything.
Be it traffic problems with trains, planes or cars, or even a second USB stick,
in case one fails or the CD players are not linked.

Nothing is left to chance, and I've always done well with it over the last 30 years.
What I have never reckoned with, however, is that my better half
really drop out of a live act.

Let's not kid ourselves, Michiel (Drukverdeler) is the heart of the live show.
and without him I have a big problem.
In the last 12 years that we've been playing live together
this has never happened until this one day in September.

Michiel had a bad cold and I was suddenly faced with a major problem.
Although we had discussed this worst-case scenario often enough,
the reality was very different.

I had to completely customise this *live act* for myself and do it very quickly and 
and without mistakes.
I could write a novel now about what I had to change.
But I think I'll just leave the recording of the set here.
So I hope that this *Live Act* remains a rarity, because without my better half
it's just not as accurate and perfect as it should be.


DJ Bim (Live) – Worst Case Szenario

YSEDCD056-Goa 2025  Vol.1 by Drukverdeler & DJ Bim
World 24.01.25

01.	 Formula None - From Within  (Sentinel 7 Remix)
02.	 Visua & Multiphase - Deep Reality
03.	 AURAFORCE - Dream Machine
04.	 Disconect & Britti - Talking Gods
05.	 Target (DE) -Ballad Of A Forgotten Dream
06.	 Eliyahu (IL) - Behind the Silence
07.	 Numayma & Hyriderz - Pure
08.	 Mind Sense & Serenity Flux - Sierra
09.	 Orisma & Mahaya - Close Your Eyes
10.	 Mindbenderz - Paradox
11.	 Zone Tempest & Deep Vibration - Human Consciousness
12.	 Mercuroid - Antonym
13.	 Atacama - Shadow City  
14.	 Clean Noise - Love or Hatred
15.	 Serenity Flux-Activated Movement
16.	 Alurian & Don Quixote - Phoenix
17.	 Tropical Bleyage - Cell_(XoXo (FR) & T.I.T Remix)
18.	 Solid Iron - Space Mushroom

Goa 2025 Vol.1 By Drukverdeler & DJ Bim (Full Length Version)

Goa 2025 Vol.2 by DJ Bim & Craig A. 
01.	 Fertile - Social  
02.	 Timeact - Restless Bells  
03.	 Heisenberg - Secret Power  
04.	 Serenity Flux - Millions Of Possibilities 
05.	 Bellatrix - Teleportation 
06.	 Transpose (CA) - Methodology
07.	 Shadow Moon & Heisenberg - Be Alive 
08.	 Psyberspace - The Moment
09.	 Second Side - Certain Mushrooms  
10.	 Orisma DJ Bim - Requiem to a Dream feat. Kata - (Second Side Remix)
11.	 Drukverdeler & DJ Bim  - Sinner and Saints (Second Side Remix)
12.	 Drukverdeler & DJ Bim - Behind Closed Doors
13.	 Nataraja3D - Secret Garden (Extended Version) 
14.	 Chrizzlix & Tophoo - The Elder 
15.	 Massive Dynamic - Silent Echo
16.	 Mystika - Intersect (Massive Dynamic Remix)
17.	 Lyktum - Crystal Dreams
18.	 Solid Iron - Nova Star


Goa 2025 Vol.2 - DJ Bim & Craig A. (Full lenght Version)

What does a DJ really need to do his job?
Strictly speaking, a traditional DJ needs nothing more than:
- two healthy hands, a clear head to lead the dancefloor musically innovatively, 
a USB stick, preferably loaded with 24-bit WAV files,
a good mixer, two good CDJ players with a USB slot 
and finally, play, pause and cue buttons.
That's all he needs to do his job.

What is described so simply here is somewhat different in reality.
Because real DJing also requires experience,
the art and skill of synchronising  two records.
Linking them in a logical sequence and mixing them cleverly.
This is the basis of the traditional DJ craft.
These are the factors that have always characterised us as DJs.
And I still enjoy them.

The challenge of concentrating again and again at every transition, synchronising the records,
continuing the set, observing the dancefloor and leading musically.
You can't predict where your set will take you.
Everything is left up to your instincts and the people on the dancefloor.
It's like you're writing a book every time and you yourself don't know how it starts and how it ends.
Yes, sometimes the transition isn't as smooth as it should be, but it's handmade.
That's how it's always been and that's how it should be.
Unfortunately, I belong to a dying generation with this attitude.

For some time now, Pioneer has been offering the CDJ 2000 and 3000 players, 
which make all this superfluous.
The Rekordbox system takes over DJing practically automatically.
This means that practically anyone can become a DJ overnight.
Simply read the manual, load Recordbox onto your PC and get started.

The DJ of the 21st century goes into his little room, selects his favourite tracks 
and loads them into the Recordbox programme on his PC and the DJ set is ready.
The whole thing is played on a USB stick, plugged into the CDJ player and Recordbox conjures 
up a nice smooth mix.
Forgot your headphones? No problem!
The CDJ has a solution for that too, so you have time for your stage performance.
Now you're ready for life as a DJ on the world's stages!

What for many is the fulfilment of a dream is increasingly becoming a nightmare for
traditional DJs.
For Pioneer, we DJs are no longer of interest.
We are a minority and the problems that this technology causes us on the players,
are no longer taken into consideration.
With every upgrade of the new players, these problems get a little bigger.

The WAV. is only displayed slowly or no longer correctly
The BPM times are inaccurate or are no longer displayed at all.
You can no longer fast-forward or rewind the track.
Even spinning, as in vinyl times, is the order of the day again.
If things go really badly, you're practically flying blind.
All you have is the remaining time display, nothing else.
But that's all you really need.

I've been prepared for all these problems over the past few years.
But on the Lalanda O.A., the CDJ 3000 had a new surprise in store for me.
It didn't keep playing the WAV, but simply went into a loop function.
It just doesn't get boring with these things.

So at the end of my set I would like to apologise for this mistake. 
But no matter what surprises Pioneer has in store for me - I won't give up!
I will remain who I am and even if I am the last of my craft here
A traditional DJ who practices his craft the way it should be practised.
I will never leave my work to a machine.

Be it Recordbox, Traktor or other programmes, they all turn a
DJ into just one.
One last humanoid remnant, a technology that only needs us for one thing.
To feed it with the music it is supposed to play.
In my opinion, it's only a matter of time before this DJ culture is taken over by an AI.
And it won't really bother anyone.
Cheers to Pioneer!


DJ Bim - The Broken Link

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