Blogs

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/cargo-cult-crew-berlin-six-beat-under/ After many years of silence, Cargo Cult Crew came back together for the occasion in everybody’s favourite basement in Berlin. It was such a fun evening from beginning to the end - thanks to everyone who made it happen and thanks Olivia FX for the great live show! Anyway, here goes my set from 2am. I hadn’t played a Drum’n’Bass set in ages, but since I had lovers of broken beats in front of me, there was no holding back....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/fams-birthday-strandbad-plötzensee/ One of the last warm September days, while it was raining and hailing in Neukölln, we enjoyed a late summer day and night in Strandbad Plötzensee and celebrated Fam’s birthday. I took over a dance-hungry crowd from Joe Carrera when we moved inside. It was a fantastic night - I couldn’t believe it had been 7 hours when I checked my watch as the place closed. Thanks everyone1 for this great event....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/saturday-noon-at-para-yok-festival/ Para Yok Festival! The beautiful summer called for tropical and summery vibes, so that’s what you are going to find here! It was a lovely event and I was looking forward to play some of these tunes for a long time! Thanks a lot to everyone who made this a very special weekend! 💖 Unfortunately the set was fraught with complications - I had to to replace parts of the equipment 💻🎛💥 … and deal with other difficulties in between....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/wednesday-night-at-dubstation-at-fusion-2022/ It was a last-minute request that led me to Fusion this year. One act unfortunately needed to cancel, so Tuesday night I packed things to play at Dubstation the next day. It was a great experience for me … thanks so much to everyone who turned up and to the lovely team of organisers as well! 💖 Cocotaxi - Cactus JÇÃO & Caracas Dub - Suena la decadente Masia One - Warriors Tongue (An-ten-nae Remix) coss - Come Into My Room Noema - Twilight (Xique-Xique Nightglow Remix) Smoke City - Underwater Love (Bendix Edit) Xique-Xique - Xaxoeira Ana Tijoux - 1977 (106er Edit) VON Krup Feat....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/shh/ After a birthday weekend in the countryside and a long night of dancing I felt inspired enough to record this mix last night. Lots of dance floor bangers and recent finds… hope you like it! Rare Silk - Storm (Nelson’s Slowrave Edit) Riyoon - Shh Xique-Xique - Pirilampos (House Mix 2016 Remaster) Temple Tears - La Folie (Atric Remix) 9EYE - Orisa (Dario Klein Remix) Mindchatter - Tough as nails Axel Boman - Purple Drank Raxon - Tripworks Frankey & Sandrino - Boson Vhyce - One Day We’ll Float Kölsch & Tiga - Hal Popof - Bowo Yelle - A cause des garcons (Tepr remix)

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/jardin-de-amor/ Check in here for an hour-long trip around the globe and experience a few of my new favorites. Sometimes a little trippy and dreamy, but all very danceable… JÇÃO & Caracas Dub - Suena la decadente Los Destellos - Jardin De Amor (David Pacheco & Tribilin Sound Remix) VON Krup Feat. Alekzal - Fosfenos (jiony Remix) Ka Moma - Lamba Da Di (Harro Triptrap Edit) Eartha Kitt - Angelitos Negros (Billy Caso’s Sliced Sky Remix) hubbabubbaklubb - Mopedbart (Barda Edit) Crussen - Bufarsveienen Josephine Baker - La Conga Blicoti (Polo & Pan Remix) Gene Farris & Kid Enigma - David Copperfield Viidra - Mitally Quantic - You Used to Love Me feat....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/dj-support-gitops-one-stop-shop-event-oct-2021/ In my day job (in the IT world) we staged an online event in Oct 2021. As with past events like these, it makes the event a lot more fun if you have music in between quite technical talks and folks can get up from your desk and dance while you grab a new cup of tea. On Mixcloud it’s my first mix using a DJ controller - it’s a very recent development for me....

Earlier this week it was time for GitOps Days again. The third time now and the event has grown quite a bit since we started. Born out of the desire to bring GitOps practitioners together during pandemic times initially, this time we had a proper CFP and the outcome was just great: lots of participation from a very diverse crowd of experts - we had panels, case studies, technical deep dives, comparisons of different solutions and more....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/passagers/ It’s a new year and I have new hope that we’ll all get to enjoy loud music together soon again. Never before have I danced as much in my own four walls… in celebration of online dance workshops, pyjama parties with friends and spontaneous dance intermezzos at home here’s my morning mix for you. Caetano Veloso - It’s a Long Way (Mettabbana Edit) Cipő (BéTé Rework) Thornato - Shu Swamp Kotelett & Zadak - Take Me Back Urubu Marinka & Superbreak - That Loving Feeling (Dj Steef Edit) Blick Bassy - Aké (Brynjard Edit) Lukas Endhardt - Solo Tu Nicola Cruz - Bruxo (Von Party Remix) Kusht - O i Og i O Ft....

I was lucky to support GitOps Days 2020 EMEA last week. The community of GitOps practitioniers came together again for round two and we saw lots of very engaged discussion and new ideas. It was a great pleasure to play at the event and bring some playfulness and silliness to the breaks in between. As last time I found it a bit hard to read the crowd (you can’t see anyone), so I tried to pick from a variety of styles of danceable music....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/strausberg-summer-vibes/ Nickodemus with Carol C & The Spy from Cairo - Do You Do You Claudia - Deixa Eu Dizer (iZem ReShape) Afterclapp - BRZL Twerking Class Heroes - Hustlin´ Jeanette - Porque Te Vas (2 Many GT’s Para Los DJs Edit) Twerking Class Heroes - Vanakkam Gang Do Eletro - Pith Bull Daniel Haaksman - Toma Que Toma (Waldo Squash Remix) Banda Uó - Cremosa Sofi Tukker - Purple Hat Baiuca - Mangüeiro (feat....

https://www.mixcloud.com/dholbach/waking-up-on-sunday-just-outside-strausberg/ Baobab - Aduna Jarul Naawo Alexander - Truth Dal - Fontanel Baz Luhrmann - Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) The Silver Thunders - Fresales eternos Camila Costa - Ponto das caboclas Louis Armstrong - The Creator Has A Masterplan Burhou - Please Delete Jimi Jules - Running Away Valentin Stip - Angst Lukas Endhardt - Rond De Jambe (Bootleg) Paul Anka - Put Your Head On My Shoulder The Peddlers - On A Clear Day You Can See Forever The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon Peder - timetakesthetimetimetakes Fleetwood Mac - Albatross Tropical Hi-Fi - Tahiti Blue (feat....

GitOps Days are over now - what a blast I had. Even though it was long hours, it was so much fun supporting the event: such a friendly and engaged audience (loads of great questions and discussion on Slack), excellent - very experienced and fun speakers, and a super well-organised team! Thanks everyone who made these two days as special as they were! 💓 It has happened before: people were picking a DJ name for me....

What a brilliant day 1 of GitOps Days it was. Weeks of hard work from a great team went into this, as was quite apparent. Minor glitches, some last minute shuffling of speakers, but apart from that very very seamless. (You can still sign up and get links to the recordings.) I had a bit of an unusual role: I was DJing at an online event. Some questions online were about the setup and why I wasn’t changing records during playing (well spotted!...

We have two beautiful days of GitOps sessions and content lined up for you. Tomorrow will be day 1, so if you haven’t signed up yet, head to https://www.gitopsdays.com/ and register there! Here’s an overview of the sessions of both days. There’ll be time to ask questions and get to know everyone and everything. We’re very much looking forward to seeing you there! Day 1 - May 20, 2020 Please note that the times are in Pacific Time....