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Episode 026 is brought to you by Gregor Schönborn aka Crowdpleaser. The Geneva based Artist always knew how to surprise and to please the crowd with his DJ-Sets. Both of his albums - '2006' put out together with St. Plomb on Mental Groove and the self-titled 'Crowdpleaser' which came out on Tiga's Turbo Records - are gemstones of the Swiss underground scene and built up Crowdpleaser's reputation also far beyond the national boundaries. Gregor recorded this set back in July while playing at the closing of his own runned club ' The Shark'. A tiny basement of an abandoned building in the heart of Geneva. Despite the very restricted capacity and the almost none existing resources, the club got a remarkable reputation and people from all over the country went there to dance twice a month in an intimate atmosphere. We try to get you some impressions of that atmosphere with the second live recorded mix from our series. Enjoy!

Since more than 20 years now, Cristiano Rinaldi aka Memoryman is actin in the Italian club scene. He was sitting in the front row when the US-House from Chicago and New York hit Europe and contributed to keep this movement growing in his native region Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. Since the mid-90s he’s part of the Pastaboys-Trio alongside Dino Angioletti and Rame. Together these guys recorded some well-known clubtunes like 'eightyone' or 'Tribute' and run a weekly night called 'Black Box', one amongst the coolest nights of Italy. With his new moniker, Cristiano did a recommencement. He releases tracks and edits on labels such as 're-vox' or his own new label 'oh...cristo!' benefiting from his longstanding club experiences. He truly fulfills the name 'Memoryman'. Cristiano rends his contribution to our podcast series mixing the stunning #025. We’re really looking forward to have him playing next Saturday for the audiotheque.clubnight at the Kapitel in Berne. Come for a drink or two if you’re around.

As one of the first residents of audiotheque, Huazee is part of the event-collective since the very first day. His constant high quality sets are requested by many known promoters as ammonit events, hidden works, the bonsoir club or even the Montreux Jazz Festival, as main act or to open the night for guests such as Tiefschwarz, Barem, Shonky, Dinky, System of Survival or Eddie C to only name a few. Also we can’t get enough of Huazee's track selection and mixing skills. Thus here is already the 4th mix Huazee releases for our series. This mix drives us deep into the world of house music, where you’ll find some classic tracks from artists like Kerri Chandler or Global Communication as well as newer stuff from Smallpeople, Moomin, Arto Mwambe or Nicholas. Enjoy!

Pat Muvembe aka Bird is a sort of an institution when it comes to electronic music in Switzerland’s capital city. DJing since the early 90ies with gigs in some historical Swiss venues as the Alte Markthalle in Bern or Love Zoo in Neuchatel, he was also vinyl dealer and owner of the "Schwarz Markt" record store - one of the very few we ever had in our city. Today he's moderator of the Galaxy Space Night on the local radio station RaBe and member of the record label “Sirion”. Through all those experiences and years of dedication, Padi achieved an overwhelming musical knowledge. As Bird, Patrick Stucki plays club oriented DJ-Sets, making move booties everywhere he spins his Vinyl. As Pat Muvembe, he dedicate himself to different music directions knowing no boundaries and just following the heart. Just relax and enjoy music for your mind, body and soul.

Let’s go back to 2001 this month, where Apple announces iTunes, where Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia - goes online and where this mix was recorded… With his breaking-through Recordlabel “Oslo” and his great DJ-Skills, Federico Molinari got all our attention since we’ve started to do our events. His keen sense of good music is shown in his acclaimed DJ-Sets and in his appreciated releases for labels like Tsuba or his own Oslo and Love Letters from Oslo. As A&R he was co-responsible for the new Frankfurt/Mannheim wave. With his label he was supporting artists like Christian Burkhardt, Johnny D, Markus Fix, Reboot or Sasha Dive. Federico gave us a very special and unique present, offering us his very first DJ-Set he recorded on CD back in 2001… Obviously with vinyl only. Here we go that month, shifted back for over 10 years.

Before playing in clubs, Rodri collected vinyl for almost ten years. No wonder that after his first Club appearance at the end of 2008 he quickly reached a considerable amount of followers and gigs in some important Swiss venues like the Formbar in Berne, the La Ruche in Lausanne, the Hidden in Solothurn or the Milk Klub in Geneva. He got a residency at the Kapitel, Bernes new hot spot and the Bar 9 in Morat. He also performed for the famous swiss Montreux Jazz Festival last summer. This 77 minutes mix shows rodris deep knowledge of house music. Including tracks from Phil Weeks, Arto Mwambe, Alex Agore and many more. Let’s groove.

This month, our Podcast reaches its 20th episode. A good opportunity to release this wonderful 2 hour-mix by one of Switzerland's most devoted Deep House artists: Demetrio Giannice. Demetrio grew up listening to the music of a true vinyl lover - his dad. In the early 90s, he experienced Zurich's night life for the first time. This impressive experience led him to leave his band and his guitar to fully dedicate himself from that moment on to the Chicago and NYC Disco legacy. Today, about 20 years later, Demetrio runs his own vinyl-only imprint Enterbt Rec., releases on Third Ear and Drumpoet and collaborates with Deep House heavyweight Chez Damier and his label Balance Alliance. We saw both of them sharing the Decks at one of our events last October and we can guarantee, this works like a charm. This new Mix takes off exactly where that memorable night ended: Vocals of the yelling and shouting crowd right after Demetrio played the last track. Listen, feel, love.

We're really happy to present you the March’12 Podcast mixed by Surfbit. Surfbit is a project we look up to and pursue with great pleasure. With this alias, Pietro de Lisi from System of Survival is free of any context and can benefit from his amazing musical knowledge playing whatever he wants without being bound to any specific music genre. Travel through the past to get into the future … The perfect sound for the beginning of spring. Enjoy it.

Here he is again. After 004 and 007 our beloved Robel does another round and delivers his third Podcast for our series wich has come to its 018 episode. The Chicago oriented mix lasts 89 wonderful minutes and has got the unique touch robel puts in everyone of his sets.

Almost a year ago Anthony played a delicious four hour set for our inofficial second birthday, wich was kept in good memory. With our third birthday coming up on the 13th and 14th january, it appears to be obvious to ask Anthony to do a podcast. He delivered us a deep and melancholic one hour mix wich fits perfect for those dark and rainy days. Let your mind travel while sitting in your warm home.