Freunde von Freunden Mixtapes

Everyone should have a friend like Schmitz – this sounds like one of this Jutebeutel prints that have infiltrated cities all over the world, but it’s not – it’s actually a very sincere statement.

Schmitz, whose civil name is Jan Jasper Kosok, currently runs the small but mighty music and text blog knicken that managed to gather a loyal crowd... Read More

With Spring’s arrival, the warm weather in New York City has us thinking of summer and travel. For this mix our friend and New York FvF editor Chris Ambrose combines songs of summer, New York, travel and late-night stories.

Chris leads the way: “Beginning with Aidan Moffat’s Scottish mumble and ‘Girls of Summer’, the multiple change-ups in the song make... Read More

This week’s tunes come from Lorin, a real Hamburger Jung who know how to impress the ladies with a classical vinyl mix. Lorin is a member of the electro-pop trio Me Suceeds who just released their latest album “Rongorongo” on 180 gram vinyl.

Whenever he is not busy with his job as a designer or band member, Lorin is DJing... Read More

The folksy feeling of driving through fields of sun flowers and sunbeams escaping through the cascading spring valleys. This mixtape is for calm mornings and dreamy sentimental evening moods, it is a sound track to numerous beautiful moments in life. Thanks to Anothersomethings visionary Joachim Baan, who is a self-made man with a great sense for aesthetics and a wealth... Read More

Here we go! We are pleased to present to you the second part of the beautiful mix that our dear friend Nomad compiled for the occasion of our first book launch party in November. His smooth selection ranges from Bill Withers, Asha Putli all the way to Shina Williams & His African Percussionists and makes us want to dance around... Read More

If you dropped by our first book launch party in November, you already got the chance to check out the musical talent of our good friend and acclaimed artist Nomad who was responsible for the nice tunes that night. If you got yourself a copy of the FvF Berlin book, you know how he lives so now you can check... Read More

Discodromo are Giacomo Garavelloni and Giovanni Turco, a DJ duo based in Berlin and staple of the local nightlife for some time now. Their name pays homage to their youth in Italy: Discodromo is the Italian expression for the runway of UFOs, commonly used in Italian Sci-Fi movies of the 70’s. From their pop and disco-oriented youth, the duo gained... Read More

Our longtime friend and collaborator Ilan Rosenblatt dug deep into his musical history to compile this exquisite 16th edition of our mixtape series. We met this veritable French rap addict during his extended stay in Berlin around 2003 while he was working at Rio, Berlin’s legendary club in Mitte. This is also the place which this Parisian native claims to... Read More

Artoo is a rare species: he’s a Berlin native. Furthermore he’s a blogger, painter, skater, designer, world traveler and last but not least a DJ who makes his crowd’s hearts melt. He is passionate about soul and funk and even if you think you already know most of these goodies he still manages to surprise you with tracks you might... Read More

Slowly but surely the FvF mixtape posts are becoming one of our favorite routines. We always get pleasantly surprised with our guests’ creativity and we simply can’t wait to share everything we receive with you. Below is the latest mix compiled by graphic designer Paul Guinan from Dublin who works for CodyDelahunty. On his Tumblr he shared quite a few... Read More